The Farmer's Almanac says we're in for a long,
cold winter. What a great time for those indoor
projects, right? My plan for beating the February
blahs is to assemble a demo cartridge for my local
dealer. On my 44 Mb Syquest will be some of the
most popular and interesting demos in ST
RoundTable Library 10. Many are shareware or
previews of excellent commercial programs. Maybe
you'd like to take a look at some of these
yourself. To download any file, sign on and go to
the ST Library by typing M475;3. Type 6 to
download and enter the numbers or names of the
files you want separated by a comma. Then check
your path and select your download protocol. Easy
STuff.
  
Hot Downloads
  
Every computer owner needs a good text reader to
get at those TXT and DOC files that accompany
nearly every program you'll download. Here are a
couple of dandies! The Revenge Document Displayer
(#30488 RDD3.ZIP) can load up to 200 documents. It
supports the GEM clipboard and has full editor
functions like search, block, and print, in
addition to displaying compressed files! It is
very fast and even works with MultiTOS! Another
shareware viewer comes from Mountain View (#31045
M_VIEW15.LZH). It will automatically convert
First Word and TX2 files to standard ASCII text
and can display files in hex format for
programmers. Mountain View may be installed as an
application, installed to replace the desktop
Show/Print/Cancel feature, or run directly.
  
Need to get organized? How about a calendar
program? F10 Software has two products that might
interest you. Agenda is a graphic calendar creator
that displays events for an entire month, and
works as a program or desk accessory. Features
include icons (graphics), duration event banners,
search, print, and more. See #30731 AGENDA_M.LZH
(Mono) or #30828 AGENDA_C.LZH (Color). Agenda
Appointment is the companion program (#30996
AGENDAPT.LZH) (Mono) which contains calendar
printing functions that can be used with or
without AGENDA files. Calendar formats include 1
Year, 1 Month, 2 Weeks, 1 Week, and, yup, even 1
Day.
  
Do you enjoy cooking? How about a couple of
programs to make your hobby more fun and less
work? The Recipe Box (#30962 RECIPE42.LZH) can
hold up to 2.5 million recipes, runs on all Atari
computers in any graphics mode and will multitask
with Geneva or MultiTOS. SpeedoGDOS is supported
too. This program will import routines, give
visual feedback, and has a find feature with a new
grocery list printout format. Speaking of grocery
lists, take a look at The Grocery Lister (#30684
GL4DEMO.ZIP). It's another winner.
  
Getting Serious
  
March is the next month on the calendar and that
means taxes. Ugh! Don't you wish you had kept
better records over the past year? Here are a
couple of programs that you might want to
consider. Mega Check by Chris Muller is a keeper.
Version 2.05 (#30644 MC20.LZH) is suitable for
home use or small business use. It will remind you
when it's time to pay bills and print the checks,
balance checkbooks, and track investments. It even
has a multitasking report generator! Now, if you
are really into home accounting, here are two
products you should look into: Home Accounts 2
(#23136 HOMEACC2.LZH) is a prize-winning home
package that's full of useful features, while Mini
Ledger (#28830 MINILDGR.ARC) is older, but just as
powerful.
  
How about a handy program for tracking your
mailing addresses and printing neat labels?
Mailing Manager ST (#27935 MAILMNGR.LZH) can be
used for personal or business lists. It prints in
custom formats up to four labels across. And
commercially, there's Cardfile 4 from Gribnif
(#25681 CF4DEMO.LZH). It works as a program or
desk accessory and can print envelopes, mailing
and phone number lists, and more.
