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Education: .

Orbit Explorer - (2.7 MB) Educational orbit and gravitation simulator for high school/college physics and astronomy. Includes many premade simulations with onscreen activities in html format !

Quotes for Today (32-bit) - (980K) Comes with a wealth of humorous and inspiring quotes. Show at startup or any time, even add your own. .

Training Tools (32-bit) - (2.4 MB) A handy set of utilities for anyone who does training or presentations of the PC. Tools include a chalkboard for writing on the screen, a sound player, a snapshot utility, a magnifying window, and more.

Typing Master (32-bit) - (2.7 MB) Excellent typing tutor, with a terrific graphical interface that shows you hands and fingers working at the keyboard, showing you exactly what you should be doing. Includes complete lessons from start to finish, tracks your progress, and gives you scores and feedback on your progressm.

Touch Type Tutor (53K) - As the name says, a great touch typing tutor. Increase your typing accuracy, increase speed, and stop hitting that backspace key!

Get to Know the USA (16-bit) (403KB) Educate yourself on the facts and figures of the history of the USA.

Presidents of the United States (16-bit) - (1.1 MBK) A very nice reference for studying facts and trivia about the Presidents of the US. With maps, quizzes, timelines, and details on every President.

TechFacts (32-bit) Great program for keeping track of critical aspects of your computer.

Reference: .

EuroPack (32-bit) - (1.0 MB) Convert an amount in any currency into Euros.
ZipCode Explorer 16-bit - An excellent reference when you need info on zip codes, area codes, or cities. You can search this database by city, state, zip, or area code. Let's say someone leaves you a message with their telephone number -- look up the area code to instantly see what state and time zone they are in. Or you have an address but no zip code -- look up the city and state or area code and find the ZIP. Very handy to have around.
SpeedKeys (3.5 MB) - Is a city, state, Zip code and telephone area code lookup program that can automatically enter information into any application. .
Vulcan Converter (32-bit) - (289K) Great program for converting between any units of weight or measure. How many cups in a gallon, inches in a kilometer, seconds in a month? Now you'll know!
Time Wizard 95 (32-bit) - (250K) - A good, easy to use program for tracking time spent on various projects. Perfect for consultants or anyone who bills clients by the hour. Track multiple projects at any hourly rate, view Gantt charts, and print out invoices.

Science: .

CyberSky v2.0 - (838K) A great astronomy/planetarium program that lets you view the planets, sun, moon, constellations and stars. Very informative and fun.
Tracking the Eye (Win95) (1.9 MB) - Chart and track hurricanes.
SkyMap (32-bit) (1.6 MB) Very educational astronomy program designed to teach beginners about the planets, stars, moons, etc in the universe.
Chem Lab (32-bit) (1.2 MB) Practice doing chemistry experiments and learn about chemicals and how they react to one another.