Jingle Disk (1986) 0 Novelty DOS

ThoughtWare's Jingle Disk was a stocking stuffer for the computer geek in 1986. It plays several pieces of music on the PC speaker as it animates several winter images. It can also print a simple greeting card to a dot matrix printer using these images. While there were similar shareware or freeware programs, this was a commercial program

• 1986

JRAM Drivers (1985) 0 DOS

These are the drivers used with the Tall Tree Systems JRAM series Multi-I/O RAM expansion card. Includes diagnostics, ramdisk, spooler, and clock support files.

• 1985
• 4.x (1987)

JustWrite (1991) 2 Word Processor Windows

JustWrite is a small and fast word processor for Microsoft Windows 3.x that still has a wide variety of features. It supports multi document editing, styles, footnotes, indexes, tables, frames, spell checker, thesaurus, Windows DDE, a large number of import/export filters, and much more.

• 1.00

Kai's Power Tools (1992) 2 Graphics Windows

Kai's Power Tools are a set of plugins created by Kai Krause that were designed for use with popular image editing programs.

• 2.0
• 3.0

Kaypro 16 System Disks (1985) 0 DOS

These are the system disks provided for the Kaypro 16 computer. This includes a Master disk set for floppy-only operation, and an autoload set that installs to a hard drive.

• 1

Key Design Center 3D (1995) 1 Graphics Windows MacOS

Design Center 3D is an easy to use budget 3D modeling tool. It is suitable for creating home arrangement designs, and features a 3D preview that lets you "walk" through your creation. This appears to be a slightly earlier version of Softkey Design It!.

• 1.0

Key Form Designer (1989) 1 Publishing DOS

Key Form Designer, from SoftKey Software Products Inc, is an inexpensive tool for quickly producing, filling, and printing professional looking forms.

• 1.x (DOS)

Key HomeInventory (1990) 2 Database DOS

Key HomeInventory is a budget title targeted at home users. It consists of a simple database specifically for inventorying items in ones home.

• 1.0

Key Paint 2000 (1991) 1 Graphics DOS

SoftKey Key Paint 2000 is a rebadged version of ZSoft PC Paintbrush for DOS. ZSoft was eventually purchased by SoftKey.

• 3.x

Key Publisher (1991) 1 Publishing DOS

Key Publisher is a GEM based desktop publishing tool. This is a rebranded version of GST Software's Publish-It.

• 1.x

Keyboarding Pro (1998) 1 Education Windows

Keyboarding Pro is a program for Windows that teaches touch typing. It contains numerous lessons and some game activities.

• 1.0

KeyDictionary (1992) 1 Reference DOS

KeyDictionary, by SoftKey Software Products Inc., is a TSR dictionary lookup program for DOS.

• 3.0

KeyMailer (1988) 1 Database DOS

KeyMailer is a professional and easy to use mailing list managment program.

• 3.1

Kinetic Graphics System (1988) 1 Presentations DOS

Kinetic Graphics System is a feature rich, high-end DOS based graphing and charting program geared towards desktop publishing. It supports a variety of hardware including the Number Nine graphics card in 256 colors. Outputs to slide makers, plotters, or laser printers. software, one could create charts and send the results directly to Kinetic for professionally printed 35mm slides or overhead transparencies. graphics packages such as Execucom Systems Impressionist, and Zenographics Mirage.

• 1.2G

Kiplinger's CA-Simply Money 1.0 (1993) 1 Financial Windows

Simply Money is a checkbook and money management program for Windows. Targeted at home users and small businesses, it includes a personal financial adviser with expert advice from Kiplinger, stock price updates, and home value tracking. It competed against Qucken.

• 1.0

Kurzweil VoicePad (1996) 1 Utility Windows

VoicePad is a voice recognition and dictation program for Windows 3.1 and 95.

• 1.0 Starter

Label Magic (1991) 1 Publishing DOS

Label Magic is an excellent labeling system that generates professional looking labels in minutes, complete with graphic icons. Part of the program is a utility to let you create your own icons. There is more to this program than logos, however. You can do mailing lists with or without icons. If your printer can handle envelopes, you can print your logo and return address directly on envelopes. You can use it to print letterheads. You can also have alphabetically sorted directory entries. You can preview the label and icon on screen with Hercules monographics, CGA, MCGA, EGA, AT&T HiRes, or VGA. Where many graphics oriented shareware programs are weakest is in the number of printers they support because each type of printer requires different routines to print graphics. Label Magic is well above average in this regard, supporting the C.Tioh 8510, NEC 8023, Epson FX (and compatibles), Epson LX, IBM Graphics, IBM Proprinter, HP Deskjet and Deskjet Plus, HP LaserJet II, HP PaintJet, Epson LQ-2500 and (Joseph M. Albanese) (Reg.Fee: $25)

• 3.00

Labels Unlimited (1994) 7 Publishing Windows

Labels Unlimited is a "professional" easy to use program designed specifically for making labels. It includes templates for VHS video cassettes, audio cassettes, floppy disks, mailing labels, and Avery printer labels. It features a WYSIWYG interface, supports text, graphics, sequences, and much more.

• 1.x (Win)
• 2.x (Win)

Labelwriter (1987) 1 Utility DOS

Labelwriter is an inexpensive, self contained, and easy to use database program just for printing business or customer mailing address labels. Labelwriter combines the essential information-handling features you need with versatile printing options to make it easy to maintain and print business mailing lists on self-adhesive, continuous-form labels with your PC's printer.

• 1.x

Landmark Service Diagnostics (1992) 1 Utility DOS

Landmark Service Diagnostics is a set of professional, exhaustive diagnostic tool for testing all aspects of IBM PC 8088, 286, 386, and 486 compatible computer systems. It includes hundreds of powerful and flexible tests that check motherboards, RAM, video, COM ports, floppy drives, hard drives, and printers.

• 2.x

LANLink (1990) 2 DOS

LANLink is a low cost networking program that is optimized for, and exclusively uses, common serial and parallel port connections. It features faster file transfer than other serial/parallel transfer programs, is easy to set up, and enables direct file and printer access.

• 2.x

LANtastic (1990) 0 DOS OS2 Windows

Lantastic is an easy to use, low cost networking system targeted at small networks and home users. It was very popular and highly rated in the early 1990s. Unlike most LAN networking software of the time, Lantastic required only installation and minimal, straightforward, configuration. Lantastic gives users the ability to share printers and files on a hard drive or CD-ROM. It is considered a "peer-to-peer" network, as there is no need for a dedicated server. Any computer may be configured as a server as well as a client. Lantastic was also very memory efficient, using minimal DOS memory in both workstation and sever modes, enabling users to run most popular DOS applications while Lantastic was running. Lantastic supported Ethernet, ARCNET and Token Ring networks. Artisoft also sold networking kits that included both network adapters and the Lantastic software. Lantastic was avaialble for DOS, Windows, and OS/2. At the time it competed against Novell Netware Lite, and many other small LAN oriented products.

• 3.0
• 4.0
• 5.0
• Z
• 1.x for OS/2
• 6.x
• 7.0

LapLink (1987) 4 Communications DOS Windows

LapLink, from Traveling Software Inc., enables users to easily and quickly move files between two DOS computers using only a serial null-modem cable or a special parallel port connector. No other hardware is needed. Laplink was extremely popular.during the late 80s and early 90s. It was infinitely easier to set up any two arbitrary PCs (often portables or laptops) with LapLink than other methods, such as DOS based networking. MS-DOS 6 bundled a similar set of file transfer tools called INTERLNK and INTERSVR.

• 2.x
• 3.x
• XL
• 4.x
• 5.x
• 7.5 for Windows 95
• 2000
• Gold (9.0)

Lattice C (1984) 8 DOS

Lattice C was originally released by Lifeboat Associates in June 1982 for the IBM PC. Microsoft repacked Lattice C as "Microsoft C 2.0", however Microsoft C 3.0 and later used Microsoft's internally developed product instead. Lattice C was ported to MVS, VMS, Unix, OS/2, Amiga, Atari ST, and Sinclair.

• 2.x
• 3.x

Leading Edge Word Processing (1985) 3 Word Processor DOS

Leading Edge Word Processing is an "easy to use", yet full-featured, word processor bundled with Leading Edge computers. It has operational similarities similar to Wang word processing systems. At release, special features included split-screen, delete recall, the ability to display and print color text, and character based graphics.

• 1.x