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WinPlot - A powerful, general purpose plotting program which runs
under Windows. Primarily oriented toward plotting scientfic
or engineering data for display or analysis. WinPlot offers a multitude
of plotting options including overlaying data plots from different files,
plotting data on semilog or log-log axes, computing statistics for plotted data,
zooming in or out to observe details of the plots, and
exporting plots to other applications. A number of sophisticated
analysis functions can also be applied to the plotted data. The download file is an
installation program. Download it to your hard disk and then double click
it to install the program and its help file. An uninstall option is provided.
More info.
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SatsUp - A Windows program which displays information on the positions
and ranges of the satellites in the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS)
constellation. It also has the capability to display information
on the Russian GLONASS system. Data is displayed in tabular form
as well as in the form of a graphical Sky Map. The program can be
used as an educational tool to learn about the GPS system, as well as a
rigorous engineering tool for simulation and data analysis. The download
file is an installation program. Download it to your hard disk and then
double click it to install the program and its help file. An uninstall
option is provided.
More info.
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MidiWave - A Windows program which allows conversion of a WAV file
to a MIDI file. A WAV file is a sampled sound file which represents
an arbitrary sound by high-rate digital samples of its amplitude, while
a MIDI file represents a musical sound or sequence in terms of a
timed series of events, such as Note On, Note Off, and Patch (or Instrument)
change. Conversion between the two formats is as much an art as a science,
and MidiWave is a still-evolving attempt to master the art. The download
file is an installation program. Download it to your hard disk and then
double click it to install the program and its help file. An uninstall
option is provided.
More info.
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AlphaBeta Checkers - Still a work in progress. Very strong in the early and middle
game, but poops out in the endgame. Can examine about a billion positions in 15 minutes.
The download file is the program executable. Download it to your hard disk and invoke it
by double-clicking the executable or a shortcut to it.
More info.
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Indexed Gedcom Method programs - A set of PERL programs which is
used to format and present genealogical data on the Internet. It is used
to create and operate our attached
family genealogy page. This is
a suite of programs originally developed by Tim Doyle and extended by Randy
Winch, and further extended by me to display tabular formatted pedigree and
descendency charts. The Indexed Gedcom Method (IGM) uses a standard GEDCOM file
as input and produces a relatively small number of permanent HTML and index
files. Most of the HTML files which are sent to a user are formatted on the
fly at user request. If you download it, you should also download and print
the setup instructions.
More info.
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FindAGrave_Downloader -
A Windows program (or robot) which allows automated, recursive download
of genealogical data from the FindAGrave.com website. The genealogical content of this
site has expanded greatly in recent years, but it can be difficult for a researcher to
navigate page-by-page through all the data to incorporate it into their own databases.
This program attempts to make this process easier by performing automated, recursive
downloads of information from the online database. The datasets are saved as standard
GEDCOM files which can be imported into any of the major genealogical database programs.
The download file is an installation program.
Download it to your hard disk and double click it to unpack the program and
its help file to the current directory.
More info.
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Backup -
A Windows program which allows backup of a system hard drive, or portions of it, to protect against crashes or other loss or corruption of data.
The program performs an incremental backup; i.e. only the files which have changed since the last backup are copied.
Specific filetypes and directories can be excluded from the backup. A particular strength of the Backup program is its handling of orphan files, which
are files or directories which exist in the destination directory, but do not presently exist in the source directory. Orphan files can severely
complicate the task of recovering from a crash. The Backup program allows examination and selective deletion of these orphan files.
The download file is an installation program.
Download it to your hard disk and double click it to unpack the program and
its help file to the current directory.
More info.
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SudokuSolver - Don't let it spoil the fun of the puzzle for you, but if
you run into a Sudoku problem that's just a little too hard, this simple Windows
program will solve it in the blink of an eye. It can also solve puzzles which
have more than one solution, and enumerate the solutions. The download file is the program
executable. Download it to your hard disk and invoke it by double-clicking the
executable or a shortcut to it.
More info.
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GeoConv - A simple Windows program which converts between the multitude
of various coordinate systems which are used to represent the position
of a point in the vicinity of the earth. The download file is the program
executable. Download it to your hard disk and invoke it by double-clicking the
executable or a shortcut to it.
More info.
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WebCrawl -
A Windows program (or robot) which allows automated, recursive download
of files from the internet. It may be used to back up an entire website, or a
portion of it. Files of a particular type, such as graphics files, may be
specified for download. Specialized, highly customized searches may be done
using special specifications for downloaded and saved files.
The download file is an installation program.
Download it to your hard disk and double click it to install the program and
its help file. An uninstall option is provided.
More info.
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PhoneBook - A Windows program which maintains an alphabetized
phone book, and allows one-touch dialing of the phone numbers in the book
(requires a modem). Eschews bells and whistles in favor of a simple,
easy-to-use interface. The download file is an installation program.
Download it to your hard disk and double click it to unpack the program
and its documentation to the current directory.
More info.
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Miscellaneous Screensavers
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The files below are screensaver (.SCR) files. Save them to your C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 directory, and then
make them active by accessing display properties (right-click anywhere on the screen background and choose
Properties), select the Screen Saver tab, and use the combo box to choose the screensaver you want. Various
screensaver properties may be set using the Settings button, and it may be previewed using the
Preview button. Click on the icons below to download the programs.
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Homer - Homer Simpson bounces eternally and futilely around the screen, wincing and issuing
his trademark D'OHHH! at each impact with the edge.
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Binary Clock - This binary clock provides an interesting and ever-changing display, and will
even tell you the time if you learn how to read it.
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Scramble - Scrambles the screen in the style of the familar missing piece puzzle
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Background - Just about the simplest screensaver imaginable. Simply removes the windows and
icons from the screen and displays your uncluttered background wallpaper.
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