Software Reviews : War or Peace? You Decide! Reviewed by James E. Sargent, Virginia Western Community College Publisher: Bright Ideas, Inc., 52 Exeter Street, Portland, ME 04102-2839 (telephone: 207-775-1330) Year of Publication: 1986 Materials: Two disks, manual Price: $49.95 Machine Specificity: IBM PC, Apple II System Requirements: 256K RAM, better with two disk drives, color graphics adapter for the IBM; 48K for the Apple II Effectiveness: Very Good User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

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Software Reviews : War or Peace? You Decide! Reviewed by James E. Sargent, Virginia Western Community College Publisher: Bright Ideas, Inc., 52 Exeter Street, Portland, ME 04102-2839 (telephone: 207-775-1330) Year of Publication: 1986 Materials: Two disks, manual Price: $49.95 Machine Specificity: IBM PC, Apple II System Requirements: 256K RAM, better with two disk drives, color graphics adapter for the IBM; 48K for the Apple II Effectiveness: Very Good User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938600400412 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 515-519

Keyword(s):

Community College ◽

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System Requirements ◽

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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

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Hard Disk ◽

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Reference Guide ◽

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Software Reviews : Ultrafile Reviewed by Donald J. Calista, Marist College Publisher: Continental Software, 11223 South Hindrey Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90045 (213-417-8031) Materials: Four diskettes and documentation in one 7" by 9" looseleaf binder. Price: $195 Availability: IBM, Compaq, and other compatibles. System Requirements: 128k, IBM PC-DOS 1.1 or 2.0, IBM BASIC, two doubled-sided disk drives, color display card. Effectiveness: Good User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Good

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938500300110 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 66-69

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Los Angeles ◽

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Color Display ◽

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Software Reviews : SL-MICRO, Version 2.16 Reviewed by David E. Anderson, Allegheny College Publisher: Questionnaire Service Co., Box 778, East Lansing, MI 48826 (telephone: 517-641-4428) Year of Publication: 1987 Materials: One diskette, 195-page manual in two volumes Price: Single copy, $250; two to five copies, $200 each; five or more copies, $150 each; site license for machines in same room, $500 Machine Specificity: IBM Pc and compatibles as well as computers using CP/M System Requirements: 128K, two disk drives; 48K for cP/M versions Effectiveness: Good User-Friendliness: Fair Documentation: Excellent

Social Science Computer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938800600217 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 300-302

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Software Reviews : Nota Bene, Version 1.1 Reviewed by Patrick W. Hamlett, University of Missouri—Rolla Publisher: Dragonfly Software, 409 Fulton Street, Suite 202, Brooklyn, NY 11201 (telephone: 718-624-0127) Year of Publication: 1985 Materials: Nota Bene master program disk, supplemental utilities disk, instruction manual Price: $495.00 Machine Specificity: IBM PC, xT, AT; Columbia; Compaq Portable & Desk-pro; Corona; ITT Xtra; Leading Edge; Panasonic Senior Partner ; Tandy 1200 HD; Zenith 150, 157 System Requirements: 256K memory, two double-sided disk drives, and DOS version 2.0 or higher. Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938500300432 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

pp. 421-425

Keyword(s):

Leading Edge ◽

Disk Drives ◽

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Master Program ◽

University Of Missouri ◽

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Version 2.0 ◽

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Software Reviews : THOR, Version 1.83 Publisher: Fastware, Inc., 200 Freeway Drive East, East Orange, NJ 07018 (telephone: 201-676-7963) Year of Publication: 1984 Materials: 1 program disk, 1 demonstration disk Price: $295 Machine Specificity: IBM PC and compatibles System Requirements: 128K RAM (larger RAM is highly desirable), two 320K disk drives Effectiveness: Good User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Excellent

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938600400224 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 258-261

Author(s):

Russell K. Schutt

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Software Reviews : Decision Analyst 1.4 Staff review Publisher: Executive Software Inc., Two North State Street, Dover, Delaware 19901 (705-722-3373) Materials: One diskette with 8½" by 11" looseleaf binder, 200 pages. Price: $139 Availability: IBM PC, Wang PC, Zenith Z 100, TI Pro, DEC Rainbow, and other MS-DOS systems. System Requirements: 96K RAM, DOS 2.0, 80-column display, two disk drives of 140k each; preferred: two drives of at least 240k each, printer. Effectiveness: Fair User-Friendliness: Good Documentation: Good

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938500300113 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 75-77

Keyword(s):

Disk Drives ◽

User Friendliness ◽

System Requirements ◽

Software Reviews ◽

State Street ◽

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Software Reviews : Manuscript Manager Version 1.1 Reviewed by David E. Anderson, Allegheny College Publisher: Pergamon Journals, Inc., Maxwell House, Fairview Park, Elmsford, NY 10523 (telephone: 914-592-3625) Year of Publication: 1986 Materials: One 51/4" diskette, a 275-page instruction manual, and a copy of the Third Edition of the APA Style Manual Price: Apple version, $175; IBM version, $210 System Requirements: Apple version: Apple IIe with extended 80- column card or Apple IIc, one or two disk drives (two preferred), PRODOS, and any Apple II compatible printer. IBM version: IBM PC or compatible, 256K memory, DOS 2.1 or later, compatible printer Effectiveness: Excellent User-Friendliness : Good Documentation: Excellent

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938600400424 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

pp. 541-544

Keyword(s):

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User Friendliness ◽

Instruction Manual ◽

The Third ◽

System Requirements ◽

Software Reviews ◽

Style Manual ◽

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Software Reviews : Framework 1.0 Reviewed by Kennon F. Privette, North Carolina State University Publisher: Ashton-Tate, Inc., 10150 West Jefferson Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90230 (213-204-5570) Materials: Six disks, two reference manuals (689 pages total), and two plastic function templates. Price: $695 (available for classroom use at 90% discount in lots of six or more)Availability: IBM Pc and compatibles. System Requirements: 256k memory (384k for using telecommunications), and two disk drives. Effectiveness: Good User-Friendliness: Excellent Documentation: Fair

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938500300112 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 72-75

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

State University ◽

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North Carolina State University ◽

System Requirements ◽

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Software Reviews : CRISP: CRUNCH INTERACTIVE STATISTICAL PACKAGE, Version 3 Reviewed by Richard Clarke, Emory University Publisher: Crunch Software Corporation, 2547 22nd Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94116 (telephone: 415-564-7337) Year of Publication: 1986 Materials: Five disks plus the Reference Manual Price: $495 Availability: IBM PC, XT, AT, and compatibles System Requirements: 256K, two disk drives (but see discussion below) Effectiveness: Good User-Friendliness: Good Documentation: Good

Social Science Microcomputer Review ◽

10.1177/089443938700500220 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 257-259

Keyword(s):

San Francisco ◽

Disk Drives ◽

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Emory University ◽

System Requirements ◽

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Reference Manual ◽

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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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