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- Software of the Month Club
- April 1997 CD-ROM Program Guide
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- - DOS Education -
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- Bacterial Identification Program 2.0
- Biological system
- Learn to recognize microorganisms using phenotypic
- identification procedures. Input the results from bacterial tests by
- putting a + (positive test result) or a - (negative test result) next
- to each test, and the program searches through its database for an
- accurate match. The tests include acid and gas production, urease
- activity, fermentation of mannitol and more. This is a perfect aid
- for students studying microbiology.
- * Includes an encyclopedia of bacteria
- * More than 400 bacteria in the database
- * Choose from 61 tests
- (Application by Murat AYDIN; Requires SORT.EXE in your
- path environment)
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- BASIC MATHEMATICS SERIES: TRIGONOMETRY 3.0
- Math tutorial
- Understand the basics of trigonometry with this helpful program.
- Covers triangles, circles, the Pythagorean theorem, associate
- laws and more.
- * Build your own triangles
- * Contains a brief overview of geometry
- (Application by J. Zimmerman)
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- Coeli Electric Planisphere 3.79
- Seeing stars
- This real-time star chart combines practical ephemerides with a
- planetarium. View the heavens from any place or time with
- advanced star and constellation search. Readouts include rise, set
- and transit times, apparent and absolute magnitudes,
- astronomical twilight, distance, coordinates, phase and more.
- Click on a star or light to see information about it, including
- name, distance, rising and setting.
- * Case sensitive controls
- * Point and click interface
- * Online help
- * Press K to turn on sunshine/moonshine
- (Application by Roger Hughes, Swimming Elk Software;
- Requires mouse and VESA drivers)
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- DragMax Jr.
- Pedal to the metal
- Check what your car - or dream car - can do in a 1/4 mile
- race. Input information about the engine specifications, weather,
- weight of vehicle, driver size, transmission type, speed, ratio and
- efficiency. DragMax calculates and displays your vehicle's
- performance.
- * Choose from five body types
- * More than 40 configurations, from motorcycles to dragster
- * View animations
- (Application by Larry Meaux, Meaux Racing Heads)
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- - Feature Program -
- Grow'Em 4.0
- Green thumb
- Learn everything you need to know about growing your own
- garden. This program teaches you how to propagate plants from
- seeds and cuttings, by layering and more. It covers each
- technique in depth by carefully listing instructions, giving helpful
- tips and showing examples. It also gives detailed information on
- other
- important topics, like growth media, composting and lighting.
- * Includes more than 300 plant species and 1,000 entries
- * Includes VGA and SuperVGA versions
- (Application by Paul Postuma; Requires a VESA-compatible
- video card and a DOS mouse driver)
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- MATH WIZARD Math Tutor 1.0
- 123s
- Learn addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with this
- math tutor. You get two chances to answer each question. It
- keeps a score of how many questions are answered correctly.
- Helps build a solid foundation in numbers.
- * For home and school
- * Three help features - for teachers, parents and children
- * Toggle sound on and off
- (Application by Enterplex Software)
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- THE MATH ZAPPER 1.5
- Beginning math
- This is a great program for practicing math. The number range
- for multiplication problems is 2 to 20. The range for division,
- addition and subtraction problems is 2 to 400. Go back to the
- menu or quit at any time.
- * Choose Random for a test on all four sets
- * Help feature
- (Application by Jim Zimmerman)
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- Teacher's Quiz Maker 1.2
- This is only a test
- Generate student tests in a snap. Choose from three formats: fill-
- in, multiple choice, and true or false. Tests are provided in a
- wide variety of subjects and grade levels. Sample questions are
- intended for grades five through nine. View the questions on
- screen or print them out.
- * Saves up to 30 quizzes
- * Includes ten question databases
- * Password protection
- (Application by William Jimerson; The password is quiz)
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- UCALC for DOS 3.2
- Adds up
- This graphing scientific calculator is perfect for both simple
- arithmetic and intricate scientific calculations. It features many
- built-in functions, operators, numerical notations and modes. It
- supports user-defined functions and variables. Evaluate
- expressions, solve and plot equations and perform numerical
- integrations and summations.
- * Load as a TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident), taking less
- than 6K of main memory
- * Line editor available for performing multiple calculations
- (Application by Dan Corbier)
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- YOURDAY
- Happy birthday
- What happened on your birthday, your favorite day or even
- today? Check out current events that happened today, or select a
- particular date. All you have to do is enter the month and day,
- then view the list of events! Great for teachers and students.
- * View in HTML or text format
- * Saves the last view
- (Application by Greg Duncan)
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