MacMillan Business Plus Pack for PalmPilot
This is a set of business productivity applications for the PalmPilot series of handheld organizers.
The software includes a financial calculator (FCPlus by Infinity Softworks), an expense tracker (MicroMoney Lite by Landware), a HTML content creator (OnTap Reader by Aegean Associates, Inc.), an application manager (QuickLaunch and Quick Agenda by Landware), an email client (Palmeta Mail by Palmeta), a world time calculator (World Time by Creative Digital, Inc.), and a forms application (PendragonForms Lite by Pendragon Software Corp.).
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Artifact Details
Business Plus Pack for PalmPilot
Macmillan Digital Publishing USA
English
1997
Printed color box with complete contents.
CD-ROM, installation guide, registration card, PalmPilot Accessory Catalog, and envelope.
Approx. 8.75" x 10.25" x 1.75"
0-7897-1495-7
d65b53f52355a30f
1997
Acquired from publisher
2020-07-19
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History
The Business Plus Pack for PalmPilot is a software collection published in 1997 by Macmillan Digital Publishing USA, a Viacom company based at 201 West 103rd Street in Indianapolis, Indiana.1 It was released as version 1.0 on CD-ROM, assigned ISBN 0-7897-1495-7, and marketed as "Business Applications for Your Connected Organizer."1
The package targeted the early Palm-platform handhelds, listing compatibility with the Pilot 1000 and 5000, the PalmPilot, and the then-new IBM WorkPad.1 Its stated minimum requirements were an IBM-compatible PC with a 486 processor, a CD-ROM drive, Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0, 12 MB of RAM (16 MB recommended), an SVGA 256-color display, and 10 to 30 MB of free disk space, together with a handheld carrying at least 512K of memory (1 MB recommended).1
The collection bundled a set of business and productivity tools, including an RPN-compatible financial calculator, an expense tracker with a Quicken conduit, data-collection software, corporate-information tools, and an electronic "PalmPilot Companion" book.1 The packaging also advertised bonus material in the form of an electronic guide and trial personal-information-manager (PIM) conduits.1
Beyond the CD-ROM, the package included a printed quick-start guide, a product registration card, and a Macmillan Digital Publishing USA license agreement.1 A U.S. Robotics PalmPilot accessory catalog was also enclosed in the box.1
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Footnotes
- Macmillan Digital Publishing USA, MacMillan Business Plus Pack for PalmPilot (image scan), 1997
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