Sixteen Bits Online

DECEMBER 1996

Phil Trudinger


New and Updated Windows Programs

(An asterisk denotes Windows 95 specificity or compatibility)

Calculators


CALC10
Metric-Calc 1.0 is a desktop calculator for Windows which allows you to visually review and verify each entry for accuracy. This can be very helpful when adding/subtracting a long list of items. Reg Fee $7
HEXCALC*
HexCalc is a 32-bit calculator program that does integer calculations and conversions in decimal and hexadecimal formats. It is primarily intended to be a hex calculator for programmers, hackers, or anyone who encounters complex hexadecimal numbers. Requires Win95/NT. Reg Fee $15
MTC95V22*
MTRXCALC 2.21 is a calculator interface to Matrix Algebra for Win95/NT that includes a parser for expressions, and buttons for solving/factoring/finding eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Other features include the ability to extract rows and columns, elementary row operations, complex or real display, file saving and printing, spreadsheet-like data entry, and more. Reg Fee $25

Games


D32GN106*
Dynamic Gin (32-bit) 1.06 is a classic Gin Rummy card game for Win95 that you play against a computer opponent that adapts and learns as it plays. You can select from three Gin variations, eight cardbacks, and three skill levels. Other features include drag and drop support, the ability to load your own bitmaps images for backgrounds, and more. Reg Fee $12
DIAGLE11
Diaggle for Windows 1.1 is an unusual falling-block game where you must arrange triangles to form a pyramid at the bottom of the game board. When you can fill this pyramid with a diagonal made up of triangles of the same color, then those triangles and the others above it will be removed. This is very challenging. Reg Fee $18
FLAPS11
Flaps for Windows 1.1 is a challenging marble arcade game where the objective is to guide the falling marbles with flaps to have them end into their proper slots at the bottom of the game board. With only a limited set of marbles to complete the task, your quest to complete each level becomes one of strategy and quick reflexes. Reg Fee $18
OOOC
Order Out Of Chaos 1.12C is a graphic puzzle game for WIN31. It shows the player a picture which has been broken up into 48 tiles and then mixed up. With the picture in this chaotic state, two random tiles switch places every half second. The player tries to restore the picture to an orderly state by clicking on a tile whenever it appears at or near the spot where it belongs. Reg Fee $5-22
WIREMAZE
WireMaze 2.5 is a first-person perspective 3D maze game for Windows. When you start out, a target location is given and you must explore the maze to find it. Features include a hint function, elapsed time display, and more. Reg Fee $10

Kidstuff


BERTWN50
Bert’s Dinosaurs for Windows 5.0 is an enjoyable coloring program for children of all ages. It allows you to place the various images of dinosaurs on a variety of pre-designed backgrounds. Features include a freehand drawing mode, printing capabilities, the ability to write a story to go along with your picture, and digitized voice sound effects. Reg Fee $20
FARMWN50
Farm Animals for Windows 5.0 is an enjoyable coloring program for children of all ages that allows you to place various images of farm animals on pre-designed backgrounds. Features include a freehand drawing mode, printing, capabilities, and digitized voice sound effects. Reg Fee $20

Maths


ANYANGLW
AnyAngle for Windows 1.7 is a powerful geometry solver which provides an easy, intuitive method of finding answers to problems involving triangles, and offers scale views and supplementary data to back up the numerical results. It includes an interactive scientific calculator with automatic memory of all triangle components as well as ten user-accessible memories. Reg Fee $24
MC32_171*
Master Converter (32-bit 1.71) can quickly and easily convert to and from 266 different units in 21 categories. Categories include: length, area, volume, time, speed, mass, density, force, pressure, energy, power, flow, dynamic viscosity, kinematic viscosity, temperature, conductivity, thermal conductivity, angle, light, numbers, and fractions. Reg Fee $15
MTHTOOLS
IBP Math Tools 0.19 is a measurement conversion utility for Windows that covers acceleration, area, energy, flow, force, length, light, mass, power, pressure, speed, temperature, torque and volume.Reg Fee $?

Miscellaneous


BCDP32*
Business Card Designer Plus for Win95 4.60A allows you to create business cards on any Windows compatible printer. Features include templates for quick card creation, PCX/WMF/BMP graphic support, drag and drop support, print preview, and much more. Reg Fee $25
CCN95*
Christian Christian Names 95 95.7.0 is the WIN95 version of a database of nearly 800 Christian given names, including Biblical and etymological detail. All the names included have enjoyed a reasonable currency in the last 100 years.Reg Fee $10
QUIKD5
QuikData (5 1.0) provides direct access to Quicken data from any Excel worksheet. Requires Microsoft Excel 5 and Quicken 5 for Windows data. Use QUIKD7 for Excel 7 Reg Fee $10
T410X2E1+*
TommySoft CAD/DRAW 4 4.10 is a powerful technical illustration/drafting package for Win95. Features include a full set of drawing and construction tools, hatchings, dimensioning options, symbol management, bitmap object support, TrueType and PostScript font support, WMF/EMF import and export, DXF filters, an extensive help system , and much more. Reg Fee $500
TXP3221*
TextPad (32-bit 2.1) is a powerful text editor for Win95/NT. It can handle files with up to 32,000 lines of 4095 characters, with multiple simultaneous edits and up to two views on each document. Other features include full undo/redo facilities, print previewing, a toolbar for frequently-used command, a built-in file manger, support for Unix and Macintosh text file formats, drag and drop support, and much more. Reg Fee $27-$35
WINPRO35
WinProof Grammar and Spell Checker 3.5 is an outstanding grammar/spelling checker for WIN31. It detects common grammar errors like dropped words, extra words, passive voice, subject/verb agreement, misused articles, double negatives, and much more. It is compatible with files created in WordPerfect, Word, WinWord, WordStar, PC-Write, etc. It features an interactive mode which lets you view each error as it is encountered with an option to correct the error immediately or write a comment to a report file. There is also a report only. This is a powerful package that can painlessly improve your writing. Reg Fee $45

Organizers


CALMON10*
CALMon 95 1.0 is a clock, alarm, scheduler and performance monitor for Win95. It normally runs while the system is idle and consumes very little resources. It displays the date, time and four important performance indicators in real time. It can remind you of meetings and appointments, as well as run programs at specific times and on set dates. Reg Fee 10 Pnds
CHRONOLG*
Chrono-Logic is a personal scheduling and reminder program for Win95/NT. Reg Fee $15
INFOORG
DB Information Organizer 1.0 is a powerful program for organizing free form data, such as E-Mail or text from Internet searches. You set topics, sub-topics, auxiliary topics and titles for your text data. List views can be filtered almost instantly by any topic and further defined with sub-topic and auxiliary topic selection. Reg Fee $30
MEDMAG3*
Medinsure Magic (32-bit 1.1) provides a systematic way to keep a record of your medical costs, medical history, and to ensure that your insurance claims have been paid. It provides an easy way to record medical costs as they occur and to retrieve important information. Requires Win95. Reg Fee $13-$15
ROLO20
RoloDeck for Windows 2.05 is an electronic name and address database. It can track up to 5000 cards, with each card capable of 300 characters on 8 lines. Reg Fee $15
WINLOG10
Daily Log Book for Windows 1.01 is a full-featured personal diary. Features include search/print options, a calendar, macros, cut and paste editing, optional password protection, and the ability to separate subjects by category in up to 99 log books. Reg Fee $19-$29

Scanners


SAFESCAN*
SafetyScan regularly scans your hard drive for various error-producing files and then optionally cleans them from your system. Requires Win95. Reg Fee $30
SCAN_95*
System Scanner 95 is a 32-bit utility that scans your Win95 system for several memory parameters. These parameters include Physical Memory, Virtual Memory, Paging Memory, and Total Memory Load. Reg Fee $16
SCANPRO*
System Scanner 95 Pro is a complete memory monitoring system for Win95 that reports on physical, virtual, paging, and total memory. Readings can be displayed in bargraphs, digital readouts for free, total, and used, and real time graphs. Other features include adjustable scan rate, a stay on top option, and more. Reg Fee $23

Utilities


007W321A*
007 for Win32 1.0a allows you to password protect your Win95/NT applications. It modifies the original EXE file, so that every time you start the program, it asks for the password and will not run unless it matches. Reg Fee $30
BATPRT
Batch Print 1.3 allows you to print multiple Windows documents with a single mouse click. You simply select the documents you need to print and it automatically prints each one in sequence. Frequently printed documents may be saved in groups. Reg Fee $20
BMPICO20
BMPTOICO 2.01 allows you to convert BMP images into icons and vice-versa. Features include 256-color support, a picture viewer, a simple icon editor, icon extractor, and more. Reg Fee $20
BCPLITE
Win-BCP Lite 1.13 allows you to quickly and simply manage all of your bulk copy projects. Everything you need to create, edit, run, save, and manage your bulk copy projects can now be accomplished with fill-in-the blanks ease and a few mouse clicks. Reg Fee $30
CHUNKER
Chunker 1.0 allows you to chop, truncate and merge large files in Windows. This version has a 4MB size limitation. Reg Fee $69
CT32_121*
Crypt-o-Text (32-bit 1.21) allows you to “scramble” an e-mail message so that it is unreadable until it is “unscrambled” by the person receiving your message. Additionally, you can apply password-protection so that the scrambled message can only be unscrambled by someone who knows the password you used to scramble it. Requires Win95. Reg Fee $15
EZSAVER
EZSaver 1.5 allows you to create a personalized Windows screen saver using your own BMP images. Graphics can be made to spin, twirl, and skate across the background color of your choice. A bonus screen saver is included. Reg Fee $22
IT15
ItsTime! 1.5 is an easy to use alarm list manager for Windows. Features include support for an unlimited number of alarms, repeating alarms, the ability to set alarms to ring on selected days of the week as well as at specific times, WAV sound support, and more. Reg Fee $20
LIGHTS95*
Holiday Lights 2.1 lets you hang a string of virtual holiday lights from the top of your Win95 desktop. Features include a variety of bulbs to choose from, MIDI background music, screen savers, and more. Reg Fee $15
MH16
Mouse House (16-bit 5.0) helps you locate the mouse cursor on the Windows desktop. It provides a stay-on-top window that the mouse cursor will return to after 30-seconds of inactivity. Reg Fee $15
PT96
Power Toolz ’96 1.00.25 is a multi-function utility add-on for WIN31. It includes a calendar, fast exit, program launcher, 20-page clipboard extender, audio CD player, spelling checker, and more . This powerful package resides as a tiny strip on your desktop. Reg Fee $20
QSHOW11E
QuickShow Light for Windows 1.1e is a quick and easy to use multimedia slide show application. It supports MacPaint, IMG, PCX, GIF, TIFF, IFF/LBM, PIC, TGA, BMP, DIB, RLE, MSP, CUT, ART, JPG, Kodak Photo-CD, RAS, and HRZ graphic file formats. Each image can include attached WAV, MID and AVI files for special effects. Sample files are provided. Reg Fee $40
SIGFONT
Sigfont is a demo of a service that can scan your handwritten signature into a scalable TrueType font. Reg Fee $30-$40
TRANSX95*
Transfer 95 3.90 allows you to export an entire operating system to another physical hard drive, including all pre-installed applications and their associated settings. Requires Win95. Reg Fee $40
WACHECK
Software Check 3.24 is a software auditing tool for Windows that scans your drive(s) for all or filtered executable files and gathers information on company, product/file versions, date, time, size, path, and more. The information is presented in a spreadsheet style window and can be sorted. Reports can be created and printed from the gathered logs. Both 16- and 32-bit executables can be scanned. Reg Fee $45
WDLLFND2
WDLLFnd 2.00.11 helps you locate common routines used by Windows programs. It will find all Windows EXE, DLL, DRV and VBX programs on your computer and will display what routines a program uses, and also which programs use a routine. Discrepancies found during the search such as duplicate program names, DLLs found but not referenced, DLLs referenced but not found are displayed. A discrepancy list can be printed. Reg Fee $25

The Web


BMMGC10* Bookmark Magician 1.0 consolidates Netscape Navigator and MS Internet Explorer bookmarks. You can load and import URL’s directly to and from your browser, import existing bookmarks, and use it as a browser launch pad. Requires Win95. Reg Fee $28
HTMASC
HTMASC 1.2 converts pages from the World Wide Web to plain text files, removing all HTML tags. It also provides full text handling capabilities with all the standard features like searching for text, using the Clipboard, printing, bookmarks, and an undo facility. Reg Fee $18

New and Updated DOS Programs

Kidstuff


BERTAA46
Bert’s African Animals 4.6 is a coloring program for children. The child places animals from Africa on a variety of backgrounds and colors the picture. A window is provided for children to write a short story about their picture. The image and story can be printed on a variety of printers, including the DeskJet 500C. Sound Blaster and the PC speaker are supported. See also BERTCA46, Christmas images; BERTDA46, Dinosaurs; BERTPA46, Prehistoric animals; BERTWA46, Whales & dolphins. Reg Fee $22
CRAYON41
Crayon Box 4.12 is a coloring and sketch book, plus a math, counting and color quiz. Over 450 colors and patterns are included for painting nature scenes or drawings created by the child. The math option displays one inch numbers and prompts the child for answers. Ten skill levels are available. The counting and color identification option randomly shows numbered and colored marbles. The child must identify and count the number in each group. Req. EGA+, mouse. Reg Fee $12-$14
DOLLA26
Rachel’s Fashion Dolls 2.6 is a children’s coloring program. Children can dress any of three paper dolls, choose from a set of backgrounds, and add colors to the picture. Each doll also includes a set of voice files that can be heard with a sound card. Reg Fee $22
PETER14
Peter’s Airplanes 1.4 is an enjoyable coloring program for children of all ages that allows you to place various World War II vintage airplanes, in any size, on a variety of backgrounds. Reg Fee $20

Miscellaneous


ETEXT
The Electronic Text Publishing System 4.00 helps create ‘electronic’ books or magazines, such as tutorials, training manuals, or even works of literature. It allows you to create professional looking menu-driven EXE programs from ASCII text files with minimal effort. Eye-catching screen effects can also be added to your document. A sample electronic document is included. Reg Fee $29-$39
FIREF
Fire Fighter is a fun game where you must try to extinguish a forest fire and save houses from burning. Features include a musical soundtrack, the ability to save your game, and excellent VGA graphics. This is a DOS-based game, but requires Windows to install. Reg Fee $6
MAND56A
Mandelbrot/Julia Set Generator 5.6 is a fractal generator that allows the image to be colored in many ways using color masks. Images can be printed on black-and-white or color printers and 16-or 256-color PCX images can be made. Sample images are included. Requires VGA, 512K RAM and a mouse. Reg Fee $25
MOVIES29
Movies To Go 2.9 is a very attractive video movie guide. It contains information about 1,000 films with the ability to search by key players, director, MPAA rating, and more. It includes an enjoyable animated graphical interface, music, and sound effects. Requires a sound card. Reg Fee $10-$40
OVER4
Over_LAZ 4.0 is a collection of over 200 image overlay files for use with WordPerfect 5.0+ and an HPLJ compatible printer. These are primarily page frames, borders, and headings such as “Confidential”, “Draft”, etc. Overlay files are automatically added to your printout by WP and give your output a custom-printed look without having to use extra fonts and clipart. Reg Fee $27
PLOTR
Plotter 7.8 is a scientific data plotting and analysis program. It includes a full-screen data editor, curve fitting, Fast Fourier transforms, and digital filtering. Screen images can be saved in PCX format. Reg Fee $19
SCRL60A
SCRL 6.0a is a semiconductor cross-reference library of diode, transistor and IC devices. Over 47,000 semiconductors are included. Basic methods of transistor and diode testing are also included. Requires 3 MB of disk space and EGA/VGA. Reg Fee $55
VDE
Video Display Editor 1.81 is a fast, powerful text editor. Commands can be entered from a menu bar or with control keys. Features include a proportional spacing mode, keyboard macro recording, MenuBar mode; the ability to edit eight files at once; a command for proportional print; Autosave to automatically save your work at specified intervals; simultaneous windows scrolling; the ability to align the platen for printing on various kinds of forms; support for the file format of MS Word; an envelope printer; a wide range of screen sizes (from 17 to 57 lines) ; an integrated spell checker; and much more. integrated spell checker; and much more. Support is also provided for UltraVision, the HP95LX palmtop, and the Tandy keyboard. Reg Fee $35

Reminders


CAL9609
CAL Appointment Scheduler 9609 is a quick and easy scheduler for home or office. Features include text search, open appointment search, schedule printing, and more. Reg Fee $40
DAYLOG42
DayLog 4.2 lists different types of reminders in time and date order. Reminders may be one time, annual, weekly or monthly. Reg Fee $20

Utilities


4SIGHTD
4Sight 2.0 will find and list, edit, view or delete all of the files on any disk that match what you put into the menu. You can ask for dates, file sizes, up to ten file types, and two search strings. All of the matching files in any directory and its subdirectories can be processed. Reg Fee $30
ALLZIP
AllZip 1.0 compresses all files and sub directories into a single compressed file. Reg Fee $0
AVSCAN
AVScan 2.98 is a freeware scanner that can detect more than 4500 virus signatures. Reg Fee $0
CTMOUS10
Cute Mouse Driver 1.0 is a mouse driver that uses only 7k of memory. This can handle Microsoft, Mouse Systems and Logitech MouseMan mice. Reg Fee $0
EDDY8F
Eddy 8f is a full-screen directory editor and general purpose disk utility. You can edit directory entries, including name, date, time and attributes of files; sort directory display by file name, extension, size or date/time; copy, move, and delete files; look at or patch data in files, in RAM, or by physical disk sector; find strings of data in files, in RAM or by physical disk sector; locate files anywhere on your disk, by name with wildcards, by file attributes, and/or by file timestamp; and recover files safely. Reg Fee $30
FP224A
F-Prot 2.24a scans disks, hard drives, and all network drives for viruses using one of 3 methods: a secure scan which is slow, but makes an accurate identification; full scan which is a little faster, or a quick scan that only searches for known variants. It detects 250 families of viruses. It scans diskettes or your entire system, and allows the addition of a user-defined hexadecimal search pattern with wildcards. It performs an analysis of the memory allocation, programs, and boot sectors. It reports a list of infected files, disinfects files, and renames the infected files so they may not be executed. Optionally scans DOC and DOT files for Microsoft Word Macro-based viruses. Reg Fee $0
LOCK27S
Lock-Out 2.7 is a complete security program that features log file creation, an optional alarm sound, file encryption, password masking, VGA graphics support, and more. Reg Fee $8
MAXI19
MAXIForm 1.9 lets you put 420k on a 360k disk, 800k on a 720k disk, 1.4meg on a 1.2meg disk or 1.6meg on a 1.44meg disk. It also features support for “360k” disks to 800k in a 1.2meg drive. The formatted disk can be read without any special drivers in most close compatibles and a driver is provided for other machines. The disk verify method writes data to a track when verifying it instead of just trying to read it. CHKDSK reports correctly and everything seems to work as advertised. Reg Fee $12
PSPA381
Parse-O-Matic 3.81 is a programmable text-file parsing utility. It converts text files into formats which can be converted into other programs. You use a simple programming type format in configuration files to tell POM how to convert a file. This provides the maximum in flexibility and configurability while still being relatively easy to use. Reg Fee $45-$90
THD_12_3
THD ProScan 12.3 is a file upload tester and convertor. It supports ARC, ARJ, HYP, LHA, PAK, RAR, UC2, ZIP, GIF and TD0 virus scan using any combination of TBScan, Scan and F-Prot. The program can test and convert all of the supported archive types, including imbedded archives. It can also test entire directories and update your BBS files list. Reg Fee $0


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