SOFTWARE DREAMS THROUGH A LOOKING GLASS
LOW COST ALTERNATIVES
AN INTRODUCTION TO DOS SCREEN MAGNIFIERS
View, Overview, And Review.
Text By SuperAdaptoid
A CLOSER LOOK AT MS DOS EXTERNAL SCREEN MAGNIFICATION. Screen magnifiers
come in several categories:
1. PASSIVE SCREEN MAGNIFICATION.
When all screen activity is "HALTED" while the screen magnifier enlarges
the screen.
2. ACTIVE SCREEN MAGNIFICATION.
When screen activity [input and output] continues while the screen magnifier
enlarges the screen.
... 2a. APPLICATION SPECIFIC.
Active Screen Magnifiers can be "Application Specific"
written to work with a specific program application
[such as a SPECIFIC Wordprocesser or spread sheet].
... 2b. APPLICATION GENERIC.
Active Screen Magnifiers can be "Application Generic"
written to work within a wide variety of program applications,
software, and purposes.
3. BOTH ACTIVE AND PASSIVE MAGNIFIERS.
PC Magnifiers are MS DOS based and/or MS Windows environments. ONLY A FEW
ARE BOTH DOS AND WINDOWS PROGRAMS.
THE B-WARE COLLECTION OF DOS BASE SCREEN MAGNIFICATION PROGRAMS
By Hexagon Products
The following items are taken from personal software resources.
Demonstration software for these programs can be found on the
internet and worldwide web in several locations as of May 1996.
If you need assistance in finding these programs send an e-mail to
SuperAdaptoid at:
[These are full featured SHAREWARE DEMONSTRATIONS of SEVERAL PC
software SCREEM MAGNIFICATION PROGRAMS for the DOS environment.
[The last known price per full software copy was under $50.00].
Demonstrations featured are publically available for DOWNLOAD
WITHOUT CHARGE.
REVIEW POLICY ... All items REVIEWED are PRE-TESTED before writing,
and ONLY ITEMS WE LIKE are reviewed. All other itms are just
REPORTED.
BWARE By Hexigon Products is a collection of Dos base SCREEN MAGNIFICATION
PROGRAMS. Although public downloads of the demonstration shareware are not
current up-grades ... these are still FUNCTIONAL AND FULL FEATURED.
Software Dreams Through A looking Glass Review ... starts with BEWARE as an
example of the varied types of DOS screen magnifiers.
BEDIT ... An ASCII TEXT EDITOR with multi-level SCREEN MAGNIFICATION.
This an ACTIVE SCREEN MAGNIFICATION PROGRAM with wordprocessing features,
color control, block-&-move text, split screens, choice of fonts, help, word
prediction, dictionary, speller, [limited] text conversion and print format.
BIG1-2-3 ... A multi-level SCREEN MAGNIFICATION utility for LOTUS 1-2-3 SPREAD
SHEET PROGRAMS. This is an ACTIVE APPLICATION SPECIFIC MAGNIFICATION utility
which works IN CONJUNCTION with LOTUS 1-2-3 [type] SPREAD SHEET PROGRAMS.
BIGWP ... A multi-level SCREEN MAGNIFICATION utility for WORDPERFECT 5.1 and
LETTERPERFECT WORDPROCESSING PROGRAMS. This is an ACTIVE APPLICATION SPECIFIC
utility which works IN CONJUNCTION with WORDPERFECT 5.1 AND LETTERPERFECT
WORDPROCESSOR PROGRAMS.
BTYPE ... A multi-level SCREEN MAGNIFICATION PROGRAM that functions like the
Dos TYPE Command to display text files with magnification. This is a
PASSIVE SCREEM MAGNIFICATION PROGRAM, screen activity is HALTED FOR VIEWING.
NO KEYBOARD-TO-SCREEN INPUT IS ACCEPTED DURING MAGNIFICATION.
BLOOK ... A multi-level SCREEN MAGNIFICATION PROGRAM that functions like the
popular "Browse.Com" [4-Way Scroll Control] to display text files with
magnification. This is a PASSIVE SCREEN MAGNIFICATION PROGRAM, after loading
screen activity is HALTED FOR VIEWING. NO KEYBOARD-TO-SCREEN INPUT IS
ACCEPTED DURING MAGNIFICTION.
BDIR ... A multi-level SCREEN MAGNIFICATION PROGRAM that functions like the
Dos DIR Command to display directory menues with magnification. This is a
PASSIVE SCREEM MAGNIFICATION PROGRAM, screen activity is HALTED FOR VIEWING.
NO KEYBOARD-TO-SCREEN INPUT IS ACCEPTED DURING MAGNIFICATION.
BPOP ... A multi-level "POP-UP" SCREEN MAGNIFICATION PROGRAM that functions
as a memory-resident TSR accessable by HOT-KEY command. This is a PASIVE
SCREEN MAGNIFICATION PROGRAM. Once loaded BPOP can be called to magnify
any screen text onthe monitor. Screen acitvity is HALTED FOR VIEWING.
NO KEYBOARD-TO-SCREEN INPUT IS ACCEPTED DURING MAGNIFICATION.
BPRINT ... This is a DOT-MATRIX-PRINT MANAGER which enables Epison 9 Pin
Printers to format and PRINT IN LARGE TYPE.
BFONT ... This is a LARGE SCALE FONT EDITOR UTILITY.