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#20035/3784 Gardening Small Programs Disk
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Adjustable Greenhouse Gardening (AGG)
Long, Kathy
$15
teaches all about greenhouse gardening, including information about which
plants are best of greenhouses, organic bug deterrents, plant and seed
sources, and even build-it-yourself plans.
Garden Productivity Calculator (GPC)
Taxonomic Computer Research
$29-$99
helps you compute garden space, labor efficiency and crop value analysis. It can
produce graphs of garden or farm expenses, and computes a break even point in
dollars and units. All data may be saved and recalled to/from disk.
Ginseng $ From Your Backyard (GINSENG)
Long, Kathy
$15
tells how to make money raising ginseng seed and plants. Ginseng is a sought
after herb used by the Chinese for many years to prolong life, restore
virility and energy to the mind and limbs, treat arthritis and rheumatism, and
dissolve tumors. This disk tells you everything you need to know to grow and
sell Ginseng.
Greenery From Your Grocer (GREENRY)
Starchild, Adam
$5-$15
is a short tutorial about making a small garden from common items (egg
shells, fruit seeds, etc.) that you bring home from the grocery store.
(Not on this disk. Ask for disk #8966.)
Organic Intensive Gardening (ORGANIC)
Long, Kathy
$15
tells how to grow more food in less space. A planting guide, guidelines for
record keeping, and information about herbal insect deterrents is included.
PC-Peren 1.3 (PCPEREN)
Taxonomic Computer Research
$19
selects and describes herbaceous, sun-loving perennials based on their names,
flower color, months of bloom, and height at bloom peak. A simple menu system
displays a list of plants on screen or outputs it to a text file. You can search
for plants by genus, variety/cultivar name, or any part of the plant's name.
Perpetual Garden Journal (PGARDEN)
Truett, Lawrence
$30
is a note-keeping and reminder system for gardeners.
Personal Gardener (PG)
Rick Healy
$0
lets you plan a garden with up to 999 different plants. Perennial plants do
not have to be re-entered each season and you can harvest some crop areas
without disrupting others. Printouts can be made on any printer.
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3784
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Computer Gardening Data Disk
Owens, Keith
$9-$17
#20035/4429
is a database of gardening data for importing into a database program. Data
includes cultural information such as common and botanical name, class,
germination, sowing guide, transplanting, height, colors, light needed, soils,
propagation, and more. You can add your own data. Requires a database program
that imports DIF, ASCII, mail merge, or delimited format.
Flowers 2.1 is a database program with the data from Computer Gardening Data
Disk incorporated into it.
Gardener's Assistant
Shannon Software, Ltd.
$25
#20035/3654
will help in planning your garden. It allows you to choose which vegetables you
want to plant and provides a suggested number of rowfeet to plant for each
person. It will display a layout of your garden and generate a planting date.
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#2249 Hobbies Small Programs Disk
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Backyard Birds 1.1 (BYBIRDS)
Boger, Allen D.
$8
is a tutorial on how to attract and care for wild birds. It provides detailed
information on what species will be attracted to different types of food and
feeders, feeder selection, placement and maintenance, predator control, plant
types, and nesting box dimensions and arrangement.
Darkroom Assistant (DRKROOM)
Deady, Craig
$20
is basically a programmable timer for use in the darkroom for film and paper
developing. All of the program steps are displayed continuously as are the
remaining times, agitate times, pause times, and the current status of the
running program. All steps are easily modified or copied to suit different
needs and many programs can be created and saved on disk for immediate recall.
With a voice synthesizer, the DA will even call out the steps to you.
Exterior Rifle Ballistics (BULLET)
Melten, Richard D.
$5
is a program for reloaders. It will tell you the maximum height of a
projectile between muzzle and zero point and the expected bullet drop at the
target.
Guitar.BAS
Cummins, Ed
helps tune a guitar. BASIC required.
HOTrain
Merker, Fred
$0
is a text file that gives you information on how to hook up, run and have
control over an HO model train with your computer. HOTRAIN.ARC also includes
several programs, complete with A86 Assembler source code, for running the
train.
LogMaster RV1.0 (LOGMSTR)
Fundamental Services
$10-$20
contains three standard marine logging functions: the Ship's Log, the
Maintenance Log, and the Guest Register. The program is designed to let you
quickly and easily organize, store, recall, update and print all pertinent
shipboard data.
MarNave 1.0
C & E Associates ASP
$35
converts latitude and longitude coordinates to to LORAN C delays and vice versa.
It also calculates head and distance from point "A" to point "B" with the
location of the points specified either as Lat/Lon or LORAN delays. Time, speed
and distance is calculated and a hard copy for all functions is provided.
W.Draft
Dunford, Christopher J.
$0
is a graphics-based weave draft simulator. It allows the fibre designer to
specify a threading, tie-up, and treadling, with the results displayed as the
treadling is entered. Any of the three elements may be changed or erased at any
time. The program will permit the use of 130 threads, 16 shaft harness, 24
treadles, and 76 steps of treadling (weft picks).
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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2249
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#3701 Hobbies #2 Small Programs Disk
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Blood Lines Rater 1993 (BLRATER)
Pubnetix
$10
is a numerical grading of over 900 thoroughbred sires. This program lets you
track the new hot sires and learn more about the breeding of thoroughbreds.
The Complete Martial Artist 2.0 (TCMA) (09-93 CD)
Smith, Dave
$0
contains a menu-driven database of combat knowledge. It covers topics such as
kicks, punches, strategy, weapons, fists, chokes, throws, and more. It also
includes summaries of all the major martial arts. This is interesting reading
for the beginner or the black belt. A file viewer named List (such as LIST.COM
on disk #1550) is required.
DiveTabs 2.5
TDM Software
$15
calculates repetitive dives given depths and times. It also calculates
required depths and times. Calculations are based on U. S. Navy tables.
Elite Car Database III 3.3 (ELITECA)
Laurence Hatch
$39
is a database of names, price, 0-60 speed, and engine size for over 300
high-performance and prestige cars. It includes models that normally cost more
than $20k or have a 0-60 time of better than 8 seconds. Quite a few cars -
particularly those in the $500k to $2meg range - we never heard of before.
Interesting reading.
GenKit 1.6
Pence, Richard A.
$0
is a complete, menu-operated toolkit for genealogists. It describes calendar
changes from `Old Style' to `New Style' and the Henry numbering system and
variations. It returns date of birth from age on a given date; relationship of
descendant to ancestor and cousins of ancestors/descendants; relationship of any
two descendants of common ancestor; and soundex code for surname. This program
also includes a sample ancestor chart; a chart showing relationships of you to
other relatives; tables showing conversions for linear and area measurements;
section measurements and land descriptions; typical township layout, showing
section numbering; Tiny Tafel samples; and more.
Model Pilot's Logbook 2.0 (LOGBOOK)
TDM Software
$15
is a logbook program for model aircraft builders and flyers. It allows input of
dates, aircraft names, sky conditio