Software Co-op was started by Bob Ostrander as a company to distribute his software and to give representation to other authors.
Bob Ostrander has been in the computer business since 1970 and active in
the shareware market since 1983. He was the founder and president of
Public Brand Software and is an active member of the Association of
Shareware Professionals.

Currently available as shareware from Software Co-op:

DMPLAS    A 6k TSR that translates IBM/Epson printer output to HP LaserJet
          (PCL) standards. Works with both text and graphics. DMPLAS can
          reproduce exactly formatted print both horizontally and
          vertically (good for filling in forms) or the vertical aspect
          can be shrunk by 10% to accommodate the LaserJet's 10-inch page.

          DMPLAS can also be used in stand-alone mode to translate and
          print pre-formatted output.

          A set of optional HP LaserJet soft fonts are included that can
          produce more accurate results on printers that do not have a
          full range of fonts. Included are normal, bold, italic, and
          italic bold fonts as well as a full set of proportional Courier
          fonts.

          DOWNLOAD by Elfring Soft Fonts is also included in the font set.
          It is included in full registration or it can be registered
          separately.

          Look for DMPLAS.ZIP and DMPLASFN.ZIP on BBSs. $32 registration
          for DMPLAS only. $44 for registration of both DMPLAS and the
          optional soft fonts. Both include current disk and a printed
          manual.

          Authors: Martin Waldman, Bob Ostrander, Gary Elfring
          Current version: 1.1

Fonts Ink Creating new, useful True Type and PostScript Type 1 fonts.
          Handcrafted in the best traditions of typography.

          Current offerings:
          FIBox     - Text in box sans-serif font.
          FIBoxBB   - White sans-serif text in a black box.
          Elite     - Fixed-width font like Prestige Elite - in normal,
                      bold, italic, and bold italic. Prints at 10 pt at
                      12 cpi.
                      "I can print a page on the IBM Wheel Writer Model 30
                       impact printer using a PE 12 cpi wheel and send the
                       same doc to a Fujitsu Laser (emulating an HP LJ2),
                       and hold the two printouts up to the light and they
                       match perfectly." - FAA (customer).
          FIKeys1   - KeyCaps representation of the "typable" keys.
          FIKeys2   - KeyCaps accurate representations of the keyboard.
          FIKeys3   - KeyCaps in a build-a-word-in-a-key format.
          FILCD     - 7-segment LCD characters.
          MadAve    - Display font like Solotype's Advertiser Light Gothic.
          Torrance  - 9-pin dot matrix printer Courier set. Accurate 10 cpi
                      and 6 lpi at 12 pt printing.
          US-Bats   - Outline maps of the states, US, patriotic symbols.

          Call for information about Fonts Ink's current line, site
          licenses, bundling licenses, resale licenses, and custom-made
          fonts.

          Author: Bob Ostrander


Coming in 1997:

Look    Windows file viewer handling Text, GIF, JPG, PNG, PCX, BMP, AVI
        MOV, WAV, and MID formats. The Windows' successor to Vern Buerg's
        List.

        Authors: Bob Ostrander and Harold Holmes


All Software Co-op programs are supported by voice, Internet, and CompuServe.
Site licenses and bundling licenses are available.

For more information contact

Bob Ostrander
Software Co-op
5437 Honey Manor Dr
Indianapolis IN 46221

317-856-6052 (voice)
76635,1670 (CompuServe)
scoop@indy.net (Internet)
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