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From: akcs.joehorn@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Joseph K. Horn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: EduCALC Catalog #52
Message-ID: <28659dea:3508.4comp.sys.handhelds;1@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 24 Jun 91 07:40:08 GMT
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Lisa Rogers writes:

>    Stock #2467 "95 Utility Pack" by Richard Harvey, $27.95
>
> Can you give us the description for this one?  Anyone have one of
> these or have any idea what it is?  I assume it is a floppy for a PC
> that has things you can download to a 95 (since it probably can't be
> a ROM card (too cheap(?)) and doesn't sound like a book.

Here's the blurb from EduCALC catalog #52, page 17:

    "Thirty-six small, efficient programs written in assembly language,
    each optimized for the 95 and its 40-column mode, to add many useful
    commands to DOS 3.22.  Programs download from your PC.
    
    Get accurate information about memory, battery status, contrast,
    speaker level, keyboard state,... [sic]  Set computer states from
    the command line.  Find files fast.  Filter extraneous characters
    from files for viewing or transmitting.  Display graphics.  Play
    music.  Automate graphics demos.
    
    Stock #2467 (95 Utility Pack, 3.5" & 5.25") List $35..... $27.95

--  Joseph K. Horn  --  Peripheral Vision, Ltd.  --