Software of the Month Club January 1997 CD-ROM Program Guide - Software Research Institute - - Business - Fringe v1.0 by Tri-Tech Inc Frequently, employees don't realize or know just how much extra they are making in the way of benefits. Now, you can show your employees just how much they really cost by using Fringe. Fringe allows you to note all the benefits an employee makes and to print out a report showing the true salary an employee is making. Home Loan Diary V2.20 by Philip Kapusta Monitor your payments and interest with this easy-to-use home mortgage diary. You can see how much money you save by making additional principal payments to pay off a loan early. Enter the additional payment amounts and it displays the new interest total. This program graphs your monthly payments (principal and interest) along with a running loan balance. Save your records to disk. This program really adds up. MyRef by Bramham Software MyRef is a program for writing, filing, and retrieving letters, faxes, and Email. With MyRef you can easily create and use forms. Each letter or form you write is dated, given a reference number and filed. Filed letters can be found, displayed, and printed by reference number, by correspondent's name, by subject, or by a search for key words in the text of the filed letters. In a paperless office MyRef replaces the filing cabinet! Notice Board v2.3 by Cornerstone Software Limited Notice Board provides all of the facilities of an office notice board on your LAN, and a (no memory overhead) menu system, rolled into one. As well as the key notices, which appear automatically whenever the package is run, it has a simple-to-use menu structure allowing users to browse through a potentially huge database of further information. In use worldwide, by everyone from government agencies to schools, Notice Board will be a welcome addition to your business software. Pay-Calc v3.1 by Speth Software Figure out your take-home pay with this convenient paycheck program. Calculate pay and taxes based upon 14 inputs, including hourly wage and marital status. Predict how much you could bring home if you add other deductions. A great paycheck and tax program for personal and business use. Small Business Advisor v96.2 by Ronin Software Now you have your own electronic tax and legal consultant for your business. This program advises small businesses on a vast range of business, legal and tax issues. Review more than 600 pages of up-to-date information. Participate in interactive consulting sessions covering topics of incorporation versus home office, custom startup checklists, tax planning modules and more. - Children's - Animated Words v4.0 by Flix Productions Correctly spell words to animate these cute puzzles. Match words with corresponding pictures to add a piece to the puzzle. The puzzle becomes animated after five correct answers. Perfect for children in pre-school through first grade. Big Math Attack! v2.35 by Philip P. Kapusta Test your math, spelling, typing and metric conversion skills with this fun, arcade-style environment. Whether you are a child or an adult, there's a perfect skill level just for you. Top scores are maintained to track progress. You can even create your own spelling lists. Educational and fun! John's Animated Computer Game by Flix Productions Introduce your children to the computer with this easy-to-use game. Kids learn about the keyboard, mouse, disk drive and monitor from 20 different animated sequences. They are sure to entertain and educate. KidDisk v.3.0 by Rogue Marketing Protect your children with this identification program. Create a current record, including an up-to-date photo, of your child or other family members. If necessary, law enforcement or other agencies can use the disk to speed recovery if a child is lost or abducted. Completely private. KidDisk has been developed with the assistance and approval of various law enforcement agencies. - Desktop Publishing - Graffiti Artist v1.21 by Aratus Clarke This program is just the writing on the wall! Create astonishing images with a graffiti style -- legally, of course. Choose from great brushes and fantastic effects, including acid, wash, rainbow and more. Create your own graffiti or add a special flair to any clip art image. - Clip Art - Clipit Clip Art by Daniel Austin These beautifully-rendered images cover a wide range of themes. This collection has 39 clip art images in the PCX format including fish, money, tools, Christmas images and everything in between. These images are rendered in several styles ranging from simple black and white sketches to elaborate grayscale drawings. They make a fine addition to any clip art library. - Fonts - Angelus Angelus is an attractive, somewhat angular text or display font. Use thismono-spaced font in titles. (TrueType) Benevento Benevento is based on ninth-century Lombardic calligraphy. This distinctive font adds flair to headings or text. (True Type) Isometric Fonts by Rubicon Labs Add spice to your publications with 11 first-rate isometric fonts. This collection has TrueType and PostScript versions, and each font contains a full character complement and provides kerning pairs. Some fonts in this packages include the popular Stempel Garamond, Frobisher, and CGThames an Helvetica families. (TrueType and Type 1) Zabdiel Zabdiel is an unusual, archaic-looking display font. It has sharp, blade-like serifs and is easy to read in both small or large. (TrueType and Type 1) - Education - Russian Language Learner v2.0 by Arthur Wells Jr. From Russia with love! Begin and continue your study of the Russian language. The program comes with basic vocabulary for Russian so you can begin right away. The strength of the program, however, lies in its ability to save information you input. This makes it easy to test yourself on idioms or vocabulary that cause you trouble. Stefi v1.0a by Balint Toth Save, edit, view and analyze graphs with this comprehensive program. Generate reports including important data on weights, matrices, components, minimum cost path and tree, eccentricity, center, topologic order, strong components and more. Vocabulary Blaster - Flash Cards by PUMA Software Use the question and answer format to increase your vocabulary skills. Work with flash cards to memorize words and definitions. You'll want to use it with a good dictionary. Water And Steam Properties v1.21 by Katmar Software An excellent aid for any chemistry student. This is a straightforward replacement for traditional printed Steam Tables. Because it includes a much wider set of properties, it eliminates the necessity of interpolating between data points, and works with all generally accepted units. It contains data for 15 point properties, and 17 temperature and pressure dependent properties. - Games - Breakit v1.0 by HomeBrew Software Everyone will enjoy this Break Out-style game. Destroy brick walls by hitting each brick with a bouncing ball. Your success depends on how well you control the ball. There are several obstacles, bonuses and special features. Simple enough for the kids and challenging for adults. For one or two players. Cold Dreams v1.06 by Immortality Productions Wow! You'll enjoy this amazing adventure game. Explore an ancient planet Swandah, filled with mysterious monsters, dragons and other creatures of destruction. Run, jump and fight your way through the caves while collecting weapons and keys. This arcade game is full of action and outstanding graphics. Ez-Go by Bruce Wilcox Challenge your mind with this Othello-type board game. Occupy as much board space as possible by strategically placing your chips to flip your opponent' chips. Choose from two board sizes easy 8 by 8 tiles or the challenging 18 by 18 tiles. Offers hours of enjoyment with you against the computer or head to head with a friend. Logic v1.0 by HomeBrew Software You must plan carefully and extremely logically to solve this puzzle. Match reference patterns by using different stones and your playing pieces. Play on an 8x8 board. Good luck -- you'll need it. NOTE: Requires a mouse. World Quest v2.0b by Chris Egerter Attack! Try to stay alive in this fast-action, shoot 'em up, arcade game. Rescue hostages and attack alien defense bases in this Defender-style world. Includes realistic graphics, digitized sound effects and smooth 256-color parallax scrolling. - Special Interest - AniMagician v2.5 by KAVIK Software AniMagician is a full-featured animation development system. Create animations with up to 256-colors! Features include color palette cycling, image embossing, oil paint effects, frame flips, pixelation and more! Add impact by embedding VOC sounds to your FLI animations. CMTS v4.0 by Torbert Data Systems The Church Membership Donation Tracking System (CMTS) is one of the best church management systems available. Several modules manage memberships, attendance, donations and bank accounts. One module supports multiple bank accounts and check writing. You can also print mailing labels and general ledger reports. Keep track of coming events, including baptisms and weddings. Cruising The Caribbean By David L. Denig Bon voyage! Cruise the Caribbean with this holiday trip planner. Three cruse lines are included - Carnival, Premier and regency - each with a number of ships from which to choose. Find out about rates, deposit amounts, sales policies, ship itinerarties, port information and more. Information abouta variety of ports and ships is included. Also check out how to reserve a cruise. Complete with sanitation ratings from Federal Centers for Disease Control of more than 50 ships are listed to give you an idea about the ship's quality. Cruising the Caribbean eliminates worries about choosing the right cruise line and lets you enjoy your trip. Jailbird v2.11 by RMH Computer Services Make your own 'vanity' license plates. See them on your screen or print them. Select from any of the 50 U.S. states, each containing the current state slogan. Configure your own colors for the on-screen display, and print them out (color printer required). MyMusic v3.3 by RAD Software This directory system is music to your ears. Catalog your collection of albums, cassettes and CDs with this comprehensive library program. Find records quickly with its powerful search and category features. Categories include names of composers and performers, release dates, record labels, media formats and a key word index for fast searching. Nutrition Trivia by Software Creations Learn about the basic food groups, the food pyramid, how calories work, chemical structures, vitamins and what causes illness. Find out more about the body, the latest discoveries and recommended diet suggestions.