From: fwl@wlbr.iipo.gtegsc.com (Fred Lockard)
Subject: CDROMs for sale: MS:Bookshelf, Atlas, Lang.of.World, etc.
Organization: GTE Federal Systems
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 00:34:22 GMT

Just in time for Christmas!
These are great CDROMs for someone just starting there collection.
We used these when we first got our CDROM, but now, the
kids have seen the novelty fade away.   We got our money's worth
so I'm letting them go for less than half of what I paid (I think).

Make me an offer if you think my prices need some adjusting.
To save shipping charges on these small items, I will ship as soon as
I receive your check.  I'll pay the shipping.
All items are IBM Compatible and are in excellent shape:
  1. Microsoft            Bookshelf Reference Library (1987)  $35
  2. Software Toolworks   World Atlas (1990)                  $15
  3. Software Toolworks   U.S. Atlas (1990)                   $15
  4. Sony                 Languages of the World (1990)       $45
  5. Bureau of Elct.Pub.  Shakespeare/Sherlock/Shareware      $20 

1. Microsoft turned out this neat little reference library:
   a.  The American Heritage Dictionary
   b.  Roget's II: Electronic Thesaurus
   c.  The World Almanac and Book of Facts
   d.  Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
   e.  The Chicago Manual of Style
   f.  Houghton Mifflin Spelling Verifier and Corrector
   g.  Forms and Letters
   h.  U.S. ZIP Code Directory
   i.  Houghton Mifflin Usage Alert
   j.  Business Information Sources

   This really has great information on it, the reason I don't use
   it much is that I don't have a word processor like Word or
   WordPerfect.  I just use Write that is a part of Windows 3.1.
   So... any non-graphics mode word processor should work great:
   e.g. Bank Street Writer, Displaywrite, Easy Writer, MultiMate, 
	PC-Write, Perfect Writer, pfs:Write, SuperWriter, Volkswriter,
	Word, WordPerfect, WordStar, XyWrite III.
   [Comes with User's Guide and Quick Reference Guide.]

2. Software Toolworks World Atlas, this is the CDROM release of their
   popular 6 Megabyte diskette version.  It has over 240 color maps and
   hundreds of pages of text on 54 different topics.  All information
   in the atlas is accessed through a graphic interface.

   To be honest, we still like this one a lot.  The only reason we are
   selling it is because it still  has the Soviet Union rather than
   the republics.  It came in real handy during the gulf war and such
   because the kids could see right where Kuwait was, etc.  So, it
   is still very useful. [Comes with User's Guide.]

3. Software Toolworks U.S. Atlas, this has been a real fun program to
   have around.  We've had friends move across country and it was neat
   to show the kids where the state was and some facts about the area.
   All the state map stuff is still good, the data (statistics on more
   than 200 topics) is starting to get a little dated.  Still, it is
   a fun way to have a geography lesson.  [Comes with User's Manual.]

4. The Languages of the World disc is something to behold.  The amount
  of information (12 languages!) is staggering.  Aside from when a
  Japanese exchange student was at our house, we just haven't had
  a real need for it.  So, if you have need for one of the following
  language dictionaries on-line, make me an offer!
       Chinese,  Danish,   Dutch,     English,    Finnish,  French,  
       German,   Italian,  Japanese,  Norwegian,  Spanish,  Swedish

  Any translation from one language into another is possible.  You
  can specify any of the above as the "Look up" dictionary, and then
  designate any one of them as the "Destination Language".  If you
  like, you can even display Japanese or Chinese in the actual
  Kanji or Kana characters. [Comes with User's Manual.]

5.  This is a three-disc deal.  The first has all of Shakespeare (both
    American English and "the official" English).  The second disc
    has all of Sherlock Holmes.  The third disc contains a mass of
    shareware software (and demo programs), a movie database, and
    the King James version of the Bible.  It's title is appropriately
    stated as "Software Potpourri".
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Fred Lockard                     GTE Government Systems, Westlake Village CA
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