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In the Merry Merry Month of May during the year of 1981,
a company called RASCAL PROGRAMS began business
operations. RASCAL PROGRAMS was set up of offer
software for one of the first and indeed more obscure
microcomputer systems available to the American public.
The CPU in this machine was a Signetics 2650 and a
motherboard could be obtained for this system through a
Midwestern company in the late 1970's. After our machine
was built and tested, we named it The Little Rascal,
hence the name RASCAL PROGRAMS emerged.
As other manufacturers made personal computers
available to the public, our company decided to offer
software to support those machines. Our software was no
longer designed specifically for, and only for The Little
Rascal, so a more general name was adopted.

Thus in 1983, THE DATA TRAIN made its inaugural run. THE DATA TRAIN was an outgrowth of
RASCAL PROGRAMS and it offered several categories of software. Each car of THE DATA TRAIN
delivered a specific category of software. The Teacher's Chores Car for example served up such titles as
Attendance Register, Exam, and The Teacher's Helper. These programs were designed by teachers for
teachers to cover a wide range of needs for teachers. Today, these titles are no longer being produced,
but during the years 1984-1987, THE DATA TRAIN offered all of its titles for the APPLE II+ and IIe
machines, the TRS Model III and Model IV machines, the COMMODORE 64 machine, and MS DOS
compatible machines. Favorite titles from the Education Administrators Car included Activity Tickets
and Professional Basketball Statistics. Activity Tickets is not being produced at this date but a few
copies of the DOS version of Professional Basketball Statistics remain.
Also in 1984, THE DATA TRAIN's Personal Improvement Car opened with the debut of Master Lotto.
Master Lotto quickly became the flagship product of THE DATA TRAIN. In subsequent months and
years, THE DATA TRAIN offered several other Lottery titles thus earning a title of its own, that of offering
America's Widest Selection of Lottery Management Software. Many customers communicated their
pleasure and satisfaction with the software.
Today, THE DATA TRAIN has completely restocked its Personal Improvement Car with many of the
same great Lottery titles as before but this time for Windows. THE DATA TRAIN has added some brand
new and exciting Lottery titles for Windows.
Although the term Lottery encompasses the full spectrum of Lottery games, THE DATA TRAIN uses the
term Lottery to refer to only the 3 and 4-digit games which are very popular and played daily in many
states. THE DATA TRAIN uses the term Lotto just as the name implies, for Lotto games. In 3 and 4-
digit Lottery games, duplicate digits are allowed in a drawing whereas in Lotto, duplicates of the same
number are not allowed (except as multipliers which are mostly found in huge multistate games.) At
present, THE DATA TRAIN's software does not support multipliers but does support many basic games
where multipliers are used. THE DATA TRAIN's Lotto software is format specific. This means that if a
Lotto program is purchased from THE DATA TRAIN, it is precisely designed for one format and the
purchaser must specify a format such as 5/30 at the time of purchase. The 5/30 format for example
refers to 5 numbers in a drawing out of 30 numbers overall.
All of THE DATA TRAIN's Lotto and Lottery programs have full-featured number handling utilities built
right into the software. The programs allow the user to store numbers of choice in the software, delete
numbers of choice from the software, and to print hard copy of the numbers. The software can direct the
computer to select Lotto combinations without duplication and store them in the software. In addition to
these utilities, the Lotto programs have maintenance routines which allow the user to replace the current
Lotto file with one previously saved and to compare those file for duplicate entries. The programs allow
the user to check the Lotto file for winning numbers automatically. The 3-digit and 4-digit Lottery
programs also allow the used to check permutations of the winning numbers for winners.
APPLE IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF THE APPLE COMPUTER CO.
COMMODORE IS A TRADEMARK OF COMMODORE, INC.
MS-DOS IS A TRADEMARK OF MICROSOFT CORP.
WINDOWS IS A TRADEMARK OF MICROSOFT CORP.

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