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This category contains programs that would be appropriate for HIGH
SCHOOL and COLLEGE students. Because some authors have included
higher levels in their programs, we suggest that you also try the
ELEMENTARY category. SPECIAL INTERESTS also contains many programs
that would be appropriate for young adults.
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Name: THE COLLEGE PACKAGE
Disk #: HI102
Author: Dan Dye (College Classes) and F. Matthew Kowalski (Colleges)
Requirements: 512K RAM, CGA or higher
COLLEGE CLASSES was written to make campus life simpler. It will
provide a transcript on the screen or printer within minutes, prints
out a class schedule with locations, days and times for any semester.
COLLEGES presents listings of the academically highest rated colleges
and universities in America. These listings can be printed out or just
viewed on the screen.
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Name: GRADES
Disk #: HI158
Author: Manu Singh
Requirements: Color graphics card
A simple database program that is intended for students to keep track of
their grades. It will keep track of all of the courses student has taken
and their course numbers. In addition, the program can calculate the
grade point average.
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LITERATURE
The following four programs are written by Steve Herbert. Mr. Herbert is
a literature teacher at a high school in Singapore. His programs consist
of a series of activities to assist high school students studying the
four classic novels listed below. All of his programs contain menu driv-
en activities which include several quizzes or games, notes on a wide
variety of topics, graphics and even a competition with the chance to
win worthwhile prizes.
Requirements for all four programs are as follows: 512K RAM, CGA or
higher, Two floppy drives or a hard drive.
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Name: ANIMAL FARM
Disk #: HI104
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Name: MACBETH
Disk #: HI108
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Name: TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD
Disk #: HI155
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Name: ROMEO AND JULIET
Disk #: HI100
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Name: HAVE YOU READ THAT MOVIE?
Disk #: HI157
Author: 100% Cotton Software
Requirements: CGA+, one floppy drive, mouse optional
Although movies are often based on original screenplays, many are adapted
from literary works: novels, plays, short stories and even poems. This
program is a multiple choice test of users knowledge of movies and liter-
ature. Three levels of difficulty and three modes of play are included.
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Name: FORMULA1
Disk #: HI106
Author: Intelligent Educational Software
Requirements: Color graphics card, hard drive recommended
FORMULA1 is the first part of a two part program teaching a complete
Algebra course. Studies include basic addition and subtraction to Imag-
inary Numbers. It is intended for high school and college students.
It is written by a physicist and a psychologist.
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Name: MATH PAK II
Disk #: HI109
Author: Dan Dalal
Requirements: Monochrome okay, one floppy drive
A menu driven math program containing advanced math studies such as
decimal, binary, hexidecimal, octal base conversion, quadratic equations,
first and second derivative solving for polynomials. Intended for high
school and college students.
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Name: MATHPLOT
Disk #: HI110
Author: Phillip H. Sherrod
Requirements: Monochrome okay, one floppy drive
A mathematical function plotting program which allows the user to spec-
ify complicated mathematical functions using ordinary alegbraic expres-
sions and immediately plot them. Four type of functions may be speci-
fied: (Y=f(X)); parametric cartesian (Y=f(T)); polar (Radius=f(Angle));
and parametric polar (Radius=f(T) and Angle=f(T)).
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Name: SCIENTIFIC EQUATION SOLVER and SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION SOLVER
Disk #: HI120
Author: George Yee (SCIEQS) and David B. Carder (SES)
Requirements: Monochrome okay, one floppy drive
SCIENTIFIC EQUATION SOLVER (SCIEQS) acts as a sophisticated scientific
calculator. It can perform double precision floating point arithmetic
using an assignment statement syntax similar to BASIC or FORTRAN. The
SIMULTANEOUS EQUATION SOLVER solves systems of algebraic linear equa-
tions in many variables.
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Name: SPIA
Disk #: HI125
Author: Moonshadow Software
Requirements: Monochrome or CGA+, 256K RAM, DOS 2.1
SPIA is a mathematical scratchpad for functions. Provides an interactive
environment in which to study functions and signal processing techniques.
Good material for the high school student learning for the first time
about graphing functions and trigonometry.
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Name: R U READY FOR CALCULUS I?
Disk #: HI118
Author: David Lovelock
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive
A pre-calculus tutor to determine whether or not a student is actually
ready for calculus. Program will quiz students on all sections of
algebra essential to calculus. Studies include elementary algebra,
factoring, fractions, exponents, functions and equations.
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Name: XYSEE
Disk #: HI148 - VGA only
Disk #: HI152 - EGA only
Author: Insight Advantage
Requirements: 384K RAM, one disk drive, DOS 2.1+, VGA only,
An interactive, computer aided instructional program featuring high reso-
lution color graphic displays of standard equations. Includes extensive
coverage of points, lines, conic sections, trigonometrics, parametrics,
composites, and artistic mathematics.
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Name: ALGEBRAX
Disk #: HI163
Author: Professor Weissman
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive
Step by step tutor to help students learn Algebra. Studies include an
introduction to Algebra through intermediate Algebra. The program is
set up to guide the user through easy operation of the program and ease
in learning.
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Name: EASY LEARNING SAT
Disk #: HI119
Author: Spinmaker Software
Requirements: Monochrome okay, one floppy drive
Preparation for the SAT exam made simple. This easy-to-use program has
boiled down the main ingredients found on the SAT test and presents
reviews and analyzes those problem types found on the actual SAT test.
Very extensive and complete. It should prove to be an asset to any
student taking the exam.
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Name: VERBAL VANQUISH
Disk #: HI143
Author: Allen C. Elliott
Requirements: DOS 2.0 or higher, hard drive recommended
Vanquish your anguish on the Verbal Portion of the SAT! It is compatible
with the PSAT, ACT, GRE and similar tests. A computer assisted instruc-
tion program meant to help students preparing for the verbal portion of
the SAT and other tests which ask similar questions. Definitely one of
the best programs of its kind on the market today.
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Name: TUFF-SPELL **UPDATED!**
Disk #: HI123
Author: Skillware
Requirements: Mono or CGA+, one floppy drive
TUFF-SPELL allows the user to IMPRINT themselves with the correct spel-
ling of a word. Each 25 word test is independent. Phonetic approxima-
tion of words are displayed. Very good.
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Name: SPELLBOUND! SPELLING TUTOR **UPDATED!**
Disk #: HI124
Author: Kenneth R. Casey, Jr.
Requirements: 384K RAM, DOS 3.0+, CGA+, 2 floppy system or hard drive
One of the best spelling tutors on the market today. For teachers or
students, this tutor does it all. Customize the program to accept sets
of 5, 10 or 20 words. You can set the minimum or maximum length for
words, thus allowing user to define the program for a narrow age group.
Perfect for preschoolers through adults. Of course, preschoolers will
need help setting the program up. Animation and sound are included.
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Name: VOCABULARY ROOTS **UPDATED!**
Disk #: HI153
Author: Skillware
Requirements: Mono or CGA+, one floppy drive
VOCABULARY ROOTS progressively builds users vocabulary and ability to
to analyze words by mastering word ROOTS. Mastery is achieved via
repeated, automated self-testing. Sound effects included.
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Name: MASTERY LEARNING **NEW!**
Disk #: HI103A/B/C/D - Four disk set. Can be separated
Author: Allen Hackworth
Requirements: Mono or CGA+, one floppy drive per program or hard drive
Excellent program that tutors in the english language. Topics covered in-
clude parts of speech, subjects/verbs, sentence types, clauses, case/pro-
nouns, punctuation, affix drills, vocab drills and more. Pre-tests are
provided. Very thorough. A must have for students who need help studying
english.
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Name: WORDWHIZ
Disk #: HI144
Author: Scott Miller
Requirements: Monochrome or higher, one floppy drive
A word challenge game to measure your knowledge of the English lang-
uage. There are 100 words presented. You can continue playing until
you miss 20 questions. Good color.
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Name: YUDO **UPDATED!**
Disk #: HI149
Author: Ronald Winings Jr.
Requirements: Monochrome or color, one floppy drive
YUDO allows you to finish words, sentences, phrases, etc. Comes with 5
samples and you can create more with a text editor. Any subject may be
covered provided a creative student or adult.
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Name: THE ULTIMATE VOCABULARY DATABASE
Disk #: HI140
Author: David G. Bodnar
Requirements: CGA or higher, hard drive required
Creates customized learning games to help improve vocabularies, sharpen
spelling skills and learn new subjects. A variety of educational games
can be created to suit any age group. It comes equipped with an editor
allowing user to compile facts and word lists.
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Name: THE AMERICAN EXPLORERS
Disk #: GR116
Author: Hubbard C. Goodrich
Requirements: Mono or CGA+, One floppy drive
THE AMERICAN EXPLORERS was written to provide students with an opportu-
nity to learn, review, improve and test their historical knowledge of
45 American Explorers in the independent, non-threatening environment
of the computer.
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Name: THE AMERICAN STATES
Disk #: GR151
Author: Hubbard C. Goodrich
Requirements: Mono or CGA+, One floppy drive
Provides students with an opportunity to learn, review and test their
historical knowledge of the American states. This thorough program
contains such knowledge as state name, state capital, geographic region,
population/area bank and more.
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Name: THE PRESIDENTS
Disk #: GR138
Author: Hubbard C. Goodrich
Requirements: Mono or CGA+, one floppy drive
Colorful, menu driven program that provides short biographies of all the
presidents and presents tests and quizzes in a variety of ways. This
program would be a terrific help for children trying to learn their
presidents. Sound and good graphics are included.
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Name: TIMELINE and CHRONOS **UPDATED!**
Disk #: HI131
Author: Jim Gowdy and Steven Estvanik
Requirements: CGA or higher, one floppy drive
This disk contains two timelines useful for studying history. TIMELINE
moves the user through US history from precivil war to post civil war.
CHRONOS is a very well put together timeline that helps the user study
World history. You're sure to get a lot of use out of both programs.
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Name: FAMOUS DOCUMENTS
Disk #: HI105
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive
Two programs are included on this disk to assist the student studying the
U.S. Constitution. Menu driven and good graphics make them easy to use
and interesting. We've also included 10 famous U.S. history documents
in text file form.
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Name: SURVIVAL
Disk #: HI128
Author: Jack L. Espinal
Requirements: Monochrome, one floppy drive
This program will evaluate your ability to survive an emergency wilder-
ness experience. Written as a multiple choice quiz.
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Name: PERIODIC TABLE
Disk #: HI129
Author: J. Clary
Requirements: CGA or higher, 128K RAM
A periodic table equipped with a help option. Move the cursor to the
desired item and the lower right hand corner shows the symbol, group,
atomic weight, atomic number, normal form, specific gravity and electrons
in shells.
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Name: VIDEOCHEM
Disk #: HI139
Author: Andy Schloat
Requirements: At least one floppy drive, 128K RAM
An educational game designed to teach secondary school students about
chemical valences. User's task is to determine the GROUP (plus or minus)
for the unknown atoms. In addition, user must determine the VALENCE (1,2
or 3) of the unknown atoms by combining them with the test atoms.
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Name: THE WORLD
Disk #: HI150
Author: Robert L. Lloyd
Requirements: Monochrome or color, one floppy drive
A wealth of information about "the world". You can select cities by
longitude and latitude, by large area, by area of Europe, find city or
country name, capitals of the USA and much more. A very large map sums
it up.
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Name: WORLD INFORMATION
Disk #: HI145
Requirements: One floppy drive, color graphics card
This disk contains 3 programs to help with geography and world info.
WORLD3D is a three dimensional map. Menu driven and easy to follow, the
program will show user a three dimensional image of any point on the
earth. NATIONS OF THE WORLD contains statistical and demographic data
from The Encyclopedia Brittanica 1986 Book Of The Year and Countries
Of The World And Their Leaders Yearbook 1986. Finally, WORLD TIME
will show the current time for over 36 cities around the world.
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Name: THINKING GAMES
Disk #: HI160
Author: Intelligent Educational Software
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive
ACROSTIX and KRYPTO are word puzzles. They take a quotation or saying
and convert it into either a kryptogram or a crossword type puzzle which
has to be reconstructed. These programs allow puzzles to be created for
others to play. Guaranteed to keep you thinking!
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Name: HEBREW TUTORS
Disk #: LA100
Requirements: Mono okay, one floppy drive
This disk contains two Hebrew tutors and one jewish calendar. Studies
include the proper jewish spelling of words, and the proper character
writing. Study either English to Hebrew or Hebrew to English. You can
study certain groups of words such as verbs or consonauts. The order of
the Hebrew alphabet is also covered.
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Name: CANTONES
Disk #: LA101
Author: Louie Crew
Requirements: Monochrome okay, one floppy drive
Program is designed to teach spoken Cantonese. CANTONES serves mainly to
teach vocabulary and pronunciation. Program can be adapted to be promp-
ted by Chinese or English or prompted with words or with sentences. User
can complete whole lessons or special categories of lessons.
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Name: FRENCH VERB CONJUGATOR
Disk #: LA104
Author: MicroTac
Requirements: 256K RAM, one floppy drive, monochrome or color
Allows user to work on French verbs. Program is set up to search for a
specific verb in English and matching verb in French.
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Name: GREEK VOCABULARY DRILL SYSTEM
Disk #: LA108
Author: Daniel Crider
Requirements: Monochrome monitor, one floppy drive
A Greek vocabulary flash card system for your computer. Can hold a large
potential of vocabulary files (over 2500 words on a 360K disk). Contains
four different kinds of drills, all of which keep a running score and
periodically re-ask words you have missed.
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Name: JAPANESE LANGUAGE TUTORS **UPDATED!**
Disk #: LA112
Requirements: Color graphics card, one floppy drive
This disk contains three Japanese tutors. JAPANESE FOR BUSINESS AND
TRAVEL is composed of questions about vocabulary, grammar and culture.
The questions are fill-in type, multiple choice and matching. ELEC-
TRONIC FLASHCARDS - BEGINNING JAPANESE covers an entire first year college
study of the Japanese language. JAPANESE is yet another program added to
give you a wide selection on this subject.
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Name: CHINESE CHARACTER TUTOR and KAPIAN: CHINESE FLASH CARDS **NEW!**
Disk #: LA118
Author: Asian Languages Software and Phil Mosier
Requirements: CGA or higher, High density floppy or hard drive
CHINESE CHARACTER TUTOR covers characters, multi-characters and numbers.
The program includes a regular dictionary and a radical dictionary.
KAPIAN helps the student study long and short form Chinese characters.
Good graphics and sound are included.
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LANGUAGE TEACHER
The language teacher is a series of menu driven language tutorial pro-
grams. Each program in the series contains hundreds of word combinations
and verb conjugation forms. A line printer can be used with LANGUAGE
TEACHER to take advantage of its versatility. Also included is the
capability to select Language-to-English or English-to-Language combin-
ations, choose multiple choice answers, be retested on misses, print a
multiple choice test and to run a full quiz diagnostic routine.
Name: FRENCH I and FRENCH II
Disk #: LA102
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Name: GERMAN I and GERMAN II
Disk #: LA106
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Name: ITALIAN
Disk #: LA111
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Name: SPANISH I and SPANISH II
Disk #: LA116
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Name: SPANISH HANGMAN **NEW!**
Disk #: HI101
Author: Eric N. Miller
Requirements: Mono or CGA, one floppy drive
This game consists of three variations of the basic Hangman game. Select
either English words and Spanish clues and phrases or Spanish words and
English clues and phrases. The program can be personalized. A wonderful
help to the student who is just learning Spanish.
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Name: SPANISH WORD MASTER
Disk #: LA120
Author: Language Master International
Requirements: CGA or higher, one floppy drive
The SPANISH WORD MASTER will review 2000 commonly used Spanish words.
Contains 100 pre-recorded regular lessons and 100 mini-lessons. Program
is set up as a multiple choice quiz. User has to match the correct word
in a given sentence. Sound is included.
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