Software of the Month Club January 1996 CD-ROM Master Program Guide DOS Business B/PLAN DEVELOPER v4.3 by Tom Welch If you are starting or expanding your business, youknow how important obtaining the right financing is. Whatever your financial needs are, you're going to need an exceptional proposal to succeed. This comprehensive work-book helps you develop a business plan. ENVELOPES PLUS v4.1 by Philip Kapusta If you print individual or continuous envelopes, postcards, label, and Rolodex file cards then you'll appreciate this convenient database. It not only generates typical mailing label (with first and last names, addresses, etc.) but also prints general purpose labels, like inventory and identification labels. You can add up to 100 lines of memo notes to each record and even automatically dials phone numbers. HANDY STUFF v1.O by Practical Stuff This handy utility combines several useful functions into one program. It calculatez payments and interest rates, and compares loans, leases and mortgages. You also get a a measurement converter, an address book and a birthday book. You can even create reminders that are displayed at predetermined intervals. Medlin Accounting April 4,95 Includes GL, AP, AR and payroll modules. OPPORTUNITY AWAITS by Computerized Horizons If you're starting your own business, you'll want to have this valuable reference on hand. It includes important information on business opportunities and pitfalls. QuickTrax Ver 2.4 Full-featured, network ready, time-clock application. Requires a hard disk. RETAIL PLUS v5.1 True North Computer Services The goal of retail management software is to help you concentrate on your sales and your customers. Retail Plus seeks to serve that goal. This program is a full- featured retail sales and inventory syatem that is very easy to learn and use. Features include: client database, purchase orders, accounts receivable, on-screen reports, and data import and export. SALES MANAGER by John Richardson If you're involved in hiring salespeople, this is an invaluable tool! Its easy scoring system eliminates the headaches of determining the best candidates. The program guides you through the interview by showing which questions to ask the applicant. Questions cover both personal and sales background. Picking the right applicant is as easy as counting the highest score. This is a great way to reduce employee turnover and dissatisfaction. TimeClock I Ver 2.4s The time clock of the 90's is on your computer! This full featured, multi-employee, multi-project system does it all! VERALUX v1.1 by Clay Reid Keep track of appointments, addresses, telephone numbers, invoices and expenses. The clean, simple interface makes it easy to access to its powerful features and online help. A great way to organize yourself and your office. WALL $TREET-THE BOTTOM LINE v6.0 by Dan M. Schell This investment tracking and analysis database is ideal for investors, collectors and stock brokers. Kep permanent records of investments and security transactions for future use and editing. It handles stocks, bonds, collectibles, coins - any profitable items. Evaluate current investments and ear to date performance with current pricing module. It comes with five financial calculators, including Future Value and Loan calculators. Wall $treet also has a graphing feature for profit, loss and fees, and even accomodates "short sells" along with traditional investments. ZPAY Ver 3. A stand alone payroll system for businesses of any size. DOS Children COLORS v3.0 by Reed Brothers Teach your kids hand-eye coordination with this simple color game. The mouse leaves a trail of different colors as your child moves it around the screen. This program keeps your youngsters fascinated as they create different shapes and colors. Great for teaching children how to use a mouse. DINOTALES by Avstar Publishing A wonderful collection of three colorful dinosaur puzzles. Rearrange scrambled pieces to see Tritops the Triceratops, Bronty the Brontosaurus and Trexy the Tyrannosaurus. Each puzzle contains basic facts about dinosaurs. This high-tech game is anything but prehistoric. FACETREX v2.0 by Soleau Software This challenging logic game requires thought and patience. Match a series of faces to their negative image by pushing them around the playing board. To solve the puzzle you must use other faces to maneuver around the board. FISH KEYS v2.1 by David E. Snyder Learn letters and numbers with this simple and colorful program. Kids learn to associate the letters on a keyboard with the actual sound of the letter. As they progress, they must match the letter on the screen with a letter on the keyboard. KINDER CARTON by Kidstuff Software A wonderful collection of easy-to-use programs to keep your child entertained for hours. Contains 27 math, logic and vocabulary activities from the advanced preschoolers to second graders. PRESCHOOL PACK v2.2 by Kidstuff Software Keep your children busy with this fun-filled, educational program. It includes six entertaining activities, including counting, number recognition, the alphabet, colors and matching. Great for younger kids! SEASHELLS COLOR-ME PUZZLE by Avstar Publishing Two activities in one! The first is a puzzle where you rearrange the squares to recreate a picture. Coloring your picture is the second activity. TALKING NUMBER MACHINE v2.2 by Kidstuff Software Help children recognize, say and write numbers all the way to 13 digits! This program uses high-quality digitized speech to say the numbers which appear on the screen. It is an invaluable tool. TALKING TIME by Kidstuff Software A wonderful introduction to telling time for any young child. It provides a variety of different activities each with three skill levels. Activities include setting a clock to match a digital watch and setting the clock to the spoken or written time. This is a colorful, interactive guide to telling the time. NOTE: In order to set up this program you must type INSTALL at the the prompt. EGA/VGA Wheel Ver. 3.5 Spin the big wheel for prizes! Includes both the EGA and VGA versions. Larry's HangMan Version 1.0 Includes three different levels of play and the option to add your own words to the existing word list. Requires VGA. Quato Ver 1.0 The object of Quato is to push around letter tiles on a 5 x 5 game grid to spell as many words as you can within three minutes. Requires EGA/VGA. Word Puzzles May 93 Twenty amazing puzzles you can play right on your computer! Crosswords, cryptograms, double crosses, word scrambles, quote boxes too many to list. Enjoy the graphics and original music score while you bend your brain around these challenging puzzles. Animated Words Ver 1.0 A spelling program for children from pre-school through first grade. Book Report Program Helps students compose book reports. Dino Spell Ver 2.0 Rex is at it again! All the apples and strawberries have been stolen by Derik's arch enemy, Rex the Tyrannosaurs! To get the fruit back, Derik must answer Rex's spelling questions! Can Derik do it? Sure he can, but he'll need lots of help from you! Requires and the Visual Basic Run-Time v3.0. French Word Power November 1992 For anyone who would like to have a better working vocabulary in the French language. FSpell Ver 1.01 Learn the alphabet in sign language. German Vocabulary September 1993 Learn or review German/English vocabulary. Jurassic Spelling Ver. 2.0 A fantastic new spelling program that really talks! Requires VGA and Sound Blaster supported. Learn to Sign for DOS Ver 3.1 A tutorial program aimed at teaching the American Sign Language. Letters November 91 Can you guess the first letter of the display picture? Great word and image association for children. Show N Spell Ver 1.0 A fun way for children and adults to increase their spelling skills. Talking ABC'S at the beach Ver 1.0 Here is a fun way for children to learn the alphabet. Requires a hard disk and supports EGA/VGA/CGA. Ultimate Language Teacher November 91 Includes a three-part quiz on Spanish vocabulary. Verbal Vanquish December 90 The Scholastic Aptitude Test tutorial. Vocabulary Power Ver 2.13 Vocabulary Power combines entertainment and educational value. This program can create a variety of activities to learn vocabulary. Vocabulary Primer for Windows Ver 1.1 A fun way to learn new vocabulary. Word Rescue March 92 A fun game that teaches spelling, logic, and word meanings. Requires EGA/VGA and a hard disk. Words Alive Ver 2.0 A set of three educational games built on the premise that learning can be fun. Requires EGA/VGA and a hard drive. Write Chinese Ver 1.1 This program teaches basic Chinese calligraphy, focusing on the 50 most frequently encountered characters. Words Alive Ver 2.1 Words Alive comes with three fun and exciting educational games. Grab your child's attention with colorful, fully animated pictures, popular children's tunes, speech, and a working clock. Zpeller Ver 2.0 A spelling and vocabulary teacher! Handles up to 9 students DOS Desktop Publishing NEOPAINT v3.2 by NeoSoft Corporation Create dazzling images with this full-featured DOS art studio that's easy-to-use and powerful. It's simple enough for children to use, but comprehensive enough for professional artists. Illustration features include highlighter, water color, oil, charcoal and crayon specialty brushes. Multiple on-screen editing and multiple brush sizes are also available. Supports PCX, BMP, TIFF and GIF file formats. DESKJET SURVIVAL KIT v3.1 by Philip Kapusta Save money with your HP DeskJet printer. Learn important tips and tricks to help save both paper and ink, including printing up to eight pages of text on one sheet of paper and refilling empty ink cartridges. Two utilities are included that makes DeskJets easier to use. DJ-GRAB `grabs' addresses from any DOS text program for printing envelopes. Use DJ-ESC to change many print settings without touching the printer. Both are Terminate-and-Stay Resident (TSR) programs that run in the background and can pop-up over any DOS program. ELECTRONIC TEXT PUBLISHING SYSTEM v2.0 by Philip Kapusta Create `electronic' books, magazines, training manuals and more with Electronic Text Publishing System. It gives you step-by-step instructions for creating professional looking, menu-driven, executable programs using ASCII text files. PICTOPS by TerSoftWare Convert image formats with this wonderful utility. Transfer BMP, PCX, TGA, ICO and RLE into PostScript files for easy printing. Simple features are also available, such as rotating the PostScript file 90­ and compressing the final file. Clip Art Priceless People #2 by BCM Graphics A great collection of people perfect for any design project. This collection contains 45 fun images of different types of people in a variety of settings. You are sure to find an image just right for your application. All images are in PCX format. MARYDALE TTF by Brian Willson An excellent sans serif font reminiscent of actual handwriting. Regular and bold weights are included, each with a full character set. (TrueType) WEBFONT by R. Carlson Two fonts in one! Web Hebrew AD follows the traditional look and feel of simple sans serif fonts. Web Hebrew Monospace follows the lines of old-fashioned typewriter keys. (TrueType and Type 1) CLIP ART Animal Clip Art Collection Ver 1.0 Check out this fun collection of colorful cartoon animal clip art in .PCX format. ASC PhotoSoft Backgrounds No Version These 30 lush, organic backgrounds are all in JPG format. Striking images like a forest covered hillside, a wind-swept sand dune and blue sky seen through tree branches add intensity and atmosphere to your desktop publications! BCM Clip Art/Animal March 15, 95 This is a set of high quality animal images in PCX format. BCM Clip Art March 9, 95 This is a set of high quality borders, corners and frame images in PCX format. BCM Clip Art March 21, 95 This is a second set of high quality borders, corners and frame images in PCX format. BCM Clip Art/Canine March 21, 95 This is a set of high quality canine images in PCX format. BCM Clip Art/CHRISTMAS March 21, 95 This is a set of high quality Christmas images in PCX format. BCM Clip Art/Holiday March 21, 95 This is a set of high quality holiday images in PCX format. BCM Clip Art/INITIALS March 21, 94 This is a set of high quality initials and capital images in PCX format. BCM Clip Art/ORIENTAL March 21, 94 This is a set of high quality oriental images in PCX format. BCM Clip Art/PEOPLE March 21, 94 This is a set of high quality people images in PCX format. PCX Holiday Clip Art May 1,94 Whatever the holiday, you're sure to find the perfect image in this collection of 39 PCX images. Dinosaur Clip Art June 12, 94 The fascination with dinosaurs continues. Keith Berdak, the well known artist, created these astounding, lifelike portraits of dinosaurs, eating, hatching and fighting. Dos Education KWIKSTAT v4.1 by Texasoft Great for students and teachers who analyze statistics. Designed by professional statistical consultants and researchers to allow you to quickly and easily use the most common statistical data analysis procedures and graphs. This is a comprehensive analysis package. Features include regression analysis, comparisons and variance analysis. BIG MATH ATTACK v2.22 by Philip Kapusta Educational and fun! Test your math, spelling, typing and metric conversion skills in an arcade environment. With five skill levels available, this program is ideal for all ages. CREATE A QUIZ v3.0 by Philip P. Kapusta Generate your own computer quizzes from multiple choice to fill in the blank. Quizzes can be printed out, although this programs speciality is producing on-screen interactive quizzes. One to nine people may participate simultaneously. The program tracks your performance and grades automatically. This is a wonderful program for anyone involved in education. DC CHALLENGE v2.0 by ETCAI Products If you are interested in electronics or learning electronics, then DC Challenge is for you! There are 13 exercises to help you learn or teach electricity or electronics. Features random problem generation and extensive graphical representation of problems. There is also context sensitive help and instant scoring. DELUXE UNIVERSAL CONVERTER by Jeff Napier A smorgasbord of information in one program! Convert area, volume, length, temperature and more with this educational utility. Displays interesting facts about animals. Give it key words and it even creates jokes. This program is not only useful but it is also fun. DIGITAL CHALLENGE v2.0 by ETCAI Products Learn electronics and computer hardware theory with this training software. Consists of 10 programs with random generation of selected component values and parameters. This is a valuable aid and supplement to classroom training. EUROPEAN LANGUAGE LEARNER v2.0 by Arthur Wells Jr. Begin or continue your foreign language studies with this great tutor. Use your computer to study vocabulary idioms and sentences from any text book, study guide, newspaper and more. Simply input the information and youOll be able to test yourself at a later date. The program comes with basic vocabulary for French, German, Italian and Spanish. THE GRAVITATIONAL SIMULATOR v2.0 by Steve Safarik If you're interested in planetary motion, then you'll be fascinated with this gravity simulator. This powerful tool simulates the motions of planetary bodies in space. Gravity allows you to specify parameters for mass, density, initial velocity and initial position or choose random selections. The bodies are then plotted as they move according to the laws of gravitation. MYBOOKS by Rad Software Keep track of your publications with this handy organizer. This is a library inventory program for any size book collection up to 10,000 volumes! Powerful features include user-defined searches, flexible printing options and the ability to print any identification labels you need. Never lose track of books again. RUSSIAN LANGUAGE LEARNER v2.0 by Arthur Wells Jr. From Russia with love! Begin and continue your study of the Russian language. The program comes with basic vocabulary for Russian so you can begin right away. The strength of the program, however, lies in its ability to save information you input. This makes it easy to test yourself on idioms or vocabulary that cause you trouble. DOS Games Ancients I: THE DEATHWATCH March 28, 93 This a 3-D, fantasy, role-playing game. Requires VGA and a mouse. Blake Stone December 1, 93 Battle against a madman who's hatched an Army of Doom, with mutants, biodroids and demons. Program requires 386 or higher. DOOM Ver 1.9 Lightening-fast virtual reality game in which you are plunged into a brutal 3-D world. Program requires VGA, 4mb RAM and 386 or higher. PLEASE NOTE: DOOM is rated MA-13. Parental guidance is suggested. Heretic Ver 1.0 Heretic has everything you loved in Doom and more! Look up, look down, fly through the sky, find magical artifacts, struggle against winds and currents, navigate volcanic pits and ice covered passages, smash creatures beneath a rain of flame and face the darkest horrors of the abyss! Requires an 486 or better with 4 MB RAM. Ken's Labyrinth March 93 Find your way out of the labyrinth. Requires VGA. NiteMare-3D Episode I - A House of Horrors Ver 1.0 Enter the house of the evil Dr. Hamerstein aided by his host of nasty minions. He has captured your beloved sweetheart Penelope and imprisoned her to carry out his evil experiments. As Hugo, you venture into the horrific world of the unknown. Rise of the Triad Version 1.1 In this 3D game you are a member of the covert HUNT organization. You mission is to infiltrate a small island and destroy any potential threats. Translation, blast everything! Requires a 386, VGA and 4 MB of RAM. Skunny Kart Ver 1.3 Skunny Kart is a multiplayer - high speed 3D racing action game! Play alone or challenge your friends. SkyRoads 3D November 93 Learn to cruise and jump a hovercraft through highway mazes in outer space. Wacky Wheels Ver 1.1 This high-speed, 3D point-of-view, full screen racing game will knock your socks off! Includes 5 tracks and multi-player mode over modem. Wolfenstein 3D June 01, 92 You move slowly through a 3-D world full of amazing detail and animation. Will you be able to escape and finish your world-saving mission? Requires VGA. TYRIAN by Epic MegaGames Blast your way through diverse worlds as you attempt to stop Microsol Corporation from looting planets. Customize your ship with different weapons. Offers triple parallax scrolling graphics with a great sound track. With the added fun of network play this is a shoot'em up of terrific proportions. A game definitely not to be missed. BLOCK MAN II v1.0 by Soleau Software The adventures of Block Man continue as he tries to prove his worth to the Princess. Collect the jewels she has scattered throughout the countryside. In order to collect jewels you must overcome obstacles by solving puzzles. With colorful graphics and sound effects, this is a great game for kids. CLYDE'S REVENGE v1.3 by Moonlite Software Help Clyde through the deadly castles in his relentless search for treasure in this platform arcade adventure. This game features double parallax scrolling, a good sound track and digital sound effects. If you like platform games like the Mario Brothers, you'll love Clyde's Revenge! FACETREX v2.0 by Soleau Software This challenging logic game requires thought and patience. Match a series of faces to their negative image by pushing them around the playing board. To solve the puzzle you must use other faces to maneuver around the board. MICE MAZE v1.0 by Soleau Software A game even an elephant can remember! Guide your little blue mouse around a maze of 36 rooms while looking for your friend, the red mouse. On the way, look for keys, maps, secret passageways and much more. Beware of the cats! Colorful graphics and sounds. XIXIT by Optik Software Have fun with this addictive Tetris-style game! Align shapes into columns. The more shapes in each column, the more points you get. This game keeps you coming back for more! Dos General Interest JETBBS Ver 3.0a Want a Bulletin Board System that's flexible, easy to install and use, packed features, and runs with minimal attention? JetBBS has it all! SimuNet Ver 2.1 This program will lead you through the Internet in the early 1970s and a Defense Department project called ARPAnet right through an on-line, interactive training session on using the Internet. TELEMATE Ver 4.12 The ultimate telecommunications package developed around a multi-tasking interface. Requires a hard disk and a modem. TYRIAN by Epic MegaGames Another fantastic game from Epic! Tyrian sucks you into the non-stop action with triple parallax scrolling graphics and an awesome soundtrack. Blast your way through diverse worlds as you attempt to keep Microsol Corporation from looting planets. Customize your ship with different weapons. With the added fun of network play this is a shoot`em up of terrific proportions. Not to be missed! DELUXE UNIVERSAL CONVERTER by Jeff Napier Convert area, volume, length, temperature, and more with this educational utility. It displays interesting facts about animals, and even responds to key words with jokes. A useful, fun program. HotDIR Plus v7.4 Robert Woeger Typing DIR in the DOS world displays user-unfriendly information on the screen. With HotDIR Plus, displaying files is simple and readable. It lists the files by color based on their extensions and in column formats. Options include sorting files in many different ways, listing files left to right or up and down, and changing the number of the columns. KWIKSTAT v4.1 by Texasoft If you analyze statistics, you'll love Kwikstat! Perfect for students and teachers. Designed by professional statistical consultants and researchers, it gives you quick access to the most common statistical data analysis procedures and graphs. This comprehensive analysis package includes regression and variance analysis, t-tests and comparisons. OPPORTUNITY AWAITS by Computerized Horizons If you're starting your own business, you'll want to have this valuable reference on hand. It includes important information on business opportunities and pitfalls. PERSONAL CASHFLOW PLANNER v3.10 by Invest-Tech Ltd. Prepare your household budget and personal cash flow projections up to 12 months in advance. Improve your financial management skills by forecasting your income and expenditures. The resulting budget helps you improve your financial planning and control. Take charge of your finances. TALKING NUMBER MACHINE v2.2 by Kidstuff Software Numbers, numbers, numbers! Talking Number Machine helps children recognize, pronounce and write numbers using high quality digitized speech. This is a great get way to get your children counting. XIXIT by Optik Software This is a wonderfully addictive Tetris-style game. See if you can get columns of at least three shapes. The more shapes you place in each column, the more points you get. Great soundtrack and complementary backgrounds. This game will keep you coming back for more. OS/2 & Warp! CLASSBROWSER v3.19 by Harald Wilhelm This is a usefull tool for software engineers who need a Presentation Manager based SOM/WPS browser. View class names with their associated files, dates, sizes, and references. ClassBrowser allows replacing of class names, creating instances for a class, and replacing the modules in a class. NOTE: Copy the HWCLASSB folder to your hard drive, then run INSTALL.EXE CONVERSION PRO v1.0 by J.F. Kaminsky, NW Environmental Geoscience Co. Conversion Pro is a 32-bit Presentation Manager application which enables you to perform scientific and engineering unit conversions. It covers over 1800 units including acres, amp-hours, therms, webers, and too many to mention! The application also includes a calculator and a temperature conversion utility which handles fahrenheit, centigrade or Celsius, and Kelvin. NOTE: 1) Copy the CONVERTP folder to your hard drive, then run CPWARP_1.EXE 2) Requires VROBJ.DLL in the your LIBPATH DDE SPY v1.6 by Harald Wilhelm DDE Spy is a tool that allows you to view possible DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) connections. It also allows viewing of running DDE server applications as well as test DDE connections. NOTE: Copy the HWDDESPY folder to your hard drive, then run INSTALL.EXE FAMSHELL v1.1 by Martin Farrent FamShell is a useful shell for families with more than one computer user. It is intended to protect your files from other members by using the log on feature. You can customize who can use what and where. Individual members can even send "e-mail" messages to other members. FamShell comes with other utilities such as Scribble, Calculator, and Flens which lets you view any drive within the shell. NOTE: 1) Copy the contents of the FAMSHELL folders in Disk 4 and Disk 5 into one folder on your hard drive 2) Please read the file README carefully for instructions on how to install and add members FONTFOLDER v2.0 by Cliff Cullum Organize ATM fonts in to a maximum of 100 libraries without having to install them in OS/2. You can even remove as well as install fonts with simple point and click operations. Browse uninstalled fonts or use fonts directly from a CD-ROM. FontFolder also allows printing samples of all the fonts into a font catalog. NOTE: Copy the FONTFOLD folder to your hard drive, then run FONTFOLD.EXE HTML Wizard v1.51 by Dick Terrell HTML Wizard makes editing HTML documents easier by providing a "Tagbar" that inserts appropriate tags around text. The "Tagbar" has user-definable tags and supports non-English characters. HTML Wizard supports previewing with Web Explorer and syntax checking with Weblint. NOTE: 1) Copy the contents of the HTMLWIZ folders in Disk 2 and Disk 3 into one folder on your hard drive, then run HTMLWIZ.EXE 2) Requires VROBJ.DLL in the your LIBPATH PM POSTNOTES v1.20a by Paul H. Caron PM PostNotes is the Swiss Army Knife utility for OS/2. It has a small-scale Personal Information Manager (PIM) with a graphical time-usage display. Included in the PIM are event reminder, a calendar, a stop watch, and a configurable clock that can chime every hour or half hour. Featured in this program is the PostIt notes that allows you to paste electronic notes on the desktop for reminders. NOTE: Copy the PMPOST folder to your hard drive, then run PMPNPIM.EXE PROBLEMTRACKER v1.23 by Harald Wilhelm ProblemTracker is a Presentation Manager based development tool, that keeps track of open bugs in your applications. You can assign products, components of products, customers and employees to specific bugs. ProblemTracker is perfect for the softwares in development or during testing. NOTE: Copy the HWPROBT folder to your hard drive, then run INSTALL.EXE SYSLEVEL EDITOR v2.47 by Harald Wilhelm Syslevel Editor allows you to view OS/2 Syslevel files. It also lets you modify an existing syslevel file or even create a new one. NOTE: Copy the HWSYSLEV folder to your hard drive, then run INSTALL.EXE SYSTEM SPY v1.5 by Harald Wilhelm System Spy is a tool that allows you to view your system information about running processes, threads, workplace shell classes, country information, allocated modules, and Presentation Manager settings. It also lets you view shared memory, references, syslevels, and much more. System Spy is the only viewing utility you'll need when checking your system informations. NOTE: Copy the HWSYSPY folder to your hard drive, then run INSTALL.EXE XBASE SPY v1.110 by Harald Wilhelm XBase Spy is a Presentation Manager based viewer for DBASE III and DBASE IV databases. It allows you to open and view databases and indeces. It further allows packing of databases to reduce space and reindexing of any index files. NOTE: Copy the HWXBASE folder to your hard drive, then run INSTALL.EXE ZOC v2.12 by Hans Juergen Rauscher ZOC is one of the best multithreaded communication programs for OS/2. Tons of features are included such as scroll back buffer, an online viewer for GIF and JPG images, a phone book with up to 500 entries, user defined toolbars, and many more. It supports Xmodem, Ymodem, and Zmodem internal protocols for transferring files over the modem. Version 2.12 now comes with an ISDN support for those high speed communications. NOTE: Copy the ZOC folder to your hard drive, then run INSTALL.EXE Utility Collection Desktop Publishing EnVision Publisher by Software Vision Why spend hundreds of dollars or more for desktop publishing software when EnVision is such an excellent program! This is a true WYSIWYG, full-featured desktop publishing application! Now you can design letterheads, resumes, flyers, newsletters, invoices, greetings cards and just about anything else, right at your computer! The clean interface is structured with pull-down menus, icons and buttons everything you need! Scalable fonts, kerning, importing PCX images, easy column manipulation, drawing capabilities, text editor and the list goes on! You'll love this one! Font Monster by Leaping Lizards The ultimate TrueType and Type 1 font utility! Whether you're a font novice or a font nerd, this is a must-have! If you've got font troubles, then you haven't got Font Monster. It's acclaimed by thousands of DTP professionals world-wide. Find out why! Requires MS Windows v3.1. Image Gallery by Alchemy Mindworks Organize your images the easy way! This handy tool helps you track large collections of bitmapped image files. It's a visual database which catalogs files. Add comments and key words to each entry and you've got it made! Graphic Workshop by Alchemy Mindworks What do you want to do with your graphics? How about convert, print, view, dither, transform, flip, rotate, scale, crop, color adjust, catalog or just plain old special effects? What format do you use? Graphic Workshop handles MacPaint, IMG, PCX, GIF, JPEG, TIFF, WPG, MSP, IFF/LBM, BMP, RLE, Halo CUT, Targa, ART, HRZ, EXE, TXT and EPS files. Whew! What a mouthful. This one does it all! ThumbsPlus by Cerious Software Everything at your fingertips! Create thumbnail catalogs of all your clip art, wall paper and electronic art. Supports just about every image format you can imagine! This one's hot! Utility Collection OS/2 and Warp! Clock by Rick Papo This program provides an analog or digital clock for your OS/2 desktop. It also monitors the system load, either as a percentage of CPU usage, or as a count of active tasks. The clock's border changes color from green to yellow to red as the system load increases. You can set these threshold values. Source code is provided. Run the installation file ENGLISH.CMD. PMJPEG by Norman Yee PMJPEG is a shareware image viewer with image processing and conversion capabilities for OS/2 2.x. PMJPEG is a port of WinJPEG to OS/2 2.x. It is a native 32-bit PM application. With it, you can display JPEG, TIFF, GIF, Targa, PCX, Windows BMP, OS/2 BMP or PPM images. You can export images to JPEG, TIFF, GIF, Targa, PCX, Windows BMP, OS/2 BMP or PPM formats, or compress files in GIF, TIFF, Targa or PPM files to JPEG File Interchange Format. This image viewer can generate OS/2 desktop-background bitmaps that use the system colors. Its display functions include the ability to display images in monochrome, 16 color, 256 color, high-color, or true-color display modes, display an image in full screen mode, color to gray-scale conversion or image negative conversion. When printing, you can opt to print an image with scaling, chose the best proportional fit on the page, or fit for full page. Red/green/blue and hue/saturation/ brightness can be adjusted, and it allows for contrast enhancement and gamma correction. Images can be cropped, rotated, flipped (horizontally and vertically), resized, copied to or from the clipboard. With its slide show features you can display selected files in forward, reverse, or random order with a cycle option, perform image buffering in a cyclic slideshow or start a slideshow from the command line. You can capture windows, client areas of windows, or portions of the entire desktop. RoboSave by R. R. Kurtz & J. G. Knauth Quickly and easily back up your OS/2 2.x Desktop with RoboSave, including a limited number of user-specified files. If problems occur later, you can easily restore any saved information. Because it's easy to save, you'll find frequent backups are easy to perform. The OS/2 2.x Desktop consists of control information for such things as folders, program objects, printer objects and shadows. It also contains data about user-modified colors, fonts, titles, window positions, associations and other important information. You may have invested a significant amount of time in adjusting the Desktop to your preferences. RoboSave provides a good way to protect that investment. Utility Collection Windows DLLMAN by Barry Press Have you ever installed a Windows application and then tried to uninstall it? Trying to figure out which .DLL files the program used can be a real hassle, till now. This program shows you the relationships between EXE and DLL files. Drag And File by Canyon Software Streamline and simplify file management! You've got control over directory and file finding capabilities! It's all here file and graphic viewing, directory tree, drag-and-drop file move, copy and delete and other features too numerous to mention! Customize the program to meet your needs, your work style and your experience. This one's for you! Font Monster by Leaping Lizards The ultimate TrueType and Type 1 font utility! Whether you're a font novice or a font nerd, this is a 'must-have!' If you've got font troubles, then you haven't got Font Monster. It's acclaimed by thousands of DTP professionals world-wide. Find out why! InWatch by Rick Green Keep an eye on your important system files (AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI). InWatch copies them, then monitors them for changes. You will be alerted if any changes occur. With InWatch, you've got peace of mind. Memory Watcher by Martin Roskelly Monitor system resources while working in Windows! Don't let your resources run dangerously low! While loaded, Memory Watcher is a great early warning system! Requires Visual Basic Run-Time v3.0 and THREED.VBX files. PKZIP by Pkware, Inc. Need to squeeze some free space on your hard disk? Do you have file(s) too large to copy onto floppies or transfer via modem? With Pkware's suite of compression tools it's easy to create your own .ZIP or self-extracting archives. (Self-extracting files do not require PKUNZIP to decompress.) Also provides for backup switches. ThumbsPlus by Cerious Software Everything at your fingertips! Create thumbnail catalogs of all your clip art, wall paper and electronic art. Supports just about every image format you can imagine! This one's hot! Trash Manager by CheckBox Software Delete files and directories the safe way. Trash Manager creates a trash-can on your desktop. Have fun associating various WAV sounds with different events and choosing from assorted icons. Visual Basic Run-Times by Microsoft 'Club' members occasionally receive fantastic MS Windows applications written in Visual Basic. This set of .DLL files insure that these exciting new applications run properly. Includes Visual Basics's VBRUN100/200/300.DLL files. WinZip by Nico Mak Computing, Inc. Now you can use the popular Pkware file compression without ever leaving Windows! Drag and drop your files into WinZip. Voila! They are now compressed. It's that easy! Windows Children LARRY'S LEARNING MATH MACHINE by Lawrence Goetz Learn arithmetic with this fun, educational tool! Input your own math problems to solve. The computer tells you if your answer is correct. Since the program doesn't solve the problem for you, it's a great way to test your math knowledge. ArithmeTick-Tack-Toe v1.3 by Indigo Rose Corporation Play the classic Tick-Tack-Toe with a twist correctly answer a mathematical problem before placing your X or O. Select the difficulty level of both players. Its flexibility allows you to make the game challenging for children as well as adults. Play against the computer or a friend. It is sure to appeal to parents and educators as well as being entertaining for students. ANIMALS OF AUSTRALIA v1.1 by InfoHighway 101 Have a good day down under. Learn interesting facts about the animals of Australia. The program offers 25 questions about their activities and behavior. AUTO-FLASH-CARDS v1.0 by EIP Enterprises A wonderful way for your children to learn their math tables and alphabet. The program displays a math problem. Solve the problem in your head before the program displays the correct answer. Recognize upper and lowercase letters with the easy-to-use flashcards. NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL to run (included in your Utility Collection). A LITTLE PAINTER v1.2 by PSG-HomeCraft Software A wonderful drawing program for kids. Seven safari-themed images provide your children with hours of fun. This program also uses animated images and icons to bring the program to life! Pictures can be printed or copied for use with other programs. MATH CASTLE FOR WINDOWS v3.1 by Northwest Software Engineers The setting is a medieval castle and the student is the ruler who defends it by answering math problems. It teaches basic math facts using a fun-filled, video arcade game format. The colorful graphics, animation and digitized sound make Math Castle interesting and fun to play. Input the problems or select from one of 160 built-in sets. OOG, THE OBJECT ORIENTATION GAME v1.0 by MCM Productions Put together polyforms in this addicting puzzle game. Solve Tangram puzzles, Pentominoes and Hexagons by moving, rotating and flipping the different pieces to form the correct shapes. Extend the challenge by creating your own custom puzzle shapes. WORDSEARCH MANIA! v1.1 by Michael J. Baker Hunt down words in all directions in this crossword puzzle! Find and circle all the words from provided lists. Comes complete with 90 different puzzles of varying sizes and word lists. Create your own word search puzzles or let the computer generate them for you. Solve up to 10 puzzles simultaneously and print puzzles with or without circled answers. Z & Z PUZZLE v1.0 by Z and Z Software A great slider and jigsaw puzzle that improves kids problem-solving skills. When you move puzzle pieces to their correct locations, they change colors. Prizes are awarded when you successfully complete each puzzle. WINDOWS 95 PROGRAMS Penny Penguin's Math Bingo v2.3 by LatticeWork Software Teach your children simple math skills with this multimedia game. Includes addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. With cute animation and excellent sound effects, this game plays Bingo with your children, helping them choose the correct block with the appropriate mathematical answer. NOTE: Requires Windows¨ 95. Windows Education GEOCLOCK FOR WINDOWS v7.0 by Joe Ahlgren Tell time and more with this comprehensive clock! GeoClock shows the current time (based on your computer's clock) with a high quality map of the earth. The current sun position is displayed and the parts of the earth in sunlight are highlighted. This display is automatically updated every few seconds. Local sunrise, sunset, the sun's azimuth and elevation and times around the world are also displayed. A variety of map backgrounds and other options are available. Daily Notes for Windows v4.0 by PrimaSoft, Inc. Write notes for easy reference with this useful utility. Sort your entries by subject or date. This program has several printing options, including the ability to print just a portion of your notes. It's able to record simple daily notes or a comprehensive diary. EDGE Diagrammer v1.00 by Pacestar Software A powerful feature-rich flowcharting and diagramming tool. Create custom shapes and arrows even your own styles similar to paragraph styles in word processors. Complete with templates, including one for flowcharting. It comes with more than 100 predefined shapes and arrows and has a built-in macro language for creating your own. Import graphics to use in your diagrams, copy diagrams into other programs, pan, zoom, snap grid, full on-screen editing and much more. KALKULATOR v1.02 by J. A. Wrotniak A powerful scientific and engineering calculator for Windows. Complete with more than 100 functions, graphs, statistics and column operations. Great for teachers and students. MAXIMUM EXCLUSION ALLOWANCE CALCULATOR for Windows v1.1 by ImagiSOFT, Inc. Determine the maximum amount of income you can legally exclude when filing taxes. Great for employees in public schools, hospitals, churches and other non-profit organizations that exclude a percentage of gross income and place it in annuity contracts. Non-profit organizations may license this software to help their employees comply with IRS guidelines. A MUSICAL TUTORIAL FOR WINDOWS v1.30 by Ronald Swerdfeger Music to your ears! The graphically-oriented environment encourages musical study. Learn treble and bass notes, chords, sight reading, intervals, key signatures and piano key note association. Play, view and print scales, chords and triads. Complete with classic music selections, musical games and a user log. Create and print your own sight reading tests. This is the way to make music fun for the whole family. North American Wild Birds v2.0 by Due North Software Learn about fascinating birds in your area with this educational reference program. Search the extensive database for your state and you'll get a comprehensive list of local birds. Perform searches in many ways ¥ alphabetically, general type, family, field mark and season. Complete with a Custom Region Editor for defining your own region. Once you select a bird, other features become available. The program contains more than 500 high-resolution images and 135 bird songs. A brief description of field marks, preferred nesting and habitat is provided for most species. Abundance and breeding status is given for each season. TRISTATE v1.4 by Peter Balch Learn troubleshooting and electronic skills with this puzzle game. Create a circuit by placing the right logic gates in their proper places. Gates range from AND, OR, XOR to invertor gates NAND, NOR and XNOR. Custom features allow you to choose from learner, beginner, moderate and advanced difficulty levels ¥ or create your own puzzle. Learn educational values and sharpen your logical thinking. Wisdom of the Ages v2.5 by MCR Software Add a spark to your letters, reports, speeches and proposals with one of 6,500 quotations. Entries are for deep thought, including: Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not easy. Add, edit and delete your own sayings. Complete with word search, filters, browser, fonts, colors, two tool bars and Hypertext help. WORDSEARCH MANIA! v1.1 by Michael J. Baker Hunt down words in all directions in this crossword puzzle! Find and circle all the words from provided lists. Comes complete with 90 different puzzles of varying sizes and word lists. Create your own word search puzzles or let the computer generate them for you. Solve up to 10 puzzles simultaneously. Print puzzles with or without circled answers. Windows Games ULTRA BLAST v4.1 by Steve Moraff, MoraffWare The ultimate rendition of the popular game Breakout. Complete with tons of features, including two-player mode (mouse against keyboard), two variations (solid and falling walls), various brick images, different skill levels and more. Make the game more interesting by changing the background graphics with just about any graphic images. It's packed with super-high quality graphics, full sounds and exciting arcade action all in one ultra game! WIN"95 FEATURE HARDWOOD SOLITAIRE v1.1 by Silver Creek Entertainment Corporation The hottest solitaire game for Windows" 95! This is the most realistic simulation of the classic game Klondike. Take advantage of your 24-bit display and view the 16.7 million true-color graphics. NOTE: Requires Windows" 95, 6MB of RAM and at least 256-color mode. BATTLESTAR FOR WINDOWS v1.3 by Gregory Braun A Battleship-type game with a twist you're in space instead of water. Travel through different sections of space to find and destroy cloaked Zilog ships. Try to find their locations by shooting an area. The scanner shows how many are cloaked in the vicinity. Be careful not to use up all your fuel and missiles before destroying every Zilog ship in space. This game provides three levels of difficulty with different amounts of fuel and ammunition. You'll need brilliant deductions and a lot of luck to survive BattleStar. BRAINWAVE v1.0 by Dexterity Software Your brain is being invaded! Nanobots (tiny robots created with nanotechnology) are implanted in your cerebral cortex to repair damage but something went wrong! Now, they are feeding on your brain's gray matter and it's up to you to destroy them before you lose your mind. This is a Space Invaders-type game where you move your ship from left to right and blast the robots. Special nanobots drop power-ups which increase your weapons' firepower. Contains hot graphics that will blow you away (if the nanobots don't get you first). HEX v1.1 by Peter Balch Pit your logical and drawing skills against the computer in this addictive game! You take turns drawing lines on a hexagonal game board. Force the computer to complete a triangle with the outside corners ¥ without drawing one yourself. Choose from four skill levels. INNER SPACE! SCREENSAVER by Software Dynamics, Inc. Save your monitor from burn-in and enjoy the adventure of Operation: Inner Space (included on this volume). This screen saver shows a self- running game, a race or a battle from the game. Configure the different settings to show random demos, select the ship and more. This screensaver is compatible with Windows and After Dark interfaces. JERI'S CAR POKER by Nissen Ventures Raise the stakes with this video poker game. Bet from $5 up to a maximum of $100 a hand! You need at least a pair of Jacks to win. Win a car by getting a Royal Flush with the maximum bet. This card game is fun and entertaining for all ages. ONE v1.02 by Dean Software Play against the computer in this Uno-type card game. This game follows the same rules as the popular game, but with three other computer players. First player to use all their cards wins. Complete with colorful graphics that make the game even more interesting. NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL to run (included in your Utility Collection). OOG, THE OBJECT ORIENTATION GAME v1.0 by MCM Productions Put together polyforms in this addicting puzzle game. Solve Tangram puzzles, Pentominoes and Hexagons by moving, rotating and flipping the different pieces to form the correct shapes. Complete with help and a save-game features. Extend the challenge by creating your own custom puzzle shapes. OPERATION: INNER SPACE v1.09.04 by Software Dynamics, Inc. Your computer has been invaded and all the programs are feeding on your system resources. You must get inside your system to capture and destroy all hard disk icons. The world of Inner Space consists of hazards, competitors, Inner Demons, friendly ships and ambulances to fix and upgrade your ship. ItOs fast and furious with detailed graphics, dynamic 3D, sound and music. Its artificial intelligence learns and adjusts to your strategies. Two custom programs for Operation: Inner Space are also included in this volume. Edit graphics and sounds with Ship Factory or use this game as a screen saver with Inner Space! Screensaver. SHIP FACTORY by Software Dynamics, Inc. Create and customize your own ships for Operation: Inner Space, included in this volume. Change the ships' colors (body paint, trim and thrust), sound effects, armor level, fuel tank size, thruster strength, initial weapon and more. If you don't like what you edited, draw your ship from scratch. This editor also allows you to view all the Inner Space ships and characteristics. TRISTATE v1.4 by Peter Balch Learn troubleshooting and electronic skills with this puzzle game. Create a circuit by placing the right logic gates in their proper places. Gates range from AND, OR, XOR to invertor gates NAND, NOR and XNOR. Custom features allow you to choose the difficulty levels of the circuit from learner, beginner, moderate and advanced or create your own puzzle. Learn educational values and sharpen your logical thinking. WIN BLOCK v5.0 by G. L. Liadis Software, Inc. Finish with more pieces than your opponent in this exciting puzzle game! Capture pieces by surrounding the opponent either horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Play with a friend or against the computer. Choose from three skill levels easy, hard and difficult. Complete with enjoyable background music that keeps you playing all day. NOTE: Requires VBRUN300.DLL to run (included in your Utility Collection). Windows Latest & Greatest GEOCLOCK FOR WINDOWS v7.0 by Joe Ahlgren Tell time and more with this comprehensive clock! GeoClock shows the current time (based on your computer's clock) with a high quality map of the earth. The current sun position is displayed and the parts of the earth in sunlight are highlighted. This display is automatically updated every few seconds. Local sunrise, sunset, the sun's azimuth and elevation and times around the world are also displayed. A variety of map backgrounds and other options are available. Win 95 Feature DRAG AND VIEW v1.0 by Canyon Software View files in Windows 95 easily with this handy utility. It views most word processing, spreadsheet, database and graphics formats plus ASCII and HEX files. You can even edit text files under 64K. Rotate and flip bitmapped graphics files and save them as BMP, TIFF, GIF, TGA, JPG or PCX. BRAINWAVE v1.0 by Dexterity Software Your brain is being invaded! Nanobots (tiny robots created with nanotechnology) are implanted in your cerebral cortex to repair damages but something went wrong! Now, they are feeding on your brain's gray matter and it's up to you to destroy them before you lose your mind. This is a Space Invaders-type game where you move your ship from left to right and blast the robots. Special nanobots drop power-ups which increases your weapons firepower. Contains sizzling hot graphics that can blow you away (if the nanobots don't get you first). COMPUPIC v1.01 by Photodex Corporation The quickest multimedia viewer/manager for Windows! Its rich tool set allows you to view, hear, play, convert, thumbnail, edit, enhance, crop and print any graphic, sound or video file! It supports every graphic file type including PhotoCD, sound wave (WAV), animation, movie, Macintosh Quicktime and more. Looks and performs like a file manager, making it easier for you to search for files. Runs in Windows NT and Windows 95. EDGE Diagrammer v1.00 by Pacestar Software A powerful feature-rich flowcharting and diagramming tool. Create custom shapes and arrows even your own styles similar to paragraph styles in word processors. We've included some templates, including one for flowcharting. It comes with more than 100 predefined shapes and arrows and has a built-in macro language for creating your own. Import graphics to use in your diagrams, copy diagrams into other programs, pan, zoom, snap grid, full on-screen editing and much more. LARRY'S LEARNING MATH MACHINE by Lawrence Goetz Learn arithmetic with this fun, educational tool! Input your own math problems to solve. The computer tells you if your answer is correct. Since the program doesn't solve the problem for you, it's a great way to test your math knowledge. LIFETIME for Windows v2.11 by Amber Timbre Software Organize your life with this exceptional personal information manager. Complete with drag `n drop interface, an animated tutorial and extensive online help. Features include a Scheduler, ToDo list, Phonebook with contact info, Notes and more. Once you start using this program, you'll wonder how you ever got along without it. MATH CASTLE FOR WINDOWS v3.1 by Northwest Software Engineers The setting is a medieval castle and the student is the ruler who defends it by answering math problems. It teaches basic math facts using a fun- filled, video arcade game format. The colorful graphics, animation and digitized sound make Math Castle interesting and fun to play. Input the problems or select from one of 160 built-in sets. Features online context sensitive help. ULTRA BLAST v4.1 by Steve Moraff, MoraffWare The ultimate rendition of the popular game Breakout. Complete with tons of features, including two-player mode (mouse against keyboard), two variations (solid and falling walls), various brick images, different skill levels and more. Make the game more interesting by changing the background graphics with just about any graphic images. It's packed with super-high quality graphics, full sounds and exciting arcade action all in one ultra game! WALL STREET - THE BOTTOM LINE for Windows v2.0 by Dan M. Schell Keep track of your investments with this portfolio manager. Organize your investments, profit and loss history and current value of any investment. Graph data to spot possible trends. A financial calculator, extensive online help and a great interface are just part of the package. CLIP ART Priceless People #2 by BCM Graphics A great collection of people perfect for any design project. This collection contains 45 fun images of different types of people in a variety of settings. You are sure to find an image just right for your application. All images are in PCX format. RINGJONGG v1.0 by Steve Moraff, MoraffWare If you like playing Mahjong Solitaire, you'll enjoy RingJongg! In this 3D puzzle game you match similar rings and remove them until they're gone. This program has stunning, 16-million color graphics, full sound effects, voices, full-screen imaging and pop-up menus.