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- WINDOWS SOFTWARE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
- AUGUST 1996
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- -WINDOWS BUSINESS-
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- GIZMO
- by William Turner
- Organize and track names, phone numbers, CDs, video tapes and
- more with this simple database. Don't let its simplicity fool you -- this
- program offers the flexibility of a professional database. It performs
- query searches, saves specific records or whole databases, edits
- records and fields, outputs to ASCII text files and copies specific
- records to the clipboard!
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- LIFETIME
- 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.
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- TIME KEEPER
- by Custom Computer Solutions
- Time Keeper is business software for attendance record keeping.
- Entering attendance or payroll records regularly will give you instant
- access to employees' regular time, overtime, vacation, personal, sick,
- holidays, or whatever benefit time your company uses. Employees
- can be tracked working on different projects and in different offices.
- Professional reports are included with the Time Keeper. These reports
- are well designed to give access to all the information that has been
- stored in the database. These include benefit time reports, schedule
- reports, overtime reports, and attendance reports.
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- VISTACALC
- by Brandon Fridly
- Create a wide range of documents with this spreadsheet program.
- Everything from your own personalized budget plan to financial and
- accounting presentations for the office. You'll enjoy its many
- features and user-friendly interface.
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- -WINDOWS CHILDREN-
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- A LITTLE PAINTER
- 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.
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- EARTHWORDS FOR ALIEN DINOSAURS
- by Right to Left Software
- Learn English with the help of prehistoric creatures. Alien dinosaurs
- land on earth and are amazed to discover that we speak many
- different languages. This program uses colorful graphics, a cute story
- line and speech to help children learn English. It uses animated
- dinosaurs to guide you through several games. Picture Dictionary
- displays color pictures and pronounces the words. Multiple Choice is
- a fun game of matching words to pictures. Spelling and Letter
- Invasion are both spelling and letter recognition programs. Each game
- has three levels of difficulty. Earthwords has fantastic sounds,
- graphics and animations that keep you and the kids entertained and
- educated! NOTE: Use Earthwords language add-ons (included in this
- volume) for additional languages.
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- EARTHWORDS FOR ALIEN DINOSAURS LANGUAGE ADD-ONS
- by Right to Left
- Software
- These are add-on language modules to EarthWords for Alien
- Dinosaurs. With these add-ons, your children can learn German,
- Hebrew, Portugese, Russian, Spanish and Yiddish!
- NOTE: Requires the program EarthWords for Alien Dinosaurs,
- included in this volume.
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- 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.
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- MATH CASTLE FOR WINDOWS
- 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.
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- MULTIPLICATION#1
- by K.P.C. Software Corporation
- MULTIPLICATION#1 helps your child improve their skills in
- MULTIPLICATION, with more than 5 million problems presented in
- colorful graphics. The great number of possibilities gives you a
- different problem each time. You can choose from 4 levels of
- difficulty, and level 5 with the capability to print the math problems to
- a printer. An input box to select from 1 to 50 problems per session.
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- -WINDOWS DESKTOP PUBLISHING-
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- ABC SNAPGRAPHICS
- ABC SnapGraphics is a very useful program. Use it for school,
- personal or creating a business presentation for work.
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- CAD/DRAW
- Powerful CAD and drawing application. Features numerous drawing
- tools, associated dimensioning, library management, user defined
- hatching and more.
- NOTE: Requires Windows 95
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- MICROLATHE
- by Daniel S. Baker
- µLathe (MicroLathe) is an easy to use modeling tool that allows you
- to create three dimensional objects using the metaphor of the
- carpenter's lathe. Once you've created the 3 dimensional object copy
- and paste it into your publication and give it zing of 3D.
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- TOPDRAW
- by Top Software
- Powerful yet easy to use object-oriented drawing program. For
- desktop publishing, illustrations, diagrams, logos, brochure,
- newsletters, and more.
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- -WINDOWS EDUCATION-
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- 1ST CLASS
- by First Class Software
- This wonderful program is an invaluable utility for teachers. Organize
- your class schedules, activities, subjects and students. Graph your
- information and quickly spot trends that may otherwise escape your
- attention. A must-have program for teachers.
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- COMPUTER DICTIONARY FOR WINDOWS
- by Gary FitzGerald
- Expand your computer vocabulary with this collection of more than
- 1,000 terms. These definitions are the most important terms that every
- Computer user should know. Easy to install and use, this program
- belongs on everyone's hard disk.
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- PERIODIC TABLE
- by SMI Corporation
- Learn the basic elements and more with this program. It offers 110
- elements, 890 isotopes and more than 500 radioisotopes with decay
- trees. Calculate molecular weights, compare bond properties, list
- properties in sorted lists and graph the properties. Print tables, data
- and decays. Has more than 30 data items on each element, including
- abundance, melt/boil point, electronegativity, oxidation states and
- more. Complete with a quiz mode.
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- THE EARTH CENTERED UNIVERSE
- Designed as an observing tool for the amateur astronomer, but is
- equally useful to the "armchair" astronomer.
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- -WINDOWS GAMES-
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- MUD RACER
- by Andrew McNab
- Here's mud in your eyes! Race your sprint car in the mud, screeching
- around corners as you splash your opponents with mud. This fast-
- paced racing game has a two-player option, two levels of difficulty
- and tough race tracks.
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- BRAINWAVE
- 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).
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- PARADISE SOLITAIRE
- by Digital Paradise Corporation
- One of the best solitaire collections for Windows! Choose from eight
- games, including Klondike, Dutchess and Beleaguered Castle.
- Complete with six backgrounds and eight different card sets. This
- game has a commercial-quality feel and is a must-have for solitaire
- lovers.
- NOTE: We Included both 16-bit and 32-bit version of this program.
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- WINCRAPS
- by Cloud City Software
- Come on snake eyes! Play this classic casino game, complete with
- different sets of chips and dice. This game follows the professional
- rules with only one objective: winning big! It records all statistics and
- allows auto-play, which automatically arranges your chips, checks
- your bets and adjusts them. Complete with colorful graphics and
- digitized male and female voices.
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- PASSAGE PLUS
- by Gekko Software
- You won't get stuck between a rock and a hard place with this puzzle
- game. Place stones next to those with the same design or same color.
- Images including sail boats, bikes, helicopters and trains. You can
- even use the bombs to clear some stones. Learn the game in a helpful
- Training Mode. This game has stunning graphics and great musical
- scores.
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