Museum

(The museum is still being set up.)
I have a lot less time for that now than I did ten years ago, so there are only a few programs still of interest today. They are found on the software page.

Software Museum

These programs are designed for the Microsoft DOS operating system. They used to run on PCs with Intel's 80486 processor, or even older machines. Some were actually used on the legendary 8086 processor! Many don't require a hard disk, or this fancy new input device (a mouse), and of course run in text mode. Today, these programs are nice exhibits in the software museum.

Imax

The Imax text viewer

Purpose:

TODO: a special FX text file viewer with soft scrolling and more
(Exhibit is being prepared for display)

Date:

1995

Technology:

C++, Assembler, DOS

License:

Freeware

Highlights:

Status:

Development complete

Quadra

QuAdrA showing a sample record

TODO:: a digital organizer
(Exhibit is being prepared for display)

Quots

Quots displays a quotation

TODO:: displays quotations from configurable files, fast as lightning
(Exhibit is being prepared for display)

Buchfink

A dialog in Buchfink

Purpose:: A library management system for schools
Date:: 1992 - 1994
Technology:: Borland Pascal 7.0, Turbo Vision, DBase IV, DOS 5.0
License:: Commercial
Highlights:: This library management system is intended for schools, which typically have a small amout of titles (around 400), but many copies of each title. The number of people using the books is also small (often below 1000), but they are organized into a variety of groups (courses, classes), which must be handled efficiently. Buchfink includes its own DBase IV compatible database engine.
Status:: Complete and stable

Scratch

Scratch is wiping out some test data

TODO:: a tool for permanently deleting sensitive data from a disk
You could even leave a message on the wiped-out disk space for the data recovery company to read
(Exhibit is being prepared for display)

Jenkey

The DOS editor EDIT showing the Jenkey config file

TODO:: a shortcut key manager for DOS, published in the magazine DOS international 5/1993, p. 198 ff. The program's source code fits into less than 1024 bytes
(Exhibit is being prepared for display)

Battlezone

The Battlezone command post

TODO:: a game of strategy, a bit like "Risk"; uses several mouse cursor shapes created with MCEdit
(Exhibit is being prepared for display)

ZEditor

Testing a new character in ZEditor

TODO:: a tool for creating custom characters for the DOS text mode
This could be used for creating entire custom fonts for DOS.
(Exhibit is being prepared for display)

X-Tension

Yellow has just won a round

TODO:: an othello game clone
(Exhibit is being prepared for display)

MCEdit

MCEdit allowed direct editing of the cursor and screen masks

TODO:: a tool for graphically creating new mouse cursor shapes
(Exhibit is being prepared for display)

Arkadoid

Beginning of a new Arkadoid level

TODO:: a breakout clone
(Exhibit is being prepared for display)

Snake (-> more)

Completed Level 6 - yihaa!

Purpose:: The famous game improved!
Date:: 1989
Technology:: Turbo Pascal 4.0, DOS 3.x, CGA Graphics
License:: Freeware
Highlights:: Adjustable worm speed allows playing this game on machines of different speeds, in theory even Pentiums. Uses the legendary CGA graphics card, which could display 16 different colors at the same time in text mode. A monochrome mode is available if needed by the physical display.
Status:: Complete and stable