About Isaacsoft
Isaacsoft began in 1993 with an experiment with a newly popular programming language called Visual Basic (version 3). An interest in timekeeping and calendar calculations led to a utility called SetTime. This little program used a modem to dial the National Institute of Standards and Technology's time service. The 1200 baud time signal was used to set the computer's clock to official standard time. Almost on a whim, I uploaded the program to the shareware archive on AOL (also the latest cool thing for Windows at the time.)
To my amazement, thousands of people downloaded the free program, and it was even given a paragraph in a PC World Magazine cover story (October 1994, p. 124). Soon people began to ask for an updated version that was designed for Windows 95, and before long, SetTime32 became a reality. The new version used an Internet connection to retrieve the time signal, rather than a direct modem connection.
SetTime32 sold several hundred copies as shareware. A number of regional magazines, including a Dutch and a Japanese computer-related magazine, ran stories on it or included it in shareware collections distributed to subscribers. It has since wound up on several "crack" sites, with the authorization system apparently defeated.
Will there be more shareware from Isaacsoft? That is not certain. But there will certainly be more software, possibly distributed as freeware. Why would I give away software? It's more fun, support is less demanding, and it serves as a sort of online resume.
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Copyright © 2006 by Tony Isaac