ACFAQ.ZIP 4051 09-15-95 Air Conditioning FAQ v8/2/95 is a helpful | list of tips and common solutions to home | air-conditioning problems. (William J. II | Baumbach) ATH300AU.ZIP 472195 11-11-95 Around The House - Australian 3.0 is an | information manager for the Australian home. | It allows easy tracking of names, addresses, | phone numbers, grocery lists, to-do lists, | vehicle repairs, and household maintenance. | NEW: added personal files module. (Richard | Holler) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $39) ATH300BR.ZIP 474438 11-17-95 Around the House - British 3.0 is an | information manager for the British home. It | allows easy tracking of names, addresses, | phone numbers, grocery lists, to-do lists, | vehicle repairs, and household maintenance. | NEW: a module for tracking various items of | information for family members. (Richard | Holler) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $39) BICYCLE.ZIP 122368 02-02-94 Bicycle Tune-Up and Repair will teach you | all about tuning up any bicycle including | cruisers, BMX, road and mountain bikes. There | are lessons on wheel alignment, flat tire | repair, bearing adjustments and more. (Jeff | Napier) (Reg.Fee: $10) BOUNDRY.ZIP 40621 01-25-90 Boundry is for hardcore audiophiles; it | displays a loudspeaker frequency response | curve as influenced by the room boundary. It | helps to avoid locating loudspeakers in sites | which cause dips in the overall response of | the system. (Sitting Duck Software) (Reg.Fee: | $45) BULBS21.ZIP 42719 11-20-95 Bulbs 2.1 helps to determine the proper | voltage of bulbs used in strings of Christmas | lights and other mini-bulb assemblies. Simply | enter the total number of bulbs on your bulb | string and the voltage of each bulb will be | displayed. This can be useful to determine | which bulbs, from that stack of decorations | in the closet, go with which strings. (Paul | Graydon) (Reg.Fee: $2) CPTCLN20.ZIP 244350 11-20-94 How To Clean Your Own Carpet 2.0 provides | professional advice and instruction on all | aspects of cleaning carpet. It includes spot | removal, how to use rental equipment, how to | hire a service, and where to find help with | problems. (Brian J. Collopy) (Reg.Fee: $30) DATAMSTR.ZIP 255612 02-14-92 Data Master helps keep track of a variety of | types of information, including Automobile, | Calendar, Directory, Financial, Inventory, | Library (audio/video), Messages, To-Do Lists, | Outlines, Shopping, TV, Recipes, Vocabulary | Testing, Weight, and Exercise. The program is | easy to use and offers nine levels of | security, many printing options, and more. | Hard disk required. (Software Masters) | (Reg.Fee: $23) ELECT1.ZIP 9462 03-15-96 Mr Lee's Electric Calculator 1.0 helps you | read and calculate your electricity usage on | a day to day basis. (Todd Lee) (Reg.Fee: $10) ENERGY25.ZIP 297945 10-24-94 Energy Cost 2.5 creates total or comparison | reports in cost/kilowatt hours or demand | charges. You can quickly identify the cost of | one lighting system to another, determine the | savings on changing to energy efficient | equipment to calculate a pay back period, | analyze the savings by improving the power | factor, and compare usage at peak and | off-peak times. (Brian Lamoureux) (Reg.Fee: | $64) FAMTOOLS.ZIP 106647 01-23-94 Family Tools is a set of computer | applications for the home. Included are a | grade book recording function, a checkbook | recording and balancing function, a | calculator, telephone book, appointment | calendar, software library catalog function, | a note pad, and more. Don't say we didn't | warn you: this program is acceptable for a | new computer user who does not need or expect | sophisticated tools. We think that there is a | legitimate need for such simple, | unsophisticated, but useful programs, but | whenever we add one, we get letters from | people saying that such programs are not | "worthy" of being in PsL. (Michael Dorio) | (Reg.Fee: $25) GARAGE.ZIP 91656 01-24-94 Garage Sale Manager 2.0 helps you organize | garage sales. It can track items by name and | price, who an item is being sold by, and | money that is due to each person. (Norman O. | Morgan) (Reg.Fee: $22) GREEN_1.ZIP 253967 08-13-90 Green Consumer's Source Disk & Almanac | contains a wide variety of information for | those concerned about our environment. It | includes the names of cleaning products that | don't contribute to pollution; ideas to help | you reduce, reuse, and recycle your garbage; | ways to keep your lawn greener without | chemicals; methods to improve your home's | energy efficiency and liveability; a | symptom-to-cause database that links a | person's symptoms to possible toxic-based | causes; information on how the deadliest | substances have found their way into your | breakfast table; and a battle-plan for | fighting Lyme disease, mosquitoes, fleas, | dandelions, etc., with natural formulas. | Requires 640K and a disk with one megfree. | (ID/P Systems) (Reg.Fee: $7) HANDSOFF.ZIP 81516 01-05-94 HandsOff! 1.20a turns your computer into a | simple home burglar alarm system. (Timothy | Campbell) (Reg.Fee: $0) HANDYHLP.ZIP 100609 10-25-95 Handyman Helper 1.0 is a guide to performing | a number of routine repair and maintenance | tasks in the home, lawn, and car. Topics | include changing common car parts, installing | floor tiles, insulation, controlling insects, | and more. (W. R. Weaver) (Reg.Fee: $12) HOME_HLP.ZIP 212649 01-23-94 Home Helper is a set of applications for the | home: electronic phone book with mailing | labels, recipe book, audio and video tape | cataloger, home inventory module, credit card | tracker, and appointment schedular. Requires | 512k RAM. (William V Torbert) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: | $15) HOME_MGR.ZIP 112025 01-23-94 Home Manager is a multi-function program for | managing a home. The functions include an | asset and liability database, a budgeting and | home finance module, an envelope addressing | utility (laser printers only), a home | maintenance tracking and scheduling | programming, a name and address and label | printing database, an important records | database, a to-do list manager, and a vehicle | maintenance program and a full-featured | financial calculation system. Requires two | drives. Home Manager is an excellent program | - intelligently designed, slick, easy to use, | plenty of help on line. We recommend it for | anyone who has a computer in the house. | (Applied Micro Systems Technolo) (Reg.Fee: | $15-$35) HOMEDA21.ZIP 286171 03-17-95 HomeData 2.1 contains seven database modules | for home use. Modules are included for home | inventory, family investment, family health, | addresses, Christmas card list, vehicle | maintenance, and customized personal | collection. It features 17 different reports | and three mailing label options, although our | reviewer had problems trying to print. (Larry | L. Hakel) (Reg.Fee: $30) HOMEWARE.ZIP 221981 01-23-94 HomeWare is a collection of programs for the | home: for maintaining a meal schedule and | shopping list, for vehicle maintenance, and | for home inventory. Also included is a name | and address record book, video cassette | catalog, a hobbies record keeping | application, and a mixed drink application. | Sample data files are also included for mixed | drink and food recipes. The programs are | menu-driven and easy to use. (Roy | Whittington) (Reg.Fee: $30) HOUSEHLD.ZIP 250233 01-20-94 HouseHold 1.5 is a general purpose database | program for the home. It features storage, | retrieval, and report functions for telephone | numbers, addresses, checking and savings | accounts, retirement/IRA accounts, | appointments, home equity and payments, label | printing, personal inventory, credit card | tracking, stock and mutual fund ownership, | coin and stamp collections, recipes and more. | (Saturn Systems) (Reg.Fee: $13) HSD.ZIP 1722510 05-15-96 Handy Stuff for DOS 2.1 is a program with a | set of modules for various household | management tasks. The LOAN/LEASE module helps | you to decide which mortgage, loan, or lease | is best for you. Principal, number of | payments, interest rate, or payment can be | found by entering the other three. | CONVERSIONS converts between different units | of measure. TICKLER REMINDERS pops up when | you start the main program to remind you of | important events and other things that need | to be done. MAIL LIST and ADDRESSES are | address books with note fields. (Clyde Rose) | (Reg.Fee: $54) LAWNMOWR.ZIP 310467 04-12-95 Lawn Mower Shop 2.0 is a collection of text | and graphic screens that will help a person | learn to maintain and repair small gasoline | engines. The program supports most equipment | including 2 and 4 cycle engines. Requires a | hard drive. (Tony Champlin) (Reg.Fee: $25) LOOSENDS.ZIP 142412 02-02-94 Loose Ends keeps track of names and | addresses, your personal property, medical | records, automobile records, credit cards, | reminders, insurance and more. Records can be | listed or printed in various ways. Passwords | are optional. The program is menu driven and | easy to use. (JetStream Development) | (Reg.Fee: $28) MINIMO.ZIP 12997 09-11-95 X-10 Momentary Control 1.0 explains how to | modify X-10 Powerhouse MC460 mini-controllers | to provide momentary control of any X-10 | module, such as flashing a light to notify | someone that an event has happened. Complete | instructions and illustrations are included. | (William Scalione) (Reg.Fee: $0) MLRCC33.ZIP 154455 10-13-95 My Little Realm's Calling Cards 3.3 keeps | track of credit cards. Other programs in the | set keep track of books, tapes, and other | collections; important documents; phone | numbers and addresses; investments, checking | accounts, credit cards and more. Requires 2 | meg of disk space. All of the modules have | useful extra touches. The investments module | will print your portfolio. The module for | keeping track of your books will also keep a | log of books you have borrowed and helps you | remember when they are due. If you lose your | credit cards, that module will generate a | list of phone numbers to call to cancel the | cards, in addition to printing letters to the | issuers, and even printing labels for the | envelopes. (John Lee Salisbury) (ASP) | (Reg.Fee: $25) MLRPUB33.ZIP 139452 10-13-95 My Little Realm's Public Library 3.3 helps | you keep track of things you borrow, where | due and when. (John Lee Salisbury) (ASP) | (Reg.Fee: $25) MLRRM25.ZIP 130935 08-01-93 See MLRCC25.ZIP is part of the My Little | Realm series. (John Lee Salisbury) (ASP) | (Reg.Fee: $?) MLRRM30.ZIP 130218 07-29-94 My Little Realm's Read More 3.0 is a part of | the "My Little Realm" series of inventory | programs. This module helps you and keep | track of books you have read. (John Lee | Salisbury) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $25) MLRSAV30.ZIP 134231 07-29-94 My Little Realm's Savings 3.0 is a part of | the "My Little Realm" series of inventory | programs. This module will help you keep | track investment savings. It allows you to | enter the worth of each investment, as well | as pertinent information like the location of | each of the documents. It also prints your | portfolio. Requires 640K RAM. (John Lee | Salisbury) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $25) PCPARENT.ZIP 165475 02-03-94 PC Parent keeps track of school, | immunization, medical, book, financial, | possessions, clothing and other necessary | family records. It also includes a | baby-sitter information sheet. (SkySoft) | (Reg.Fee: $25) REDSHOME.ZIP 114601 02-04-94 Red's Home Maintenance Program is a guide to | basic home maintenance. It covers the use of | concrete, lumber, electrical systems, and | more. It provides trouble-shooting tips for | home appliances, garage doors, fireplaces, | etc. Each section begins with a discussion of | background information about the item. This | is a very useful reference tool for the home | maintenance novice. (Red Poteet) (Reg.Fee: | $15) SENDX10.ZIP 35497 08-23-95 SendX10 1.2 allows you to send BSR codes to | your X-10 Powerhouse interface from the DOS | command line or batch files. You can turn on | any appliance with any house code and unit | code directly from the DOS command line. When | used in a batch file, for example, it can | automatically turn on a modem when your | communications program is started, or turn on | your desk lamp from the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. | (Taegan D. Goddard) (Reg.Fee: $15) SMRTEN21.ZIP 96698 10-03-94 Smart10 2.1 can be used to control the CP290 | computer interface for X10 electric switch | modules which are available in Radio Shacks | and Sears stores. With Smart10, you can | schedule by day of the week, hour of the day | and sunrise/set, as well as calendar dates, | "weekends", or "daily". Smart10 allows | conditional scheduling ("IF..."). NEW: | guesses at a timezone based on longitude, | full date handling, and more. (Stephen L. | Billard) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: $20) STP400.ZIP 335050 03-15-95 Save the Planet 4.0 blends environmental | education with political action. Graphically | illustrated information on ozone-destroying | CFC's, atmospheric chemistry, and climate | change modeling is presented on the same disk | that includes a customized word processor for | writing quick letters to Washington. Names | and addresses of politicians are selected | from menus. Also included is a | simulation-based global warming model that | demonstrates the ecological tradeoffs | associated with the timing of greenhouse | effect policy decisions. The environmental | voting records of all Congress members for | the 1990 legislative session is also on the | disk. Also included is an expanded list of | environmental groups, and a listing of | environmental computer bulletin boards. This | is a very timely and informative package. | 512K is required. (Roger Cox) (ASP) (Reg.Fee: | $25) TELISOL.ZIP 119111 01-27-94 Telisolar provides the user with an easy, | and fast method of evaluating energy-saving | in the areas of hot water usage, building | heating/cooling load, and solar collector | design. It enables the average homeowner to | make intelligent decisions about | energy-related home improvements and/or | investments. (The author's phone number | provided in the documentation is no longer | valid.) (Reg.Fee: $0) TLCABIN.ZIP 248980 07-05-92 Tough Little Cabin contains construction | plans for a 9'x12'x8' transportable utility | building. The drawings are in PCX format and | can be viewed or printed from many paint and | DTP programs. The basic structure was | designed to be strong enough to withstand and | survive the rigors of transport as well as | strong shocks associated with earthquakes. | Its construction requires only basic | carpentry using readily available standard | building materials and standard carpentry | tools. (Dan Jincks) (Reg.Fee: $15) TVRO14.ZIP 217537 06-26-95 TVRO Assistant 1.41 calculates look angles, | focal length, f/D ratio, declination, and | feed offset for home satellite dish | antennas. A user-accessible database with up | to 100 satellites is included. (Chris | Davis) (Reg.Fee: $15) X10C.ZIP 12429 12-06-90 X10c 1.0 sends commands to an X10 interface | CP290 so that you can control lights and | appliances from your PC. (GDG Systemes Inc.) | (Reg.Fee: $15) X10DC.ZIP 365826 06-28-96 X10 Direct Control 1.65 sends commands to the | X-10 CP290 controller. P290 transmission | logging feature and INI file processing.. | NEW: CP290 transmission logging feature and | INI file processing.. (David Huras) (Reg.Fee: | $20) X10EC.ZIP 422831 06-28-96 X10 Event Control 1.30 is an event scheduler | for the X-10 CP290 controller. dded clock | synchronization function, optimized event | refresh process for improved performance. | NEW: added clock synchronization function, | optimized event refresh process for improved | performance. (David Huras) (Reg.Fee: $27) X10FAQ.ZIP 44464 09-20-95 X10 FAQ 8/21/95 is a set of | frequently-asked-questions and other | information regarding the X10 home management | system. Topics include a description of X10, | designing the wiring in a new home to | accommodate X10, controlling X10 devices from | a standard light switch, building your own | X10 modules, and much more. (Tim Green) | (Reg.Fee: $0) X10PROG.ZIP 59450 02-17-90 X10Prog 4.03 is an X10 controller program | that will download control files to your BSR | X10 controller. You can dump the contents of | your CP-290 to your screen, or a file. The | major practical use of DUMP is it's | capability to convert existing X10 data | files, and X10P version 3 and earlier data | files to X10P version 4 format. (Greg | Schings) (Reg.Fee: $15-$15) X10UP.ZIP 61938 10-30-95 X10Up 1.0 is a programmer for CP290, the | computer interface for X10 systems. Simply | create a text file describing the events that | are to happen, run the program to interpret | this information, and upload the resulting | file to the CP290. (Kevin S. Lieberman) | (Reg.Fee: $12) XA300.ZIP 173133 02-02-95 XA Command Interpreter 3.0 can set a CP-290 | X10 controller from a command line argument | or from a file of commands. Events may be | scheduled days, months, even years in advance | or may take place immediately. A utility that | is included can set errorlevel in a batch | file to indicate if the current time falls | within a given range. NEW: New Bargraph | shows CP-290 event utilization (Bruce | Christensen) (Reg.Fee: $29) XCONTROL.ZIP 193205 01-29-94 XControl is a menu-driven program for | operating the CP-290 home remote controller. | It features an installation program which | saves it's settings, and automatic resetting | of both the DOS and the CP290 clocks at the | beginning and end of Daylight Savings Time. | Schedule files can be stored in any | directory, and the command line accepts a | schedule file name as well as a single | command. 400k+ of disk space required. | (William L. Sexauer) (Reg.Fee: $25) XMSTR.ZIP 44594 08-23-92 X-Master is software for controlling the | CP-290 remote control module. It is fast, | menu driven and easy to use. (RejTech) | (Reg.Fee: $10) XT_TSR.ZIP 30968 08-03-91 X10 Command TSR 1.0 is a TSR that will pop up | a menu for controlling X10 modules, including | dimming. CP-290 is required. (Bruce | Christensen) (Reg.Fee: $20) ZIPINSUL.ZIP 89199 01-27-94 ZIP Insulation calculates how much | insulation a home needs based on your input | describing your house. Insulating can provide | a seven percent or large return on the cost | of insulating. (Reg.Fee: $0)