Software of the Month Club
May 1998 Software Research Institute Program Guide


- Business -

Inventory Program 7.5
Track stock levels with this handy utility. Store important 
data, including the number of items in stock, the number on 
order, the number required in stock and reorder quantities.
(Application by Peter Summers)

Professional Portfolio Planner 3.1
This financial planning program includes a database of 
mutual funds and market groups. It provides a ten-year 
historical average, rates of return for various market 
averages, mutual fund groups and mutual funds.
(Application by Stafford Financial Services Corp.)

Read 3.7
Read and edit ASCII text files with this simple program. 
Handles any file size.
(Application by Robert Lindsay Wells)

Retail Plus+ 5.6
Track retail sales and inventory for a single site or 
multiple locations. Enter sales information automatically 
through an electronic cash register, or manually from the 
sales slips. SHARE.EXE
(Application by True North Computer Services)


- Children's -

Drilling Billy
Guide Billy through a maze of monsters in this fun-filled 
game. Collect bonuses, like food, jackhammers, bombs and 
more. 486-66, 8MB RAM
(Application by Northwind Soft)

Hebrew Flashcards 1.62
A grat introduction to the Hebrew language. Learn the 
alphabet, numbers, names, nouns, verbs, adjectives and more.
(Application by Philip Kapusta)


- Desktop Publishing -

Audio Cassette Inserts 3.0
Create audio cassette inserts with this great application. 
Choose type, fold lines, color and annotation styles.
(Application by Richard Notturno)

Font Edit 1.4
This is a full font management and editing program. View 
eight typefaces at a time. 
(Application by Bruce R. O'Banion, Simply Soft)

Real Tracker 2.01
This is a feature-packed sound playback and editing program. 
Control all file aspects, like panning, vibrato, repeats 
and volume. It supports RTM, MOD, NST, S3M and XM. 
VESA-compatible video, M, SC
(Application by Arnaud Hasenfratz)


- Education -

Able Software 6.4
Perfect your math, spelling and geography skills with this 
comprehensive program.
(Application by Rudi van den Brink)

Aesop's Fables Browser
Read your favorite fables with this text-based program. 
Choose from 300 stories, including "The Boys and the Frogs," 
"The Two Pots" and "The Traveler and Fortune."
(Application by Jim Emptage, Rouge Valley Software)

Electronics Defined
Learn the language of electronics with this easy-to-use 
dictionary.
(Application by John Hutton)

Our Cosmohood 2.03
Astronomy students will love this multi-dimensional 
application. View neighboring galaxies in 3D. Watch a movie 
that takes you through the galaxies.
(Application by Jeff Bondono)


- Games -

Drip
Organize colorful water drops in this challenging game. 
Align three or more similar pieces to destroy them, clearing 
the playing field.
(Application by Chaos Software Productions)

Iko San
One or two players can play this sideways Tetris-style game 
in the same or separate windows.
(Application by Benoit Hap)

Krypton Egg 
Avoid floating aliens and collect bricks in this Breakout-
style game. Bricks give you bonuses, including special 
balls, shields, trapping cages, screen dimmers and more.
(Application by Benoit Hap)

The Wormgame
Feed the worm to make its tail grow in this classic game. 
If it runs into the walls or its tail, you'll have to start 
over.
(Application by Dagosoft GmgH)