DEVICE: GreaseWeazle 4.1
   DRIVE: TEAC FD-55GFR
   SUITE: FluxEngine (decoder.retries=250, drive.revolutions=1.2)
ARCHIVER: Lee Smallbone
ARCHIVED: 2026-05-12

NOTES: 
Disk purchased as part of a large estate sale from eBay.

Disk is assumed to be part of the same library as other disks that state "IBM PC USER GROUP 01-232 2277 SOFTWARE LIBRARY" as the text format, labelling style, number scheme and grouping with other disks suggest they all belong together from the same library even though some don't explicitly say so.

100% media recovery.

Disk returned to original sleeve for archiving.

Disk Label:

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DRAWMAN (146)
DISKNAME.     DOC      .COM  DRAWMAN  .DOC  DRAWMAN  .EXE  ERROR  .DAT
FILEF   .DAT  FILEH    .DAT  HELP     .DQT  INSTALL  .BAT  MENU   .DAT
MOUSE   .BAT  README   .146  VIO      .DAT  WORK     .DAT 

Drawman takes data from general data file, Visicalc files or the built in data entry routine, then produces stacked and cluster bars, line charts, scatter charts, pie or exploded pie charts. Free-hand edit mode may be used with options to draw, scale, and move reactangles and circles, line drawing, arrow creation. Also a slide show mode is available.

01-27-1986   14  FILES  FORMAT  2S   BYTES: 349184 USED    13312 FREE

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-- Who was the IBM PC Users Group? --

The IBM PC User Group, also seen as The IBM Personal Computer User Group and later The PC User Group UK, was an independent UK user group for IBM PC and compatible computer users, active by at least 1986 and probably earlier. It operated initially from PO Box 830, London SE1 2BQ with telephone 01-232 2277, distributing public-domain and user-supported software via a paid disk catalogue. By the early 1990s it had moved to PO Box 360, Harrow HA1 4LQ and was operating the ibmpcug.co.uk UUCP/Internet host, offering email, news, FTP, telnet and dial-in access.

The group’s newsletter was called Connectivity, edited by Alan Jay by 1990. Dr Alan Solomon was closely associated with the group and is described in contemporary press coverage as running the IBM Personal Computer User Group near London; later material identifies him as chairman. The group appears to have played a notable role in early UK PC public-domain/shareware distribution, anti-virus awareness, and pre-mainstream Internet access.




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                            LIBRARY DISK 146

This disk contains programs available to members of The IBM PC User Group.
        Commercial sale of any program is expressly prohibited.

     The price charged for this disk covers the cost of media and
   distribution, and not the software and documentation on the disk.

 We encourage members to submit their own programs for distribution on
   these disks, either free of charge or on a user supported basis.


                           DIRECTORY OF FILES


README   146  The file you are reading
DRAWMAN  EXE  The main program
HELP     DQT  Help message file (Unsqueezed by INSTALL.BAT)
VIO      DAT  Additional program segments
MENU     DAT  Information about the menus
ERROR    DAT  Error messages
WORK     DAT  A work file used for slide shows, plotting
FILE     DAT  A pointer (configuration) file. (created by INSTALL.BAT)
FILEF    DAT  Above configured for floppy in A:
FILEH    DAT  Above configured for hard disk (C:)
DRAWMAN  DQC  Documentation for DRAWMAN.EXE
INSTALL  BAT  Installs Drawman required files on floppy or hard disk
MOUSE    BAT  Installs Mouse Systems mouse
DOC      COM  Unsqueezes the .xQx files


   Drawman takes data from general data files, Visicalc files or the
   built in data entry routine, then produces Stacked and cluster
   bars, line charts, scatter charts, pie or exploded pie charts. Then
   free-hand edit mode may be used with options to draw, scale, and
   move rectangles & circles, line drawing, arrow creation. A slide
   show mode is another feature available.