Software of the Month Club September 1997 Software Research Institute Program Guide - Business - BillPower Plus 7.3 You be the judge This is a time-keeping, billing and bookkeeping program for small law firms. Design your own custom bookkeeping package with this intuitive program. It's targeted at lawyers, but can be customized for accountants, consultants, technicians and anyone billing on an hourly basis. Track cases, services, disbursement, receipts, adjustments (write-offs) and general ledger entries. Billing periods can be specified on a regular time schedule or on a casual basis. You can prepare and print bills in eight different formats and edit or recalculate bills at any time. * Handles 15 timekeepers and employees, like partners, secretaries and more * Supports 4,000 cases/projects and 4,000 accounts * Creates up to 8,000 transaction entries per month, including services, disbursements and more (Application by Integra Computing) Cash Machine 4.00 Cha-ching! Turn your computer into a cash register with this handy program. Make and record sales, figure change and charge credit cards. * Network compatible * Password protection * Client mode allows customers to view prices * Includes a stock database (Application by Theo Pistorius; Requires a minimum of FILES=59 for CONFIG.SYS - consult your DOS manual for instructions) Mutual Fund Tracker 3.6e Manage your funds Handle your mutual funds with this program. It uses technical analysis and a Mutual Fund Composite Average to find "what if" results. * Holds up to six data sets with 15 funds each * Produces summary reports and fund graphs (Application by Watkins Enterprises) TickleX 7.3 Mark it in your calendar This is a scheduler and appointment manager for multiple employees. Log hours worked, expenses, income, training periods and more. * Up to 40 employees * Includes reminders, priorities and alarms * Supports religious dates * Macros and templates (Application by Integra Computing) - Children's - Billy Bear's Lil' Brother Teddy tale, Part two Read along with the computer in this electronic children's book. Find out what happens when Billy and his little brother Henry go out to play. Children will love the colorful graphics, animations and digitized sounds. * Includes more than 100 of animations - just click their pictures * 11 colorful pages * Supports sound cards and PC Speaker * Volume settings for music, sound and text (Application by Loraine Wauer; Requires a DOS mouse driver) Memory Math 1.5 Counting Help children memorize math problems with the numbers zero to nine. Dusty Chalkboard guides kids through the program, asking different math questions. * Covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division * 25 questions per session * Tracks several users * Keeps score (Application by Gary Bacon) Plix 1.0 Matching game This is mind-bending logic game involving different shaped tiles. Position the tiles onto their matching spaces by pushing them around. It's not as easy as it sounds and requires careful planning. * Choose from 30 puzzles * Solutions are provided for the first five puzzles * Keeps personal score cards for each player (Application by Soleau Software) - Desktop Publishing - Ico2Gif 1.0 Convert images Convert standard Windows ICO-formatted icons to GIF formats with this command-line utility. Ideal for including images in your menus or Web pages. * Enlarge images * Accepts wildcards for batch processing * Specify the GIF background color (Utility by J. A. Roechelein) - Clip Art - Bright Ideas Clip Art a Software of the Month Club exclusive! This month's collection of clip art contains color and black-and-white images, including a pencil, a fisherman and a rhino, all in PCX format. (Images by Bright Ideas; PCX) - Fonts - Majesty TrueType An very elegant serif font that will be fantastic addition to your collection. (Font by Bright Ideas; TrueType) - Education - Bacterial Identification Program 3.0 Biological system Learn to recognize microorganisms using phenotypic identification procedures. Input the results from bacterial tests by putting a + (positive test result) or a - (negative test result) next to each test, and the program searches through its database for an accurate match. The tests include acid and gas production, urease activity, fermentation of mannitol and more. This is a perfect aid for students studying microbiology. * Includes an encyclopedia of bacteria * More than 400 bacteria in the database * Choose from 61 tests (Application by Murat AYDIN; Requires SORT.EXE in your path environment) EF Pro-Vocabulary 2.0 Say what? This program is great for anyone teaching or learning a foreign language. You can put together word and phrase lists, lessons and quizzes. It helps memorization, and improves spelling and pronunciation. * Includes French, Czech, Indonesian, Norwegian and Latin samples * Hear the proper pronunciations from sample files with audio clips * Includes a demo tutorial with step-by-step instructions * Imports and exports tab delimited ASCII files (Application by Eric G.V. Fookes) Write Chinese 1.54 Chinese calligraphy Learn to recognize, write and define basic chinese terms. Complete with both traditional and simplified Chinese calligraphy forms. * Presents 150 of the most frequently used characters * Full graphical interface with built-in character recognition - you don't have to copy each brush stroke perfectly * Mandarin and Cantonese transliterations (Application by Awareness Productions) - Games - Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian Mystical quests This animated adventure transports you to a world of castles, kings, dragons and princesses. You must save the good king and his daughter from the evil Serak by defeating their enemies and solving complex puzzles. The fate of the Kingdom is in your hands. * Three difficulty settings: Easy, Hard and Pray for Deliverance * Hint features * Save and load * Accepts English commands * Joystick and sound card support * Internet members: check out http://www.gamecrafters.com for hints, cover art, map, and illustrated novella (Application by Game Crafters) Horse Racing Fantasy 3.03 And they're off! This high-speed game provides accurate simulations of horse races. Make your bets for win, place, show and exacta - and watch the horses go! You can even be a jockey and ride one of the thoroughbreds. * Keeps records on bets for up to eight players * More than 70 racetracks including both dirt and turf courses * Instant replays to examine photo finishes * More than 110 champion horses (Application by Gary J. Darveaux) Hugo III, Jungle of Doom! 2.1 Part three This is the final episode of the Hugo adventure trilogy. Outwit the evil Witch Doctor, find the mysterious Pool of Life, beat his arch-enemy and more. Type in the commands you want Hugo to carry out. Use the keyboard arrows to move him around. * Save and restore games * Inventory keeping * Turbo button and Boss key * Online help (Application by David P. Gray, Gray Design Associates)