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Realty Software Company, 116 'J::' 8th
Street, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 (213)
372-9419.
This program, called Forecaster, keeps
track of one year's worth of weekly entries
of data for up to 40 funds. Designed for
mutual fund arid money market telephone
switch option investors. It uses a for\vard
difference algorithm to predict stock market
trends, and then generates buy or sell
signals. The progra111 manual is clearly
written, and goes into some . financial
background for the benefit of the beginning
irivestpr. Detailed instructions in beginning
your investment program and on
the use .c)f the .Forecaster system are
supplied. Features include a data plot
function, automatic cakufotion of the percent
gain or loss, and a sp~cial function
that allows the user to do midweek checks
on the investment without effecting the
data base-$75 plus $2 shipping. A one
year data base for 15 select funds is also
available for $20. For Apple II; TRS 80 I & II,
or CPIM Basic 80. Meta Software Engineering,
P.O. Box 18056, Albuquerque,
NM 87185.
The General Ledger with Payables has a
capacity of 2,000 ledger accounts, unlimited
journal entries, 200 open payable
accounts, 1,900 open invoices, values lip
to $9,999,999,999.99, 1,000 checks per
disk and user definable account numbers
up to 10 digits. Prints checks, journal audit
trails, balance sheets, income statements
with budgets, history, month, year-to-date
percentage and dollar change, department
reports, check register and much
more. The documentation is clearly written
ahd segmented with tabs which correspond
to numbered Junctions on the
screen. Compatible with Brq' derbund Payroll
and Accounts Receivable packages­
$495, Requires 64K Apple II or II Plus with
DOS 3.3 or an Apple I I 1. two disk drives
and a printer. Brq' derbund Software, Inc.,
Business Software Division, 11938 Fourth
Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 (415) 456-
6425.
New H-P plotter software, allows you to
produce presentation-quality full-color business
graphics using the Apple II or I 11 and
Hewlett-Packard plotters. Produces barcharts,
line charts, scatter diagrams and
pie charts as well as text pages and signs,
on paper or acetate (transparencies). Data
can be entered manually or automatically
froin VisiCalc and other programs. Charts
can be edited, stored, and retrieved. Options
include footnote and framing capabilities,
a variety of hatchings and line
types, exploded pie segments, linear regression
and curve-fittings, logarithmic
axes, and much more. Chart-Master is an
interactive, menu:driven program that
allows users, . whether managers or secretaries,
to produce professional looking
charts immediately, with little or no training.
Simply enter your data, choose options,
select a chart format, and Chart­
Master does the rest-$450. Decision
Resources, 44 White Birch Road, Weston,
CT 06883 (203) 222-1974.
A new Snow Watch Weather Emergency
System provides computerized school
and business closings for use in a severe
weather emergency by radio and television
stations. Schools phone in unique code
numbers to tell whether they are ppen or
closed. Program completely organizes
status reports and messages. Prints fl.ill or
update reports for on-air use. Requires a
48K Apple with CPI M, Disk H and a printer
-$350 includes diskette, documentation,
and consultation. Media Service Concepts,
Inc., 1713 N. North Park, Chicago, IL
60614.
COMMCJNICATIONS
With the Morse Decoder, you can connect
your short wave CW receiver directly to
any Apple II. No hardware interface is
required. Software decodes Morse and
prints or displays alphabetics. The pack·
age will adjust to any speed or pitch at the
touch of a key. Menu driven program has
many useful features. The package comes
on disk or cassette with complete docurrientation
-$12.50. Bob Wiseman, 118
St. Andrews Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45245.
Nutrichec is a diet analysis program· which
features: Calculation of physical activity
level from 90 activities, adaptable; food
data base based on 1980 RDA contains
over 600 common foods, user expandable
to over 900; displays and prints intake,
suggested intake, percent of suggested,
and index of nutrient quality for calories,
fiber, fat, protein, 5 vitamins, and 6 minerals;
missing data indicated; makes bar
graph for percent of suggested intake.
Requires 32K DOS 3.3 with Applesoft­
$59.95. Computer Consulting, 6723 E.
66th Place, Tulsa, OK 74133 (918) 492-
9036
The Micro-Deutsch German Course set
includes 24 grammar lessons, covering
all material of an introductory German
course. Four test units also included.
Grammar lessons use substitution transformation
drills, item ordering, translations
and verb drills. Drill vocabulary based on
frequency lists. Suitable for use with any
high school or college textbook. Extensively
field tested at SUNY Stony Brook­
$179. Krell Software Corp., 21 Millbrook
Drive, Stony Brook, NY 11 790 ( 516) 751-
5139. .
The College Board S.A. T. Prqgram confronts
the user with a virtually limitless
series of questions and answers. Each is
based on past exams and presents material
on the same level of difficulty and in
the same form used in the S.A.T. Scoring
is provided in accordance with the formula
used by College Boards. S.A.T., P.S.A.T.,
N.M,S.Q.T.-Educator Edition set includes
25 programs covering Vocabulary,
Word Relationships, Reading Comprehension,
Sentence Completion, and Mathematics.
Independent tests of S.A.T. series
performance show a mean total increase
of 70 points in students' scores-$229.95.
Graduate Record Exam series-Educator
Edition includes 28 prdgrams covering
Vocabulaty, Word Relationships, Reading
Comprehension, Sentence Completion,
Mathematics, AnalYf:ical Reasoning and
Logical Diagrams-$289.95. Krell Software
Corp., 21 Millbrook Drive, Stony
Brook, NY 11790 (516) 751-5139.
EDCJCATION
Antfarm is a unique program designed to
teach principles of good programming to
children. Uses structured program control:
sequence, selection, ieration, subprogram.
Forces modularity of programs,
rrtnemomic namig and encourages topdown
design. In addition to the principles
of good programming, Antfarm is fun.
Kids have fun making the ant move, eat,
plant, in interesting ways. Requires a 48K
Apple with DOS 3.3-$49.95. Computer
Consulting, 6723 E. 66th Place, Tulsa, OK
74133 (918) 492-9036.
Music Master is a curriculum for basic
musicianship. Covers musical topics ranging
from simple note recognition by ear to
the identification of melodies achieved
through interaction with a music keyboard.
Designed for the beginning as well
as the advanced music student, Music­
Master builds a solid foundation for performing,
composing and orchestrating
music. Uses the alphaSyntauri intelligent
instrument. Available in self-cqntained
modules on floppy diskette corresponding
to three levels of mastery: beginner,
intermediate, and advanced. Beginners
module covers scales, intervals and triads.
96 Apple Orchard