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AFTER READING THIS FILE, CLICK THE "FILE" MENU (IN THE WINDOWS
PROGRAM) AND CLICK OFF "PSL-NEWS".
Picks Of The Month:
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---Windows:
AutoTrac [WIN\HOME\AUTOTC14.ZIP]
[SEE SCREEN SHOT]
is a vehicle expense/maintenance package for Windows.
Expenses may be classified as business or personal, and it
advises of upcoming and overdue maintenance. Expense and
maintenance categories may be customized by vehicle. Other
features include data entry instructions at the bottom of
the main window, the ability to transfer all information to
any running Windows word processor, context sensitive help,
and more.
Ear Power [WIN\HOME\EP_SETUP.ZIP]
[SEE SCREEN SHOT]
is an excellent music tutorial package for Windows. It
plays random sounds (melody, rhythm or harmony), and you
are supposed to play back what you hear using the on-screen
piano or guitar. When you get the correct responce, the
computer will continue with another note. Multiple skill
levels are available. This is suitable for all ages.
EZ-Forms XL [WIN\WORDS\EZFXL6IB.ZIP]
[SEE SCREEN SHOT]
is a powerful form processing package for Windows that
allows you to create, print, and fill-in virtually any
form. Features include a WYSIWYG interface, calculated
fields, OLE support, support for TWAIN scanners, and much
more.
Halatafl - The Fox Game [WIN\GAMES\HALATF.ZIP]
[SEE SCREEN SHOT]
is an interesting ancient Viking board game for Windows
where you try to use your 13 geese to trap a hungry fox. If
you position your geese where they can be jumped by the
fox, they will be removed from the game. You win the game
if you can force the fox into an area where he can no
longer move. The graphics, sound effects, and music are
excellent. Requires VBRUN300.
QuickSearch [WIN\UT_DSKFI\QSRCH_.ZIP]
[SEE SCREEN SHOT]
helps you search, change, and manage files in Windows. It
can help locate files, search for text strings, and change
the file date/time settings. This is a powerful and
flexible package.
Soli2d [WIN\GAMES\SOLI2D.ZIP]
[SEE SCREEN SHOT]
is a challenging 2-deck solitaire game for Windows where
you must arrange the cards into two sets of ascending and
descending order. Features include five different scoring
methods, four shuffle methods, on-screen hints, 36
different card backs, game/session limits, multiple
high-score tables, and more.
---DOS:
Get Lost! [DOS\GAMES\GL131S.ZIP]
[SEE SCREEN SHOT]
is a fantastic 3D maze game with a first-person perspective
that makes you feel like you are in the maze. Each level
has a specific color goal that you are searching for, and
each maze gets progressively harder to solve. Other
features include mouse support, a musical soundtrack,
digital sound effects, and much more.
CD-ROM Sections Of The Month:
============================
Following is a list of the sections from the most recent CDs. By
getting all of these CDs, you would have every program/file in PsL's
collection. Programs for both DOS and Windows are included in each
group.
Vol. Num.
5 2 Education (math, science, languages, reading/spelling,
gradebook, study aids)
5 1 Words & Graphics (new files since V.4, N.3) & all OS/2
(word processing, drawing program,
clip art, desktop publishing, spelling/grammar
checkers, hypertext, fonts, printer utilities,
and more.) (OS/2: all OS/2 files since V.4, N.1)
4 12 Utilities For DOS & Windows (new programs since V.4, N.1)
4 11 Home Applications for DOS (home accounting, hobbies,
home/auto maintenance, astrology, genealogy,
religion, collecting, and more.)
4 10 Home Applications for Windows
4 9 Business (accounting, finance, general business,
time managers, general business, database,
spreadsheet, mailing list managers, and more,
since V.3, N.11)
4 8 Games and Sounds & Music for DOS (since V.3, N.10)
4 7 Games and Sounds & Music for Windows (since V.3., N.9)
4 6 Programming (new programs since V.3, N.8)
(assembler, Basic, C, Cobol, Fortran, Pascal,
Modula, Visual Basic, general tools, and more.)
4 5 Communications & Networking (comm programs and utilities,
BBS systems, programs for FAX cards, pagers, etc.,
plus networking pgms.)
4 3 Words & Graphics (new programs since V.3, N.5)
4 1 Utilities for DOS & Windows and All OS/2 Programs
(new programs up to 1/96, since V.3, N.4 CD)
3 11 Business (up to 11/95)
3 10 Games and Sounds & Music for DOS (up to 10/95)
3 9 Games and Sounds & Music for Windows (up to 9/95)
3 8 Programming (up to 8/95)
3 7 Communications & Network (up to 7/95)
3 5 Words & Graphics (up to 5/95)
3 4 Utilities for DOS & Windows and All OS/2 Files (up to 4/95)
FUTURE CD's:
Following is the schedule for the section-of-the-month for coming CDs.
Because the number of programs in each section continues to grow each
month, it may be necessary to split up one or more of the following
sections onto separate months' CDs. If this is important to you, check
before ordering. ("Vol." indicates the year. "Vol.4" is 1996, "Vol.5"
is 1997. Volume 1 appeared in 1993, so Volume 2 is 1994, Volume 3 is
1995, Volume 4 is 1996, and Volume 5 is 1997. The "Number" is the
month number, so Vol.4, Num.11 is November 1996.)
Vol. Num.
5 3 Communications, Networking, Internet
5 4 Programming
5 5 Games, Sounds & Music
5 6 Business Apps
5 7 Home Apps
Problems:
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In all the years of producing the PsL Monthly CD, we have NEVER found
a single problem caused by a "bad CD copy". If you cannot get a CD
to work on your machine, please try it on another machine if possible.
Otherwise, please read the following Q&A's. If none of this works for
you, return the CD and we will check it and replace it if necessary.
(1.) "My machine locks up or reboots when I try to install a program."
You have one of the small percentage of systems with a CD-ROM driver
that is incompatible with PKUNZIP. To get around that problem, we have
placed a public domain unzip program on the CD. To invoke it with the
DOS-based program, run it using the syntax: "PSL_SHRD /U" (without the
quotes). In the Windows based program, select UNZIP in the window that
appears after pushing the Install button.
In Windows, you can also elect to use WinZip to dearchive files.
(2.) "There are no files on the CD."
"There are no files in one of the directories."
"I get an error trying to copy a file from the CD."
We have only had a few such complaints, but in all cases, there was
nothing wrong with the CD. Some of the users who made the complaints
were able to read the CDs without error on other machines or even when
trying later on the same machine.
We suspect that the problem is with dust or dirt in the drive or, more
specifically, on the laser lens, or on the CD-ROM disc itself. If you
do not have a CD lens cleaner, get one from your dealer. Also inspect
the non-printed side of the CD for dust or debris.
One caller took the CD out, wiped it off, put it back in, and it
worked. Maybe it was dirty or maybe just re-seating it helped.
(3.) "When I install from the Windows access program, it tells me
FILE NOT FOUND."
Some combination of flukes in Windows/DOS cause some systems not to be
able to find PKUNZIP.EXE on the CD-ROM drive. The solution is to copy
PKUNZIP.EXE into your WINDOWS directory on your hard disk.
SOUND BLASTER PRO OWNERS:
On the January 1995 CD-ROM, we went over 600MB on the CD for the first
time and a couple of peo