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- Public (software) Library
- January 1994 Monthly CD-ROM
- Copyright 1994 Nelson Ford, PsL, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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- AMY! 2.2 [AMY22] (John McCaffrey, reg. fee: $5) is for children who are
- curious about typing on the computer. It prints large letters, numbers and
- symbols on the screen in different colors. If your child types the "magic
- word", the screen lights up with colors and the computer plays a tune.
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- Big Math Attack 2.0 [BIGMATH2] (Philip P. Kapusta, reg. fee: $10) tests
- math, spelling, typing and metric conversions skills in an arcade
- environment.
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- EGA Mouse Paint 5.0 [EGAMP50] (Fischer Grafix & Software, reg. fee: $20) is
- a painting program for children.
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- EGAQuiz 4.25 [EGAQUIZ] (Brian Towey, reg. fee: $0) is a political quiz. It
- generates a political map showing your position on personal and economic
- issues. These issues include conscription, media, privacy, prohibition,
- borders, subsidies, protectionism, labor, income tax, and defense. Relevent
- quotes are also provided.
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- Europe 1.1 [EUROPE] (Torpedo Software, reg. fee: $0) is an educational quiz
- game about European geography. Score points answering questions from four
- groups: countries, capitals, exports, and major geographical features.
- Requires VGA, mouse.
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- Fonetic Speling 1.0 [FONETIC1, FONETIC2] (Edward Rondthaler, reg. fee: $25)
- translates text files from normal spelling to phonetic spelling. The program
- contains a list of 44,000 English words, each with a phonetic equivalent.
- Requires a hard drive.
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- Children's Tutors 1.4 [G7T14] (Synergistic Consultants, Incorporated, reg.
- fee: $10) are two math tutorials for children ages preschool through 3rd
- grade.
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- Math Games 3.0 [MATHGAME] (Alan C. Elliott, reg. fee: $21) is a math
- teacher disguised as an Olympic game. The game pits your country against an
- opponent. Each time you type the correct answer to a math problem, your team
- wins a point. If you make a mistake, your opponent gains a point. The winner
- receives a medal at the flag raising ceremony.
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- Melissa's Music Flashcards 3.1 [MMF31] (Fischer Grafix & Software, reg.
- fee: $21) provides a colorful, interactive environment for children to learn
- the notes and keys of the music staff.
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- Paragraph Punch 1.1 [PARPUNCH] (Merit Audio Visual, reg. fee: $25) is a
- writing program to help students write complete paragraphs. It is for
- reading levels 5 and up. It teaches five different ways to develop a
- paragraph: through reasons, details, sequence, example, and cause and
- effects. Students are rewarded with graphic displays and paragraphs can be
- transferred to Word Perfect or other popular word processing programs.
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- PC-CAI 2.10r2 [PCCAI21A, PCCAI21B, PCCAI21C] (Alan C. Elliott, reg. fee:
- $74) is a computer language specifically designed to allow you to create
- computer driven tutorials, tests, demos. NEW: more soundblaster and PCX
- support
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- PC Primer 3.1s [PRIMER31] (Peter Diotte, reg. fee: $25) is a self-paced
- tutorial for learning about a microcomputer and DOS.
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- All About Pumps [PUMPS] (Russell Hoffman, reg. fee: $35) is an animated
- tutorial on how pumps work. It explains over 20 different kinds of pumps,
- history of pumps, theory of operation, hydraulic principles and more.
- Requires SVGA, VESA 1.2, 1 MB video, 4 MB expanded RAM, and 10 MB of hard
- drive space.
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- Super-Math 1.1 [SMATH] (Eric Jarrett, reg. fee: $13) is a math tutorial
- with several different types of problems.
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- Soulmerg I 1.1 [SOULMERG] (M. E. P., reg. fee: $0) includes unique stories
- featuring sound effects. A story is activated when you select a star or
- Soulmerg circle from the star system menu. Each soulmerg circle travels
- through a corridor to a different life experience. Requires 640K, hard disk,
- and a Sound Blaster compatible board.
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- StoryMaker 2.1 [STORYV21] (Elson Embry, reg. fee: $23) lets you create
- talking story books with animation, music and sound effects. NEW: imports
- PCX files into the graphics editor's clipboard.
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- Test Generator [TESTGEN] (Thomas B. Wiggers, reg. fee: $60) stores multiple
- choice test questions from which pen and paper or computer administered
- examinations may be prepared. Up to 200 questions may be randomly or
- specifically selected, and a key is printed with each examination.
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- Total Math 1.1 [TOTALMTH] (Jack C Webb, reg. fee: $10) is a combination of
- on-screen math drills and a worksheet generator. Problems can be generated
- in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division or a mixture. Requires
- EGA/VGA.
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- Type Games 3.0 [TYPEGAME] (Alan C. Elliott, reg. fee: $21) is a typing
- tutor disguised as an Olympic game. The game pits your country against an
- opponent. A word appears on the screen that you must type correctly. If you
- are correct, you score a your team gets scores a point. If you make a
- mistake, your opponent gains a point. The winner receives a medal at the
- flag raising ceremony.
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- X, The Game Of Unknown Love 1.1 [XXX] (Niche Software, reg. fee: $10) is a
- graphic math game that supplements traditional curricula for algebra,
- geometry, and trigonometry. Students must solve for X to get a date. You
- can choose from story problems such as Carphone and When Snails Collide.
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