ScreenExtender (1992) 0 Utility DOS

ScreenExtender is a series of add-on software enhancements for popular word processors such as WordStar and WordPerfect. ScreenExtender increases the amount of text that is visible on the screen at one time. It does this by enabling smaller text characters at higher resolutions. Such text modes, up to 160 columns and 58 rows, are commonly possible with VGA adapters, but ScreenExtender can even extract extra screen real-estate on CGA, EGA, and MGA/Hercules graphics cards.

• 2.0

Serif DrawPlus (1995) 1 Graphics Windows

DrawPlus is home-oriented, easy to use, low cost, vector based illustration program that competed against high end programs such as CorelDRAW!. It was part of a publishing suite including Serif PagePlus, Serif PhotoPlus, and Serif TablePlus, Serif TypePlus, and Serif LogoPlus

• 2.0

Serif PagePlus (1994) 0 Publishing Windows

Serif PagePlus, from the British software company Serif, Inc, is a desktop publishing program for Microsoft Windows that was designed to be a lower cost alternative to others desktop publishers on the market. It was advertised as exceedingly easy to use. Reportedly the original version was named PageStar, and ran on Windows 2.

• 3.x

Sheridan Data Widgets (1994) 1 Windows

Sheridan Data Widgets are a set of interface and database widgets used to develop Visual Basic 3 programs under Windows 3.1.

• 1.x

Sid Meier's Civilization (1992) 6 MacOS

Civilization is an addictive turn-based strategy game where you build cities, grow an empire, and compete against rival civilizations. The ultimate goal is to advance your tribe of primitives until they are the first to reach Alpha Centauri, or just conquer the entire Earth.

• I

Sidekick (1984) 2 Utility PIM Windows

Borland Sidekick is a DOS based PIM (Personal Information Manager) and one of the first widely-used TSR (terminate and stay resident) programs. The key feature of Sidekick was that one could use Sidekick's utilities while using most other MS-DOS applications. This was important because MS-DOS had no built-in multi-tasking or task switching capabilities.

• 1.0 for Windows
• 2.0 for Windows

Simply Accounting (1994) 0 Financial Windows OS2

Simply Accounting is a complete general accounting package targeted as small businesses. Includes General Ledger, Purchases and Payments, Sales and Receipts, Payroll, Inventory Control, and Project Costing functionality.

• 2.x

SitBack (1991) 0 Utility DOS

SitBack is a unique backup tool that backs up files in the background while users are using their systems. This is based on the reality that most users do not want to take the time or effort to manually back up their work. SitBack can backup up to local drives or network shares, and can back up from many kinds of media.

• 3.x

Smart Label Printer Plus (1991) 0 DOS

This is this software required to operate a Seiko Instruments Smart Label Printer. This software will not install without a Smart Label Printer attached. at any time from within other DOS applications.

• 2.x

Smart Shop (1992) 0 Financial Database DOS

Smart Shop, from Smart Shop Software, Inc. is a shop management database system for DOS.

• 3.x

Smartcom (1989) 0 Communications DOS

Hayes Smartcom is an easy to use communications program geared toward beginners. Hayes was a well known and popular maker of hardware modem products, and sold Smartcom alongside their hardware as a complementary product.

• EZ

SmartSketch (1994) 0 Graphics Publishing Windows

SmartSketch 1.0 is an easy to use vector based drawing targeted at business users. Although there were many other such drawing programs, it boasted simplicity and a large variety of clipart. It was originally intended for GO Corporation's PinPoint pen computing device, but when that was discontinued, SmartSketch was ported to Windows and Macintosh instead.

• 1.0

SnagIt (1994) 0 Utility Graphics Windows

Screen capture utility for Windows 3.1.

• 2.1

Softerm (1984) 0 Communications DOS

Softerm is a powerful and flexible communications manager and terminal emulation program that operates on a variety of personal computers. It provides basic terminal communications to a variety of host computer, timesharing services, and information services such as The Source, CompuServe, and Dow Jones News/Retrieval. Softerm also functions as an exact look-alike for many popular CRT terminals which enables applications written for a specific CRT terminal to operate with your personal computer system transparently and without programming changes.

• Classic 1.x

Softkey Address Book Maker (1992) 0 PIM Windows

Softkey / Spinnaker Easy Working Address Book Maker is a personal information manager that stores and retrieves names, addresses, and phone numbers. with the ability to print them out in the format used by many popular paper organizers.

• 1992

SoftKey Key Master Maps (1995) 0 Reference Windows

SoftKey Key Master Maps is a road map of the entire USA on a CD.

• 1.0

Softkey/WordStar PC Paintbrush (1993) 0 Graphics Windows

Softkey/WordStar's PC Paintbrush is a paint program and photo editor for Windows 3.x. It only somewhat resembles Zsoft PC Paintbrush but is basically re-branded Zsoft PhotoFinish, released after Zsoft was bought out. It was initially sold by WordStar International, and then later SoftKey.

• 1.x

SoftRAM (1995) 0 Windows

SoftRAM and SoftRAM 95 were products that famously claimed to effectively double avaialble memory to programs without adding hardware. It was later proven that these products were a scam, and did absolutely nothing. It competed against similar tools such as Hurricane, MagnaRam, and RAM Doubler

• 1.x
• 95

Software Carousel (1991) 0 Utility DOS

Software Carousel is an easy to use task switching system for MS-DOS. It does not multi-task but can switch between programs, swapping the memory to and from disk or EMS RAM. Since it does not have the processing overhead of multi-tasking or running under a GUI, programs may run at full speed, making it ideal for slower systems.

• 5.x

Software Toolworks World Atlas (1992) 2 Education DOS

World Atlas is a computerized world map with thousands of facts and statistics for over 200 counties. Includes detailed city data, country flags, and anthems.

• 3.0

SoftWindows (1993) 0 Virtualization MacOS

Insignia Solution SoftPC, or "SoftWindows" when bundled with Windows, is an x86 emulator UNIX and MacOS that enables them to run DOS and Windows. SoftWindows is unique in that it uses native CPU recompiled Windows binaries providing near native speed for some application. It was also ported to platforms such as SGI Irix, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, NeXT, Motorola 88000, DEC VAX/VMS, DEC ULTRIX, and was the emulator used by Microsoft to run DOS and Windows 3.1 application on the DEC Alpha CPU Windows NT.

• 1.0
• 2.0
• 3.0
• 95

Sound Blaster 16 ASP Drivers (1993) 3 DOS Windows

Drivers for the Sound Blaster 16 ASP series of cards.

• SB16-STD-01 (Revision 6)

Sound Blaster CD-ROM Drivers (1995) 0 DOS

These are DOS drivers for the Creative Sound Blaster with CD-ROM support sound card.

• 1.x

Sound Blaster Developer Kit (1991) 0 DOS

Sound Blaster Developer Kit is a set of libraries used to develop programs that support the Creative Labs Sound Blaster sound card. 6.0, Turbo C version 2.0, Microsoft QuickBasic version 4.5, Microsoft Basic PDS version 7.0, and Turbo Pascal version 6.0.

• 2.00

Sound Blaster Drivers (1990) 24 DOS Windows

The Sound Blaster is a series of sound cards from Create Labs. For a time, the Sound Blaster was considered a de-facto standard for DOS based gaming. Initially it competed against the uncommon IBM Music Feature card, and the Adlib cards. The original sound blaster provided 8-bit mono digital sound in addition to Adlib-compatible FM music synthesis and stereo CMS Game Blaster compatible square-wave music. Most DOS games work best with the earlier ISA cards. Later PCI cards use completely different hardware and only provide Sound Blaster compatiblity through software emulation.

• Sound Blaster 2.0
• Sound Blaster Pro
• Sound Blaster AWE32