LiveWire Professional

LiveWire Professional is a MS-DOS program made by CableSoft. It was first introduced in 1988 as software/expansion board combination,{{cite magazine |date=July 25, 1988|title=News Briefs, Product Allows Users to Download Stock Quotes|magazine=InfoWorld|publisher= IDG|issn=0199-6649|volume=10|number=30|page=11}} which allowed to convert Financial News Network ticker from television receivers into ASCII for further analysis.{{cite magazine |last=Grunin|first=Lori|date=December 27, 1988|title=New On The Market, LiveWire Lets You Tap Financial News Network|magazine=PC Magazine|publisher= Ziff Davis|issn=0888-8507|volume=7|number=22|pages=51}} The software is designed for stock brokers and financial analysts, allowing them to record and analyse the stock market, through the use of live feeds. However, its user interface was criticized as cumbersome.{{cite magazine |last=Trivette|first=Don|date=October 17, 1989|title=After Hours, LiveWire Uses TV Technology to Fedd FNN Stock Quotes to PCs|magazine=PC Magazine|publisher= Ziff Davis|issn=0888-8507|volume=8|number=17|pages=399-400, 402}}