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│ SCIENCE AND COMPUTERS │
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│ INDEX: this section is divided into several │
│ categories, listed in the order below: │
│ 1) Biology and the Environment │
│ 2) Physics, Chemistry, Combined Science │
│ 3) Computers, Typing Tutors, Electronics │
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BIOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT All Ages
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* UPDATED * H384: MICROSCOPE v2.0 (94) MOLCOL (UK) - £6.00 2 HD DISKS ONLY
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Fantastic piece of work. Now has full mouse support and much improved slide-
set management utility, plus many many other enhancements. Two slidesets
included; first is a mixture of 8 stills including sperm, fly, leaf sections,
and human muscle, the second is an animated daphnia sequence. Unique teaching
tool - just like the real thing! Simulates magnification, lighting, polaris-
ation, staining and other techniques. Tutorial files may accompany slides.
"Pointers" show specific features. Two registration options, full PRO version
for £38 or an extended shareware certificate (£12). This second option would
be ideal for students that maybe use the PRO version at school but need a low
cost version at home with which to familiarise themselves the program's
capabilities. Registered users have a vast selection of slidesets available
to them including some specifically designed for GCSE and A level. Supports
foreign languages. On-line help and tutorial. Ages 11-ADULT; 2MB (4.5); Needs
286, VGA, HD, MOUSE. DOS 3.1+. Faster, improved performance with any (or all)
of the following: 386/486, extra RAM, maths co- processor, etc. *****
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ ** MICROSCOPE ** │
│ * REGISTERED VERSION * │
│ NOW AVAILABLE FROM WISEOWL SHAREWARE │
│ ONLY £38.00 INCLUDING POSTAGE AND PACKING │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
H385: MICROSCOPE SLIDES (93) MOLCOL - extra slidesets for Microscope (H394).
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Animated crawler, nice set of extra wide slides & a general mix including an
unknown insect for you to identify! 10+; 600K(1MB); ***** [3½" DD £2.00]
H399: MICROSCOPE SLIDES PACK 4 (94) MOLCOL - £3.00 HD ONLY
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This selection is for Pond Life enthusiasts and includes 6 "stills" (rotifer,
fly laying an egg, etc.) and 4 animated sets (drop of pond water, vorticella
"bells" etc).Fascinating! 10+; 1.4MB (2.5). *****
H454: MICROSCOPE SLIDES PACK 5 (94) MOLCOL - £3.00 HD ONLY
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More excellent shareware slidesets for MICROSCOPE (H348) - includes a general
mix of "stills" (fly, shrimp, spider, etc), animated sequence, brine shrimp
study set. 1.2 MB (2MB); *****
H466: MICROSCOPE SLIDES PACK 6 (95) MOLCOL - £3.00 HD ONLY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Another excellent selection of animated and still slides for MICROSCOPE. Inc.
Amoeba, electric spark, mammalian and plant tissue (for A level students),
spider and several others. Built in tutorial gives full explanations of what
you are looking at, plus it has useful instructions for practice with various
techniques - focusing, filtering, etc. 1.4 MB (2MB); *****
H356: BUILD A FISH v2.1 (91) M.C.VANG
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Run as an interactive display at Virginia Marine Museum, this program allows
the user to select various attributes (body shape, cross-section, dorsal fins
etc) and build a "real" fish (67 covered) plus a brief description. 10+; 220K
(1.2MB); $20 (update, other programs); CGA. HD. ****
***UPDATED*** H167: ANIMAL QUEST v2.02 (93) ALIVE SOFTWARE
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Now has optional soundcard support so you can have music and digitised sound
effects whilst you play! (PC Speaker is OK), also new mouse support. Select a
forest animal, then cross your habitat collecting as many energy tokens as
possible. Play as a board game or remove grid and use as an arcade type game.
Discover prey, learn about food chain ecology. Use magnifying glass to learn
more about any animal or plant. Excellent graphics - sVGA users are in for a
real treat! RECOMMENDED. 7+; 380K (700); $22(jungle and ocean animals, digit-
ised animal sounds);HD. EGA. VGA. sVGA. *****
[3½" DD (£2.00) or 5¼" HD (£3.00)]
E226: GREEN (92) CASCOLY
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Educational strategy game with an environmental slant. Help the Planters
prevent Pavers from building parking lots. Incredibly detailed 3D EGA
graphics. Maps of varying complexity can be scrolled/rotated. Change maps by
building hedges and walls, or reducing Lots to rubble. 340K; 10-ADULT; $25
(bonus maps, program, update); EGA. MICROSOFT MOUSE (not Amstrad mice). ****
E129: SAVE THE PLANET v2.5 (92)
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Impressive environmental database with vast amount of information. Supports
all graphics (HERC/CGA in mono only). Menu-driven; text with colour graphs,
charts and pictures where appropriate. 10 main areas: greenhouse gases, CO2
from fuels, deforestation, CFCs, population, extinction, etc. Plus further 12
topics on "what action to take" (recycling, saving energy at work/home, etc).
Text may be printed out. Also a "game" (actually a global warming simulator),
bibliography (300+) and a list of 200+ relevant organisations. For home or
classroom. 12-adult; 340K; $25 (update, guide). Any graphics monitor. *****
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PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, COMBINED SCIENCE Ages 14+
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H562: SENIOR PHYSICS FACTS (92) R.LAMONT (EIRE) - £2.00
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Super tutorial / revision aid for GCSE through to A level. Split into 8 main
sections (Waves & Sound, Mechanics, Electricity, Atomic/Nuclear Physics, Heat
& Temperature, Light, etc). Each has fifty odd pages of help, notes, colour
diagrams, and sample questions. Also hypertext buttons to click for more
info, which includes interesting historical background on famous physicists.
Each section is then followed by an optional test. 14+; 170K (460); £10 (more
features); MOUSE OPTIONAL. ANY MONITOR. *****
E477: DO YOU KNOW YOUR PERIODIC TABLE? (menued)
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THE ELECTRONIC PERIODIC TABLE v2.0 (92) C.DAVIES - view table or search for
info (no. mass, oxidation states, boiling/melting points, radius, crystal
structure and many more categories). Print option. 85K; PD; EGA. ****
PERIODIC TABLE v1.1 (88) J.CLARY - nice colour coded table, a small box on
info comes up automatically as you select each element. 90K; FW; CGA. ****
CHEMPAL v3.2 (90) B.BAKER - tests your knowledge of Periodic Table. 7 skill
levels. Match name to symbol, symbol to name, name to atomic no. etc. Scores
and encouragement, custom colours. 80K; FW; ANY MONITOR. CGA. EGA. ****
H476: THE INTEGRAL SCIENTIST v1.11 (92) INTEGRAL SCIENTIFIC SW
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An amazing, multipurpose program for scientists. A periodic table (with a
flashcard test option) that has five pages of info about each element - and
this is just part of the program! Also includes a super fast VERY useful unit
converter covering thirty categories of units, chemical solutions calculator,
solvent selection database, molecular weight calculator, dilution calculator
and user customizeable data viewer. Built in help, customisable colour
screens, easy to use. Indispensable! Ages 14+; 340K (900K); $50 (support,
update, printed documentation); ANY MONITOR. *****
**UPDATED** H071: CALFACTS GCSE PHYSICS PROGRAM v4.0 (92) SERGOR (UK)
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Improved screens and layout, plus a "Shell" that can be used to run all three
Calfacts programs from a single directory. Written especially for U.K GCSE
exams, it includes about half the topics that are found in the registered
version. This amount of coverage is useful in its own right and allows you to
assess whether you'd benefit from the complete program. Fully menu-driven,
nicely set out coloured screens (mono's OK too). Topics covered inc; Basics;
Linear motion forces; Work; Pressure; Energy; Heat transfer; Specific heat;
Expansion etc. Registration brings coverage of: Molecular structure; Waves;
Light; Charged particles; Magnetism; Electricity; Electronics; Atomic
structure. Choose a topic and work through its keypoints sequentially (ones
you already know can be skipped). Each keypoint (between 2-17 per topic)
consists of 1 or 2 screens of help and explanation; many also have line
diagrams and drawings. After these are studied there's a question. Your
"success rate" shown on a % bar. Sound on/off. A good way to help students at
exam time and add some variety to the monotony of revision. Registration
brings latest version with all topics, £19.95 (individual) or £49.95 for a
site license. 14-16; 200K (600). ANY MONITOR. HD. ****
PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU HAVE ORDERED THE PREVIOUS VERSION (2.1) OF THIS PROGRAM
FROM US AND HAVE EXPERIENCED LOADING PROBLEMS (AN "OUT OF MEMORY" MESSAGE)
PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A FREE UPDATE TO VERSION 4. THANK YOU.
E075: CALTEST - GCSE INTEGRATED SCIENCE (91) v1.1 (menued)
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More GCSE revision, purely a multiple choice test with no "keypoint" screens
as in "Calfacts". Nicely set out with many options: sound on/off, answer
questions in sequence, randomly or choose a topic. Includes a simple pop-up 4
function calculator. 99 questions covering 16 topics; atoms and molecules,
conservation, diet, electricity, maths, waves, photosynthesis, metal, etc.
Single/multiple user; tests may be resumed later. Display class list on
screen (or print) with names, number correct/incorrect, time taken, etc. Also
good as a general quiz for anyone interested in science. 14+; 260K; £20
(update, instructions, more test sets), or £50 site license (ability to make
your own test sets or edit existing ones). ANY MONITOR (best in colour). ****
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COMPUTERS, TYPING TUTORS, ELECTRONICS All Ages
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H560: ET-CAI (ELECTRONICS TRAINING SYSTEM) 94 C.E.ORMAN
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31 comprehensive exercises arranged under 4 headings (DC-Circuits, AC-
Circuits, Digital, Semi-conductors) to help you learn (or teach) electronics
and electricity. Each exercise features explanatory notes, context sensitive
help, drills, extensive graphics, plus questions created with a random
problem generator. On-screen calculator available, where applicable, to help
with problems. Covers wide range of levels from simple groundwork to advanced
topics and problems (A level through to college). Results or "certificates"
can be printed after each run , with student name, time and grade. 16+; 540K
(1.3MB); $45 (manual, personalised copy); MOUSE. HERC. EEGA. VGA. *****
[available on 3½" DD (£2.00) or 5¼" HD (£3.00) only]
H383V: PC-FASTYPE VGA v1.1 (92) TRENDTECH
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Excellent, interactive tutor for both beginners, and more advanced typists
wanting to improve keyboard skills. Portrays colour image of keyboard (101
enhanced), prompting you to use correct keys. Beginners drills, intermediate
and advanced exercises. Use your own texts. Concentrate on specific keys etc.
Keeps track of errors, speed etc. 8-ADULT; 340K(550K); $35 (update, user
guide, support); HD (or 720+ floppy). VGA. 512K RAM. DOS 3.3+. *****
H383C: PC-FASTYPE CGA v4.4 (92)
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Exactly as above but for those with CGA or EGA.
H383M: PC-FASTYPE MONO v1.4 (92)
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The same but for any monitor, ideal for laptops
E222: TUTOR BY ASSOCIATION v1.2 (92) AJOY
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Lively colour screens use animation and diagrams. Interactive and menu
driven. Starts with basics - using a menu, keyboard layout, what's a PC good
for? Seven main sections each with many information screens. Floppies, files,
drives, programs, DOS commands, etc. 180K; 10-ADULT; $19.95 (v2.0, hard disk
and directory sections, more enhancements); ANY MONITOR. ****
**UPDATED** H070:CALFACTS COMPUTER SCIENCE v4.0 (92) SERGOR (UK)
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For general setup of "Calfacts" programs please see Calfacts Physics (above).
Topics in this title inc: Basics; Information systems; Hardware; Bits, bytes,
hex; File structure; Systems analysis; Data input; Output design; Document-
ation, technical manuals etc. Registration brings coverage of the following:
Algorithms; Machine code; Languages; Operating systems; Translators;
Utilities; Word Processors; Error detection; 14-16; 200K (600). HD. ****
PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU HAVE ORDERED THE PREVIOUS VERSION (2.1) OF THIS PROGRAM
FROM US AND HAVE EXPERIENCED LOADING PROBLEMS (AN "OUT OF MEMORY" MESSAGE)
PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A FREE UPDATE TO VERSION 4. THANK YOU.
_____________________________________________________________________________
H333: VGA TUTORS
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VGA WHATS IN THE BOX? (92) J.NAPIER - a superb tutorial with very detailed,
colourful diagrams showing how a PC works, sections on video, motherboard and
much more. Excellent explanation of bits, bytes and binary counting. Very
good. 12+; 140K(250); $9.95; VGA. *****
ANIMATED LESSONS (91) ANIMATED SOFTWARE COMPANY - three animated programs
that can be run separately if desired. HORSE GAIT (canters, gallops etc).
HEART (detailed with excellent pictures and explanations) and PISTON ENGINE
(again lots of info). 9+; 200K(420); FW; VGA. ****
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│ OTHER RELATED PROGRAMS │
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│ Related programs that may be of interest - to │
│ locate, make a note of disk number, then use │
│ the CHECKLIST option from menu screen. │
│ 1) E375 - ELECTRIC CRAYON ZOO - animal facts │
│ 2) E072 - CALFACTS GCSE MATHS revision │
│ 3) E363 - INVENTIONS │
│ 4) W396 - WINMED. 5) W475 - BODY INSIGHT. │
│ LOTS OF ANIMAL PICTURES IN CLIPART SECTION │
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