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BZ-06:  Other General Business Programs


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#0013 Business, Other          Small Programs Disk
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Buzzwords (BUZZWRD)
   Ferreira, Dave
   $0
will generate high-sounding phrases guaranteed to baffle even the most
intelligent. (Examples: "systematized organizational concept", "integrated
transitional capability") Great for inter-office memos.

Buy/Sell Advisor 1.0 (BUYSELL)
   Bristow, Walter S. III
   $15
helps you determine what kind of buy/sell agreement is best for a particular
situation. A buy/sell agreement is used between owners of a business to make
sure the business continues after the death of one of them.

KeyPad
   Riegel, Kurt
   $?
is a practice program, to develop proficiency in using the numberpad on the
keyboard.

Memo
   generates "memos" of random high-sounding language, just for grins.

Multi-Family Value 2.0 (MV-VAL)
   Fishback, Peter L.
   $10
calculates the price to pay for apartment properties using discounted cash flow
analysis. You enter the information concerning the NOI of the property,
financing terms, and required overall equity yield. The program employs an
iterative process to equate the present value of the cash flows to the equity
investment. The program provides for both before-tax and after-tax analysis.

PlusPal 1.0
   PAL Software
   $0
examines a SideKick Plus time planner file and reports the entire contents of
the file.

Review
   Iskaros, Ralph
   $?
guides you through the employee review process. It prompts you for an
evaluation of different aspects of employee performance and summarizes the
results into a printed report.

Selectr
   Ford, L. M.
   $15
assists in making decisions in the selection of which item represents the best
value. It allows you to compare up to ten items on up to 20 factors. You assign
a weight to each factor to indicated its importance.

VeriCard (VC)
   Karnes, Daniel J.
   $5
verifies credit card numbers to the extent possible by verifying the checksum.
TP source code is included. (The author can no longer be reached at the
address provided in the documentation.)

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3356 Business, Other #2          Small Programs Disk
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Jewish Calendars
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CalConv
   Greenberg, Leo
   $20
is a perpetual calendar conversion program, for converting from Jewish to
Gregorian dates and vice versa. It begins with Day One of creation and can
continue until the End of Days, whenever that will be. Jewish dates with
special ritual significance are so indicated. If the day is a Saturday, the
appropriate section of the Old Testament that is to be read is given (parshat
hashavua).

Custom Calendar (CUSTOM)
   Greenberg, Leo
   $30
will print calendars which combine Gregorian (civil) and Jewish dates for each
day, with indication of Jewish days of significance (holidays, fast days, first
day of month) when they occur. It will also prepare a data base of dates of
Memorable Events, important to you, such as birthdays, wedding anniversaries,
etc., including a brief description of their nature, which will then be printed
out in your CUSTOM CALENDAR, on the appropriate civil and Jewish dates.

The Jewish Calendar (TJC)
   Dataform Corporation
   $8-$14
will allow you to dispense with your Jewish calendar book or perpetual
calendar.  All Jewish dates, holidays, and the Sabbath Torah reading (Shabbat
parshiot) are available on-line at the touch of a key.  (This is NOT a TSR.)


3356 Miscellaneous
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U_FNN
   Eggarter, Thomas P.
   $0
helps analyze loans, investments, leases, etc., particularly where the cash flow
may change over time. For example, it can analyze a three-year lease in which
you pay one amount the first year, and increasingly higher amounts in subsequent
years.

Policy Power 1.3 (POLICY)
   Taxonomic Computer Research
   $19
helps you make a very detailed personnel or human resources policy manual. Over
300 policies with 117 topics are provided.

SSN 1.2
   Herron Software
   $15
cross-references social security numbers and state of origin. You can put in the
start of a social security number and find what state(s) it is from or vice
versa.

TravelWare 1.4 (TRAVLWR)
   RSE, Inc.
   $31
organizes all the details you need to keep track of during a business trip. It
lets you easily schedule and review flights, meals, lodging, and transportation,
and keep track of expenses. It features a to-do list and has an alarm. It's
small size makes this ideal for use on laptops.

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4132 Business, Other #3          Small Programs Disk
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Charts-at-a-Glance 1.02 (CHAAG)
   Leonard, Steve
   $15
draws hierarchical charts (such as organization charts) from text files. The
program automatically determines the box size and aligns the chart visibility.
It can do charts up to 10 levels deep and 2000 columns wide. (Not on this
disk. Ask for disk #8872.)

Clock-Work 1.1 (CLKWORK)
   Blanchard Software
   $20
keeps work/time records in log file. Entries are generated from the DOS command
line. A utility lets you review, edit, archive and print the log in various
ways. It will also let you export data for use by spreadsheet, database or word
processing programs.

Product Nomenclature System 1.1 (PRODNAM)
   Hatch, Laurence C.
   $59
generates lists of possible tradenames for products based on information that
you enter about your company and the product. We've seen similar programs where
the names looked like gobbledygook (in fact, we rejected one this month), but
this program appears to generate some usable names.

Product Selection System 1.1 (PRODSEL)
   Taxonomic Computer
   $63
is an expert system development tool to help sales staff and customers select
ideal products. You can set it up to ask questions about the customer's
wants/needs until a selection has been narrowed down to a particular item. It
can also help management focus on niches and gaps in their markets and product
lines.

Tax93
  Procko, Stephen F.
  $35
is an easy to use calculator program that determines Witholding, Social
Security and Medicare Taxes. The menu-driven interface provides sixteen
different pay period scenarios based on the IRS Employer's Tax Guide
(Circular E), Publication 15 (rev 1/93) .

TCR Business Plan Outliner 2.3 (TCRPLAN)
   Hatch, Laurence C.
   $23
helps you create a business plan. It asks you for about 140 pieces of
information and outputs a text file outlining the information you entered. In
addition, it the documentation contains a lot of helpful information and
guidelines for drawing up a plan.

XPENS 1.2
   Williams, Richard A. ASP
   $29
is an expense account program that is quick and easy to use. It eliminates the
task of filling out report forms and doing all the arithmetic.

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1552 For Specific Business          Small Programs Disk
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Box Office Manager 4.1 (BOM)
   Garber, Jerold A.
   $190
manages the sale/distribution of tickets, handles reserved seating, and keeps
track of ticket sales. It will also optionally print tickets, configure a season
of events, design the house seating plan, and print or display sales reports. It
is well suited for theaters, schools, churches, etc.

DayCare
  Waldman, Martin L. ASP
  $89
is an information management program for daycare centers. The program
organizes children by groups and maintains data on the facility, staff, and
children including their health and attendance. It prints many reports and
blank forms for use in the business, such as Child's Medication Record.

Guest
   is a program for an inn to keep track of guest rooms.

PC-Real 4.7
   RDP Services and Felder, David
   $35-$65
is a database and prospect card filing system for Realtors. It has 16 predefined
data fields, on screen instructions and is easy to use.

Plant Cents 1.03 (PLANTCN)
   Vanderlaan, David
   $40
provides an easy way for professional plant nurseries to accurately determine
the cost of producing container-grown plants.  The product costing program
includes a calculated return per square foot per week.  This allows growers to
compare return for different products on an equal basis.

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END OF SMALL PROGRAMS DISK #1552
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Analytic Hierarchy Process 3.01 [AHP]
   Armada Systems
   $99
   #12446 (09-93 CD)
uses a proven analytical method to aid in decision and problem analysis.
It helps quantify subjective or intangible factors. Applications include
location planning, strategic planning, cost/benefit analysis,
recruiting, employee evaluation, resource allocation, product
evaluation, sales forecasting, taste testing, problem analysis, and
market research.


ARM
   Arnold, David
   $25
   #27128/1801
lets you track and analyze advertising costs. Reports include cost-per-inquiry
and number-of-responses-per-advertisement. ARM is menu driven, easy-to-use
program that does not require any computer expertise. We were disappointed
with the program at first because we feel that "analyzing effectiveness"
should mean tracking the amount of revenues generated by each advertising
source, which ARM does not do. But after further consideration, we concluded
that the information it does track is useful too. Requires 512k and a 720k or
greater drive.


Front Office
   Brooks, Howard
   $129
   #27128/788 [2 disks]
is a system for prospecting, sales management, sales order processing, job
costing and profit analysis. It tracks leads and quote activity, coded sales
records, call reports, sales orders, and job cost. WordStar/MailMerge or
PC-Write can be used with Front Office to produce letters and envelopes.

Sales volume projections for sales people can be compared to current
production and last year's figures. Other features include a phone dialer
(through a modem), a word processor, integration with SBT accounting software,
sales tax reporting, and more. Front Office requires a hard disk or 720k+
disks.


Sales-Biz
   Smith, I. J.
   $35
   #27128/2568
is a sales tracking program. It features customer sales, contact logs, products,
and reports. It uses table look-ups and scrolling record windows. Sales can be
entered in the order of dates, customers or products. Requires 512K, a hard
disk.


Bates Directory of U.S. Public Libraries
   International Features
   $29
   #27331/#2786 [2 disks]
is database of nearly 9,000 main U.S. public libraries. It lists addresses,
telephone numbers, information on the number of branch libraries, and the
population base each library system serves. Mailing labels can easily be printed
from the database. A hard drive is required.


Bates Directory of US Daily Newspapers
   International Features
   $45
   #27331/2921  (10-93 CD)
is a database of nearly 1,600 daily newspapers currently operating in the
United States. It lists addresses, telephone numbers, FAX numbers, and the
daily and Sunday circulation and allows you to easily print mailing labels
from the database.


B/Plan Developer 2.2
   Tom Welch, ASP
   $40
   #12538  (10-93 CD)
helps you develop a business plan tailored to your specific business
concept and financing needs. Mouse required.


Business Plan Master 2.7
   Grand Universal ASP
   $34
   #4149  (10-93 CD)
helps you create a professional business plan. It contains sample templates in
ASCII and WordPerfect format that you can easily modify to suit your individual
needs. It also provides Lotus spreadsheet files to assist in the generation of
financial statements and analysis.


Can-Do Marketing Plan Workbook
   Protec
   $30
   #3933
is a detailed discussion of business marketing strategies. It covers
competition, communications, customer relations, and much more. Requires over
900K of disk space.


DRC's Directory of NYSE Corps. 9/93
   Demand Research Corporation
   $0
   #2009 (11-93 CD)
contains important names, addresses, and telephone numbers of publicly held
U.S. companies. The following directories are included:

DRC's Directory of Computer Companies contains information on over 250 U.S.
companies in the Computer Industry.

DRC's Directory of Telecommunications Companies contains names, addresses,
numbers, and principal officers for over 100 U.S. companies in the
telecommunications industry.

DRC's Corporate FAX Directory contains FAX numbers for over 900 major public
corporations and financial institutions that trade on either the NYSE, the
AMEX, or NASDAQ. It includes complete company names and addresses, as well as
exchange affiliation.

DRC's Directory of MIS Executives contains the exact title of each officer,
company name, address, telephone, and industry for over 400 corporate officers
who are responsible for Management Information Systems.

DRC's Directory of Human Resources Executives contains names, addresses,
numbers, industries, and company names of over 800 corporate officers in U.S.
public companies responsible for Human Resources and Personnel.

DRC's Directory of Corporate Controllers contains information on over 700
corporate controllers in major U.S. companies, including exact title of each
executive, plus company name, address, telephone, and industry.

DRC's Directory of Corporate Treasurers contains information on over 500
corporate treasurers in major U.S. companies.

DRC's Directory of Marketing and Sales Executives contains information on over
400 corporate officers responsible for marketing and sales.

DRC's Directory of Manufacturing Executives contains 200+ corporate
officers in US public companies who are responsible for manufacturing
and production.

DRC'S Directory of R&D Executives provides 200+ corporate officers in
U.S. public companies who are responsible for research and development.


Ferndale Fashions Ltd.
   Leppington, Ben
   $29
   #12299
is a company management simulation. You are hired as President of the
company with full control over finance, marketing, production, staff
planning, asset control, etc.

You must react correctly and quickly to real-life situations which will
test your management skills, ethics, social responsibility and judgement
capabilities. Hard disk and color monitor required.


Findata Corporate Profiles
   Findata Company
   $50-$75
   #27534/3499 [2 disks]
contains geographic, industrial and financial information on 2,750 publicly
traded companies. The information has been obtained from actual company annual
reports and press releases. Reports and labels can be printed. The fee shown
above is for an update service.


FYI 1.5
   MAH Software Services
   $25
   #4153  (10-93 CD)
contains over 700 sources of information from US state and Federal government
organizations. Information includes name and address of the organization, phone
number, and a description of the service provided. Information can be printed in
a master list, phone list, and one-across labels. Requires 512K of memory and a
hard drive.


C.Gen 3.0a
   Steinberg, William
   $95-$125
   #27597/3893 [3 disks]
lets you create a customized customer and market research survey using a
database of 430 questions covering up to 20 topics. These questions may be
used as-is, or modified to include your own questions and topics. You may also
use open-ended and demographic questions. Questionnaires and answer sheets may
be printed or a disk may be generated to allow respondents to answer questions
on PCs. It produces custom reports and graphs with trend analysis and
demographic breakdowns.

Easy.Gen 3.0a (#27598/3894 [3 disks]) lets you create a customized employee
attitude survey using a database of 500 questions covering 41 topics. It has
all the same features and capabilities as C.Gen (above). Both programs require
640K, a hard disk and DOS 3.3+.


Control Charts Made Easy!
   Libert, Mark H.
   $33
   #2192
takes the place of a calculator when making common calculations from control
charts. (Control charts are used for statistical process control throughout
the manufacturing industry.) CCME will calculate control limits for the
following charts: x & R (average and range), median charts, x & s (average and
standard deviation), individuals and moving range, p charts, c charts, np
charts, and u charts. It will also calculate Cpk, CP, and CR for the variable
data charts. It will calculate Cpk from mean and standard deviation, and
calculate P-C line values for precontrol/stoplight control charts.


Counsellor
   Hewit, Paul O.
   $108
   #3240
provides an extensive career analysis of a person based on their birth date.
Complete descriptions are given for each element of the analysis.


Decision Analysis System 2.45 [DAS]
   Armada Systems
   $0
   #27649/1960 (09-93 CD)
is a set of two programs for evaluating alternatives.  One program utilizes a
decision matrix to evaluate alternatives based on tangible criteria.  The
second program employs a hierarchial structure of the problem, enabling you to
incorporate intangible factors into your decision analysis.  Applications
include: cost/benefit analysis, strategic planning, employee selection,
resource allocation, sales forecasting, taste testing, and many more.


UDecide
   Cascoly Software ASP
   $20
   #27649/2615
aids in evaluating alternatives and making decisions. You enter a list of
elements by which you will evaluate the contenders, optionally giving each a
weight. Then you enter the possible options, and assign a value to each element.
The program will then calculate the best option(s). You can go back and change
entries in order to play "what-if".


Dispatcher
   MicroServices
   $75
   #3803
keeps track of field service calls for organizations that repair or maintain
products for their customers. It records information about customers calls, the
assignment of service engineers to the call and how the call was resolved.
Requires a hard disk.


Easy Rider
   STW Communications
   $149
   #27450/3074 [3 disks]
is a very comprehensive car-pool administration program. It helps match
riders based on location of their homes. It allows keeping track of data
on each person, such as music preferences, pet peeves, and smoking
habits. Requires 640k and a hard disk.


Employee Benefits Calculator
   Software Magic
   $25
   #3429
helps companies keep track of employee data and Employee Benefits and
prepare Benefit analysis reports for employees. Each benefit item can be
entered as a dollar amount or as a percentage of salary.


Executive's Helper
   .COM Computer Systems
   $43
   #27599/3897 [2 disks]
is a set of programs for business people including a Contact Manager,
Speech/Presentation Manager, Library Manager, Schedule Manager,
Counseling/Meeting Manager, Software Manager, and Personal Journal.

Instant searches are accomplished with the built-in primary index that is keyed
to the most commonly searched field in each manager. Searches can be done on any
other field to find a single record, or you can browse through a group of
records in tabular format. The Personal Journal and Counseling Manager have
built-in password protection. A small word processor is included.


Catalog-On-A-Disk
   EmmaSoft ASP
   $58
   #27556/2696
puts your product catalog on a disk to make it easy for customers to find what
they want and produce an order form that can be mailed, FAXed, or sent by
modem. You can customize screen colors and other features. Capacities are 3180
items and 99 categories. You can import from and export to ASCII files. You
can use U.S. or European/Canadian address formats.


Disk Catalog Development System
   Sitting Duck Software
   $35
   #27556/4152 [2 disks]
lets you create a menu driven, disk based catalog. Catalog files are fully
scrollable, pagable, compressed and can easily be enhanced with boxes, shadowing
and blinking text. You can import ASCII files for colorizing, and make full
color README.COM files. Requires 640K, DOS 3+, and color monitor.


Electronic Catalog Construction Kit
   Garber, Mark
   $45
   #27556/3781
lets you build an electronic catalog/order form on floppy disk. This is really
ingeniously done. The Kit creates a stand-alone program (with your company's
name at the top) on a floppy, along with a database of products and any
descriptions you have entered. Your customers can browse through a list of
products, press a key for more information about each item, enter a quantity
for each item wanted, and the price (including sales tax based upon the
customer's state of residence) will be displayed and an order form can be
printed. Additional features include context sensitive help, a catalog file
management system, and tax and shipping script language. An extensive example
catalog is provided.


Epi Info
   USD, Inc.
   $0
   #27332/#2787 [6 disks]
is a series of microcomputer programs for handling epidemiologic data in
questionnaire format and organizing study designs and results into text that may
form part of written reports. This program can form the basis for a powerful
disease surveillance system database with many files and record types. It
includes the features most used by epidemiologists in statistical programs such
as SAS or SPSS and database programs like dBASE combined in a single system.
Three levels of facilities are included for processing a questionnaire or other
structured data.


HotNET
   Robichaux, Joey ASP
   $52
   #27714/3149 [2 disks]
is a multi-user technical-support system. For each call, the caller's name,
phone number, location (state), problem type, and time and date are entered,
along with five lines for notes. You can view the index arranged by
problem-type or customer name or call number or date. This makes it easy to
refer back to and share information about previous problems, solutions, and
callers. Reports include Activity, Open Calls, Call Frequency Analysis, and
Individual Activity. Other features include free-form text search, caller
detail file, company file, and graphics display options. The system supports
up to 10 workstations. Requires 375K free RAM and a hard drive.


InfoQuest
   MicroTech Computer Services, Inc.
   $89
   #27696/4065 [2 disks]
maintains a database of user requests, categorized by user, project, and
resources and broken down into tasks and deliveries. The program's capacities
are limited only by disk space. You can search/view data by projects, resources,
users and more.


Manage
   Smith, M. D.
   $35
   #1275
is a mini-management course.  Areas covered are communications, decision
making, delegation, employee evaluation, boss evaluating, getting things done,
interviewing, motivating, planning, time management, and overall managing.
Courses are in the form of questionnaires and each course ends with a series
of inspirational material.


Marketing Letter Sender 6.0 [MLS]
   Sax, Paul ASP
   $99
   #20238 [2 disks] (09-93 CD)
is a system for sending and tracking sales and marketing letters. It
keeps track of appointments, callbacks, revenues/expenses, and
collections. Features include Rolodex and label printing, phone dialing,
proposal and invoice generator and mail merging with Wordstar, Word and
WordPerfect. Requires 10MB or more of disk space.


Memo Minder
   Todd, Kenneth V.
   $18
   #2472
makes it easy to send intercompany memos. It lets you save and recall memos.
Normally, we would not add a program such as this because you could do just
about as well with a text editor. However, what sets Memo Minder apart from a
text editor is that it keeps track of the people to whom you send memos and
makes it easy to select specific recipients for a memo, and then generates the
necessary print-outs. A hard disk or high-capacity floppy is required.


MIS Manager
   The Micro Group
   $99
   #27298/2698 [2 disks]
is for DP departments to use in keeping track of computer hardware and software,
as well as required maintenance schedules and requests for program development.
It will generate DP department "bills" and track expenses by department and
budget codes. It also includes a database for magazine reviews of computer
products. Requires 640k and a hard disk. (The authors can no longer be reached
at the address listed in the documentation.)


Softrack
   Multiuser Microsystems
   $50
   #27298/2552
provides a method of tracking software application inventories. Many
corporations are faced with internal and external software audits, and the worst
part is not knowing what software should be on what computer or where the master
diskettes are located.


Topp's Program Library
   Topp, Michael W.
   $20
   #27298/3505
is an easy way to keep track of any number of programs/disks. It tracks
purchases, publishers, invoice numbers and serial numbers. You can print cards,
labels and reports.


PC Manager
   Micro Architect
   $10-$50
   #27694/3218
keeps track of PCs, software packages, printers, monitors, boards, more. It
provides information on where every PC item is located, warranty/service
information, vendors, costs, its serial number, and the related dates. It also
prints and keeps track of orders. It has an extensive reports selection and
support for commercial report writers. Requires 512K, a hard disk and DOS 3.3+.


Help Desk Manager
   Micro Architect
   $150
   #27694/4066
keeps track of reported troubles, past resolutions, product reliability, vendor
performance, cost charge back, user training requirement, and user satisfaction.
This program can be run alone or integrated with the inventory system included.


Network Manager
   Micro Architect
   $199
   #27694/4067
integrates PC inventory with network inventory including phones, cables, and
networks. It supports multiple buildings within a corporation. An order system
and help desk management program are included.


Report Disk
   Micro Architect
   $0
   #27694/4069
includes a set of report functions for PC Manager, Help Desk Manager, and
Network Manager. Reports can be shown on screen, printed or sent to a file.


MOE
   Kelly, Richard A.
   $25-$50
   #1506
is a RAM resident set of utilities (scheduler, expense log, database, phone
book, calculator, DOS utils).  Also on the same disk is PopForm:

PopForm is a 66k TSR that can be called up from within nearly any application
to extract data from your program's screen and merge it into a label, letter,
check, Federal Express form or any other form which you have stored in a disk
file. Then it can either print the form or save it on disk.

A form definition file is more than just the layout of a form. It can contain
subroutines, perform comparisons, calculations, conditional procedures, get
additional input from the user, deal with variables and more. It can even do
some page formatting including margins all around, word wrap, page number and
one-line headers and footers. Since the program can deal with numerical and
and string variables it can also be useful for browsing through a database. We
think this is an excellent program. Our only wish would be for it to use EMS
or hard disk swapping to reduce the amount of DOS RAM required.


MoneyWords 3.2
   Tom Welch ASP
   $20
   #12539 (10-93 CD)
is a comprehensive and practical guide to the language of business. It
covers a wide range of management, accounting, real estate, borrowing,
import/export, going public, and general business terminology in common use
today. Mouse required


OSHALOG.4PC
   Safety Software, Inc.
   $?
   #27542/3614 [3 disks]
tests for recordability factors and prints a U. S. DOS/OSHA approved OSHA Form
number 200 "Log and Summary of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses". Requires
640K, 3 meg space on hard disk and a printer with 12 CPI.


Managing People 9.305
   Smith, M.D.
   $25
   #4155
helps you learn to become a better manager, delegate work, motivate employees,
communicate, make better decisions, be more creative, create positive attitudes,
find an extra two hours a day, better plan, evaluate employees and hire the
right people. There is also a Boss evaluation program.


Plan for Success
   Tetech Business Software
   $38-$89
   #27716/4156 [2 disks]
is a comprehensive business plan preparation package. The first part of the
package lets you create a fully integrated model of your business containing 25
schedules covering the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Forecasts,
Operational Analysis, and much more.

The second part goes into line item detail for all orders, sales, and expenses.
The first year monthly budget, five year forecast, and upside/downside
assessment are covered.


Personnel Master
   Mortgage Service Tools, Inc.
   $479
   #27460/3805
is a personnel management program. It keeps track of employee personal data;
warnings of pending reviews; emergency contact, employee seniority and birthday
lists; skills and training inventory; professional licensing and license
expiration tracking; EEOC reporting and OSHA log; COBRA billing and summaries;
attendance control/tracking; vacation/sick/personal leave tracking; employee
benefits administration; INS I-9 citizenship form control/tracking; job, salary,
commendation/warning, and review histories; automatic archiving of outdated
data; salary budgeting; and over 50 reports which can be ordered by employee,
department, or for the whole company.

The program is menu driven and easy to use, although on set-up, you have to
enter a company name of more than three letters or the program aborts. (Guess
they don't want IBM for a customer.)


Personnel Supervisor
   Mortgage Service Tools, Inc.
   $39
   #27460/2790
is a personnel management program for up to 25 employees. It includes employee
personal and emergency contact data, vacation and sick leave control and
tracking including automatic accruals, reviews, salary budgeting and more. There
are over 30 reports of job, compensation and review histories, birthday lists,
seniority lists, commendation and warning notices, and so on. If all the tones
and beeps the program uses annoy you, and they probably will, get SILENCR on
disk 2006. Requires a hard disk, 512K, DOS 3.1+.


QuickTrax Employee RollCall
   Discovery Graphix
   $41-$91
   #27460/3078 [2 disks]
is a human resources management program for up to 9999 employees. With this
program, a business can keep track of personal and emergency reporting, EEO
tracking and reporting, schedule employee hours, attendance tracking and
reporting, 17 standard reports, backup, calendar, note pad, employee key event
tracking and reporting, speed entry schedules work weeks, and automatic
attendance benefits tracking. Two levels of password protection are present.


PC-Timecard
   Dang, Timothy
   $99
   #27734/4231
lets you use your computer to keep track of employee lunches, breaks, regular
time, overtime, and more. Pay periods can be weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly.

It generates two reports at the end of each pay period: a timecard report for
employees to sign and verify their hours and a manager report for your
accountant. Other features include customizable paid/unpaid lunches and
breaks, password protection, a non-memory resident screen blanker, a viewer
for employees to check their hours, and a clock. (The authors are no longer at
the address listed in the documentation.)


QuickTrax TimeCard!
   Discovery Graghix
   $42
   #27734/4232 [2 disks]
is an on-line time clock program. It is network ready and can keep track of time
and attendance for up to 9,999 employees. This program's data can be used
directly by QuickTrax Employee RollCall (#27406). Employees can punch in or out
of work, check schedules, make to-do lists and send or receive messages.
Numerous reports can be generated to analyze and summarize time card activity,
schedules and employee information. Requires 640K of memory and a hard disk.


Que Accounting/Time and Attendance
   McHugh, Gerald
   $135
   #27777/2792 [2 disks]
is a comprehensive time clock and attendance management package. It captures
time card entries, automatically extends calculations, and performs validations
against customized rules and regulations. Errant behavior reports can be
generated, and trend analysis can be performed using the information collected
over a period of time. This program interfaces with Que Accounting General
Ledger and other popular software. Requires 640K.


PMP+ Plus
   Cintronics Development Co.
   $152
   #27749/4312 [4 disks]
keeps track of inventory, employee hours, maintenance intervals for any machine,
building or tool and die based on hours, dates, or production counts. It
generates reports for repairs, parts usage, inventory, daily assignments, and
historical reports. It also writes work orders, inspection forms and purchase
orders to buy parts from your address file of vendors and more.

A form generator is included to create and print simple text forms. You can
restore files and directories, and format disks. Requires a hard disk and 2.4
meg of disk space.


Reservation Assistant
   Guia International Corporation ASP
   $49
   #3806
allows you to reserve 30 minutes to 24 hours on up to 100 resources for up to
65,000 users for any 36 month period. A resource may have up to 10 features on
which searches for available time may be made. Reservations are graphically
presented. A typical use for this program might be to manage reservations for
tennis courts. Requires a hard drive, 384K, DOS 3+, and a 286 or better CPU.


Software Sales Tracker
   Keber, Robert F. Jr.
   $39
   #2196
is a sales tracking program for software authors. It automatically generates
serial numbers for each product sold and keeps track of quantities sold,
customer addresses, telephone numbers, product serial numbers, product
versions or models, prices charged, shipping charges, sales tax, and the dates
sold and paid, as well as any purchase order or check numbers.

SST will print gross income totals, sub-totals and averages for either the
entire file or for any range of dates you select. It will also print customer
statements for all unpaid records, statements, customer address book, customer
telephone book, address and telephone book, index and rolodex cards, labels
(1, 2, 3 across), "pick & choose" records for label or envelope printing,
shipping labels & envelopes, print to a disk file and customer statements.

Another important feature is the ability for programmers to easily patch their
EXE files with a customer's name, date and serial number.


Small Business Advisor 93/2
   Dynamic Solutions
   $150-$400
   #27727/4157 [2 disks]
will help small or medium-sized businesses cope with the complex tax,
legal, and business environment. The program asks you questions, offers
help, analyzes your answers, and gives you a summary of its conclusions.

A tax-planning module lets you calculate personal or corporate income
taxes. Business Plan, Personnel Policy, and Marketing Feasibility
worksheets are also provided. This comprehensive package contains a
wealth of business/tax law information for all 50 states and the
District of Columbia. The author of the program is a lawyer and a CPA.
1993 Federal Income Tax rates are supported. Over one meg of disk space
required.


TimeCapture 2.4
   Versatile Software Solutions, Inc. ASP
   $60
   #12291  (10-93 CD)
is an employee time clock with a password-protected file manager. The
file manager allows viewing, printing, and saving information in various
formats.


Trip Expense Planner
   Francis, A.W.
   $0
   #2885
lets you budget trip costs and dates, including hotel room rates; dates and
deposits; auto expense information plus other forms of transportation and
tickets; meal expenses; and other miscellaneous expenses. Another module lets
you keep track of actual costs and print comparisons.


StatMaster
   CyberSoft, Inc.
   $49
contains demographic, economic, and geographic statistics from the Bureau of
Census. It allows you to rank any statistic from high-to-low or from
low-to-high, and select up to 20 statistics from up to 20 categories. Requires
640K of RAM and a hard drive.

Each state takes up a disk, except Texas, which takes up two disks. You can
order any of the states with the disk numbers shown below, or get the complete
set of 51 disks for $75 (plus $4 shipping for the set) by ordering set #9111
($125 on 3.5" disks).

Alabama (#3612), Alaska (#3564), Arizona (#3565), Arkansas (#3566), California
(#3567), Colorado (#3568), Connecticut (#3569), Delaware (#3570), Florida
(#3571), Georgia (#3572), Hawaii (#3573), Idaho (#3574), Illinois (#3575),
Indiana (#3576), Iowa (#3577), Kansas (#3578), Kentucky (#3579), Louisiana
(#3580)

Maine (#3581), Maryland (#3582), Massachusetts (#3583), Michigan (#3584),
Minnesota (#3585), Mississippi (#3586), Missouri (#3587), Montana (#3588),
Nebraska (#3589), Nevada (#3590), New Hampshire (#3591), New Jersey (#3592), New
Mexico (#3593), New York (#3594), North Carolina (#3595), North Dakota (#3596),
Ohio (#3597), Oklahoma (#3598), Oregon (#3599).

Pennsylvania (#3600), Rhode Island (#3601), South Carolina (#3602), South Dakota
(#3603), Tennessee (#3604), Texas (#27535/3504[2]), Utah (#3605), Vermont
(#3606), Virginia (#3607), Washington (#3608), West Virginia (#3609), Wisconsin
(#3610), Wyoming (#3611).


Radio Station Programs
   Eissinger, Michael A.
   $various
   #1290-1293
is a set of programs for radio stations:

Contest ($175; #1290) facilitates management of radio on-air promotions,
giveaways and contests.

Request ($100; #1291) is a 32k pop-up program for taking requests over the
phone and browsing through them to assist in making music selections and in
analyzing requests.

Radio Music Library System ($500; #1292) is a flexible relational database
system for Broadcast Music Management which provides control of the station's
music flow without eliminating the creativity of the programming staff.

Copybook ($300; #1293) replaces the paper copy book in the station's control
room.

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