Software Reviews : DB MASTER 4 PLUS Reviewed by Wolfgang Frese, Mississippi State University Publisher: Stoneware, Incorporated, 50 Belvedere Street, San Rafael, CA 94901-4870 (telephone: 415-454-6500) Year of Publication: 1984 Materials: 6 unlocked diskettes (2 are backups), a reference manual, a master reference chart, blank worksheets and tutorial worksheets (utility packs are included) Price: $295; site license program available Machine Specificity: Apple IIc, Apple IIe, Apple II Plus, Franklin ACE 1000 or 1200 (ADVANCED DB MASTER is available for the IBM PC and a hard disk version of DB MASTER is also available) System Requirements: 64K of RAM and 1 to 4 disk drives (at least 2 are highly recommended) Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Fair Documentation: Good

1986 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-125
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Reference Manual

Software Reviews : PARADOX, Version 1.1 Reviewed by John J. Treacy, Wright State University Publisher: ANSA Software, 1301 Shoreway, Belmont, CA 94002 (telephone : 415-595-4469) Year of Publication: 1986 Materials: Two program disks, one installation disk, one sample table disk, two keyboard templates, and five manuals ( PARADOX introduction, 150 pp.; user's guide, 430 pp.; PARADOX application language user's guide: A quick guide to PARADOX for dBASE users, 22 pp.; and A quick guide to PARADOX for LOTUS users, 18 pp.). Also available upon request is an applications generator guide with three disks that requires a hard disk to run. Price: $695 list Availability: IBM PC, XT, AT, COMPAQ, COMPAQ PLUS, DESKPRO, and 100-percent-compatible personal computers. (I used NCR 41 with 640K RAM, color monitor, 808 math coprocessor, one floppy disk [360K], one 20M hard drive, and a 2M Ram disk with IBM DOS 3.1. ~ System Requirements: 512K RAM, two floppy drives or one hard disk and one floppy drive, DOS 2.0 or higher; supports IBM Pro-writer, Epson, Okida A dot-matrix, and HP Laser printers Effectiveness: Good User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Good on program usage, weak on hardware

1987 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-271
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Software Reviews : Testimate Publisher: idv Datenanalyse und Versuchsplanung, Wessobrunner Strasse 6, D-82131 Gauting/München, Germany; tel. 49 89 850 80 01; SciTech, 2231 N. Clybourn Ave., Chicago, IL 60614; 312-472-0444 Year of Publication: 1992 Version Reviewed: 5.1.2 Materials: One 3.5" program disk (also available on 5.25" disks), Testimate 5.1 handbook, Testimate examples manual, program and printer installation manual; and available by request, Testimate val idation monograph Price: $395 (academic price); $695 (commercial price); additional copies are $195/395, though a site license agreement is available at a reduced price Machine Specificity: IBM-PC, AT, 386, 486, and other 100%-compat ible machines System Requirements: Requires hard-disk installation and uses ap proximately 1MB of storage and 640KB of RAM. Operates under MS DOS from version 2.11 through version 3.3 and version 5.0, or DR- DOS from version 3.0 through 5.0, or OS/2 version 2.0. Supports all graphics cards and coprocessors, though a coprocessor is not necessary. According to the authors, all commercially available printers, except Postscript printers without emulation, are supported, and any printer not supported will be configured free of charge. Effectiveness: Excellent User Friendliness: Good if 100% IBM-compatible equipment is used, otherwise poor Documentation: Excellent validation studies; good manual and installation documents

1994 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-152 ◽  
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