Software Dispatch

Software Dispatch was a disk-based app store that was distributed with CD-ROM-equiped Macintosh Performa models in the mid 1990s.

The CD-ROM contained 70 "great applications" that can be unlocked with a code that could be purchased through a toll-free telephone call or a faxed order form. ]

Development
Software Dispatch was developed by the Software Solution unit of AppleSoft, a division that had been formed at Apple Computer under Michael Spindler in 1993. Participating developers in the program included:
 * Adobe
 * Apple Computer
 * Central Point Software
 * Claris
 * Computer Associates
 * Electronic Arts
 * Farallon
 * Lotus
 * Symantec

A Windows version of the CD-ROM was also developed.