34 VIC-20 Computer Programs for Home, School & Office (US)
Howard Adler
ARCsoft, 1983
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34 programs
Section 1: Programs for the business person
| Program | Author | Requirements | Files | Info |
Daily Codes Pages 16-17. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | daily-codes.prg Screenshot |
Generate a list of random four-digit codes, which could be used to restrict access to storage areas, financial records, etc. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Invoice Computer Pages 17-18. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | invoice-compute.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the percentage discount for an invoice, by entering the retail price, quantity sold, etc. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Hourly Wages Pages 18-20. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | hourly-wages.prg Screenshot |
Calculate an employee's wages by entering their hourly rate and number of hours worked. Overtime is calculated at time-and-a-half for anything over 40 hours. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Ad Campaign Profit Pages 20-22. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | ad-campaign.prg Screenshot |
Find out if it is worth paying for advertising. Enter your gross sales, manufacturing costs, number of items sold, and advertising costs to calculate the remaining profit. If you enter Quantity Sold = 0 then it shows how many units must be sold to break even. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Media Money Massage Pages 22-23. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | media-money.prg Screenshot |
Compare the advertising costs for two advertising media, e.g. two newspapers with different advertising fees and different readerships. It calculates which provides the best value in cost-per-thousand recipients. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Sales Required For A Profit Pages 24-26. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | sales-required.prg Screenshot |
Calculate how many units must be sold every day, week, month or year to achieve a target profit, by entering the desired income and profit-per-unit. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Salesman's Commission Pages 26-28. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | sale-commission.prg Screenshot |
Calculate a sales staff's commission, from their gross sales and commission percentage. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Unit Price Pages 28-31. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | unit-price.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the unit price of an item, by dividing the total price by the quantity. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Gross & Net Computer Pages 31-34. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | gross-net-comp.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the cashflow from selling a particular quantity of items, by entering the list price, manufacturing cost, wholesale discount, and quantity sold. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Executive Decision Maker Page 34. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | decision-maker.prg Screenshot |
Make a quick yes/no decision using random numbers. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Selling Prices Of World Currencies Pages 35-38. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | world-currency.prg Screenshot |
Convert fifty different currencies into US Dollars. The currency names & conversion rates are from August 1982. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Section 2: Programs for the home
| Program | Author | Requirements | Files | Info |
Chinese Zodiac Pages 40-43. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | chinese-zodiac.prg Screenshot |
Enter the year of your birth, and this program displays your Chinese zodiac animal sign, personality traits, which signs are compatible with you, and which signs are opposite. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Number Of Days In A Month Pages 43-44. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | days-in-a-month.prg Screenshot |
Children's educational quiz. The computer displays a month, and you must enter the number of days in that month. It goes on forever. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
High/Low Bowling Score Pages 44-45. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | bowling-score.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the highest & lowest bowling scores, by entering a list of names and their scores. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Random Number Quality Checker Pages 46-47. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | rand-num-check.prg Screenshot |
Check the distribution of computer-generated random numbers. It generates a hundred random numbers between 0-100, then reports how many were 49 or less (yes) and 50 or more (no). Controls: None. |
Super Slot-O Pages 47-48. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | super-slot-o.prg Screenshot |
Fruit machine game. Spin the reels and see what comes up. There are no scores or payouts. Controls: Press return (spin reels). |
Savings Quickie Pages 48-49. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | savings-quickie.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the interest on a savings account by entering the initial balance, interest rate, and number of years. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Draw Straws Pages 50-51. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | draw-straws.prg Screenshot |
Draw straws to make a random decision between three people. The person with the lowest number 'wins'. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Funny Similies Pages 51-52. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | funny-similies.prg Screenshot |
Generates random silly phrases/insults about somebody's name. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Birthstones Pages 52-54. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | birthstones.prg Screenshot |
Quiz. Test your knowledge of birthstones, e.g. January is Garnet. It goes on forever. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Monthly Loan Payment Pages 54-55. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | loan-payment.prg Screenshot |
Calculate monthly loan payments by entering the amount borrowed, interest rate, and number of payments. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Section 3: Programs for students and teachers
| Program | Author | Requirements | Files | Info |
Foreign Capitals Pages 59-61. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | foreign-capital.prg Screenshot |
Geography quiz. The computer names a country, and you must enter the capital. It goes on forever. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Areas Pages 61-63. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | areas.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the area of a circle, ellipse, parabola, sphere, square, rectangle or triangle (surface area is calculated for spheres). Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Photography: Flash Exposure Pages 63-64. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | photo-flash-exp.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the f/stop setting on your film camera, by entering your film guide number and the flash-to-subject distance in feet. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Photography: Close Ups Pages 65-66. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | photo-close-ups.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the effective f/number for taking close ups on your film camera, by entering the normal f/number, lens-to-film distance in mm, and lens focal length in mm. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Math Flasher Pages 66-69. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | math-flasher.prg Screenshot |
Mental arithmetic game. Solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
| Advanced Math Flasher Pages 69-71. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | adv-math-flashr.prg Screenshot |
A more difficult version of Math Flasher. Solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Exam Score Sorting Pages 71-73. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | exam-score-sort.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the minimum, maximum, median and average for a list of exam scores. It also counts how many students received each grade. F is 0-59, D is 60-69, C is 70-79, B is 80-89, A is 90-100. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Astronomy: Lightyears/Distance Conversions Pages 73-75. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | lightyears-dist.prg Screenshot |
Convert lightyears into miles or kilometres, and vice versa. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
State Geographic Centers Pages 75-77. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | state-centers.prg Screenshot |
Geography quiz. The computer names the town/city closest to the geographic centre of an American state, and you must enter the state. It goes on forever. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Volumes Pages 78-80. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | volumes.prg Screenshot |
Calculate the volume of a cone, pyramid, cube, cylinder, prism or sphere. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Event Timer Pages 80-81. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | event-timer.prg Screenshot |
Timer program, sounds an alarm after the desired number of minutes have passed. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
U.S. Presidents Pages 81-85. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | us-presidents.prg Screenshot |
Quiz. Test your knowledge of American presidents. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
Class Roll Sorter Pages 86-88. |
Howard Adler | Unexpanded | class-roll-sort.prg Screenshot |
Enter a list of names (maximum 20), then press Return on a blank line to arrange them into alphabetical order. Controls: Follow on-screen prompts. |
