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Our main disk catalogue is available on 3.5" or 5.25" media (high or low density) and contains details of 2,000+ titles on 800 disks. Plus a colour slideshow with screen shots from popular titles.

Free download available. Simply click here and save to a new folder on your hard disk (make sure you select the "Save it to disk" option  NOT  "Open it"). It is supplied as a self-extracting zip file (840K) for Windows 3.1, 95 or 98. Purple Sun Free Catalogue
Once saved to your hard disk simply double click the file OWLCT13B (Windows 95/98 will see colourful owl icon) and the files will automatically be installed to a new folder on your hard disk.
Catalogue will run in a DOS Window but the built in slideshow runs in full screen mode.
After extraction the catalogue files take up 1.4 MB and will fit onto a 3.5" HD disk - enabling you to pass copies on to friends.
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We also produce a regular, illustrated newsletter with details of all our latest shareware additions. Each newsletter also covers a particular theme - see below for details. If you live in the UK or Europe email us now! for your free copy or write to:
Wise Owl Shareware. PO Box 334. Abingdon. OX14 2YB. UK.
phone: (44) 01235 529808 Mon-Fri Office hours (GMT)
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  WINTER 1999 / 2000 NEWSLETTER
    Several outstanding maths and science titles for all ages; Crocodile Clips is a brilliant early electronics program. Compulsive games collections for everyone, and early preschool games including Pie Tubbies and Eeyore's Tail!

You can now read the fully illustrated Summer 99 catalogue on-line.

         
  NEW SPECIAL PACKS FOR WINDOWS 95/98
    To complement our popular range of DOS packs a new collection of high quality, low cost packs for Windows 95/98 users. We currently have ten different packs - Early Learning packs, Family fun and Games, Primary Basics and many more! The empasis is on easy to install, best selling titles. Some packs are also suitable for Windows 3.1

You can now also read this fully illustrated leaflet on-line.

         
  NOTABLE UPDATES - SUMMER 99
    A quick review of some updated versions of our most popular programs.

You can now also read this fully illustrated leaflet on-line.

         
  WINTER 98/99 NEWSLETTER
    Lots of Freeware titles for all ages; Paper Dolls for both Windows and DOS, Graph Paper Printer, Science Review Papers, a preschool Letters and Numbers game and much more. shareware games inlcude Wordzap, Chess Games, Jigsaws and an excellent version of Minesweeper.

You can now read the fully illustrated Winter 98/99 catalogue on-line.

         
  EDUCATIONAL PACKS FOR DOS & WINDOWS 3.1
  Special Packs   Full colour leaflet with details of all our educational packs for DOS and Windows 3.1 users. If you have Windows 95/98 checkout our new range of Windows packs.

More details on our Special Packs page

         
  SUMMER 1998 NEWSLETTER
  Summer 1998   Our current newsletter with a new design and content. Tips, reviews of Special Packs and ideas for using your printer to keep the kids busy through the Summer. Plus all our latest titles - Atoms, Symbols and Equations for Key Stage 3/4 Chemistry, a superb freeware Atlas for Windows 95, Clip Art and unusual fonts for your DTP projects and a large selection of games and activities for all the family.
         
  SPRING 1998 NEWSLETTER
  Spring 98   Early Learning titles for ages 2-14, all suitable for Windows 3.1 and 95. Plus Paper Dolls, some great Educational Clip Art and fun utilities to brighten up your screen in Windows 95. For older students there is also some Chemistry and Logo.
         
  WINTER 97-98 NEWSLETTER
  Winter 97-98   Large 6 page edition introducing our new web site! This is also the first leaflet that includes Windows 95 titles. Lots of  lots of Drawing, Construction and other Creative Activities for long Winter evenings. A superb selection of Ancient Historical Games, lots  of  Thinking and Traditional Games. plus Basic Skills for Pre-schoolers and Key Stages 1& 2.
         
  SPRING 1997 NEWSLETTER
  Spring 97   Back to Basics with Windows 3.1 selections covering Maths, Spelling and other basic skills. For older children we have "The Battle of Hastings" and other KS3 History  titles. Lots of new PCX Clip Art collections (religious, food, etc.). Classic games include Chess and Mah-jong. Plus Special Offers on last year's best-sellers - the more you spend the more free titles you get!
         
  WINTER 96-97 NEWSLETTER
  Winter 96-97   Games for Christmas. Topical fun includes Billy Bears Xmas,  Krazy Xmas colouring and more! Loads of children's games and a special "Retro Games" section. Captain Cook, Colony and other Interactive Books from Australia and a superb collection of Music programs (see below). Plus Fonts, Clip Art and some handy desktop Utilities.
         
  AUTUMN 1996 NEWSLETTER
  Autumn 96   Bumper  8 page edition - lots of Billy Bear stories, a good selection of DOS Educational Titles for Older PCs, (plus the usual Windows selection). Loads of Vocabulary and English titles. Hobbies include X-stitch and gardening. Special emphasis in Bibles and a large "Oriental Special" section with everything from Clipart and Games, Bonsai and Kanji!
         
  MUSIC SPECIAL (WINTER 97 NEWSLETTER)
  Music Special   Music Special Collection - one of our most popular "Special themes". Whether you are after Musical Clip Art, Text Books, Composition & Notation, Music Tutorials, Juke Boxes, or even a database for your music collection you will find it all here! Most (but not all) titles need Windows and a soundcard.

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