                              DENNIS DREW
                      TRY-THEN-BUY (tm) Software
            PO Box 101    Joplin, MO  64802   (417)781-4248

GREETINGS! Thank you for your interest in our TRY-THEN-BUY (tm) line 
of software.  Following is a catlog of our current offerings.

                            CATALOG

                             May 14, 1990

               DISK 1  PERSONALITY ANALYSIS SYSTEM v 1.0

PROGRAM NAME:  Personality Analysis System 1.0
REGISTRATION:  $95
    The PERSONALITY ANALYSIS SYSTEM 1.0 is a highly-accurate 
personality analysis system that is designed to help the individual 
better understand his own personality and those of friends, 
acquaintances and loved ones.  It works in several ways: 
    1. The program is extremely accurate, praised by trained 
psychologists.
    2. PAS helps you know yourself and thus improve yourself as a 
person.
    3. PAS is a POSITIVE ANALYSIS system (it doesn't pull skeletons 
out of the closet).  People are thus encouraged to share the results.
    4. JOB MATCH helps you to determine whether or not a job fits in 
with your basic personality.  
    5. PAS encourages open communication between adults and teens, 
helping to bridge the "generation gap".

    PAS is valuable as a personal communications tool between friends, 
marriage mates, business acquaintances and any other relationship 
where personality is a strong influencing factor.  
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                DISK 2 EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM v 4.3

PROGRAM NAME:  EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 4.3
REGISTRATION:  $95
    The EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 4.3 is a highly-accurate 
personality analysis system that is designed to reduce employee 
turnover and improve management/ employee communications.  It is also 
excellent for use in personal relationships.  
    Reducing employee turnover is a very important consideration to 
the business owner/ manager; employee turnover is extremely expensive.  
    EMS works in 5 ways:
    1. It helps you to know the work personalities of your job 
applicants. 
    2. It presents to you the preferred work characteristics of your 
employees. 
    3. It presents motivational and demotivational factors.
    4. It shows job personality characteristics, those traits that can 
be used to strengthen the work environment. 
    5. The history function helps you refer back to previous 
applicants and employees when additional information is required. 
    EMS is intended to improve communications between people and 
enhance the ability of the personnel manager to interview potential 
employees, as well as improve current employee relations.  EMS is also 
valuable as a personal communications tool between friends, marriage 
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mates and any other relationship where personality is a strong 
influencing factor.  
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           DISK 3  ELECTRIC LEDGER & POINT-OF-SALE/INVENTORY

PROGRAM NAME: ELECTRIC LEDGER 2.0.
REGISTRATION: $95
    The ELECTRIC LEDGER is a very easy-to-use bookkeeping system that 
will help you track your personal or business finances.
    Reports include Balance Individual Account, Trial Balance, Profit 
and Loss Statement (income statement), Balance Sheet, and List of 
Transactions.  Allows customized reports and departmentalization, as 
well as integration with our POINT-OF-SALE/INVENTORY program!
    Designed to be the easiest ledger program you'll ever use.

PROGRAM NAME: ELECTRIC POSI (Point of Sale/Inventory) 2.0
REGISTRATION: $95
    The POINT-OF-SALE/INVENTORY program is very easy to use.  It 
functions as either a stand-alone inventory program or as a front-
counter ticket system.  It offers a variety of inventory and ticket-
printing functions so that you may easily adapt it to your business.
    Registration brings you telephone support, printed manual and 
information regarding integration with our ELECTRIC LEDGER bookeeping 
program.  An excellent, powerful, yet easy-to-use program.

PROGRAM NAME:  DREW'S AMORTIZATION SYSTEM 2.0
REGISTRATION:  Contribution
    Figure the total cost and status of mortgages and loans.  This 
program figures by either TIME OF PAYMENTS or PAYMENTS PER MONTH basis 
and keeps both current and total track of payments, interest and 
principal. what your loans really cost! 

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                DISK 4  GAMESCAPE/RINGWIELDER GAME PACK

PROGRAM NAME:  GAMESCAPE 3.3
REGISTRATION:  
    Basic registration:  $69 brings telephone support and license to 
distribute games.  
    Full registration:  $95.  In addition to the above brings printed 
manual and a 1-year subscription to GSCAPE NEWSLETTER. 
    GAMESCAPE is the fantasic program that allows you to design AND 
distribute your own adventure games!  GAMESCAPE is a powerful 
"adventure engine" that allows you to describe locations and rooms, 
objects, recognizable words, messages, and occurances that happen 
within the game.  You can also include sound, music, and any of the 
standard IBM special graphics characters!   Gamescape encodes 
information so your game secrets cannot be deciphered by end users, 
and allows games to be "linked" so your adventures can be of any 
length. 
    Once the game is finished, registered users are allowed to 
distribute the games without worrying about any kind of distribution 
fee-- the initial registration is all that's required!  

PROGRAM NAME: RINGWIELDER 1.2
REGISTRATION: 3 levels, $10, $20 and $35.
    RINGWIELDER is an incredible non-computer role-playing game that 
features the worlds of BOTH fantasy AND science fiction!  The full set 
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of rules is included on this disk in text form. 
    In a "role-playing game" you take on the characteristics of 
someone (or something) from the realm of fantasy or science fiction 
and play the game as if you are that character.  While RINGWIELDER 
does use both the worlds of fantasy and science, the occult and 
extreme violence so prevalent in other games are ommitted.  This 
provides a viable alternative to those who are offended by such 
things. 
    RINGWIELDER is easy to play and fast-moving.  The rules are easy 
to understand, but interesting enough to hold the interest of even the 
most advanced gamer.  The entire rule section is contained within this 
disk, along with an offer to obtain the official, hard-bound 
collectors-item book and club membership!  

PROGRAM NAME: MAROONED AGAIN 4.2
REGISTRATION: Contribution
    MAROONED AGAIN 4.2:  A truely LOGICAL science fiction adventure 
game.  Find the components to reair your crashed space ship.  Finally, 
an adventure game that makes SENSE! 

PROGRAM NAME: GIANT SPACE SLUG 2.2
REGISTRATION: Contribution
    GIANT SPACE SLUG 2.2:  Worms at supersonic speed.  Roam the galaxy 
in search of space ships to munch.  Speed is identical on all 
computers; works great on 8088, 286 & 386 machines.    A favorite with 
children because of adjustable levels.  Works with monochrome monitors 
too! 
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      DISK 5   ANOTHER LIFELESS PLANET AND ME WITH NO BEER v 1.3

PROGRAM NAME: ANOTHER LIFELESS PLANET AND ME WITH NO BEER 1.3
REGISTRATION: Contribution
    NOBEER is an incredibly funny science fiction adventure game that 
is, astounding as it may seem, LOGICAL.  It was created with the 
GAMESCAPE adventure development system. 
    In NOBEER, you are an astronaut who has crash landed on an alien 
planet (again!).  You must find the way to get to the alien space ship 
and blast off.  Not an easy task, considering you're in the middle of 
an alien security hive!  Beware the BLADDER BEASTS, SLURPERS, AIR 
SQUIDS and above all, the deadly PUN PALM! 
    This is an adventure gaming MUST HAVE!
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                   DISK 6   NOTEable/COMPU-NERD DISK               
PROGRAM NAME:  NOTEable 1.0
REGISTRATION:  $25.00
    NOTEable is an easy to use program which teaches music students 
the notes of both the treble and bass music scales.  It does so in a 
"competitive game" format, giving scores for quick and accurate 
recognition of notes.  Very good and easy to use.

PROGRAM NAME:  COMPU-NERD 1.0
REGISTRATION:  Contribution
    COMPU-NERD is a tongue-in-cheek diagnostic program used to 
determine whether or not the user has the dread malady COMPUTERUS-
NERDITIS or BOZOITIS-JERKONUS.  By answering a few, simple questions 
the user can determine if he has either disease, its progress and the 
remedy for the current stage of development.  Lots of fun.
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                           HANDY ORDER FORM
      Order from:  Dennis Drew    PO Box 101   Joplin, MO  64802

NAME:__________________________________________  PHONE:_______________

ADDRESS:_______________________________________  AGE (optional):______

CITY:_____________________________  ST:_________  ZIP:________________

Please send me the following programs:

    Quantity      Name                                          Cost
    ________      Personality Analysis System (registered)     95.00
    ________      Employee Management System (registered)      95.00
    ________      Electric Ledger (registered)                 95.00
    ________      Electric POSI (registered)                   95.00
    ________      Gamescape       BASIC registration           69.00
    ________                       FULL registration           95.00
    ________      NOTEable (registered)                        25.00
    ________      Ringwielder registered collector's edition   35.00
    ________      PAS demo                                     10.00 
    ________      EMS demo                                     10.00
    ________      EL/POSI/AMORT demo                           10.00
    ________      Another Lifeless Planet demo                 10.00
    ________      NOTEable / Compu-Nerd demo                   10.00
    ________      GAMESCAPE demo (includes Gamescape, Slug,
                       Marooned and Ringwielder)               10.00

      Total cost of programs:                                _________
      Inside U.S.-- no shipping charge.
      Outside U.S. shipping charge (see below)               _________

                                            TOTAL ENCLOSED   _________

       Outside U.S. please add $20 EACH shipping for REGISTERED:
    PAS, EMS, EL, POSI, GAMESCAPE, and RINGWIELDER COLLECTOR'S BOOK
               $10.00 shipping for all others (not each)

Note:  "Registered" prices include disks and full legal registration.  
"Demo" prices are for diskettes only.  Continued use of demo programs 
requires registration.  Contributions are encouraged for RINGWIELDER, 
AMORT, SLUG, MAROONED, NOBEER and COMPU-NERD. Your additional 
contributions encourage us to continue writing other non-business 
programs for your enjoyment. 


