The Software Toolworks

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.

History

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.

Catalog

Here are a few of their catalogs:

Software

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	PIE 1.5	Full screen editor makes it easy to create and change text and program files.	$29.95
#202	C8, C5, H5, or O5	C/80	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	REACH	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	TEXT	Produce neatly formatted documents with TEXT	$39.95
#208	D5	AIRPORT	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	MYCHESS	Play championship chess with full graphics	$34.95
#211	C8, C5, or H5	ED-A-SKETCH	Create, save, display with fill screen graphics editor	$29.95
#212	H5	Catalog System; Utility Programs	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	INVADERS	Play the INVADERS video action game	$19.95
#215	H5	SPOOL-N-GO	Printer spooler lets you continue working while printing	$29.95
#216	C8, C5, or H5	SUPER ZAP	Interactive disk patcher lets you make system patches, repari damaged data	$24.95
#217	C8, C5, or H5	MUNCHKIN	Action maze game with arcade excitement	$19.95
#218	D5	SPACE PIRATES	Fight exciting space battles in full graphics	$19.95
#219	H5	Introduction to BASIC Programming	Learn to program in BASIC	$29.95
#220	C8, C5, H5, or O5	ELIZA	Your computer can be a good "therapy"	$24.95
#221	C8, C5, H5, or O5	SPELL	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	ZENCALC	Full-featured ZenCalc comes all set to do your taxes and more	$99.95
#224	C8, C5, H5, or O5	COMPUTER CHEF	Save time an money with automated recipe file	$29.95
#225	C8, C5, or O5	AutoDIFF	Locate changes, revisions in document and program source files.	$29.95
#226	C8, C5, H5, or O5	Snake	Action video game for the entire family.	$19.95
#227	O5	Arcturus Ranger	Three exciting arcade style games for your Osborne.	$24.95
#228	O5	Arcturus Control		$19.95
#229	O5	Arcturus Exterminator		$24.95
#230	C8, C5, H5, or O5	Word Wiggle	Exercise vocabulary skills as you challenge the computer.	$29.95
#231	C8, C5, H5, or O5	C/80 Mathpak	Add float and long data types to C/80 Version 3.	$29.95
#232	D5	Missile Control (Evryware)	Guard cities from missile attack.	$17.50
#233	D5	Galatic Warrior (Evryware)	Goes beyond Space Invaders with a variety of weapons and targets.	$19.50
#234	D5	Y-Wing Fighter (Evryware)	Battle a variety of dangers just above the surface of a hostile planet.	$19.50
#235	D5	Space Odyssey I(Evryware)	Space navigation game features 3-D movement.	$21.50
#236	D5	Exterminator (Evryware)	Complex game pits you against the ecology of Yargon.	$19.50
#237	D5	Y-Wing II (Evryware)	Exciting undersea sequel to Y-WING.	$21.50
#238	D5	Zeetle-Deet (Evryware)	Tunnel through the earth to save the princess.	$19.50
#239	I5	ZP/SIM	Run most of CP/M software from your ZDOS disk.	$29.95
#240	C8, C5, H5, or O5	Best of Wok Talk	Computer Chef Series #2: Exotic oriental cuisine made convenient, even for beginners.	$29.95
#241	C8, C5, H5, or O5	What's For Dinner	Computer Chef Series #3: Add over 200 recipes to your Computer Chef collection.	$19.95

Note: At some point, Software Toolworks also added support several other computer systems, from Xerox, Kaypro, DEC and Epson in many (but not all) of their software titles, but this site is not tracking those.

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