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│ WINDOWS:- HOME AND HOBBIES │
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│ INDEX: this section is divided into several │
│ categories, listed in the order below: │
│ 1) Papercraft, Modelling, Kids Activities, etc│
│ 2) Astronomy, Astrology. │
│ 3) Cooking and Sewing. │
│ 4) Driving, Medicine & Health, Room Planning. │
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PAPERCRAFT, MODELLING, ETC. Ages 5-Adult
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W509: AUNT ANNIE'S CRAFTS v1.2f (94) DOT.WARE - £3.00 HD ONLY
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Learn about science, literature and history along with the art of paper model
making. Sample "book" has 12 projects - including paper planes, pop up
greeting cards, finger puppets, gift boxes, and more. Click to see up to 15
variations of each project. All depicted in clear, colourful diagrams. Step
by step instructions, print full size patterns (intructions and diagrams can
also be printed). BUT there's more! Use "Fun & Facts" button for interesting
background info to each projest, the "Tips" button for extra help, or "Tell
me" button for a related story or poem - all which can be printed. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED. Age 5 (with help) - Adult; 800K(1MB); $28 (more projects); *****
W471: GREATEST PAPER AIRPLANES (94) KITTYHAWK SOFTWARE - £3.00 HD ONLY
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The most innovative program we've seen. Presented as an open looseleaf file.
Step by step, fully animated instructions for making a range of paper darts.
Use any sheet of paper or print one with guide lines and colour artwork (or
b&W for hand coloring). Other "chapters" cover the history of flying (kites,
gliders, Wright bros. etc), basic aerodynamics (bernouilli effect, thrust,
roll, gravity etc.). Also basic paper folding skills, history of paper
making, how and where to fly your creations and much more. Fun, easy to read
format. Pictures animate when clicked. Suitable for everyone from 5 year olds
(with help) to grandparents. BRILLIANT. 800K (1.7MB); $29.95 (gliders, jets,
starships, printed pad, screen saver, sound, trivia); PRINTER OPTIONAL. *****
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ASTRONOMY, ASTROLOGY. Ages 12+
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W536: SKYMAP v2.25 (95) C.MARRIOT (UK) - £3.00 HD ONLY
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Award winning "planetarium" for the novice or experienced astronomer. Display
or print accuarate maps in two styles (Horizon or Sky Area) from any point on
earth, between 4000BC - 8000 AD. Select exactly what you wish to display
(planets, comets, deep sky objects, grid, names, numbers, etc.). Full zoom
facility. Save as BMP files. Click on any object for extra info. 16,000 stars
to magnitude 7. Brilliant! 12+; 1.3MB (2MB); £20 (88,000 stars, more); *****
W530: ASTRO WORLD FOR WINDOWS v2.0 (93) FABIAN & BUDDENDIEK - 2 DISKS £5.00
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Very comprehensive; for serious astrologers or those who simply wish to print
horoscopes for friends (or the local bazaaar / fete?). View or print radix,
transit & synastry horoscopes. Prints detailed text interpretations (20 pages
per horoscope). 2000 world place names (birth locations) or add your own. Max
2 billion people / places! Full control of fonts, colour & design of charts.
6 house systems - Placidus, Koch, etc. Planetary charts, aspectarium, etc.
2MB (3MB); $70 (upgrade); PRINTER. *****
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COOKING AND RECIPE MANAGEMENT, SEWING. Ages 12+
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W531: WINDOWS COOKING AND FOOD MANAGEMENT SPECIAL COLLECTION - £3.00 HD ONLY
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USENET COOKBOOK (93) A.BROWN (UK) - interesting community cookbook featuring
500+ recipes (all categories) from Unix users all over the world. Full search
facilities. 430K (500); FW; WIN 3.1. 4MB RAM. ****
RECIPE GOURMET (93) ALSTON - nice looking, easy to use organiser for your own
recipes. Fully customisable fields and templates. Plus useful charts on beef,
wine, substitutions. 100K(400); £14.95 (extras, manual); VBRUN200. ****
FROM SCRATCH v2.0 (93) F.IMBURGIO - good processor for your own recipes.
Include nutrition information, convert for servings, print shopping lists,
etc. Full font & colour control. dBase compatible. 235K (740); $34.95
(convert menu-master files [H532], recipes, manual). ****
SHOPPING LIST MANAGER (93) ROSE - ideal for restaurants, home caterers, any-
one that needs to print and keep any type of list. Once you've made a master
list just click on required items; right click if you have a coupon for that
item, CTRL-click lets you add comments. Add extra items. Max 5000 items.
Print under aisle nos. or alphabetically. 36K (90); $25 (update). *****
SEWING: - SORRY HAVEN'T FOUND ENOUGH WINDOWS NEEDLECRAFT PROGRAMS YET BUT
~~~~~~ THERE IS A VERY GOOD "CROSS STITCH FOR WINDOWS " PROGRAM ON DISK
H503 (SEE DOS HOME AND HOBBIES SECTION FOR DETAILS).
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DRIVING, HEALTH AND MEDICINE, PLANNING All Ages
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W480: ROADUSER1 V3.0 FOR WINDOWS (95) NOVELLA (UK) - £2.00
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Our favourite roadsign/highway code program now rewritten for Windows users.
Those with soundcards will enjoy new sound effects. Options include length of
test and time allowed per question. For learner drivers or anyone wanting to
brush up their highway code, ideal for cycling proficency tests. RECOMMENDED.
700K (1.3MB); £15 (more signs and questions, free DOS version too); *****
W430: TRAFFIC EXAMINER (94) K.G.DANIELS (U.K) - £3.00 HD ONLY
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For anyone taking their driving test or just wanting to brush up their
knowledge of the Highway Code. Includes one full test on UK traffic signs.
Registration (£20) brings further road signs plus tests that cover the 100
most questions asked in driving tests. 17+; 1.2MB(3MB); £20(more tests); ****
W396: WINMED (93) v2.01 iDR SYSTEMS LTD (U.K) - £6.00 2 DISKS HD ONLY
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Outstanding, interactive medical resource for the home. Interesting for
experts and casual observers. Highlights inc: Child Development - milestones
for ages 0-5, growth charts etc. Symptom Analysis, easy home tests. Disease
library. Obesity, nutrition, find your ideal weight. Genetics. Dictionary,
on-line help, database for your records. Excellent graphics. Written by a
Family Doctor & Computer Scientist. 2MB(3MB); £24.95 (140+ extra pics); *****
W564: DESIGN A ROOM v2.2 (94) R.MACE - £2.00
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Draw rooms (max 40'x 25'), add fittings and furniture and move it around to
your heart's content - all with a simple mouse click. Use pre-drawn colour
images from picture menu; 17 fittings (walls, doors, lights, windows, etc)
and 31 furniture types (kitchen sink, sofa, toilet, bath, freezer, fireplace,
- even piano and pool table!) plus blanks. Everything can be re-sized to
within 1 inch. Put several rooms on same page, an entire floor plan, same
room twice with different layouts, etc. Print or save. Excellent - easy
enough for children to design their "perfect" bedroom whilst learning about
design and layout. 500K; $19.95 (larger area, other features). *****
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│ OTHER RELATED PROGRAMS │
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│ PLEASE SELECT "HOME AND HOBBIES" FROM THE SHAREWARE MENU FOR MANY MORE │
│ DOS PROGRAMS - cooking, gambling, lottery, knitting, and much more.... │
│ Sign Language can be found under MISCELLANEOUS - TEACHERS TOOLS, word │
│ games and crossword puzzles in the EDUCATIONAL - WORD GAMES section. │
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