I was able to reach Walt Bilofsky, the owner of The Software Toolworks. He stated that the rights to the 8-bit software remained with him and his partner Joe Abrams. Also, if the software listed another author, that author retains rights to the software. He stated that I may post the software and manuals, non-commercially, with the following restrictions: list the correct copyright notice (author(s) name(s), year written) and state that the software is not for commercial use.
The following is from their Spring 1982 Catalog:
About The Software Toolworks
It started two years ago when several computer scientist became interested in personal computers. We built H89 computer kits, then developed software tools for ourselves, programs of the quality and responsiveness we had become used to on larger machines.
The Software Toolworks is our way of sharing both those tools and the improvements and new products we have come up with in response to user requests. As our professional associates have heard of our success in distributing our software, a number of them have also acquired personal computers and contributed their creativity and expertise to our product line.
Although we are in business, we remain first and foremost computer hobbyists. Therefore, we continue to make these programs available at the kind of prices we would like to pay ourselves.
But despite the low prices, this software is solid. We used it ourselves, and sell only programs that meet our personal standards of excellence. We are proud of these software products, and hope you will enjoy them.
Here is a scanned image of the 1982 catalog.
Here is a table of the software provided by The Software Toolworks. If the software name in the table below is a link, additional information and possibly links to disk images and manuals are available on that page. This software is strictly for non-commercial use, additional information is presented on the following pages.
|
Order Number |
Formats |
Name |
Description |
Original Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
#201 |
C8, C5, or H5 |
Full screen editor makes it easy to create and change text and program files. |
$29.95 | |
|
#202 |
C8, C5, H5, or O5 |
C/80 2.0 Compiler generates fast assembly language code - now supports most C features. |
$49.95 | |
|
#203 |
C8, C5, H5, or O5 |
Macro Assembler Z80 |
Macro assemblers for Z80 or 8080 opcodes |
$29.95 |
|
#204 |
C8, C5, H5, or O5 |
Macro Assembler 8080 |
Macro assemblers for Z80 or 8080 opcodes |
$29.95 |
|
#205 |
C5 or H5 |
Access MICRONET, SOURCE, timesharing; transfer files between computers |
$19.95 | |
|
#206 |
C8, C5, H5, or O5 |
PACK and CRYPT |
Save room on your disks; protect sensitive files |
$24.95 |
|
#207 |
C8, C5, or H5 |
Produce neatly formatted documents with TEXT |
$39.95 | |
|
#208 |
D5 |
Discover for yourself why Air Traffic Controllers wanted psychiatric benefits |
$19.95 | |
|
#209 |
C8, C5, H5, or O5 |
LISP/80 |
Now there's an economical way to experiment with LISP |
$39.95 |
|
#210 |
C8, C5, H5, or O5 |
Play championship chess with full graphics |
$34.95 | |
|
#211 |
C8, C5, or H5 |
Create, save, display with fill screen graphics editor |
$29.95 | |
|
#212 |
H5 |
Keep track of all your files with master catalog system; plus handy utilies |
$24.95 | |
|
#213 |
C8, C5, H5, or O5 |
RATFOR |
RATFOR adds structured programming features to Microsoft FORTRAN |
$39.95 |
|
#214 |
D5 |
Play the INVADERS video action game |
$19.95 | |
|
#215 |
H5 |
Printer spooler lets you continue working while printing |
$29.95 | |
|
#216 |
C8, C5, or H5 |
Interactive disk patcher lets you make system patches, repari damaged data |
$24.95 | |
|
#217 |
C8, C5, or H5 |
Action maze game with arcade excitement |
$19.95 | |
|
#218 |
D5 |
Fight exciting space battles in full graphics |
$19.95 | |
|
#219 |
H5 |
Learn to program in BASIC |
$29.95 | |
|
#220 |
C8, C5, H5, or O5 |
Your computer can be a good "therapy" |
$24.95 | |
|
#221 |
C8, C5, H5, or O5 |
Eliminate embarrassing spelling mistakes with compact 50,000 word proofreader |
$49.95 | |
|
#222 |
C8, C5, H5, or O5 |
ADVENTURE |
Dare the dangers of Colossal Cave with the original Adventure game |
$19.95 |
|
#223 |
C5, H5, or C8 |
Full-featured ZenCalc comes all set to do your taxes and more |
$99.95 | |
|
#224 |
C8, C5, H5, or O5 |
Save time an money with automated recipe file |
$29.95 |
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