PD Pool - Public Domain

The Poolware disks, also known as the P series, is a series from Germany that starts with disk number 2000. Created and curated by various Atari dealers, Poolware doesn’t have a specific focus, covering both games and applications. The series was advertised with full-page ads in German Atari magazines with the cost split between the participating dealers. The dealers also sold the magazine PD Szene. With the disk 2331 the business model of the Pool series changed: The disks now cost 10 instead of 8 DM, for which a 20 percent royalty was paid per disk sold. A condition was exclusivity to the Pool series. Usually such programs contain a note that distribution via other commercial series is prohibited.

P 2151
  • Beropress 1.0
  • ST-Formular 1.1
    Good program for filling out all kinds of forms, e.g. checks, bank transfers, tax returns, certificates, etc.
  • STundenplan (Döhr)
    Timetable enters and prints timetables of 10 hours each, six days a week. Start and break times are freely definable.
P 2152
  • Bildklau
    For cutting out arbitrary sections from finished images. The cutouts can be saved as a data collection for GfA-Basic.
  • Codesave
  • Disk-Manager 2.1
  • Houdini 1.21
    Allows to rotate signumfonts and save them as new fonts. 90ø, 180ø and 270ø are possible.
P 2153
  • Oxyd
    Game similar to Esprit by the same author. First you have to master 100 landscapes alone and then 100 more in two-player mode with two ST's connected via MIDI. Only the first ten levels are playable, then you encounter an obstacle that can only be removed by entering a code word.
P 2154
  • Xenotron 2.3
    Xenotron gives the player only one life, in which the player must prevail against numerous waves of enemies.
  • Persifal
  • Megamix 1.2
    A version of the famous memory game where you have to match pictures behind closed doors which you open by using the mouse. If they match they stay open, if not they close.
  • TriDo 1.5
    The little ghost is supposed to return a stolen diamond to the planet Trigos. He has already found it, but now he must escape from a labyrinth with 100 levels. TriDo seems to be in a hurry, because the player can only tell the character to change direction. Stopping is not possible. Since the cave walls must not be touched, a lot of suspense is created. TriDo has an excellent graphical design, the author even added a level editor
P 2155
  • Address (Gröner) 5.0
  • Getfish-tab 3.05
    GETFISH-TAB is a universal league table management tool that can be used to manage and statistically evaluate almost all conceivable sports leagues (including soccer, of course...) in a variety of ways. A maximum of 26 teams per league, 13 matches per match day and 100 match days can be processed. Results may have a maximum of four digits.
P 2156
  • Van Gogh III
    Painting, drawing and animation program for all three resolutions with many features. Fast conversion of an image to the current resolution. Processing of three images simultaneously, integrated sprite editor, possibility to create animation sequences and 3D part with rotation and translation bodies.
P 2157
  • ImageLab 1.2
    A Freeware greyscale image processing package with a few nice touches. Features include scaling, contrast/brightness adjust, linear distribution, equal distribution, median filter, dilation, erosion, edge enhancement and the ability to display any of an image's 8 bitplanes. An invaluable feature is the ability to design your own filters and over 20 of these are supplied on disk. A number of greyscale adjustment filters are also supplied. Blocks may be cut and pasted between images and two images can be merged together to create some interesting effects. The ability to convert mono IMGs into true greyscale images is most helpful for those of you who do not have greyscale scanners. Imagelab is restricted to loading its own B_W format, AIM format or uncompressed IFFs but external conversion utilities allow GIF, TIFF, Degas and IMG format to be converted to B_W and vice versa. Although the program runs in mono, all work is actually performed in 256 greyscale mode.
P 2158
  • AIM 2.54
    AIM: Another Image Manager was originally developed for the ATARI ST by Frans Groen and Robert de Vries. Since the first version of AIM the extension of this public domain image processing package has become a joint effort of a number of people from the Delft University of Technology and the University of Amsterdam.
P 2159
  • Font Demo
  • TEX META-CON
P 2160
  • Sternkugel 89b
  • Planetarium 2.31
    Calculates the view of the starry sky at any place and at different times. The names of all visible planets, height of the sun above or below the horizon, moon phase and moon height are displayed
  • Astrolabium 0.8g
    For drawing star charts or specific parts of the sky, at any time, at any place. With data of about 9000 stars.
  • Linegraf
P 2161
  • Fontedit 2.4 (GDOS)
  • Printing Press Pics 2
    Print program. Features: Full keyboard control, loading and saving of many image formats, e.g. IFF, IMG etc., extended drawing functions, loading of external modules. Many graphics and character sets are included with the software.
P 2162
  • Ask Me 2.0
    Supports the hierarchical linking of text and graphics (data sheets), so that you get to another sheet e.g. after selecting a button. This way you can e.g. create a magazine, a quiz or an adventure. With music support and comfortable editor for creating the sheets. Including many examples
  • Klein Edi 1.14
    A small text editor without GEM elements. Instead the program is macro-capable and runs also from the hard disk.
  • Minitext 2.78
    Word processor with table functions etc.
  • Terminplaner 5.1
    Extensive program with many special functions: Notepad, calendar, address management, serial letter function, public holidays in Germany, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Europe. With internal help. The dates are displayed in the calendar and you can display the next date.
P 2163
  • Big Boss
    Places 1-4 players at the decisive levers of power. Whoever asserts himself against tough competition, becomes richer and more powerful at work, escapes the threat of a heart attack, is happy and satisfied in his private life, will be the big boss in the game. The ways to happiness are very versatile, almost like in real life
  • Newtris 1.8
    Combines Tetris and Columns in a single program. Also executable as an accessory.
P 2164
P 2165
  • Messwert 6.1
    Good program for the evaluation and graphic representation of measured values or functions (previous version on S 57). Comfortable user interface, in most cases masters everything in the fields of measured value analysis and curve discussion. Printing with maximum printer resolution, achieving about 10 times higher resolution. The program generates an ASCII plot file with the necessary plotting parameters, so that other output devices are also supported. It is currently designed for 8- and 24-needle printers as well as for HPGL and Kyocera lasers. These "mega plots" can also be loaded into Signum or STAD, the IMG format is also supported. A must for every scientific or mathematical user.
P 2166
  • Cine 2000
    Animation program for STAD images. STAD sequences can (without STAD) run at variable speed.
P 2167
P 2168
  • History Quiz
  • Programmpaket für die Schule
  • WS-DOS 0.2
    Responds like a PC, looks like one and reacts like one. All DOS commands are recognized, explained on request and - if possible - executed on the ST. DOS software does not run on it, of course.
  • XCarpet 1.1
P 2169
  • Suchsets 1.2
    Utility that allows the Signum! user to determine which character sets have been used in the documents. The annoying error message "Character set not found" can be avoided in an elegant way. Those who work with hard disk will also benefit from search sets. The program shows when a file has actually been created, even if the date in the directory has been falsified when copying with an old TOS version.
  • Survey 1.33
    Shows all files of a floppy disk or partition and their info
  • Autocopy 2.11
    Copies any files from a drive to the RAM disk (e.g. MAXI-/FLEXIDISK). At system startup, you can choose between ten prepared copy lists and thus achieve the appropriate configuration for each application.
  • Formular 2.4
    Print letters, postcards, bank transfers and forms of all kinds. Exact positioning of all text fields by millimetre indication. 9- and 24-pin adjustment, calculating, saving
  • Datadisk 5.05
    Datadisk 5.05: Disk management in perfection. If you own many floppy disks, you have to list, comment, mark, update and occasionally reassemble the data inventory. Datadisk handles these tasks quite convincingly. In conjunction with the DD-Copy copying program, optimum use of the existing data media is achieved, which ultimately also results in cost savings.
  • Datebook 2.14
    Reminds you of important dates or birthdays. For this purpose, it looks in a simple text file at system startup. Freely designable. Appointment on a certain day or even in the month in question.
P 2170
P 2171
  • Transmitter GmbH 2.31 (1)
    Takes you to the year 2589, when humans have already settled large parts of the galaxy. Different forms of government and economy coexist here: A merchant guild controls the exchange of goods between the individual planets and is responsible for the expansion of a transmitter network, with which large distances can be covered even faster. Your task: With a cargo ship and some cash, you set out on a quest for fortune and adventure. Digital sound effects, action sequences, very good graphics and realistic simulation sequences! Disk P 2172 is also required
P 2172
  • Transmitter GmbH 2.31 (2)
    Takes you to the year 2589, when humans have already settled large parts of the galaxy. Different forms of government and economy coexist here: A merchant guild controls the exchange of goods between the individual planets and is responsible for the expansion of a transmitter network, with which large distances can be covered even faster. Your task: With a cargo ship and some cash, you set out on a quest for fortune and adventure. Digital sound effects, action sequences, very good graphics and realistic simulation sequences! Disk P 2172 is also required
P 2173
  • Pentomino
  • Take-1
    The rules of Take_1 are simple - move all the diamonds to the spaces provided. Unfortunately there are a few problems... The bird you move with the cursor keys can only move one diamond at a time and besides, it can only move them, not pull them - this means that diamonds on the wall or in a corner can't be moved anymore. With the integrated level editor, you can create your own screens, which, depending on the level of difficulty and the number of built-in nastiness, will make even the most cunning professionals shudder. But the game is also suitable for the younger generation, because logical thinking is not only reserved for adults.
  • STomper
    Moving pieces are directed to the target position and "stapled". Innovative game idea, very well implemented
  • Skat '83
    The computer takes over 2 game partners. The program can play Grand, Null, Hand, Ouvert and can also announce Schneider and Schwarz.
  • Shanghai (Vogel)
  • EMPIRE '88
    Simulates economic and military developments of the late Middle Ages. Thanks to hidden moves, many of the opponent's actions remain hidden from the player.
  • JOEY
    JOEY: The Dungeon King has to find his way through ever new mazes. Challenging game, beautifully designed.
  • HexTris
    Tetris variant. All parts are constructed of hexagons and can be rotated in 60° steps (90° = normal).
  • Der General
    He hands you a flag to carry to the enemy's camp. Strategy game with hidden moves.
  • Alfreds Kistenlager Schieberei 0.19
    This mono-only program will provide you with hours of challenging puzzles. The rules are simple: With the arrow keys, you control a worker who must shove barrels around a warehouse and place them in the proper locations. You may not spend time leaning against walls. The barrels must be pushed (that is, you must position the worker "behind" them) rather than pulled.
  • Abalone
P 2174
P 2175
  • Auktion 1.0
    Who has the greatest art expertise and collects the most valuable antique collection? Up to six players and two computer opponents are involved. Since there are also some fakes circulating on the antiques market, each player may only look into their own collection. Therefore, everyone enters a kind of secret code at the beginning of the game.
  • Nine Men's Morris
    Nine Men Morris. A board game for 1 or 2 players. A board game using pegs. Place your pegs strategically and capture your opponent's pegs. Full instructions within the game. Ninepins needs 1 Meg.
P 2176
  • Caesar 1.2
    The year 200 before Christ is written. The struggle for supremacy in the Mediterranean and Europe is in full swing. Six different powers are trying to decide the game for power for themselves. As one of five players you are Lord of Rome, Carthage, Macedonia, Persia or the Celts; the computer embodies the Germanic tribes. By skilful use of the army, espionage, building of fortresses, 'development aid', sabotage but also negotiations it is possible to expand your own sphere of power. Of course, external factors such as the grain harvest or the population also play a role.
P 2177
  • Galactic
  • Little Diamonds
    They lie all over the mine. Only fast and skilful players can collect them.
P 2178
  • Sea War 1.3
    Extensive strategy game for 2-4 people. The goal of the game is to conquer all enemy bases by sending your own troop transports into the respective bay. Sea War is a relatively complex shareware program, which has digital sound and quite good graphics
  • UMS Battles 2
  • Universal Military Simulators, 2 neue Schlachten
  • War I
    Strategy game against the computer
P 2179
  • Gulp 1.2
    An excellent puzzler. Move your ball through various transporters, never knowing where you will emerge. Break free from the transporter network and collect the various bonuses dotted around the board. Loiter too long and you'll lose a life or a few squares will disintegrate, forcing you to jump into infinity! This game requires fast reflexes and includes numerous levels. 
  • The Box
    Intelligence game in which you have to try to open a box by shooting balls into it correctly.
  • Der Wurm (Bauer)
    Use the keyboard or joystick to control a worm that is always moving across the game field so that it eats all the food as quickly as possible. You should avoid running the worm against a wall or making a 180-degree turn, as it will not survive.
  • Dozer
    Turns the player into an excavator driver, who often only reaches the goal with adventurous "climbing tours". A new game idea that also provides learning content
  • Brickeater
    Hunted by Biter and must evade capture for as long as possible. Captivating thinking and skill game with good graphics
P 2180
  • Brainbox
    Beautiful game in the style of Mastermind, where you have to guess a combination of different patterns according to time or move.
  • Croke Park
    The park is closed for vacations. The 15 players of the Dublin Hurling team have gone on vacation when the team manager suddenly starts an important game. The user is supposed to gather the team together in the role of the coach. This task imparts knowledge of geography, as the user makes phone calls all over Ireland, or finds out the possible whereabouts of the players by bus, train, car and plane.
  • Mühle (Prestele)
  • Shedo 2.0
    Strategy game. After starting the game, the computer places 6 different cards with 6 different patterns and symbols in 6 places on the playing field. There are 72 cards in total, two of each with the same pattern and symbol. With the mouse you can now move one of the remaining 66 cards across the playing field. For each card you discard, you get points, depending on how many neighboring cards it has. The game ends when the player has received all 66 remaining cards for discard.
P 2181
  • The Printing Press 3.2
    Print program. Features: Full keyboard control, loading and saving of many image formats, e.g. IFF, IMG etc., extended drawing functions, loading of external modules. Many graphics and character sets are included with the software.
P 2182
  • Visitenkarten
  • SPS 2.2k
  • Minitext 2.79
    Word processor with table functions etc.
  • Formular II
P 2183
  • Thriller
    Action strategy game with 10 dangerous levels. Bonus stones have to be collected on predetermined tracks. Killer balls are constantly attacking, which you have to avoid. Great graphics and funny sound (from TOS 1.2)
P 2184
  • Mondlander
    Game. A lunar module must be landed gently by precise braking
  • Pacballs
    The name already indicates its relationship with PacMan. Numerous new ideas and tasks in PacBalls ensure that you will enjoy the game for a long time. And if you have really played through all levels, you can quickly create some new ones with the help of the integrated editor.
  • Tatort
    Manhunt for two to four detectives. The criminal travels by bus, train or plane from one hiding place to the next. Occasionally the whereabouts and the means of transport just used are reported. One has to guess the next move of the crook to arrest him.
P 2185
  • Pixie
    Tool for programmers of graphic adventures. Image sections of equal size are combined in one image file. For this purpose a loading routine in LST format of GFA 3.0+ is created. With example adventure game 'Odysee'.
  • Seapower
  • Space Fortress
P 2186
P 2187
P 2188
  • High-End 3
    Helps with calculations when building your own loudspeaker boxes. A large data collection is included
P 2189
  • Benutzer-Lexikon
    Significantly extended spelling dictionary for Data Becker's Rechtschreibprofi ST with approx. 4500 words.
  • CFG Install
    Converts 1st WordPlus printer customizations HEX to CFG files and vice versa.
  • Fonts für That's Write
  • Fußnote-Endnote
  • WPrint
    Printing of 1st WordPlus documents with freely selectable line spacing, with page break management and fine positioning.
P 2190
  • Totokat 1.0
    Can statistically record and evaluate draws of the selection bet 6 out of 45 and display them in various diagrams. With the mouse, normal and system tickets can be filled out on the screen and compared with previous draws. The presumed win is estimated. The completed tickets can be recorded and stored in a database. Balancing is possible at any time and is supported by a special Toto-Analysis-IndeX (TAX).
  • Profibase ST 0.24
    Mouse and menu controlled file management, also suitable for professional use. Creation of individual masks, powerful query language. Freely definable fields of various types (text, whole and floating point numbers, date and target field, commercial (number, currency) and images)
  • Kartei 1000
    Card index program with 1000 cards per file
  • Bausparen 2.0
    Calculates the course of a construction savings contract, based on savings payments of different amounts. This updated version has been extended by the function "General Savings Plans", which allows to calculate credit and interest with annual interest credits, as it is the case for instalment and other savings contracts
  • Archiv_1
P 2191
  • XDIR
  • X-Rechner
    Simple pocket calculator with 2 decimal places, especially for financial calculations à la DM. Special feature: If desired, the calculation is saved as an ASCII file, so that it can be loaded into a text program
  • MP-Editor 1.01
    Small editor
  • The Disk-Kit 1.8
  • RAMDISK (Grothmann)
    Copy the RAM disk to the auto folder if you want it to be loaded automatically. You can also start the program after booting. The reset-proof RAM disk has certain default settings, which you can change with the program RAMDEDIT.TOS.
  • Pattern-Editor
  • Multi Deluxe 2.0
    Accessory with useful features, including mouse speeder, time display, system info, step rate switching, key reset, mouse position display.
  • X-Info 1.1
    Displays the complete space requirements of all files selected on the desktop
  • Martins Multi Accessory
  • Lupe
  • IBM ASCII
    Transfers texts to WordPlus, Script and Signum, taking into account German umlauts and ss
  • Fuss2End 3.0
    Conversion of footnotes in Wordplus documents to endnotes. Allows the selection of the start number of the endnotes and the variable formatting of the endnotes. Also new is a menu item for converting texts in Wordplus format to WordPerfect.
  • Edison Utility 1.0
    Provides several features in one desk entry.
  • DCopy/DCopy-Shell 3.2
    Copy program with many functions, copy file by file, de-ARC, ARC-ing of files, rename, protect, delete, hide files, convert 8-bit format to ST and vice versa (including DCShell)
  • Compare (Schardt) 1.1
  • Bootapf 1.2e
P 2192
  • Uni Dat 1.01
    File management with definable mask
  • Kassetten Care 1.0
    Manages titles, artists and cassette numbers. Runs from 300 Kb.
  • EagleData 1.9
    Database for addresses, records etc. The input mask is freely definable, comfortable search and sorting operations. Simple operation, controllable via menu and keyboard.
  • Discothek 2.0
    The! Music management from Tigersoft in version 4.1. Works in all resolutions of the TT, even on large screens, and a driver for the HP Deskjet has been integrated. With Discothek you can easily manage even the largest music collection. The program offers all conceivable search functions with logging option and additionally a special function to print lists. Your specifications can range from the name of the artist to the maximum and minimum length of a track (useful for scoring movies and filling gaps on cassettes).
  • Datari 1.3
    Datari is used to display statistical and measurement results in two- or three-dimensional graphics. The output of the graphics on 9- and partly also 24- dot matrix printers is supported by the program, graphics can be stored and processed in drawing programs.
P 2193
  • DyKoVer 1.0
    Serves for internal activity allocation on an actual cost basis. On the basis of a linear system of equations, transfer prices for internal services are determined. A new feature of this proven procedure is the additional evaluation of storage, whereby finished or partial products are included in the costs (dynamic cost management).
  • KC & D 2.0
    Management program for shares and securities. Graphical representation of the share price development. Supports portfolio management, provides a quick overview of the portfolio and presents the figures.
  • Kredit 1.17
    Calculations from the credit system. Cost, effective interest rate, comparative interest rate, difference, rediscount
  • Lohn Control
    Income tax program. It is used to select tax classes, determine net wages, calculate wage tax deductions and determine the marginal and average tax rate.
P 2194
  • BistDuDa
  • Love & Fun 3.0 PD
    Shows which partner is right for you - in love, sports or at work. The application has its own database with 1000 celebrities that can be used for partner comparison. The PD version allows the partner comparison between five people, the save function is disabled
  • Neustart
  • Rapunzel 0.98
  • Sagrotan
    Latest (and last PD) version of the popular virus killer. The successor ToXis was commercially distributed
P 2195
  • Sprite Editor 1.14
    Sprite editor to easily edit block graphics for GfA-Basic
  • Guckrein 0.92
  • Kommando 0.2
    Process batch files
  • Ass-Mac 1.1
    Macro collection for GFA and other Assemblers to simplify the calls of the operating system.
P 2196
  • Elektro-Schaltplan
  • ImageLab 2.0
    A Freeware greyscale image processing package with a few nice touches. Features include scaling, contrast/brightness adjust, linear distribution, equal distribution, median filter, dilation, erosion, edge enhancement and the ability to display any of an image's 8 bitplanes. An invaluable feature is the ability to design your own filters and over 20 of these are supplied on disk. A number of greyscale adjustment filters are also supplied. Blocks may be cut and pasted between images and two images can be merged together to create some interesting effects. The ability to convert mono IMGs into true greyscale images is most helpful for those of you who do not have greyscale scanners. Imagelab is restricted to loading its own B_W format, AIM format or uncompressed IFFs but external conversion utilities allow GIF, TIFF, Degas and IMG format to be converted to B_W and vice versa. Although the program runs in mono, all work is actually performed in 256 greyscale mode.
P 2197
P 2198
  • Tausend_1
    Mathematics program. Deepens the learning material of the 3rd grade. Plus and minus in the range of the first thousand. Tasks of different levels of difficulty can be selected in the menu.
  • WS-DOS 0.4
    Responds like a PC, looks like one and reacts like one. All DOS commands are recognized, explained on request and - if possible - executed on the ST. DOS software does not run on it, of course.
  • Martins Vokabeltrainer
    Contains many German and English lessons. Attractive design. Repeated query of unknown vocabulary
  • STundenplan (Döhr)
    Timetable enters and prints timetables of 10 hours each, six days a week. Start and break times are freely definable.
  • RMAT
P 2199
  • 1-2-3
    Pieces should be placed next to each other. 50 levels.
  • Bubble
    Fill up a balloon from an oxygen cylinder. As it floats downwards you must pump jets of air at it to keep it afloat. The aim is to guide it to the other side of the screen. Easy on the lower levels, then you get various hazzards creeping in!
  • Bubbles McGee
    A rather odd game in which you control a character inside a bubble! On the first level you must descend and feed the lizard three times without being hit by mines, the droids which lay the mines, or asteroids. Other levels present similar challenges.
  • Crazy Ways
    The game is about figuring out words. These words all have in common that they have ten letters and are subjective in the singular.
  • GNU Chess
  • Mr. Dash
    A Boulderdash clone from Germany. As well as having to collect all the diamonds within a time limit and dodge the falling diamonds, there are awkwardly shaped walls which hinder your progress. The game is very fast moving and it's VERY difficult to complete the level within the allocated time.
P 2200
  • Ritter der Lüfte
    Knight of the Skies: Simulates duels between reckless pilots in flying boxes made of plywood, cloth and wire. Fokker triplane, Sopwith Camel, SPAD XIII and other famous aircraft are available to the two to six pilots. Different performance characteristics, aerodynamic characteristics and armament of the machines make every air fight a real shaking party. Critical hits, material fatigue, jamming and pilot errors often lead to the abrupt end of a patrol flight. Anyone who finds the way to the home airstrip after a successful mission and safely touches down the perforated aircraft can count oneself lucky. Emergency landings with smoking and stuttering engines, shredded surfaces and critical damage often only succeed for experienced pilots.

Standard support
GEMScript
OLGA
BubbleGEM
Programs written in...
Assembler
GFA-Basic
Pure C
STOS