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Topic: The Software Toolworks


In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

  
  Math / Science Software Summaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
This software promotes a positive attitude towards science as it challenges the student and increases vocabulary.
This piece of software takes the user on a time travel adventure in which math problems must be solved in order to move on.
Given the current state of girls enrolled in science classes in public schools, this software is a must, if for no other reason than to increase the visibility of women in the sciences (over the past 1500 years!).
coe.west.asu.edu /softeval/mathsci/summaries.html   (5273 words)

  
 The Software Toolworks
The Software Toolworks was founded in 1980 by Walt Bilofsky.
The Software Toolworks has a homepage at http://www.toolworks.com/.
On receipt of the code, The Software Toolworks would send the player a lovely Certificate of Wizardness, bearing (facsimile) signatures of both Crowther and Woods, and an embossed seal.
www.if-legends.org /~adventure/The_Software_Toolworks.html   (158 words)

  
 THE NEWSLETTER OF INNOVATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The Software Toolworks, a software and marketing concern, is one of the most rapidly growing and profitable companies in the software industry today.
Software Toolworks has aggressively targeted the software-entertainment business for home computers with strong steady sellers such as Chessmaster and Hunt for Red October and Nintendo games.
Software Toolworks has also made a deal with Headstart Computer to publish and market the software for Headstart ' s new, very affordable personal computers.
www.adolfianconcepts.com /privinfo/041590.htm   (1038 words)

  
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Software Toolworks's CRIBBAGE KING/GIN KING is the latest entry in computer card gaming, and it's one of the very best: heavily featured, instructive, and graphically excellent.
However, Software Toolworks has thoughtfully included in the CK/GK package a miniature deck of Bicycle Playing Cards (with classic "Rider" backs) as well as a hand little wooden cribbage board and pegs, so you're covered for human or computer opponents.
CRIBBAGE KING/GIN KING is published by The Software Toolworks and distributed by Electronic Arts.
www.textfiles.com /games/REVIEWS/cribking.rev   (1195 words)

  
 Los Angeles Business Journal: Les Crane, businessman: the first man to take on Johnny Carson and lose now runs a highly ...
Crane began as a software entertainment publisher five years ago, expanding his company vertically with no outside financing or loans until it went public in 1988.
In December, Software Toolworks announced an agreement to acquire Mindscape Inc., which would bring in licensing and publishing agreements with Nintendo of America Inc. and triple the revenues of the company to about $60 million.
In 1986 he merged his company, then called Software Country, with The Software Toolworks, a six-year-old company founded by Walter Bilofsky, who holds degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in mathematics and computer science.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_n4_v12/ai_8114214   (1619 words)

  
 The Warp Zone
Software Toolworks had released a piano teacher-system for Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and Sega Genesis.
Through a series of software- based lessons, the Miracle will teach you the fundamentals of playing the piano.
The Software Toolworks plans to produce additional software for the Miacle System, including a Game Pak that allows you to create your own music.
www.planetnintendo.com /thewarpzone/piano.html   (1069 words)

  
 EMC 637 Software Summaries   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
It's a great piece of software for kids who like to read and it is also great for second language learners.
This software has a lot of information but it's hard to get around meaning if your in a certain area and you want to go back, you would think you would be able to go back but you have to start all over again.
If I were returning to the software selection we were provided this is the one I would select to use first and probably often.
coe.west.asu.edu /softeval/637/summaries.html   (4967 words)

  
 ULTIMATE DOMAIN from The Software Toolworks / Microids   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
When confronting Software Toolworks technical department about this problem they had never heard of such a problem and could not provide a solution.
Software Toolworks/Microids does a really good job on simulating such an atmosphere.
In general this is not a bad game, but if you like fast-paced, action-packed simulations, you may want to pass this one by.
www.ibiblio.org /GameBytes/issue20/greviews/ultimate.html   (562 words)

  
 Newsbytes News Network: Struggling Software Toolworks reports losses   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
STRUGGLING SOFTWARE TOOLWORKS REPORTS LOSSES 08/15/91 NOVATO, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1991 AUG 15 (NB) -- The Software Toolworks, developers and publishers of software for personal computers and the Nintendo Entertainment System, has reported nearly $1 million in losses ($0.04 per share) on revenue of $16.4 million for its first fiscal quarter ending June 30, 1991.
Gains are accounted for by 113 percent increase in software shipments and a 71 percent increase in Nintendo business.
The Software Toolworks has been reporting losses since October of last year.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NEW/is_1991_August_15/ai_11154757   (397 words)

  
 Walt's Home Page - Software Publisher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
In 1977 I was one of the founders of Interactive Systems Corp., the first company to produce commercial UNIX systems.
In 1981, The Software Toolworks published the game as The Original Adventure.
Although many versions of Adventure were both sold and freely distributed, and although the game spawned an entire segment of the software industry, we were the only company ever to pay Crowther and Woods anything.
www.toolworks.com /bilofsky/software.htm   (225 words)

  
 [8]  Due Diligence Defenses: BarChris and Toolworks Compared
Toolworks the Ninth Circuit picked up on the refrain that it is “absurd” to suggest that underwriters have responsibility to analyze the propriety of the revenue recognition practices for financial reporting purposes.
[13] In re Software Toolworks Inc., 38 F.3d 1078 (9th Cir.
In re Software Toolworks Inc., 50 F.3d 615 (9th Cir.
www.bloomt-hal.com /1_02_8.htm   (2887 words)

  
 The Software Toolworks Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
The Software Toolworks started in 1980 as a publisher of software for Heath/Zenith personal computers.
, The Original Adventure, and the C/80 C compiler for CP/M. In 1994, The Software Toolworks was renamed Mindscape.
Among its most successful software titles, still best-sellers after more than 15 years, are The Chessmaster
www.toolworks.com   (90 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Supertypist Mavis Beacon Is A Creation Of Marketing
Although reviews of the software have intimated that Mavis is less than she appears, the large package photo of Lesperance in a yellow wool suit with pearl earrings and shoulder bag has helped make her a computer-industry icon.
And even now, as the software approaches its 10th birthday, Mindscape is celebrating with a children's version for Macintosh and an updated version of the main program designed to work with Windows 95.
Mindscape was created in 1986 when Crane, an early investor in computer entertainment products, merged his small company, Software Country, with Software Toolworks, another small business founded by programmer Walt Bikofsky in his garage in Sherman Oaks, Calif.
www.geocities.com /twosticks71/mavisbeacon.html   (630 words)

  
 Seybold Report on Desktop Publishing Vol 8, No 11   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Software Toolworks is a developer and publisher of consumer titles for CD-ROM.
In May, Software Toolworks was acquired by Pearson PLC, the British firm that used to be in oil and has now remade itself into a media company.
One of the largest CD-ROM software publishers in the world, Software Toolworks designs products that are cross-platform and cross-media.
www.seyboldreports.com /SRDP/0dp8/D0811007.HTM   (2200 words)

  
 Home of the Underdogs - Entry: Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing from Software Toolworks is a revolutionary typing program that spawned many sequels and a host of imitators.
With excellent execution, outstanding on-line help, and a plethora of graphs and options to tailor the program to your typing preferences, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing is, without question, the best typing tutor ever made, with a design that truly stands the test of time.
Perhaps nothing attests to the program's endurance better than the fact that the series is still going strong (it is now a label of Brøderbund) even after its original developer The Software Toolworks changed its name to Mindscape and later bought out.
www.the-underdogs.org /game.php?id=1358   (306 words)

  
 MEGARACE from Software Toolworks
As the Enforcer, you will be racing against five of the most vicious speed gangs around, each one with the primary goal of helping you to achieve an earlier demise.
Software Toolworks, makers of the popular Chess Master series has succeeded in bringing the thrill of the chase to the PC.
Winning a race involves overtaking the lead car called the, "Pack Leader".
www.ibiblio.org /GameBytes/issue18/greviews/megarace/megarace.html   (1461 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
CHESSMASTER 2100 If you're a PC user and play chess, the chances are excellent that you have at least heard of -- and quite possibly may own -- CHESSMASTER 2100 from The Software Toolworks.
Despite the fact that CM2100 is beginning to show its age a bit (I understand that the Software Toolworks people are currently working on an upgrade), it can still be a very satisfying program for most anyone who plays chess.
CHESSMASTER 2100 is published and distributed by The Software Toolworks.
www.textfiles.com /games/REVIEWS/ches2100.rev   (682 words)

  
 Michael E. Duffy | Resume   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Primarily responsible for the demonstration software premiered by Dudley Moore at the CES in Chicago, May 1990.
At the time Toolworks went public in February 1988 (by merging with a publicly-held shell corporation), I was one of the five owners of the company (1/83rd of the company).
As an author for Software Toolworks, I was responsible for Toolworks C and MathPack (an MS-DOS implementation of their best selling CP/M C compiler), as well as MyChess for MS-DOS (a forerunner of Chessmaster).
www.mikeduffy.com /myResume.html   (893 words)

  
 Software Industry Report February 21, 1994 Articles @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Software Industry Report February 21, 1994 Articles @ HighBeam Research
Start / S / Software Industry Report / February 21, 1994 /
Software Toolworks moves into China, Southeast Asia with help of Wearnes Bros.
static.highbeam.com /s/softwareindustryreport/february211994   (101 words)

  
 Macintosh software on 3.5" diskettes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Macintosh Software for Macintosh plus, SE, II, Classic, Centris, Performa, Quadra, Power PC and Macintosh Compatibles.
Software is used, out of print or one of a kind and is subject to limited availability.
Some titles are sold as-is. No refunds or exchanges on software.
members.aol.com /rrbp/macplus.html   (533 words)

  
 Companies - Specializing - East Coast Toolworks Software
Specializes in: remote helpdesk, netsupport ltd, network administration, pocket pc, netsupport school, remote control software, classroom management, netsupport dna, remote access, netsupport manager, remote desktop management, pc remote control software, asset management, educational software
The author is a freelance software engineer who develops DynSite an advanced IP updater and some...
Software by Tometa Software, Inc. Creator of the Award Winning System Information, Auditing and I...
www.soft411.org /companies/east-coast-toolworks.html   (295 words)

  
 Free Software for Non-Profit Organizations
Here is a partial list of companies that provide free software to all types of nonprofits.
For a more comprehensive list of companies that award computer software and hardware grants, see The Nonprofit Computer Sourcebook, published by The Taft Group,(800) 877-TAFT, and The Directory of Computer and High Technology Grants, published by Research Grant Guides, (407) 795-6129.
The Software Toolworks Multimedia PC 60 Leveroni Court CD ROM Novato, CA 94949 (415) 883-3000, ext.
www.africa.upenn.edu /Software/Free_Software_18208.html   (336 words)

  
 The Animals!
The Software Toolworks took advantage of the vast world available on a CD-ROM drive and made The Animals!
Certainly the extensive online bibliography will aid anyone who is interested in researching meerkats or other of the less-famous zoo animals, but much more information could've gone onto this CD-ROM program than the amount that goes onto the exhibit placards at the actual zoo in San Diego.
is run-of-the-mill, would-be multimedia PC (MPC) fare, through: The Software Toolworks did an outstanding job of packaging more than 82 short films on a single CD-ROM, along with 1300 256-color pictures, 2500 pages of text, and 2-1/2 hours of sound data.
www.atarimagazines.com /compute/issue154/74_The_Animals.php   (1323 words)

  
 Author-Date Styles (APA and ACW)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
ACW: List the author's name, if known, or title of software, the year of publication, the city of publication, and the name of the publisher or distributor.
If no author's name is given, list the title of the software, followed by the date of publication.
Next list any version numbers or other identifying information, the publication medium, the place of publication, and the name of the publisher or distributor.
occawlonline.pearsoned.com /bookbind/pubbooks/kennedy2_awl/medialib/ocg/citapa2.html   (1281 words)

  
 Home of the Underdogs - Company profile: Software Toolworks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Erratic software developer most famous for Life & Death and Chessmaster games and Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing program.
One of the oldest software developers around, the company was founded in 1980 by Walt Bilofsky.
Disclaimer: Home of the Underdogs does not claim rights to any software on the site.
www.the-underdogs.org /company.php?id=372   (131 words)

  
 Software Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
Storm Software, 1861 Landings Dr., Mountain View, CA 94043.
The Software Toolworks, 60 Leveroni Ct., Novato, CA 94949.
Stella II is a modeling software which combines the power of spreadsheet like calculations with an intuitive graphics oriented interface.
www.kckps.k12.ks.us /techplan/reviews.html   (1670 words)

  
 Blue Lava Wireless Appoints Former Nintendo President Minoru Arakawa and Former Software Toolworks CEO Robert E. Lloyd ...
Robert E. Lloyd is the Chairman of the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
Lloyd served as Chairman and CEO of Software Toolworks, a developer and publisher of entertainment, educational and reference software.
Prior to Software Toolworks, Lloyd served as President and CEO of Data East, a developer and publisher of coin-operated video games which became Nintendo's first licensed independent publisher with revenues of $100 million.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/10-26-2004/0002311109&EDATE=   (768 words)

  
 Old/Used Software for Sale, Vendors Starting with "S"
Old/Used Software for Sale, Vendors Starting with "S" Retro Tools Exchange: Si - So The following old software tools are in stock at EMS Professional Software.
EMS is not selling licenses to use any software on media for any purpose.
You should contact the software manufacturer to determine what action you must take to be licensed for any software use.
www.emsps.com /oldtools/s/misc-i.htm   (721 words)

  
 The Collectible ULTIMA
Included: Same as above, plus a Software Toolworks Catalog.
Software Toolworks released the Ultima I-VI series, just like Origin did.
Only Software Toolworks' collection came a year BEFORE Origin's did.
www.notableultima.com /collectibles/Title_Collections.html   (754 words)

  
 NESWORLD.PARODIUS.COM
The end of the cartridge also has the name of the design engineer on it.
A few pages of documentation from Software Toolworks came with the unit to verify it's authenticity.
The game program is supplosedly the final version, according to the engineer.
www.nesworld.com /pr-piano.htm   (151 words)

  
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Depending on the width of your editor, the tab and wordwrap I used may make the text appear broken and unevenly spaced.
Copyright (c) 1993 Mindscape Inc. A Software Toolworks company.
This official seal is your assurance that Nintendo(R) has reviewed this product and that it has met our standards for excellence in workmanship, reliability, and entertainment value.
www.angelfire.com /games3/warpzone/alfredch.txt   (1002 words)

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