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Business Buy or Lease it by KJ Software Not sure whether to buy or lease your next company car? This handy application will make that decision easier. Enter the myriad confusing facts and figures and this application will fill in the blanks. It computes cap reduction, lease factor and even APR (Annual Percentage Rate) for you so youÆll know all the facts before you acquire that car! Financial Freedom's Designer Envelopes v1.6s by M&R Technologies Inc. A graphical designing tool which allows you to create envelope and letterhead stationary and then print it on your printer. You can create and print envelopes and custom stationary letterhead that rival the quality of high-priced print shops. It features drag and drop drag editing interface that allows you to place text, lines, pictures and rectangles. It links to MS Paintbrush for creating and editing images, it also links to MS Cardfile for importing/management of addresses and text files. NOTE: Requires a printer capable of printing envelopes, and Windows 3.1 or greater. SMART ADDRESS management for Windows! by Oakley Data Services Oh this is just another PIM(personal information manager), not even close! You could use it as a PIM , only if you used a minor part of this program capabilities. This is a GREAT Windows address management system. Direct Links to any Word Processor, Mail-Merge Data File Creation for MS-Word, Modem Support, Envelope and Label Printing Mail-Shot capabilities, Reminder systems, callbacks, tabbed dialogs, dialing very user configurable, User defined notes, MDI, sophisticated searching, Import/Export, Full context sensitive Windows Help. Tooltips. This program does much more than stated here. We ran the program and changed it from ôaddress book to a program that tracked products. Hidden beneath itÆs basic appearance lies the power to create literally a new program. Once you realize its true potential you will grow to love this program for itÆs simplicity and it's incredible depth. ECPage Design & Print v3.16 by David Erickson ECPage Design & Print is a DOS based page or form design and printing program that permits you to design pages or forms in pure PCB code ( you don't write a line of code - the program does that for you), from the simple to extremely complex ; using the scaleable proportional fonts in the Hewlett Packard LaserJet 3, 4L, 4, Epson ActionLaser 1500, or other PCL5 clone that can properly emulate ( 100% ) a Hewlett Packard LaserJet series 3 or 4. REQUIRES: Hewlett Packard LaserJet 3, 4L, 4, Epson ActionLaser 1500, or other PCL5 clone that can properly emulate ( 100% ) a Hewlett Packard LaserJet series 3 or 4. FundRaiser Basic v1.35 by Professional Support Software Fund raising is an important means of obtaining personal, project, or business financing. But, it is not without its overhead. Creating mailing lists, composing request and thank you letters, tracking donations, and sending out correspondence all require time. FundRaiser Basic helps cut down on that time and provide you with quick and easy access to information. With FundRaiser Basic, you can create standard inquiry, proposal, and thank you letters which are automatically generated from your mailing list. Special user defined codes help classify donors, donations, projects, or anything else you might wish to classify. Special reports and search features put all you information within quick and easy reach. And, quick and easy are the keys to FundRaiser. On-line help is a single key stroke away at all times. However, the simple interface and straight forward data entry system ensure that you will seldom, if ever, need that key stroke. If you do any fund raising, you owe it to yourself to try FundRaiser Basic. New features include: This program is designed to combine the Master files from two separate FundRaiser Basic programs, looking for possible duplicates as it goes. Why would you want to do this? Well, you may have a big list of names to type into the program and want to spread the work out among several people. Just give each person a copy of FundRaiser Basic on a floppy and their share of the list on paper, and tell them to bring it all back when they have entered all their assigned names. Then, all you have to do is run this program, and it will combine the names (and contributions, if any) that they entered with the ones on your "master" computer. Or you may want to share your list with another like-minded agency that also uses FundRaiser Basic. This can be a great way to expand your mailing list at very low cost. MEDLIN ACCOUNTING 1995 v5.0 MEDLIN ACCOUNTING SHAREWARE five fast, easy to use accounting programs-Five fast, easy to use accounting programs for the small business. PC-GL v. 5.0 Double Entry General Ledger. PC-AR v 5.0 Accounts Receivable and Sales Summary. PC-PR v 5.0 Payroll Writing. PC-AP v. 5.0 Accounts Payable. PCINV v 5.0 Invoicing Business. PC-GL 5.0 Double Entry General Ledger Go back to the previous period to print reports, enter, edit and view entries WITHOUT having to delete the current transactions. Print reports for a past period or a series of past periods. Can go back to previous year if a new year was started with version 5.0. Increased capacity to 10,000 transactions per period with 600k of memory free. PC-AR 5.0 Accounts Receivable Go back to the previous month to print reports/statements, enter, edit, and view transactions without deleting current data. Edit sales codes at any time. Prints sub-totals by sales code group. Can print laser or sheet feed labels on form 5160 - 30 per page. PC-PR 4.0 Payroll Writing 1994 W-2 printing. Go back to the previous payroll period to print reports and checks, enter, edit, view data without deleting entries from the current period. 1995 version available in December. Print W-2's for the current or prior year if the new year was started with version 4.0 or higher. PC-AP 5.0 Accounts Payable Records and prints data for 1099 forms. Go back to the previous period to print reports/checks, enter, edit, and view invoices without deleting current data. Recall YTD invoice & check totals at any time. Enter an invoice and mark for payment with the <*> key. Great for a COD payment! Select method for entering due date, days until due or use the same method as the invoice date. Imports employee names from PC-PR. Increased capacity to 4000 invoices per month. PCINV 5.0 Invoice Writing Recall any invoice in the current month for viewing, reprinting, editing, or duplicating. OPTIONAL: Mouse support added to all programs PC-PR Payroll Writing v5.0 by Medlin Accounting System PC-PR is a payroll writing program for small and medium size businesses. PC-PR interacts with the Medlin Accounting System v5.0, which gives you a complete DOS - Based integrated accounting The program runs on a IBM PC or compatible computer with one disk drive and 256k memory. Includes 1995 tax tables. Prints W-2's. Track 941 data. Print checks. Up to 1200 employees. Tips, 401k, OT, cafeteria plan, auto allowance etc. After the fact entry available. Employee history, 941, quarterly, payroll ledger reports. OPTIONAL: Mouse support added to program Medlin Windows Payroll Writing v1.6 by Medlin Accounting Shareware Payroll can be one big headache! Do it yourself, and youÆre probably spending too much time. Send it out, and youÆre probably spending too much money. WhatÆs the answer? Medlin Windows Payroll Writing! This easy-to-use program has everything you need -- tracking, calculating and printing payroll checks and reports. Built-in state and federal tax tables make tax preparation a breeze! There's even room for special deductions and extra income! Get down to business! REQUIRES: Windows v3.1. Desktop Publishing 1996 Calendar by Mark L. Lee The year will be over before you know it! Now's the time to get the jump on the new year and begin planning for 1996. A great way to print out custom calendars! NOTE: Requires PageMaker v5.0 for Windows. 2D3D Tutorial by Rajeen Karunakaran Ever wondered how to draw a 3D object on a 2D surface (your computer screen)? The key is understanding how you perceive images. This tutorial is an excellent way to explore the fundamentals of 2D and 3D perception. NOTE: Requires Word v6.0 or a program that reads Word v6.0 files. 3D Fun & Magic Stereogram Generator v1.0 by Pik A Program Create beautiful color stereographic images in seconds! These "wallpaper" style stereograms seem to emerge seamlessly from your screen. You have full control over image shape, type (pointed, snails, hair, straight), size, color, 3D effect, number of images and more! Don't forget to check out the hot 3D animations and other great special effects! FormPower v1.22aa by EZX P&D The ultimate forms processor! Not only can you create your own forms, you can fill-out internal forms and fill-in pre-printed forms. Great for basic desktop publishing! FormPower's focus is on forms design and production. Unlike page document composition, the logical object-oriented drawing tools are tailored and optimized for forms design and manipulation. Its WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) interactive screen is clear, intuitive and easy to use. Font size, typeface and printer options (including FAX transmission) are limited only by what╒s available under Microsoft Windows v3.1 for your system. For truly flexible forms production, you can even print the filled-in data and the form at the same time. FormPower supports ISO paper sizes, metric measurements and extended length text objects. NOTE: Requires Windows 3.1x. CLIP ART Bright Ideas EPS Clip Art by Software of the Month Club More original clip art from the talented individuals at Bright Ideas. These images are guaranteed to please! We've included a selection of outstanding images, including a romantic border and a dinosaur skeleton. For more information on Bright Ideas fonts and clip art, call Member Services. FONTS Georgian Looking for something to replace your humdrum Windows fonts? You've got it! This font is simple, clean and easy to read a great choice for standard text replacement. Includes upper and lower case letters, numbers and basic punctuation marks. (TrueType format) KrazyKuts Sampler B by RebusRhythm What a kick! The fantastic old-style images are perfect for storytelling, newsletters, personal correspondence, flyers, posters, animations, collages you name it! The images are TIFF bitmaps in 400 dpi (black and white) and 200 dpi (gray scale). GAMES Adrenalin by Sam Jessup A simple, fast paced shoot'em up. Pilot your vessel through attacking enemy ships and achieve ultimate victory! It is you against them! Sound simple? Well, maybe not! Backgammon by George! by Graphics Software Labs You asked for a Windows backgammon game and we deliver! This game is designed for simplicity, without the loss of quality. If you like backgammon you'll love this program. NOTE: Requires Windows v3.1x. Fire and Ice v1.0 by Streetwise Interactive Move over Sonic! Sit down Jazz! Cool Coyote is here! Join Cool Coyote in his wild and crazy adventures to save the world! Already a retail hit in Europe, this translation of the smash Amiga arcade game is now available for America's PCs. Arcade action at its finest! Funball v1.0 by Impulse Wrack your brains on this strategy game played on a huge scrolling playing field in 256 colors. Balls bounce, merge, shatter, shrink, slide, teleport and explode in crazy patterns while you try to overcome your opponent. Cringe in horror as the robot player jumps in and destroys whole ranks of your own balls in one fell swoop! This game features digitized sounds and smooth ray-traced, ball-gobbling animations. Supports Soundblaster compatible cards for music and sound. NOTE: Requires a VGA, 286+ CPU, and a mouse. Fuzzy's World v1.00s by Pixel Painters Pixel Painters releases its most spectacular game to date! It's wild! It's zany! It's... it's... space golf?? That's right, the most outrageous sport of the future is here for you today! Completely animated, outstanding graphics and music. Each hole is asociated with a unique animation. Watch out or a rocket ship will take off with your golf ball! Although it was designed for the younger generation, we have to admit we enjoyed playing this one! Excellent entertainment don't miss Fuzzy's World! NOTE: Requires 4M RAM, a VGA, a hard drive, a mouse and a 386/33 (a 486 is recommended). A sound card is optional. Memory v1.0 by Scalzi SoftWorks Try to match up all the cards in a deck by turning them over two at a time just like Concentration! Match them all in as few moves as possible! Morejong Add-on Tiles by MoraffWare Add-on tiles sets for Morejong! Each tile is an exquisite high resolution graphic. You'll enjoy these sets of endangered animals, hands, monsters and words. We promised you add-on tile sets for MoraffWare's Morejong game for Windows and we deliver! NOTE: You must have Morejong (Volume 206) loaded to use these tiles. Realm of the Paladin by Cavalier Software This fantasy-adventure game is comparable to some of the hottest games on the market! Gather your men, pick up supplies and set out on your adventure! You'll battle creatures and men of all types as you journey across the land. Make wise decisions, they do matter. If you enjoy role playing games, this is for you. Until you've spent hours exploring the depths of Paladin, until you've forgotten the cares of a mundane world, until you are your role you are unfit to call yourself an adventurer! Spherejongg by MoraffWare Spherejongg is like Mahjongg with spherical pieces. It is much easier to play, but just as challenging to win! The large globe-shaped 3D tiles are easy to identify. Great 3D graphics, fast keys, easy menus, user friendly Spherejongg sets a new standard! Save games in progress, and maintain statistics and best scores for each player! 16 million colors, and full sound effects and voices! ! NOTE: Requires Windows v3.1x. Threat by Sami Haikonen and Niklas Penttinen A shoot'em up where you control a security force soldier. You and your friends must save human colonists from the attacking creatures. 320x400 VGA graphics with 256 colors, music and sound effects. One to three players can play simultaneously on the same side or against each other. Lots of weapons and intelligent monsters the worst kind! NOTE: Threat contains graphic violence that may not be suitable for younger children. You need at least 600K to run this program with complete sound effects. ULTIMATE Launcher v2.01 by Conquest Software Setting up Doom and Heretic is simple setting them up to run extra WADs or a modem game is not. Now you can do it all from one source. It fully supports Doom II and Heretic! You get menu-driven access to all game options and it fully supports multi-player games! WADs are ZIPPED until needed, and this launcher handles external WAD files! Allows six separate saved games for each WAD, comes with a built-in map viewer and much, much more! Word Search Construction Kit v1.10 by Insight Software Solutions Create customized word search puzzles the easy way! Add up to 325 of your own words. Make puzzles with over 25 predefined puzzle shapes including circles, apples, hearts and more! You can even create unlimited new shapes. Puzzles can be up to 30"x30". Print options include upper and lower case, grid, answer key and font selection. NOTE: Requires Windows v3.1x. General Interest 4Files v3.21 by Hand-Crafted Software This multi-purpose file manager was recommended by PC-Computing magazine. Why? Well, 4Files combines fast disk navigation with complete file management, program launching, and 4DOS/NDOS compatible file annotation to provide a slick and easy-to-use file manager. 4Files even provides access to your favorite utilities and applications quickly and easily - without ever having to leave the program! 4Files is easy to configure to your liking and easy to use. Cliche Finder v2.0 by Rosemary West It is said that "the pen is mightier then the sword". But, it is a double edged sword. An, otherwise, impressive document can turn into a disaster with the use of a single cliche. Now, you can scan your documents for those over-used expressions and save yourself from possible disaster with Cliche Finder. Cliche Finder will search your documents for any of several hunderd expressions and produce a report listing them. This is the hottest thing since sliced bread! Dirman v1.30 by Ron Weiner The personal computer world is full of text files. Many are important, many are not. And, handling them can be a real bother. You can load your full-featured word processor to read them or your full featured file manager to read and dispose of them, but why bother. Dirman was created with this very thing in mind. Simply start Dirman and use the embedded viewer to read the file and then dispose of it as you see fit - copy, move, rename, or delete. A very straight forward program created for a straight forward task. Directory Report v1.4 by John Haluska Directories can become very complex things. Multiple branchs to endless depths can make it difficult to keep track of what is hidden in their depths and how much valuable space they consume. Directory Report can ease the pain. You can have Directory Report give you an exact report of a drive, directory, or subdirectory's files and subdirectories and the total number of files and total bytes in each. Other features make this utility even more handy and valuable. Show the total number of files and bytes for the specified drive and directory, display a list of file names with their size, date, and time simply pressing the <Enter> key, display the contents of a highlighted file, and save the report, with or without individual file information, for latter use. Tame your directories with Directory Report. ECPage v3.16 by David R. Erickson Now you can easily design forms for your HP Laser Jet 3 or 4 with ECPAGE. You can combine text with PCL elements, such as lines and boxes (filled, grayscaled, shadowed, or plain), to produce typeset quality forms. You can then print your forms or save them as pure PCL files for later use. Quality printing has never been so easy. NOTE: this program requires an HP Laser Jet 3 or better or a compatible printer. Freecom v1.0 by Delrina Communicate! This complete communications software package for MS-DOS offers the ideal balance of simplicity and power. Requires minimal setup and delivers a wealth of advanced features, like a built-in editor, fast file transfer protocols and virus protection. Install Freecom and travel the world! Call BBSs, other users and more! This program was created by the makers of Winfax. GLEdit v4.2 by Gary C. Crider GLEdit lets you globally search for, and optionally replace, a string of characters in all selected files of a directory or directory tree. If you have a directory of text files, all of which contain your address, and you move, think of the time involved in changing each file to reflect your new address. Or, you have a number of batch files that access a certain directory. Now, you move or rename the directory. Each batch file must be updated. GLEdit will do the job in one smooth step. GLEdit really does allow you to work smarter, not harder. Lsort v3.52 by London Computing At one time or another, everyone creates a list. It may be a list of persons, places, or things. Whatever the content, invariably the list will be unsorted and sorted will be just the way we need it. This is where Lsort comes in. Lsort will sort any DOS file in ascending or decending order according to sort fields, up to 32, which you specify. Lsort will even merge up to five files in the process. And, as an added bonus, Lsort can sort dBase II and III databases. Let Lsort sort it all out for you. Magic Made Easy v2.0 by Gary Killops Everyone loves a magic show. Now, you can amaze your friends and family with a show of your own. Magic Made Easy is an interactive, electronic magic book for anyone interested in becoming a magician. It includes easy card tricks, a computer trick, mind reading, and impromptu magic tricks. Learn the secrets of magic. Become amagician in no time at all. It's fun, it's easy, and it's entertaining! Magic Made Easy is the perfect place to start learning all about the wonderful world of magic. It even includes a list of magic dealers & magic organizations. The Mortgage Analyzer v2.03 by Insight Software Solutions If you're even considering a mortgage you need this program! Use it to create amortization schedules and loan pre-qualifications. Perform side by side comparisons of different loan programs including fixed rate mortgages, ARMs and graduated payment mortgages (GRMs). You can also explore all of your options by analyzing buy vs. rent and lease vs. sell scenarios. Use Mortgage Analyzer to calculate all fees and closing costs, including mortgage insurance (PMI), taxes and fees unique to government loans (FHA and VA). Save and retrieve your personal analyses, or perform them for multiple clients. PC-Food II v7.02 by Schreck Software If you're on a budget and you like to eat (and who doesn't), then you will want to take a look at PC-Food II. This is a cost tracking system that will tell you just how much you spend on food. The great thing is that it tells you by ingrediant, portion, or recipe! You can even use it to tell you the most economical portion size to make! Do your budget a favor and take a look at PC-Food II. Pop-label by Robert F. Keber, Jr. Create and print labels on Epson and compatible dot matrix printers! Whether you need one or thousands of labels, this pop-up window program has you covered! Print simple labels for computer disks, report covers, inventory items, warning labels, packages, storage cartons, mailing and return address labels just about any reason imaginable. Quick Directory Manager v1.00a by JDF Systems Directories are the heart and soul of personal computer systems. Creating and removing directories is a daily task shared by millions. With QDM, you can forget the cryptic MD and RD commands and manage your directories the easy way. Simply start QDM, tell it the drive you want, tell it the name of the directory, and let QDM do the rest. Superset v1.1 by Ross Leidy Much of the way your system processes is controled by variables contained in the DOS environment. It is all too often that you need to change the environment and you want to do it quickly. Now you can, with Superset. Superset allows you to display all environment strings in an easy-to-read format, add new variables, replace or delete existing variables, and prepend or append to existing variables (anyone who has had to change their PATH variable will appreciate the importance of this feature). Superset even allows you to extend the length of a variable to any length beyond the DOS limit of 127 characters. And, you can save, load, and update environment files creating a quick and easy way to change the environment on the fly. Superset is a utility you won't want to be without. KIDS Biology Volume 1 Respiration v1.0 by Lifelong Software All things breathe. It's a necessity of life. Now, your children can learn the secrets of respiration without leaving home. Biology Volume 1 Respiration, until now, available only to schools, leads your child through an "electronic dissection" (with no mess or killing of animals). You will then study howbreathing occurs at various levels of detail using live animation. Learning is fun and easy using Lifelong Softwares animated and interactive tutoring system. Kids Concentration v5.0 by Centaurus Software Designs Here is a program that is as educational as it is entertaining. Based on the old card game Kids Concentration helps kids to develop their concentration skills and hand-eye coordination (via the mouse) while learning about the alphabet, numbers, and colors. The program contains five different matching games for variety, each supporting three levels of difficulty. A pleasant female voice is used throughout, along with actual animal sounds and other sound effects, to keep children interested and learning. You will love Kids Concentration and so will your kids. Magic Made Easy v2.0 by Gary Killops Children of all ages love magic shows. Now, you and your children can learn to amaze your friends and family with Magic Made Easy. Magic Made Easy is an interactive, electronic magic book for anyone interested in becoming a magician. Step by step instructions teach you easy card tricks, a computer trick, mind reading, and impromptu magic tricks. Learn the secrets of magic. Become a magician in no time at all. It is fun, and entertaining! Magic Made Easy is the perfect place to start learning all about the wonderful world of magic. It even includes a list of magic dealers & magic organizations to help you continue your training. Math Challenge v4.0 by Just For Me Software, Inc. Math Challenge is an educational game that teaches children math. By combining personalized text, colorful animation, interesting sound effects, and VGA photographic images, the child is entertained while hard at study. Parent options are provided to allow you to set subject and difficulty levels on a child by child basis. This allows you to customize the program for each individual childs needs. Math Challenge is the fun way to learn math. Paperbox by Anthony G. Weiss Oragami is the ancient art of creating things from paper. Introduce your children to this fascinating art form with Paperbox. Paperbox leads you, step-by-step, through the creation of a oragami box. Each fold is shown in animated steps on screen and each fold is explained in detail. Once created, your boxes can be decorated and used as gifts or decorations! So, get your paper ready and let Paperbox introduce you to the world of oragami. Tangram v1.1 by Judah Warshaw. This ancient Chinese puzzle game comes to life in hi-res VGA. Tangram includes 50 intriguing puzzles to solve, full 360 degree control of the Tangram pieces, 1/4 million color VGA support, built-in screen saver, 3D mouse driven interface, save your own puzzles, and more! This isn't "just another puzzle", this is Tangram! REQUIRES VGA and a mouse. OS/2 CARD GAMES for OS/2 v2.0 by Felix Maschek This is the suite of nine solitaire card games designed OS/2 . The nine games featured are: ASTRA, SCROOGE, TIDYUP, ELEVENS, SHIFT, TOWERS, KING & ACE CALCULATION, and KLONDIKE. NOTE: Copy directory "CARDS" to your hard drive, then run (double - click) file SETUP.EXE for installation. ClearLook by ClearLook Corp. The cellular word processor! This is an easy-to-use, comprehensive word processor for OS/2 Presentation Manager environments. Prepare sophisticated documents using its clear visual interface, backed by 32-bit power. Its unique text document structure allows you to intuitively interact with its thesaurus, dictionary, graphics capabilities and powerful text objects. NOTE: Copy both ClearLook directories to your hard drive. Commander/2 v1.90 by Roman Stangl This is a great add-on/replacement for your Work Place Shell. Run PC/2 and you can save up to 4MB over the memory consuming WPS, enabling faster response on RAM hungry machines! Click anywhere on the desktop to display a pop-up menu. Use it to start applications. You can even define hot keys and use them to launch or switch applications. Because you're not using WPS, you are saving serious memory. This one is perfect for anyone who is a memory-intensive user, like multimedia users and programmers. ICON HEAVEN v1.10 by the Frobozz Magic Software Company Icon Heaven is a Workplace Shell enhancement tool that simplifies the task of keeping icon libraries on your disk and assigning icons to objects. Just by opening a folder your able to change an icon from someting drab to fun and colorful. The current version features icons for popular games, utilities, word processing and more. NOTE: Copy directory "ICONLIB" to your hard drive, then run (double - click) file INSTALL.CMD for installation. KL-BENCH v1.04 by PHANTASM SOFTWARE KL-BENCH is a suite of system performance tests that will help you determine the performance of an individual sub-system or the overall balance of all the sub-systems working together. KLBENCH consistes of VIDEO, DISK and MEMORY/CPU tests that can be run in a truly multitasking scenario to fully stress your OS/2 configuration. NOTE: Copy directory "KLB" to your hard drive, then run (double - click) file KLBENCH.EXE PM DISKCOPY v2.2 by Bernd Wetzel PM Diskcopy is a utility to copy disks under OS/2 version 2.1 or higher. You can use this program to copy disks several times, compare disks or store disks as image files (often called container files) on your harddisk. Everybody knows the problems with copying disks under OS/2. PM Diskcopy is the solution for your problems. Now you can easily create multiple copies of a disk, store a disk in an image file, compare disks, check a disk, format and quick format a disk and last but not least copy only used tracks, which may speed up copying dramatically. NOTE: Copy directory "QFormat" to your hard drive, then run (double - click) file INSTALL.EXE PM-UNDELETE v1.40 by Ralf Hauser PM UNDELETE is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) utility for the recovery of deleted files. OS/2 offers a feature which allows the recovery of deleted files. PM UNDELETE is an easy-to-use utility to undelete deleted files to their original directory or to the system's TMP directory. Deleted files may be also be permanent. PM UNDELETE is also able to display deleted files in order to explore their contents before performing any actions. NOTE: Copy directory "UNDELETE" to your hard drive, then run (double - click) file PMUNDEL.DOC for installation instructions. PageMage by Carlos Ugarte Now there's a virtual desktop utility for OS/2! You can work on several desktops at once. Most virtual desktop programs show a representation of the overall desktop in a window and highlight the current desktop. To switch desktops, you have to click on a different desktop, which removes the current desktop╒s windows and displays the new desktop's windows. There is a better way! PageMage lets you switch desktops by reaching the edge of the screen and ╥pushing╙ towards the other screen. Schedule-It! v2.0 by PHANTASMSOFTWARE Schedule-It! is a GUI program for OS/2 that allows you to schedule different events to run at various times on various days. Schedule-It! is easy to use and straight foward. This is a powerful schedular and should be looked at by all. NOTE: Copy directory SCHED to your hard drive, then run (double - click) file SCHED-IT.EXE SMTPD v1.1 by Andrey Iliynikh If you're on the Net, you have to have a way to get mail! This SMTP compliant server lets you use the OS/2 workstation as an automated mail system. It receives mail (RFC 821) and sorts incoming messages into user's directories. Tablica/2 v1.1 by Peter Rachwal Fantastic! This periodic table of elements is a native OS/2 application with a point-and-click interface. Everything you need to know about 106 elements is right here everything from atomic weight to thermal conductivity. This is an indispensable reference tool for high school and college students! The Software Research Institute measures consumer responses to shareware programs, based on librarian and computer magazine reviews, shareware distributor sales, and bulletin board downloads. These programs may be ordered through Software of the Month Club. Copyright 1995 by The Software Research Institute. This list may not be reproduced in any form without permission. ****Remember to register programs you find useful**** -DOS- -DOS/GRAPHICS & DESKTOP PUBLISHING- CHART'S UNLIMITED Integrates graphics and text processing into one powerful system. Create flow, organizational, and Gantt charts, along with floor plans and electrical diagrams. C Morph The Complete Morph is a very user-friendly morphing facility. Requires: 386DX+/4MB+ CompuShow This is the hottest DOS-based graphics viewing program out there! Not only is it DOS-based, but it works with any display adapter even Hercules and CGA! ENVISION PUBLISHER The only true shareware desktop publishing application. Includes WYSIWYG interface, fonts, clip art/text importing, good printer support, and much more. GRAPHIC WORKSHOP Manipulate PCX, GEM/IMG, TIFF, EPS, WPG, MSP IFF/LBMCE, BMP, and PIC files. Image Gallery Creates a visual database for your clip art. Also performs graphic conversions. MULTIMEDIA MAKER Multimedia presentation authoring software. NeoBook Pro This is a very affordable multimedia authoring software. NeoPaint The ultimate image editor! Supports many drawing functions and includes many special effects. NeoShow Pro A great image presentation package for DOS. PC-DRAFT-CAD Provides features found only in more expensive CAD systems, including automatic dimensions, unlimited layers, multiple fonts, object libraries, and dot-matrix printer support. PRINT PARTNER Create your own multi-page horizontal banners, full-page signs, and one-month calendars on dot matrix printers. Requires CGA and a printer. prO-CR One of the only DOS OCR programs available. QPEG QPEG is just about the fastest graphics file viewer we've seen. It supports JPG, TGA, GIF, PCX, BMP IFF/ILBM formats. Screen Thief Why spend hours trying to recreate what's on your terminal when Screen Thief can capture it for you? Capture to PCX, TIF, GIF or BMP graphic formats. -DOS/SCIENCE- Computer Conversion Factors This is a collection of commonly used scientific and non-scientific units of measurement. DC Circuits Training System Thirteen different exercises, designed to test, educate, and expand your knowledge, make this an indispensable tutor for electronics students or enthusiasts. GEOCLOCK GeoClock shows the current time (based on your computer's clock) with a high quality map of the Earth. GeoClock requires an EGA-VGA-SVGA system. SKYGLOBE Star-gazer system shows 9 planets and 89 constellations (about 5,000 stars). MAPIT An integrated world wide mapping system with amazing detail. SOLAR SYSTEM Easily view the complete Solar System at the exact date, time, latitude, longitude, and even change the Atlas Apoch! This is a high-resolution program that gives anyone access to an infinite amount of information about size and position of planets and constellations. -DOS/ARCADE GAMES- Alien Carnage Stop the army of mindless zombies from taking over the universe! As Harry, you roam the streets and sewers fighting aliens and rescuing helpless hostages. Back to the Forest Skunny and his side kick girlfriend Rosie comes to the rescue, their mission is to free the little gray squirrels by knocking off King Toads and his disciples. Program requires VGA and Sound Blaster supported. Billy The Kid 3D VGA western action arcade game. Bio Menace As a CIA agent, you must rescue Metro City from the mutant army of Dr. Nangle. Use high powered weapons and watch creatures explode. Requires VGA. Brudal Baddle The Quest for Talis Ra by SandBird Software Los Alamos, Nevada 2023. Dr. Chen has invented a way to punch holes in the space-time fabric. On his attempt to make a hole into the future, a half-man/ half-machine (Talis Ra) comes through and steals the equipment. Cannon Fodder Lead your squad as you kill the enemy and destroy their facilities. Not just another shoot'em-up game, but strategically challenging. CD-MAN This is a Pac-man type game with a difference! We're talking a whole new arcade experience filled with fabulous graphics! Creepy, crawling creatures test your reflexes, and you must be wise enough to make the correct choices on these deadly paths. Commander Keen Mega-hit from Apogee Productions. Commander Keen Good-Bye Galaxy Can you help Commander Keen save the galaxy? Desert Storm Command Desert Storm Command is an arcade-style game that puts you in the conflict in the Persian Gulf. Duke Nukem Nonstop arcade action with ultra-smooth scrolling animation. Requires EGA/VGA and a hard disk. Duke Nukem II This sequel takes Duke to an alien planet where his brain can be used to devise the ultimate attack against Earth! Requires 386 or higher and Sound Blaster supported. ElfLand In this great adventure game you will encounter many obstacles and creatures. Epic Pinball True arcade-style pinball, 256-color scrolling VGA graphics, digital music and sound, and ultra-realistic action that will take your breath away. Program requires VGA and 386 or higher and Sound Blaster supported. Galacta I Your goal is to save Saturn from doomsday. Requires EGA/VGA. GateWorld Captain Klondike meets the G.O.R.G. machine in an asteroid in Part One: The Seed Ship. Requires VGA. God of Thunder Arcade/adventure game. Thor must think and fight his way past dozens of puzzles and hundreds of enemies to reach the final showdown with the evil boss terrorizing innocent villagers. Program requires VGA, 286 or higher and Sound Blaster support. Halloween Harry Arsenal of powerful weapons, guided missile, photon cannon, micro nukes, jetpack, and more. Requires VGA and a 386 or higher. Heroes: The Tantalizing Trio A light hearted action/adventure game. Defeat Wild Hare and his band of villains by guiding three heroes with unique special powers through ten levels of excitement! -WINDOWS- -WINDOWS GRAPHICS & PUBLISHING- ABC SnapGraphics ABC SnapGraphics is a very useful program. Use it for school, personal or creating a business presentation for work. Cad/Draw Powerful CAD and drawing application. Features numerous drawing tools, associated dimensioning, library management, user defined hatching and more. Cad Vantage Cad Vantage allows you to create drawings of real world objects in two dimensions, using their actual measurements. ChartTamer ChartTamer is a powerful, easy-to-use chart creation program. Requires Visual Basic Run-Time v2.0. CHARTIST Create, edit, and print flow charts, organization charts, or others with similar components. Form Power The ultimate form processor! Design, produce and fill-out forms with true WYSIWYG ease. It includes a wealth of predesigned forms - forms for invoicing, sales, pricing, every type of form a small business could need. Graphic WorkShop The popular DOS graphic manipulator, now available for Windows. Image Commander Image management and manipulation. Features: Organizing images into albums, arrange drag and drop or sort option. Supports different file formats and more. Image Conversion Image Conversion is a true Windows drag and drop application. Formats supported are TIFF, BMP, PCX, GIF, and more. Paint Shop Pro Paint Shop Pro will display, scan, alter, print and convert images. PSP supports 23 of the most common bitmap formats. Tek Illustrator A fantastic illustration program with the all the capabilities of a high-end drawing program. ThumbsPlus Graphic image and clip art browsing, thumb-nailing, cataloging, and printing program. Supports over a dozen graphic file types. TopDraw Powerful yet easy to use object-oriented drawing program. For desktop publishing, illustrations, diagrams, logos, brochure, newsletters, and more. -WINDOWS/SCIENCE- Astronomy Lab Generates animated movies that simulate a host of astronomical events. Convert It! Fifteen conversion categories with custom setup. Edit conversion factors, and add, change or delete units. Categories include temperature, mass, volume, time, area, angle, currency and more. The Earth Centered Universe Designed as an observing tool for the amateur astronomer, but is equally useful to the ╥armchair╙ astronomer. Eye On Sunrise Gives you the sunrise, sunset, moonrise, moonset and full moon for any location. Requires Visual Basic Run-Time v3.0. Phoebe Calculates sunrise and sunset times to within about a minute, and the moonrise and moonset times to within 5 minutes. SkyMap Highly accurate ╥planetarium╙. Draw a map of the sky, displaying stars, planets, comets, deep-sky objects and constellation names. Sky Planetarium Planetarium simulation software. US Weather Atlas Can view up to three cities at a time. Provides a variety of weather elements that can be displayed on a data graph and more. -KIDS- -KIDS/GRAPHICS- Dr. Doodle This is a drawing program that will entertain kids of all ages. Dr. Doodle is easy enough to use that a two year old can enjoy it with only minimal supervision, powerful enough to amuse and entertain adults. Drawing is a simple matter of selecting a color, a line thickness, and an object by simple mouse clicks, then placing and sizing the objects with the mouse. Dr. Doodle provides 16 different drawing objects including triangles, stars, diamonds, and text. Dr. Mote's Colorbook Easy-to-use coloring program for children. Requires EGA/VGA and a mouse. Kid Paint Fun paint program just for kids! Requires EGA/VGA. Krazy-Face Spectacular children's art program! Pick from pre-made face shapes or start from scratch and add facial features, shapes, colors, and graphics to create a masterpiece. MAGIC CRAYON Collection of three colorful and fun games for children. Requires EGA/VGA and a mouse. -KIDS/SCIENCE- Chemical Aids in the formation of 3-D chemical pictures. Pendulum Create and modify computer-simulated pendulums. Move their suspension points and see how they react. Science Trivia Join the quest for knowledge, learn, explore and discover while you have fun. Requires EGA/VGA. -KIDS/TESTING & TEACHER Animated Memory Animated Memory uses 30 animated sequences to test memory skills. Requires EGA/VGA. Flash Quiz Flash Quiz is a combination game/tutor program for all age groups. You create quiz files on any subject you like. Then, with extreme flexibility, you can have multiple choice quizzes or fill in the blanks. You can even have the answers given and have to provide the questions. QuizMaker A multi-media educational tool. You can make or take quizzes and tests in multiple formats. Requires a hard disk and a color monitor. TEACHER Includes practice sessions for spelling, antonyms, synonyms, math, history, geography, and more. WINDOWS DAUB v1.5 by Tim Parish Whether you are a dabbler or a professional graphic artist, you need to take a close look at DAUB. Its novel method of drawing and altering previously drawn 'brush strokes' results in stunning graphics! This unique calligraphic Windows program is easy to use and gives you a high quality output. Features include scaling in x and y directions, rotations, flipping and altering previously drawn strokes. You can even change brush width, color and orientation as you draw! PlanetWatch by Raben Software & Graphics Outstanding this reference program combines animated maps, color photographs and planetary information in an easy to use desktop atlas! Watch the planets travel their paths in relation to other planets in this Solar System simulation. Space Hound v1.66 by Fineware Systems Get organized! Find duplicate files and 'sniff out' wasted space and forgotten files. The printable directory tree reports storage usage within nested directories. You get everything you need version info display, file compare, file extension display, file and directory deletion, statistics tracking, miscellaneous reports and more! Space Hound also works great on networks! Spherejongg by MoraffWare Spherejongg is like Mahjongg with spherical pieces. It is much easier to play, but just as challenging to win! The large globe-shaped 3D tiles are easy to identify. Great 3D graphics, fast keys, easy menus, user friendly Spherejongg sets a new standard! Save games in progress, and maintain statistics and best scores for each player! 16 million colors, and full sound effects and voices! WISDOM OF THE AGES by Micro Computer Resources The wisdom of the ages at your fingertips! This book of quotes, sayings and ideas gives you easy access to timeless knowledge from over 1,000 of history's greatest American, European and Asian minds. Improve your letters, reports, proposals and speeches with 6,561 carefully chosen thoughts. Its intuitive organization lets you find excellent ideas, clearly expressed, on any subject, with pinpoint accuracy and ease. World Clock v6.5S by Softline, Inc. This global time program displays a colorful map of the world and tells the date and time for any location. A great educational tool for teaching time zone relationships, and a fantastic reference aid! Search for the time-of-day via city, state, province, country, area code or country. Debt Analyzer by Insight Software Solutions How much money could you save by paying a little extra on every loan payment? It might be more than you think! Use this package to build debt reduction or loan consolidation schedules. This program has great potential for reducing your debt, shortening your pay-back period possibly saving you hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Handles up to 50 debts simultaneously. Special Feature Windows 95 is coming! Here at Software of the Month Club, we're planning for the future! From now until its official release, we'll continue to bring you applications designed for Windows 95. Easy Icons 95 by Paul Traver Every new system yes, even Windows 95 needs some personalization. Creating and changing icons is a must! Use Easy Icons to create new icons from scratch or pull them out of files. This 32-bit program takes advantage of Windows 95 32-bit support. NOTE: Requires Windows 95 Preview Beta or later and VBRUN300.DLL. First Name Almanac by Ken Kirkpatrick What's in a name? Everything! Enter a first name, and this program returns a one-page printout suitable for framing. We tried it on a few of our techs, and discovered Dave's name comes from Hebrew and means ╥beloved."Dwayne's name has Irish origins and means "black." Dawn, of course, means to begin the day. Not only do you get these short meanings, you also get brief discussions on emotional spectrum, personal integrity, personality, relationships, travel and leisure, careers and money, life's opportunities and more just from your name! NOTE: Requires 3MB free hard disk space and VBRUN300.DLL.