<s>
VGACAD	B-Application
was	O
the	O
parent	O
of	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
shareware	B-License
graphic	O
utilities	O
made	O
for	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
operating	O
system	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
and	O
clones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
popular	O
for	O
editing	O
and	O
capturing	O
images	O
using	O
BSAVE	B-Protocol
(	O
graphics	O
image	O
format	O
)	O
and	O
provided	O
an	O
early	O
graphic	O
editing	O
suite	O
compatible	O
with	O
multiple	O
graphic	O
cards	O
and	O
resolutions	O
,	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ran	O
with	O
his	O
brother	O
,	O
Marvin	O
initially	O
helped	O
with	O
design	O
ideas	O
,	O
strategic	O
focus	O
,	O
technical	O
support	O
calls	O
,	O
and	O
managing	O
the	O
early	O
shareware	B-License
business	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
growth	O
of	O
the	O
VGACAD	B-Application
suite	O
grew	O
quickly	O
to	O
preoccupy	O
most	O
of	O
their	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lawrence	O
then	O
focused	O
more	O
of	O
his	O
efforts	O
on	O
software	O
and	O
formed	O
Applied	O
Insights	O
,	O
to	O
manage	O
VGACAD	B-Application
and	O
its	O
offspring	O
,	O
VidFun	O
,	O
and	O
Ai	O
Picture	O
Explorer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VGACAD	B-Application
was	O
a	O
misnomer	O
,	O
and	O
meant	O
VGA-Computer	O
Assisted	O
Drawing	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
computer-aided	B-Application
design	I-Application
,	O
as	O
CAD	B-Application
is	O
commonly	O
referred	O
to	O
today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
called	O
VGACAP	O
,	O
for	O
'	O
capture	O
 '	O
,	O
dumped	O
video	O
memory	O
into	O
a	O
file	O
that	O
could	O
later	O
be	O
converted	O
to	O
popular	O
graphic	O
image	O
formats	O
,	O
later	O
made	O
commonplace	O
when	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
programmed	O
the	O
print	B-Device
screen	I-Device
key	I-Device
to	O
dump	O
graphics	O
into	O
the	O
clipboard	O
.	O
</s>
