Manual nostalgy

[1956] The Fortran Automatic Coding System for the IBM 704 EDPM

The IBM Mathematical Formula Translating System FORTRAN is an automatic coding system for the IBM 704 EDPM. More precisely, it is a 704 program which accepts a source program written in a language - the Fortran language - closely resembling the ordinary language of mathematics, and which produces and object program in 704 machine language, ready to be run on a 704.

Object programs produced by Fortran will be nearly as efficient as those written by good programmers.

[1975] 8080 Assembly Language Programming Manual

This manual has been written to help the reader program the INTEL 8080 microcomputer in assembly language. Accordingly, this manual assumes that the reader has a good understanding of logic, but may be completely unfamiliar with programming concepts. The experienced programmer should note that the assembly language has a macro capability which allows users to tailor the assembly language to individual needs.

[1975] Altair Basic

Before a computer can perform any useful function, it must be "told" what to do. Unfortunately, at this time, computers are not capable of understanding English or any other "human" language. This is primarily because our languages are rich with ambiguities and implied meanings. The computer must be told precise instructions and the exact sequence of operations to be performed in order to accomplish any specific task. Therefore, in order to facilitate human communication with a computer, programming languages have been developed.

[1977] Altair DOS

The Altair Disk Operating System (DOS) is a system for developing and running Assembly Language programs. It consists of a Monitor and several system programs.

[1978] The C Programming Language

C is a general-purpose programming language which features economy of expression, modern control flow and data structures, and a rich set of operators. C is not a "very high level" language, nor a "big" one, and is not specialized to any particular area of application. But its absence of restrictions and its geerality make it more convenient and effective for many tasks than supposedly more powerful languages.

[1986] Arrowsoft Assembler v1.00      

Thank you for trying out the public domain version of our Arrowsoft Assembler. We feel that the best way to alert you, the programmer, to our fine line of professional products is to let you use one. Once you have experienced the high quality and ease of use of this free product, we hope that you will contact us regarding our other software (our address is on the cover of this manual). You will no doubt notice that this manual is not exhaustive; in fact, it includes the least amount of information we felt we could include without robbing the program of its usefulness.

[1984-2000] NewBasic Assembler, Version 00.24.40

NBasm is indented for learning assembly language and creating small projects. I created NBasm mostly for the enjoyment and to learn how to create an assembler. You may use NBasm to its full capabilities, but please take note that it does contain bugs and/or errors. If you find a bug and/or error, please let me know. I am constantly adding new things to NBasm and fixing bugs and errors is part of the fun.

[1991] HelpPC 2.10

This program and accompanying databases are designed for the intermediate to advanced programmer that knows what he's doing, but just can't remember specific information necessary to program advanced features of the PC or PS/2. As programmers, we tend to gather massive amounts of books, journals and magazines. Each of these items have some important detail that is generally out of our reach since we can't carry them with us everywhere we go. That's why I started this project, to free myself from having to first find the manuals or articles and then weed through all the mundane text to get to an answer. In the past few years HelpPC has saved me a lot of time previously spent rummaging through manuals.

[1995-1999] HWiNFO

HWiNFO is a *POWERFUL* hardware detection program. It is simple, quick and on most systems very efficient. It "tries" to give only important information about all the hardware devices in your computer so that you need not look inside the PC to see what's there.

[1997] Cool Boot (v 1.0)

Ok, I hate to write help files so I'll make the pain short :)
When you forget to remove the disk when you boot/reboot (I do this allot) you get the old boring message 'Non system disk or disk error.....' It's the boot program in the boot sector that writes this message, so what Cool Boot does is that it just replace the old boot sector by a new cooler one, with an fire effect and a fading message of your own choice. I take all responsibility for all bad things that might happen to you, your family or your computer if you use this program. Just send me the bill ;)