Software Reviews : Gemodel Version 1.7 Reviewed by Frank Vorhies, University of Denver Publisher: Damus Investment & Agency Inc., 1879 Kingsdale Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, K1T 1H9 Canada (telephone: 613-731-4082) Year of Publication: 1985 Materials: One diskette and one manual Price: not given Machine Specificity: IBM PC and compatible computers System Requirements: 256K RAM, one drive, monochrome or color monitor Effectiveness: Good to Excellent User-Friendliness: Fair Documentation: Fair

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938600400409 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 509-511

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University Of Denver ◽

Color Monitor ◽

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Software Reviews : GPSS/PC 1.04c (General Purpose Simulation System) Staff review Publisher: Minuteman Software, P.O. Box 171, Stow, MA 01775 (617-897-5662) Materials: One locked diskette; 6" by 8½" looseleaf binder, 394 pages; user reference card; GPSS/PC newsletter; one year of warranty user support with an 800 number. Price: $900Availability: IBM PC and XT or compatibles. System Requirements: PC-DOS 1.0 or higher; 256k memory (large simulations may require up to 640k); 1 double-sided drive; color or monochrome display. (Note: Forthcoming Version 2.0 will require PC-DOS 2.0 or higher and color monitor). Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Fair Documentation: Fair

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938500300108 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 63-65

Keyword(s):

General Purpose ◽

Simulation System ◽

User Friendliness ◽

User Support ◽

Color Monitor ◽

Version 2.0 ◽

System Requirements ◽

Software Reviews ◽

One Year ◽

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Software Reviews : CASTELLON: A SIMULATION OFDECISION-MAKING INA FICTITIO US DE VEL OPING CO UNTR Y IN LA TIN AMERICA, Version 1.0 Reviewed by Richard W. Slatta, North Carolina State University Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 7555 Caldwell Ave., Chicago, IL 60648 (telephone: 800-237-2665 or 312-647-8822) Year of Publication: 1987 Materials: Three 5.25-inch disks, 37-page manual Price: $20 Machine Specificity: IBM PC and compatibles System Requirements: 256K RAM, two drives, color monitor Effectiveness: Fair User-Friendliness: Good Documentation: Fair

Social Science Computer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938800600318 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 442-444 ◽

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

State University ◽

User Friendliness ◽

North Carolina State University ◽

Color Monitor ◽

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Software Reviews : SIGSTAT Reviewed by David E. Anderson, Allegheny College Publisher: Significant Statistics, 3336 N. Canyon Road, Provo, UT 84604 Date: 1984 Materials: Eight diskettes, one instructional manual Price: N/A Machine Specificity: IBM PC System Requirements: 128k memory and two double-sided drives Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Poor Documentation: Fair

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938500300220 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 164-166

Keyword(s):

User Friendliness ◽

Canyon Road ◽

System Requirements ◽

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Instructional Manual ◽

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Software Reviews : STATPLAN II, Version 3.1 (Statistical Analysis for the IBM PC) Reviewed by Karen Lynch Frederick, Saint Anselm College Publisher: The Futures Group, 76 Eastern Boulevard, Glastonbury, CT 06033 (telephone: 203-633-3501) Year of Publication: 1984 Materials: One master diskette, one program manual Price: Not listed Machine Specificity: IBM PC, xr, Portable or Pc jr, and most IBM- compatibles that provide a compatible version of BASICA or Gw-BASic System Requirements: At least one disk drive, with as little as 64K RAM, but 128K is recommended. Specific printer and graphics programs required to print graphics. Effectiveness: Good User-Friendliness: Fair Documentation: Fair

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938500300418 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 396-398

Keyword(s):

Statistical Analysis ◽

Basic System ◽

User Friendliness ◽

System Requirements ◽

Software Reviews ◽

Saint Anselm ◽

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Software Reviews : TableCurvePublisher: Jandel Scientific, 65 Koch Rd., Corte Madera, CA 94925; 800-874-1888; 415-924-8640; FAX 415-924-2850 Year of Publication: 1991 Version Reviewed: 3.01 Materials: 2 disks; 386-page 3-ring manual in binder Price: $495 Machine Specificity: MS-DOS computers, including older 8086 and 8088 varieties System Requirements: DOS 3.0 or higher; 640K RAM; EGA, VGA, IBM 8514, IBM PC-3270, ATT, or Hercules graphics adapter and monitor; hard disk with 1.8MB free space; 6ooK of any combination of expanded (EMS) or extended (xMs) memory or hard-disk virtual memory is required at a minimum and 1.5MB is required for maximum- size data tables. Math coprocessor strongly recommended. Graphicsprinter strongly recommended for output. Mouse input optional. Windows in 386 enhanced mode is supported but not required. Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

Social Science Computer Review ◽

10.1177/089443939201000316 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 398-402

Keyword(s):

Hard Disk ◽

Maximum Size ◽

Virtual Memory ◽

User Friendliness ◽

System Requirements ◽

Software Reviews ◽

Data Tables ◽

Size Data ◽

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Software Reviews : DATAEASE 2.12 Reviewed by Deena Weinstein, DePaul University Publisher: Software Solutions, Inc., 305 Bic Drive, Milford, CT 06460 (telephone: 203-877-9268) Year of Publication: 1984 Materials: Manual in three-ring binder, 100-page tutorial manual, 25-page reference guide, tutorial diskette, demonstration diskette, two unprotected program diskettes Price: $595 Machine Specificity: IBM Pc and compatibles System Requirements: 256K memory, 2 disk drives; hard disk, printer, and 320K or more recommended Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938600400121 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 126-128

Keyword(s):

Hard Disk ◽

Disk Drives ◽

User Friendliness ◽

Reference Guide ◽

System Requirements ◽

Software Reviews ◽

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Software Reviews : Statistix, Version 1.1 Publisher: NH Analytical Software, 801 West Iowa Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55117 (telephone: 612-488-4436) Years of Publication: 1985, 1986 Materials: Two disks (not copy-protected) and a spiral-bound manual Price: $75 Availability: IBM PC/XT/AT and compatible MS DOS machines. The reviewer tested the program on two machines, an IBM XT and a Zenith 158, both equipped with 20-megabyte hard disks. The program ran successfully at clock speeds of 4.77 and 8.0 megahertz. Versions are available for Apple computers. An 8087 optional version is available also. System Requirements: Two floppy drives or a hard disk, 256K RAM for PC/MS DOS versions, either 64K or 128K RAM for Apple versions. Maximum size of dataset varies with amount of RAM. Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938700500320 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 392-395

Author(s):

Sam Yeager

Keyword(s):

Hard Disk ◽

Maximum Size ◽

User Friendliness ◽

System Requirements ◽

Software Reviews ◽

Two Machines ◽

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Software Reviews : INSET 2: THE GRAPHICS AND TEXT INTEGRATOR, Release A Reviewed by Richard W. Slatta, North Carolina State University Publisher: American Programmers Guild, Ltd., 12 Mill Plain Rd., Danbury, CT 06811 (telephone: 800-828-8088 or 203-794-0396) Year of Publication: 1986 Materials: System disk, print driver disk, spiralbound manual Price: $99 (Owners of MULTIMATE GRAPHLINK, MICROPRO CHARTMERGE, and OFFICE SOLUTIONS OFFICEGRAPHICS can upgrade to INSET 2 for $50 by sending present program disk to American Programmer's Guild Availability: IBM PC or compatibles System Requirements: Memory-resident; requires 95-1 lOK RAM beyond that used by main applications program. Compatible with most popular word-processing programs, graphics boards, and laser and dot-matrix printers. Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Good Documentation: Good

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938700500224 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 265-267

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

Word Processing ◽

State University ◽

Present Program ◽

User Friendliness ◽

North Carolina State University ◽

System Requirements ◽

Software Reviews ◽

System Disk ◽

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Software Reviews : Insight 2+, Version 1.3 Publisher: Level Five Research, Inc., 503 Fifth Avenue, Indialantic, FL 32903 (telephone: 305-729-9046; bulletin board: 305-724-0909) Year of Publication: 1986 Materials: 3 DSDD disks (not copy-protected), loose-leaf reference manual Price: $485 (academic discount available) Availability: IBM PC and compatibles (Macintosh version forthcoming) System Requirements: 256K RAM, two double-sided drives, PC/MS DOS 2.0 or higher Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Good Documentation: Good

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938700500323 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 400-404

Author(s):

William P. Yohe

Keyword(s):

Bulletin Board ◽

User Friendliness ◽

System Requirements ◽

Software Reviews ◽

Reference Manual ◽

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Software Reviews : Executive Assistant Reviewed by Beverly A. Cigler, North Carolina State University Publisher: Reston Publishing Co., 11480 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, VA 22090 (telephone: 703-437-8900) Date: 1984 Materials: One program diskette, manual Price: $100 Machine Specificity: IBM PC and compatibles System Requirements: Requires Lotus 1-2-3 Release 1 A or later; 256k RAM memory; two drives; printer recommended Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938500300225 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 173-175

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

State University ◽

User Friendliness ◽

North Carolina State University ◽

System Requirements ◽

Software Reviews ◽

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