PC Globe
{{Short description|Software atlas}}
{{Infobox software
| name = PC Globe
| screenshot = PC Globe main window.png
| caption = Version 3.0
| developer = Comwell Systems
PC Globe
Broderbund
| released = 1987
| discontinued = 1994
| latest release version = PC Globe Maps-N-Facts
| latest release date = 1994
| operating system = MS-DOS, Windows 3.X, Macintosh, Atari ST
| genre = Educational
| license = Proprietary
}}
PC Globe is an atlas for MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh and Atari ST, first released in 1987 by Comwell Systems Inc.{{Cite news |date=1990 |title= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ENXaAAAAMAAJ&q=PC+Globe |work=Personal Computer Magazine |publisher=PC Communications Corporation |pages=189 |edition=13 |volume=9}}{{Cite news |last=Simon |first=Barry |date=September 10, 1991 |title=Atlas Software: Around the World with Your PC |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x2kb8n32nTMC&dq=PC+Globe&pg=PT565 |work=PC Magazine |pages=540, 541}}{{cite web |last=Rose |first=Daniel |date=2015 |title=DOS® - PC Globe 4.0 |url=http://www.danielsays.com/ss-gallery-dos-pc-globe-40.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127064206/http://www.danielsays.com/ss-gallery-dos-pc-globe-40.html |archive-date=2015-01-27 |access-date=2015-02-26 |website=Daniel's Legacy Computer Collections |publisher=danielsays.com}}{{cite web |date=1994 |title=PC Globe Maps-N-Facts |url=https://archive.org/details/1994_Broderbund_PC_Globe_Maps-N-Facts_PC_and_Mac_MNFWIN |access-date=2015-02-26 |website= |publisher=Broderbund}}{{cite web |date=1990 |title=Pc Globe v3.0 |url=http://www.emuparadise.me/Atari_ST_ROMs/Pc_Globe_v3.0_%281990%29%28Nathan%29%28fr%29%28Disk_1_of_3%29/119278 |access-date=2015-02-26 |publisher=PC Globe, Inc.}}{{Cite news |date=November 24, 1987 |title=PC-Globe advert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KU7dCBpP7fsC&dq=PC+Globe&pg=PA481 |work=PC Magazine |pages=481}}{{Cite news |last=Price |first=Ilona |date=May 17, 1988 |title=Geography Basics: PC-Globe Puts the Whole World in Your Hands |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xxgeoSo9fyMC&dq=PC+Globe&pg=PA444 |work=PC Magazine |pages=442}} It offered information on 177 countries and dependencies.
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. 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.{{Cite news |last=Simon |first=Barry |date=April 10, 1990 |title=PC Globe fits the whole world into your hard disk |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5kj9fdPQCzYC&dq=PC+Globe&pg=PT404 |work=PC Magazine |pages=405}}{{Cite news |date=December 12, 1989 |title=PC Globe 3.0 and PC USA advert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5CmkZ3THZtwC&dq=PC+Globe&pg=PT114 |work=PC Magazine |pages=59, 113}}
Release history
= MS-DOS =
For MS-DOS, PC Globe was first released in 1987. It was followed by PC Globe-Plus.{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Peter H. |date=1989-08-06 |title=THE SUMMER REPORT; A Touch Of the Poet |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/06/education/the-summer-report-a-touch-of-the-poet.html |access-date=2022-12-03 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite news |last=Simon |first=Barry |date=1989-03-14 |title=PC-Globe Plus: Maps and Facts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6TfdBoFkkwYC&dq=%22PC+Globe+plus%22&pg=PA48 |work=PC Magazine |pages=48}}
PC Globe 3.0 was released in 1989, along with PC Nations and PC USA.{{cite journal |date=1997-03-25 |title=PC Mag |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_wVDB2C8IJRYC |journal=PC Magazine: The Independent Guide to IBM-Standard Personal Computing |publisher=Ziff Davis, Inc. |issn=0888-8507 |access-date=2015-02-26}}{{Cite web |title=PC Globe 3.0 |url=https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/computer-software-windows-pc-globe-3-0/vgFdgR70PQ916Q |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=Google Arts & Culture |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=1990-03-26 |title=PC Nations |url=https://archive.org/details/pcnations |publisher=PC Globe, Inc.}}{{Cite web |date=March 1990 |title=PC USA |url=https://archive.org/details/pc_usa |publisher=PC Globe, Inc.}}
PC Globe 4.0 and PC USA 2.0 were released in 1990.{{Cite web |date=1990-11-06 |title=PC Globe v4.0 |url=https://archive.org/details/pcglobev40 |publisher=PC Globe, Inc.}}{{Cite news |date=February 12, 1991 |title=PC Globe, Version 4.0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YxFTezF9-sMC&dq=PC+Globe&pg=PT65 |work=PC Magazine |pages=56}}{{Cite web |date=1990 |title=PC USA 2.0 |url=https://winworldpc.com/product/pc-usa/20 |access-date=2022-12-02 |website= |publisher=PC Globe, Inc.}} In 1992 PC Globe 5.0 came out, with PC USA 3.0 released the next year.{{cite web |date=1993 |title=PC Globe 5.07 |url=http://vetusware.com/download/PC%20Globe%205.07%20ES/?id=3756 |access-date=2015-02-26 |publisher=PC Globe, Inc.}}{{Cite web |date=1992 |title=PC Globe 5.0 |url=https://archive.org/details/pcglobe-5 |publisher=Broderbund Software}}{{Cite web |date=1993 |title=PC USA 3.0 |url=https://archive.org/details/pcusa-3 |publisher=Broderbund Software}}
= Other systems =
For the Atari ST, PC Globe 3.0 was released in 1990.{{Cite web |date=1990 |title=PC Globe 3.0 |url=http://www.atarimania.com/utility-atari-st-pc-globe_33747.html |access-date=2022-12-03 |website= |publisher=PC Globe, Inc.}}
MacGlobe was first released for the Macintosh in 1991 and an updated version in 1992.
PC Globe Maps-N-Facts for Windows and Apple Macintosh was released in 1994.