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MS-10: Other -------------------- 20035/3784 Gardening Small Programs Disk -------------------- Adjustable Greenhouse Gardening (AGG) Long, Kathy $15 teaches all about greenhouse gardening, including information about which plants are best of greenhouses, organic bug deterrents, plant and seed sources, and even build-it-yourself plans. Garden Productivity Calculator (GPC) Taxonomic Computer Research $29-$99 helps you compute garden space, labor efficiency and crop value analysis. It can produce graphs of garden or farm expenses, and computes a break even point in dollars and units. All data may be saved and recalled to/from disk. Ginseng $ From Your Backyard (GINSENG) Long, Kathy $15 tells how to make money raising ginseng seed and plants. Ginseng is a sought after herb used by the Chinese for many years to prolong life, restore virility and energy to the mind and limbs, treat arthritis and rheumatism, and dissolve tumors. This disk tells you everything you need to know to grow and sell Ginseng. Greenery From Your Grocer (GREENRY) Starchild, Adam $5-$15 is a short tutorial about making a small garden from common items (egg shells, fruit seeds, etc.) that you bring home from the grocery store. (Not on this disk. Ask for disk #8966.) Organic Intensive Gardening (ORGANIC) Long, Kathy $15 tells how to grow more food in less space. A planting guide, guidelines for record keeping, and information about herbal insect deterrents is included. PC-Peren 1.3 (PCPEREN) Taxonomic Computer Research $19 selects and describes herbaceous, sun-loving perennials based on their names, flower color, months of bloom, and height at bloom peak. A simple menu system displays a list of plants on screen or outputs it to a text file. You can search for plants by genus, variety/cultivar name, or any part of the plant's name. Perpetual Garden Journal (PGARDEN) Truett, Lawrence $30 is a note-keeping and reminder system for gardeners. Personal Gardener (PG) Rick Healy $0 lets you plan a garden with up to 999 different plants. Perennial plants do not have to be re-entered each season and you can harvest some crop areas without disrupting others. Printouts can be made on any printer. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3784 -------------------------------- Computer Gardening Data Disk Owens, Keith $9-$17 #20035/4429 is a database of gardening data for importing into a database program. Data includes cultural information such as common and botanical name, class, germination, sowing guide, transplanting, height, colors, light needed, soils, propagation, and more. You can add your own data. Requires a database program that imports DIF, ASCII, mail merge, or delimited format. Flowers 2.1 is a database program with the data from Computer Gardening Data Disk incorporated into it. Gardener's Assistant Shannon Software, Ltd. $25 #20035/3654 will help in planning your garden. It allows you to choose which vegetables you want to plant and provides a suggested number of rowfeet to plant for each person. It will display a layout of your garden and generate a planting date. ------------ 2249 Hobbies Small Programs Disk ------------ Backyard Birds 1.1 (BYBIRDS) Boger, Allen D. $8 is a tutorial on how to attract and care for wild birds. It provides detailed information on what species will be attracted to different types of food and feeders, feeder selection, placement and maintenance, predator control, plant types, and nesting box dimensions and arrangement. Darkroom Assistant (DRKROOM) Deady, Craig $20 is basically a programmable timer for use in the darkroom for film and paper developing. All of the program steps are displayed continuously as are the remaining times, agitate times, pause times, and the current status of the running program. All steps are easily modified or copied to suit different needs and many programs can be created and saved on disk for immediate recall. With a voice synthesizer, the DA will even call out the steps to you. Exterior Rifle Ballistics (BULLET) Melten, Richard D. $5 is a program for reloaders. It will tell you the maximum height of a projectile between muzzle and zero point and the expected bullet drop at the target. Guitar.BAS Cummins, Ed helps tune a guitar. BASIC required. HOTrain Merker, Fred $0 is a text file that gives you information on how to hook up, run and have control over an HO model train with your computer. HOTRAIN.ARC also includes several programs, complete with A86 Assembler source code, for running the train. LogMaster RV1.0 (LOGMSTR) Fundamental Services $10-$20 contains three standard marine logging functions: the Ship's Log, the Maintenance Log, and the Guest Register. The program is designed to let you quickly and easily organize, store, recall, update and print all pertinent shipboard data. MarNave 1.0 C & E Associates ASP $35 converts latitude and longitude coordinates to to LORAN C delays and vice versa. It also calculates head and distance from point "A" to point "B" with the location of the points specified either as Lat/Lon or LORAN delays. Time, speed and distance is calculated and a hard copy for all functions is provided. W.Draft Dunford, Christopher J. $0 is a graphics-based weave draft simulator. It allows the fibre designer to specify a threading, tie-up, and treadling, with the results displayed as the treadling is entered. Any of the three elements may be changed or erased at any time. The program will permit the use of 130 threads, 16 shaft harness, 24 treadles, and 76 steps of treadling (weft picks). -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2249 -------------------------------- --------------- 3701 Hobbies #2 Small Programs Disk --------------- Blood Lines Rater 1993 (BLRATER) Pubnetix $10 is a numerical grading of over 900 thoroughbred sires. This program lets you track the new hot sires and learn more about the breeding of thoroughbreds. DiveTabs 2.5 TDM Software $15 calculates repetitive dives given depths and times. It also calculates required depths and times. Calculations are based on U. S. Navy tables. Elite Car Database III 3.3 (ELITECA) Laurence Hatch $39 is a database of names, price, 0-60 speed, and engine size for over 300 high-performance and prestige cars. It includes models that normally cost more than $20k or have a 0-60 time of better than 8 seconds. Quite a few cars - particularly those in the $500k to $2meg range - we never heard of before. Interesting reading. GenKit 1.6 Pence, Richard A. $0 is a complete, menu-operated toolkit for genealogists. It describes calendar changes from `Old Style' to `New Style' and the Henry numbering system and variations. It returns date of birth from age on a given date; relationship of descendant to ancestor and cousins of ancestors/descendants; relationship of any two descendants of common ancestor; and soundex code for surname. This program also includes a sample ancestor chart; a chart showing relationships of you to other relatives; tables showing conversions for linear and area measurements; section measurements and land descriptions; typical township layout, showing section numbering; Tiny Tafel samples; and more. Model Pilot's Logbook 2.0 (LOGBOOK) TDM Software $15 is a logbook program for model aircraft builders and flyers. It allows input of dates, aircraft names, sky conditions, wind, temperature, number of flights and a short descriptive note about flight. The Complete Martial Artist (TCMA) Smith, Dave $0 contains a menu-driven database of combat knowledge. It covers topics such as kicks, punches, strategy, weapons, fists, chokes, throws, and more. It also includes summaries of all the major martial arts. This is interesting reading for the beginner or the black belt. A file viewer named List (such as LIST.COM on disk #1550) is required. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3701 -------------------------------- ----------------------- 1333 Home, Reference #1 Small Programs Disk ----------------------- Conver Rogers, John P. $5 performs unit conversions for Mass, Length, Area, Volume, Force, Pressure, Density, Energy, Heat, Work, Power, and others. Convert converts numbers between different units of measure. It understands a wide range of units, prefixes and also many abbreviations. The conversion data is stored in a straight text file so that you can view and edit it. A pop-up version (44k) is included. Convprog 1.09 (CNVPROG) Applied Environmetrics $0 converts between the three common systems of units: US system, metric system, and SI. The program recognizes units in any of the above three systems, and in many cases will recognize mixtures of the three. Conversions supported include temperature, pressure, length, area, volume, speed, flow, mass, density, and more. Formulas McClendon, Judson D. $0 is a collection of useful formulas. MAG 1.6 (MAG-NN) Newman, Norman $20 maintains a database for articles which appear in magazines. The program was designed for computer magazines, but can easily be modified for articles on any subject. Tables Robertson-Mudie, Fred $? is a handy resource when you need to convert between different types of weights and measures. This is a very complete set of tables and conversion routines covering everything from how many inches in a meter to how many gallons in a hogshead. TimeCalc performs conversions of units of measure of time. Also serves as a stop watch. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1333 -------------------------------- ----------------------- 3783 Home, Reference #2 Small Programs Disk ----------------------- 5-Minute Parent (5MINP) Ellenberg, Dr. Norman L. $18 is a short primer on improved parenting. It provides some excellent advice on improving your child's study habits. Other topics include suggestions for time management, flexibility, and more. Baby Kopeikin, Hal S. Ph.D. and Kopeikin, Ann Marie R.N., M.A. $? guides expectant parents from conception through birth each time you run the program with an ongoing calendar, information on the baby's development, and more. Baby4U 2.31 Kopeikin, Hal S. & Marie, Ann $25 will assist you in finding out when your baby is due. The program creates educational reports about prenatal development and the progress of your pregnancy on the current date. BabyName (BABYNAM) Illumind $0 is a text file containing 12,438 names as an aid for parents-to-be. The names are listed once in alphabetical order and again in order by length. Hints & Tips (HINTS) Joy's Software $13-$18 contains hints and tips on various subjects such as for automobiles, cleaning, food, fishing, gardening, parenting, pets, and more. Several charts and tables are provided for cooking measurements, weight, temperatures and state abbreviations. NameMe 1.1 PS Software $5 will help you choose a name for your new baby (or an alias for yourself, we suppose). You supply initials for a first and middle name and your last name, and the program will display various combinations of names with those initials and your last name. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3783 -------------------------------- ---------------- 1999 Home, Other Small Programs Disk ---------------- Amateur Reasoner (AMATEUR) Newman, Norman $0 is an expert system shell that is small, simple, yet effective. The Pascal source code and sample data files are included. Cub Scout Roster Assistant 1.0 (CSRA) Zeigler Data Systems $0 is a roster program for Cubs and Leaders. Cub's reports are based on age to ease advancement planning. Decide helps you arrive at decisions. BASIC required. FishTime 1.2 (FISHTIM) C & E Associates $15 calculates the best time to hunt and fish based on phase and position of the moon and the day and month for any location in the continental U.S. A graphic display of fishing conditions is generated for the selected dates, or a list of prime hunting and fishing times for selected dates. Infer Newman, Norman $0 solves hypothetical syllogisms. For example, you tell it "Socrates is a man." and "Man is mortal." Then you can ask it "Is Socrates mortal?" and it will reply correctly. If you ask it "Is Plato mortal?" it will respond that it has no data on Plato, and you can then proceed to enter data for Plato if you wish. This is a very simple example. The data entered can become quite complex. Pascal source code is included. RunRite 1.0 Bartlett, D.G. $0 provides statistics on running. You key in your total miles and minutes, and the program calculates Average MPH, Average Minutes per Mile, Total Yards and Feet travelled, and more. Satellite Utilities 1.0 (SATUTIL) Tinsley, Carl $0-$30 provides frequency/transponder information and positioning calculations for popular Ku and C band satellites. SoundEff plays sound effects, such as bat screeches, bird calls, a clock ticking or crickets chirping. BASICA required. Spellaphone (SPELAFO) Vance, Jim $5 will sort and print your telephone number into possible words, or if you have a word that you would like for your number, type in the letters and it will give you the number. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1999 -------------------------------- ------------------------ 2764 Party Help and Info Small Programs Disk ------------------------ BCake draws a birthday cake, plays "Happy Birthday" and blows out the candles. CompDate 1.0 (COMPDAT) Roden, Brian P. $40 is a computer dating program. It can be used as a fund raiser for clubs or schools. Creative Parties For Kids (CPK) Wilkens, Lauri $15 is an electronic book on how to keep children entertained at birthday parties. It covers invitations, games, decorations, food and other party ideas. Giftwrap (GIFTWRA) Asha Associates $? lets you create personalized giftwrap paper from your printer. The program is menu-driven and easy to use. The basic concept is that you put in a short phrase, such as "Happy Birthday, Charlie!" and the phrase is repeated to create various patterns on the paper. Output can be directed to a text file so that you can add additional flourishes before printing if you wish. Hack-Sim.Bas is an entertaining program with which to impress others of your "hacking" skills. It simulates a communications hook-up into a NORAD computer, prompting you for security access codes and displaying authentic looking warning messages. Party Welton, Douglas $? will help you in planning your next party. It contains recipes for wine punches and instructions for party games. It also has wedding anniversaries and their symbols, birthstones and their months, birthdays with zodiac signs to help in selecting the perfect gift, and a list of special dates of the year for 1989. Texas.BAS Sometimes we will really stretch our standards in adding a program to the Additions Disks if it only takes 1-2k of disk space like this one. This program draws the Texas flag and plays the Eyes of Texas (BASICA required). Did I mention it's only 1408 bytes? -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #2764 -------------------------------- News Of The Past Spectrum Unlimited $50 #27759/4339 [2 disks] prints out a page of interesting facts for any date back to the year 1900. It is intended primarily for presentation to people on their birthdays. Categories of information include Events of the Month, Sports, Cost of Living, Shared Birthdays, Popular Songs, Movies, Your Birthstone, and Your Birthsign. You can edit and add to the databases with a text editor. Requires 640K memory and a hard disk is recommended. --------------------- 1099 Self-Improvement Small Programs Disk --------------------- ReadFast! (READFST) O'Rear, Larry $12-$25 is a computer aided reading and speed-improvement program. In this course you will find some of the causes of slow reading, and find out how to overcome those obstacles. You will be paced as you read to force you to increase your speed. Your reading speed will be measured in order to show you the progress that you are making. Resume Reid, Bill $5 will assist you in the preparation of resume to submit to potential employers. Assemble all the files using WordStar in a non-document mode, install it on a floppy and mail it to the personnel director. This approach is innovative enough to give your resume a higher probability of being read. Resume Professional 1.6 (RES-PRO) Leinecker, Richard C. $22 helps you put together a professional looking resume. It prompts you for the various elements of a good resume, including the cover letter. You can save, recall and edit your work. The program is fast and easy to use. SR is a speed-reading teaching program. Sublim Yee, George $? flashes what are supposed to be subliminal messages on the screen. The problem is that your conscious mind, which is not supposed to be wise to what your subconscious mind is seeing, will be very aware of the messages flashing on the screen. We have very strong doubts that this thing will work (but for some reason, I suddenly have an urge for popcorn...). Willkit "Old Lawyers Tricks" $? It is with some trepidation that we distribute a file that purports to give legal advice, particularly for something as important as a will and even more particularly when the copyright is registered to something called "Old Lawyers Tricks". However, if you follow the warnings and use this file just to create a draft of a will which you have reviewed by a lawyer, we don't see how that could do any harm, so here it is. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGAAMS DISK #1099 -------------------------------- ------------------------ 3966 Self-Improvement #2 Small Programs Disk ------------------------ Affirmations 1.0 (AFFIRM) Rygiel, Patrick R. $15 starts your day with a different positive and inspiring message of affirmation. Just add to your Autoexec.bat file. Helper Schmit, Leslie $20 is a self-hypnosis aid. After it helps put you in a relaxed state, it prompts you to remember and act on whatever words and actions you gave it. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MYERS) $0 is a personality test based on Myers Briggs. Your answers will show how you like to look at things and how you like to go about making decisions. Keirsey Temperament Sorter 2.0 (KEIRSEY) Johnson, Phil $0 is an enhanced version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Your answers to the 70 questions will help show how you like to look at things and how you like to go about deciding things. Omni is a self-test program to show if you are more right-brained or left-brained. My left brain says to drop this program, but my right brain says `Oh, what the heck.' Shrink-U asks you about in about 500 different ways if you are introverted or extroverted and whether or not you are organized and then tells you if you are introverted or extroverted, organized or not. Slick, huh? (This program got through the librarians meeting on a split decision. Guess who lost.) -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #3966 -------------------------------- ------------- 0520 Aviation Small Programs Disk ------------- Flight Manager Computer (FMC) McKenna, John $15 provides all the functions of the E6B, AVSTAR, and direct routing for Way Point to Way Point Navigation. The author has tested the formulas in actual flight conditions, compared it to a Smith Industries B737 Flight Computer and found it to be accurate. FlitePln (FLITEPL) is to be used with the program PC-FLY. It requires only that essential information which all pilots use when planning a flight. Data which can be readily obtained from a chart is not included in the program. Shuttle Tracker (STS) Lloyd, Robert ASP $10 lets you enter flight data for the Space Shuttle from the newspaper which the program will record and then use to display the orbital path over a map of the world. (Lloyd is also author of the popular WORLD program.) STS can also be used to predict when the Shuttle will be overhead for possible night time viewing. 0520 Sports ----------- BassTips 1.4 (BASSTIP) Olsen, Richard A. ASP $10 pops a valuable fishing or boating tip onto your screen each time it is run. Over 100 tips are provided and you add more. Handicap (HANDICA) Montoya, Ernest $? is a horse race handicapping program. BASIC is required. Harness is a program that helps you get rich by betting on harness races. Even if you are not interested in placing bets, you may find the extensive documentation to be interesting. Sportfishing 2.1 (SPRTFSH) Virginia Marine Science Museum $15 allows you to select a sportfish and provides information on spawning, fishing areas, baits and lures and Virginia record catches. This program focuses on the Chesapeake Bay and nearby coastal waters. -------------------------------- END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #0520 -------------------------------- Animals Campana, D. & Crabtree, P. $50 #1697 is a specialized file management program designed to assist the archaeozoologist in the essential tasks of recording, sorting, totalling, and otherwise analyzing fairly large collections of animal bone remains. A hard disk or 720k+ floppy is required. Birds Greene, T. R. $15 #2018 is a guide to the identification of land birds of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay Area. It works in two ways: you can enter the name of a bird and get a description of it, or it will prompt you for a detailed description and tell you what kind of bird you have spotted. Babble! Korenthal Associates, Inc. ASP $25 #3104 generates random, but often interesting, prose in a user-specified style that can range from Mother Goose to Shakespeare. You can mix styles and create your own. Lots of fun for word lovers. Several separate Babble files created by the program are provided on this disk. BabySitter Brandyware $20 #3930 is a program to leave running on your computer for the babysitter. It provides access to all the information that a babysitter could possibly need: your schedule while out (including addresses, phone numbers and times), emergency numbers, things to do (complete with alarms), special instructions and a lot more. Other features include phone dialing through a modem, mouse support, custom screens, calendar, and more. Bald Groff Software $15 #4096 provides information on the causes of baldness and a list of possible cures. There are also sections describing a number of ways to hide baldness, a glossary of terms, a quiz on baldness, and famous quotes on the subject of baldness. Ballistic Frenchu, William R. $10 #1083 generates ballistic tables for handloaders. It also calculates ballistic coefficient, remaining velocity, energy, momentum, drop, wind deflection, maximum height, and time of flight at a given range. In addition, it can be used to determine the amount of recoil generated by a cartridge and gun and produce trajectory tables for estimating "holdover". Features include a graphic representation of trajectory, calculation of IPSC power factor, faster program operation, calculation of point-blank range and minimum twist, and more. Colorado Vacations On Diskette 1.0 Kott, Andrea $25 #4627 is a database of over 200 interesting places and things to do in Colorado. Topics include a variety of outdoors activities, attractions, lodging and more. Names, addresses, phone numbers, and contact names are included. It features popular attractions such as Aspen, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, Keystone Resort, Steamboat Springs, Gaming in Teller and many year-round activities associated with these resorts. Requires DOS 3.1+, 640K RAM, and a hard disk or high density floppy. Cat-Med Jim Lynch $15 #4097 contains a menu-driven database of common feline symptoms and ailments. It allows you quickly and easily determine what a particular symptom might mean and to see what symptoms may be associated with a given ailment. This program is a must for all cat owners. Requires 400+k disk space. Data-Plane Aviation Software [DATAPLN1, DATAPLN2, DATAPLN3, DATAPLN4] Data-Plane, Inc. $63-$228 #20113 [4 disks] is a comprehensive flight planning package. This 4-disk set contains programs which provide heading, ground speed, distances, en-route minimum altitudes, and other important information for pilots. Hard disk is required. Deer Expert 4.1 Strat-Tech, Inc. ASP $26 #12287 is a whitetail deer hunting program. It helps determine the best hunting method given conditions such as terrain, weather or day of season. Hunting logs are provided for equipment, safety, kill records, recipes and others. It also contains a library of information on hunting techniques, safety, ticks and more. This program contains data for doe, smaller bucks, and recovering wounded deer. Requires DOS 3.3, and 720K disk space. DynaMind Salahi, David L. $? #1857 assists you in identifying and ranking your goals and in understanding what is motivating you toward them. Once you have clearly defined your situation and your goals, it can help you to create strategies for achieving your goals and to evaluate alternatives. Frankly, some of the steps, such as Reversing Your Goals, seem at best to be a waste of time and at worst, more than a little silly. However, others, such as Change the Rules can get you to look at your options in a new light. If structured analysis of problems is not your strong point, this program could be of benefit to you. Boater's Helper Shelter Island Press, ASP $50 #27358/2535 is a complete system for managing every aspect of your boat or yacht from food and supplies to charts, projects and repairs. The program is easy to install and use. Requires 512K. FishBase ][ 2.9 Olsen, Richard A. ASP $15 #27358/2019 will help you keep a diary of things you want to know about your fishing activities. Fish-N-Log Plus Taylor, Robert E. $30 #27358/2720 is a fisherman's diary/log. It will recall the information for improving results on later trips; display the best spot during specific months; and remind you of the best methods, colors, and time of day. Other features include the ability to store data about your rod, reel and line-size combinations and to store information about hotels where you fish. You can also record descriptions of situations, combination of conditions, methods, tackle combinations, etc, which produced or didn't produce fish. Requires 300K and a hard disk drive. Loran Locator Fundamental Services $40 #27358/1978 is an electronic "numbers" book for boaters who collect Loran C fixes for diving or fishing. This program will quickly and easily organize, store, recall, update, and print your Loran waypoint numbers. Features include duplicate checking and purging, import/export to/from many data base manager programs, waypoint register, float plan, and multiple data file support. Fishbyte EJM Computer Consulting LTD ASP $30 #4263 is a fishing and Loran log program for salt water anglers. The Fishing Log lets you record and search on date, location and species, as well as noting tides, winds, bait type, size, number caught and more. In addition to the Loran log, the program lets you keep track of moon phases, personal best, and techniques. Freebies 4.0 [FREEB40] Puccio, Louis $20 #4971 is a sample database of companies with toll free numbers where you can obtain free magazines, game demos, videos and more. As an example of the type of freebies offered, an EGA/VGA helicopter game is included on the disk. A computer tutorial and dictionary is also included. Gemologist Integrated Appraisal Williams, Robert $? #0806 is a price database for appraising gems. John Uharriet, California, says that he gets an "Illegal function call in 3930" when trying to run this program. The routine starting at line 3930 uses graphics to draw a U.S. map on the screen, which really has nothing to do with the program. If you have non-graphics video or if your BASIC does not support the DRAW command, you can bypass this code as follows: at the DOS prompt, load your BASIC. Once in BASIC, enter LOAD "GIA" and then type 3925 GOTO 90 and press Enter. To save this change, enter SAVE "GIA". G.I.F.T.S. Hulen & Associates $10 #1247 suggests gifts for you to give people given your specifications. For example, entering MAN as a criterion brings up 95 possible gifts. Specifying MIDDLE-AGED narrows it to 26 choices. FUN narrows it down to four. (Clearly, middle-aged men are not supposed to have fun.) So if my wife uses this program, on my next birthday, I should be expecting one of the following: (1) fitness weights, (2) a bridge-playing computer, (3) a chess-playing computer, or (4) a weekend trip to a romantic getaway. Handwriting Analyst Ciasa $50 #1538 analyzes your handwriting by asking you a series of questions about how your handwriting looks. A short or detailed analysis can be sent to the screen, file or printer. Infoware Jordan, David $35 #2721 is an index to over 180 issues of nine major woodworking journals: "American Woodworker, Fine Woodworking, Hands On, The Woodworker's Journal, Weekend Woodworking Projects, Wood, Woodshop News, Woodsmith," and "Workbench". The database is dBIII compatible and may be searched by key word and/or by journal. You can add and edit entries. Requires 640k RAM and a hard drive. Inside Secrets Of Credit Repair 3.0 InfoTek $40 #4185 explains how to request a credit report from three major credit bureaus and dispute inaccurate credit report statements. Features include credit report request letters, definitions for credit report codes, sample dispute statements, a complete copy of the Fair Credit Report Act, and a Case Study of credit repair. Requires 512K RAM, EGA/VGA and DOS 3.3 or above. The NYC Cab Driver's Joke Disk Joke Disk International $5-$18 #4652 contains a dBase-compatible database of 100 jokes. It allows you to search, browse, and print the jokes, and add your own. The jokes provided on this disk include groaning one-liners, knock-knock jokes, and some seriously off-color stories. PC Parent SkySoft $25 #3935 keeps track of school, immunization, medical, book, financial, possessions, clothing and other necessary family records. It also includes a baby-sitter information sheet. PBH Gift PBH Software Services $10 #3836 keeps track of dates, sizes, likes and dislikes for everyone to whom you give gifts (Just in time for the holidays.) It keeps track of gifts you give and receive. Pilot Log Book Data-Plane Inc. $? #12201 is a professional pilot's log book. You can specify the text for field headings and the widths for fields. It has ten fixed length fields including date, to, from, remarks, make and model, tail number, TT, fuel costs, maintenance costs, and miscellaneous Costs. Smart-N-Easy Wedding Planner 3.0 [WEDDING] Automated Systems $30 #27524/2819 (formerly Perfect Wedding) is a complete wedding planner that will organize your plans, schedule, guest list, seating chart, and more. It automatically calculates your expenses to help keep you within your budget. It also prints out reports and mailing labels, and keeps a complete record of material and monetary/non-monetary gifts received for future reference. Other features include a customizable wedding planning guide, and a honeymoon planning guide. It also keeps track of hotel accommodations for your guests. Requires 512K and 1 meg of disk space. Wedding Organizer Irwin, Chris $20 #27524/3460 will help you keep track of your guests and RSVP's, make lists, create a budget with up to 45 different categories, compare costs, track vendor contracts and information. Also included is a manual for how to get along on the honeymoon night. Requires 512K and a hard disk. JEJ's Wedding Organizer 2.0 JEJ Custom Software $60 #27524/4107 [2 disks] will help you keep track of the wedding data: party, guests and RSVP's, gifts, costs, dates, and reception seating. Several comprehensive lists can be created. Requires 348K and a hard disk. JCCS Library Disk #1 JCCS Library $15 #27362/1816 is a set of programs for the home: Agitate 3.0 is a game somewhat similar to Parchesi. From one to four people can play. The sound can be toggled off and a save and restore feature has been included. Dice 1.0 is a math game with dice directed toward the young user. The object is to add/subtract multiple/divide the numbers on the dice. Hangman is the world famous game of letters and words (single/multi-player). You can control 5 to 15 letter misses before your man gets the rope. HMS4 is a home management package for checking account and home inventory. It can handle electronic transfers and automatic teller machines. The search and report option can now report directly to screen. Searches can be performed on all files, check only files and non-check files. Jsticks is a joystick setup and diagnostic program. Lander 1.0 is an EGA graphics game requiring a joystick and EGA/VGA board. It is a simple game that makes you the pilot of a space craft that has to land on a base at different locations. JDM Programs McClendon, Judson D. $? #27362/1352 is a diverse collection of programs that we would ordinarily put into different sections of the library by program type, but the author has asked us to keep them together on one disk. KALEDIS is a kaleidoscope program for EGA/VGA. It uses the maximum resolution and color range of each adapter. BIGCALC emulates a Hewlett-Packard calculator with stack and ten registers. Precision can be set from 3 to 1020 digits. Functions include square root, square, reciprocal, and pi & e constants. CALENDAR prints a one-page calendar for any year and prints the holidays in bold at the bottom of the page. PLOT3D does 3D plotting with perspective (modify for your function) with commented source code. PRIMES calculates all primes within any range from 1 to 999,999,999 PSET is a printer setup utility which can be modified for any printer. All programs include source code in either C or BASIC. Rad Software #2 Rad Delaroderie $10-$20 #27362/2292 is a set of different programs for the home: ClassWord 3.2 ($20) is a word-square puzzle maker designed specifically for classroom use by teachers. Using your custom created list of up to 20 words (including optional definitions for each word), it will randomly hide the words forward, backwards, and in all directions within an unpredictable square of random letters. You can save lists of words so that you can use them at any later time to create a word-square puzzle. DeduceIt 1.4 ($5) plays the popular number game where you logically deduce a random three digit number. Up to four people (including the computer) can play. MyStuff 6.1b ($10) is a home inventory program. MyMoney 2.0b ($20) is a full-featured personal checking account program designed for personal use. It makes it easy to balance a checkbook. BombAway 1.2 ($10) is an artillery combat game for EGA/VGA displays. This is a graphics game, in which two people fire artillery shells at each other over hills under a moonlit star-filled sky. Knitware Sweater Design 1.2 Morningdew Consulting Services Ltd. $40 #4186 helps hand and machine knitters custom design sweaters and prints the pattern instructions to knit from. It allows any yarn gauge; provides a variety of mix and match sweater style components, 28 standard sizes and allows all measurements to be customized. Landscape Plant Manager Boufford, Robert $50 #3744 is a specialized database system for the management of information on plants used in landscaping. It allows you to add, delete and modify information about plants, search for plants based on scientific name or common name, and search for plants matching one or more design criteria. LogBook AvSoft $15 #3832 is a logbook for pilots. Information is provided to find out if you meet the minimum requirements of Far 61.57 for day and night landings and instrument flight. You can view and print your totals. A logbook can be printed with all entries and a totals sheet that includes a currency check. Loudspeaker Modeling Program Sitting Duck Software $40 #3745 allows the amateur speaker builder to design loudspeaker systems. It contains three programs which will allow you to design two-way loudspeaker crossover networks, see the predicted on-axis frequency and phase response of the completed system, and to calculate the proper enclosure size and tuning for the woofer. DOS 3.0+ and 384K is required. Metric-X ORION Development Corp. ASP $28 #4099 is an extremely easy to use Metric-English-Metric conversion utility. It uses drop-down menus with 10 categories covering 138 units of measure. Metric-X has been designated as an "Accepted Metric Conversion Tool" by the U.S. Interagency Council on Metric Policy. MotorHome Manager Shelter Island Press, ASP $50 #2536 assists in the maintenance of a motor home. NavProg #0497 prepares a flight log for use in cockpit. You do have to set up the data files on drive B:, however. If you do not have a drive B:, try using DOS's ASSIGN command to ASSIGN B=A to test run the program. On the same disk is PREFLIGHT which is for small aircraft and OPCOST which calculates operating costs. Also on this disk: PreFlight Christian, Alan $? is a preflight planning calculator for light and ultralight aircraft. An associated program, OPCOST, calculates the operating cost of an aircraft. Origami Furiya, George $20 #0583 is a delightful set of BASIC programs that show you how to master the ancient art of paper folding. What makes the programs delightful is the use of graphics to demonstrate the folding. It's fun to watch even if you never try the folding yourself. BASIC and a graphics card are required. May not work on some clones. This apparently does not work with QBASIC which is supplied with DOS 5.0. David Robertson writes: "I had some problems running Origami on my Compaq portable. The various programs on this disk generate sound using OUT 66,xxx OUT 97,xxx. Then they rely on SOUND 37,0 to turn the sound off. On my machine, the sound never goes off once it starts. I fixed this by changing all the SOUND statements to SOUND 37,1." Nicholas Hayer, Warren, VT: "I am unable to get the program to work with DOS 5's QBasic without getting a device I/O error." PsL: This is a rather old program and is not compatible with DOS 5's QBasic. Pauwels Catalog Pauwels, F. & P.P.S. $45 #7638/4021 [2 disks] is a database of DOS and OS/2 business (ie: no games, education) software. The product can searched for by name, category or editor. It references all software which was mentioned in U.S. computer magazines in the last year. For most entries, a window shows the magazine name, issue and page number for all mentions of the product. Another window will show the publisher's name, address, and phone numbers for most products. Takes over 900k of disk space unarchived; 1.6meg after index files are built. New entries can be added by the user. Portable Punchline Kit U.D. & Associates $20 #4024 lets you keep maintain a database of jokes, funny quotes, or just humorous incidents. This program may be ideal for a professional comedian, public speaker, as well as for someone who just enjoys humor. Some riddles jokes, dialogues and anecdotes are already included. Requires a hard disk. ConLog Margison, Steven E. ASP $20 #27357/1435 is for amateur radio operators who participate in the annual November Sweepstakes contest. This set includes a logging program for use during the contest, and two support programs to print the resulting logsheets, summary, and duplicate check sheets. The forms have been approved by the ARRL for submission as valid contest entries. All new contest rules are supported, including the new West Texas section, and QRP power precedence. Provisions are made to edit or delete log entries during the contest, and the program will not let you log a duplicate callsign. Log size is a hefty 2500 entries to cover even you guys in the COLorado section. KB0ZP Contest Log Kebel, Larry $25 #27357/1747 is an amateur radio contest logging program to aid the radio operator in all the chores of logging the contest information in a suitable form for submission for awards. RAC Frequency Catalog RAC Publications $25 #27357/1979 provides a convenient method of cataloging, retrieving, and printing frequencies for the SWL or scanner enthusiast. Requires 384k and two drives. Data files are dBase III+ compatible. Data can be organized in sub-groups, such as by state, type of users, source of the data. Zulu Log Book Weinberg, Alan $30 #27357/2063 is a computerized logbook for ham radio operators. You can quickly find a specific contact or print a report of all contacts, including multi-line comments for each contact. Requires 512k. JOBHUNTgrr-r-r-r Barnes, Mike $15 #27722/4264 lets you create a database of prospective employers. You can print mailing labels for selected companies, keep track of which cover letter was sent to each, print lists of phone numbers and contacts, keep track of appointments, which companies are due for you to call, and more. Looking For Work 2.0 InterDigital $32 #27722/4265 explains in detail every aspect of launching a successful job-search campaign. The program does not simply ask you a series of questions and print out some canned generalities. It takes you one step at a time through each element of the job search campaign, printing out worksheets for you to use when needed. It helps you realistically analyze the type of job and level of pay for which you should be looking, as well as where and how to look. Finally, it teaches you how to write a successful resume. Anyone looking for a job or even thinking about looking should get this program! DOS 3.01+ is recommended. Resume Shop gSOFT $15 #27722/2021 (formerly One Page Report) will assist you in preparing a professional looking resume. This program features the ability to create an unlimited number of resume files to allow tailoring to specific job requirements. You can have up to four work paragraphs, and two educational paragraphs. Resume Master Nixon, James S. $20 #27722/3379 is an easy-to-use resume generator that can produce either a targeted or chronological report. It uses a fill-in-the-blank approach which prompts you for information about yourself, your past work history, and your education. Resumes can be saved and recalled. The output is very professional looking, with the use of bold characters and underlining to highlight key information. JobHunt Scope International $55 #4405 lets you search a database of employers nationwide. For each company, you get the name, address, phone/fax and a brief company profile. You may search on either the region or the job function. Many print options are available, such as personalized mail-merged cover letter, follow-up letters, labels and envelopes for a targeted mass-mailing of your job applications. You can also add other company's addresses to the files. Readfast Panda Studio Inc. $79-$99 #3746 trains you to increase your reading speed and comprehension. It supports several different users and keeps a log of each person's progress. The program is based on a proven method of speed reading courses tested for over 20 years in Europe. The lessons are self-paced, and the menu driven interface is nicely done. You can customize screen colors, sounds, and control keys. A Windows icon and PIF files are included. A hard disk or high density floppy is required. Rob's Celebrity Autograph Kit 2.0 Pinky Productions $13-$18 #12297 contains tips on writing to and obtaining autographs and photos from movie and TV personalities. Over 350+ celebrity addresses are included. This disk also contains programs for pro sport personalities and music personalities. Smart-N-Easy Baby Planner 1.0 [BABY] 08-93 CD Automated Systems $30 #12361 helps the new mother and mother-to-be. It organizes medical bills, insurance claims, expenses, doctor appointments, prescription information, gifts and more. It prints expense reports, a list of questions to ask your doctor, a progress chart on weight gain, and checklists such as things you need to shop for. You can record activities, thoughts and ideas in the diary/journal. A database of baby names and meanings is provided. There is also a Tips and Tricks section with helpful hints and solutions, a month to month pregnancy guide, and a baby's first year guide. Requires 640K RAM and a hard drive. Speaker's Resource 1.0 TexaSoft ASP $49 #4718 makes it easy for public speakers (eg: ministers, teachers) to save and recall stories, quips, jokes, etc., by key word search. PCX graphics can be linked to a text record. A sample database of stories is included. Requires a hard disk. Training Tracker 2.30 Barrentine, Robert ASP $35 #27702/4104 records information on district or council scouters and their training status and generates several reports. Troop Tracker 3.0 [TRTR30] (#27702/4105) is in the same MegaDisk set as the above, but is also available individually. It records information on scouts and scouters of a troop and recalls it in various reports. Merit Badge Tracker (#27702/4106) is the third disk in this set. It records information on merit badge counselors and recalls in various reports. Scout Education Mourino, Richard $25 #27702/4267 keeps track of all your scouts and all advancement, camping and training awards. Five reports are available. Ship Tracker Barrentine, Robert ASP $35 #4192 records information on sea scouts and scouters of ship. It prints rosters, mailing labels, an individual record for each Sea Scout or Scouter and an attendance summary for all Sea Scouts. Pack Tracker 3.0 [PKTR30] (disk #4193) is a similar program for Cub Scouts. Smart-N-Easy Party Planner Automated Systems $15 #4269 is a party planner that will organize your plans, schedule, guest list, seating charts, gifts received, contributions, ticket sales (if any) and more. It helps you maintain a budget by automatically calculating expenses. Deed Plot 0.33 Beiter, David Perry $11-$101 #20180/12192 draws a map from a deed land description, closes open boundaries, and calculates acreage. It supports an assortment of units for the direction and distance, and translates amongst them. This is helpful for locating mutations and blunders in your land description. Survey Land Yourself 1.33 Beiter, David Perry $15-$105 #20180/3019 helps you to survey land yourself. You can plot your deed, find lost corners and lines, calculate acreage, and write land descriptions. You can establish test plots, subdivide property, layout building foundations, landscapes and gaming fields, hide and recover buried treasure, or map a cave. The programs are in uncompiled BASIC, so you will GWBASIC or BASICA, etc, to run them. Most of the disk space is taken up by text files filled with salty political views and offers to sell backwoods land plots in Kentucky. This disk is not recommended for yuppies, to put it mildly. Top-50 Groff, Michael J. $0 #3380 helps you pick a city in which to live or to visit or avoid based on statistical information about the 50 most populous cities in the U.S. U.S. Ski Area Database Robichaux, Joey, $? #2061 is a database of ski resorts throughout the U.S. including Alaska. Information includes, address, phone number, days of operation, the number of trails, the vertical, the percentage of runs (difficulty), number of lists and a brief description of the area. It's easy to use and a plus for any skier. PCW-88 Bayside Indexing Service $0 #1693 is PC World's 1988 Subject Index in hypertext format (which means that you can immediately branch to another file for more information about a particular topic). If you have access to the 1988 issues of PCW, this is a great way to find information about various products and topics. TPN Calc #140 is a labeling program for hospital pharmacies. 386 World Balkan, Eric $15 #1375 is a comprehensive guide/list to the 386 line of PC's. It contains information and products from over 200 vendors, including descriptions of software, complete systems, add-on boards, replacement motherboards, books, a short synopses of magazine product reviews, unbiased tips on buying 386 systems and a file of classified ads. INFO.386 is a straight text file that can be browsed, searched, and modified by any program that can handle standard files. Also supplied is a search program, EZFIND, that lets you do lookups of any word or phrase in the text. Amateur Radio Logbook Weinberg, Alan $30 #1883 provides amateur radio operators with a logbook that can be maintained on a computer. The program is easy to use and uses Btrieve for fast data management. Data fields include a contact number, date, beginning and ending time, call sign, frequency (mhz), emission type, signal reports, power, comments, and more. Requires 512k. PC Shortwave Monitor 2.0 Gitlin, Scott $15-$20 #4712 allows you to create and maintain a database of shortwave radio listening frequencies and create customized listening schedules. ]]]]]