PC Globe

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PC Globe
Developer(s) Comwell Systems
PC Globe
Broderbund
Initial release1987
Operating system MS-DOS, Windows 3.X, Macintosh, Atari ST
Type Educational
License Proprietary

PC Globe [1] [2] is an atlas for MS-DOS, [3] Microsoft Windows, [4] Apple Macintosh [4] and Atari ST, [5] first released in 1987 by Comwell Systems Inc. [6] [7] It offered information on 177 countries and dependencies. [6]

Contents

The minimum system requirements of the initial PC version of the software are a IBM PC XT/AT compatible computer running MS-DOS 2.0, 256 KB of RAM and a CGA graphics card. [6] Distributed on multiple floppy disks, the program is divided into several menus that allow to user to access data.

The database includes a geographic map of the world, with the possibility to select the country of interest. For each state there are maps and information (for example, the policy framework, the demographic situation as well as tourist information).

Two related programs, PC Nations, a companion program with flags and anthems of 175 countries and PC USA, focusing only on the United States, were also released. [8] [9] [10]

Release history

MS-DOS

For MS-DOS, PC Globe was first released in 1987. [6] It was followed by PC Globe-Plus. [11] [12] [13]

PC Globe 3.0 [14] [15] [8] was released in 1989, [9] along with PC Nations [16] [8] and PC USA [17] [8] [9] . [10]

PC Globe 4.0 [14] [18] [19] and PC USA 2.0 [20] were released in 1990. In 1992 PC Globe 5.0 [21] [22] came out, with PC USA 3.0 [23] released the next year.

Other systems

For the Atari ST, PC Globe 3.0 [5] was released in 1990. [24]

PC Globe Maps-N-Facts [4] for Windows and Apple Macintosh was released in 1994.

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