1001 Things To Do With Your IBM PC (Mark R. Sawusch, Tan A Summers, 1984) is a source book of ideas and mathematical formulas for the IBM PC. Other versions of the book were published for other classic computers of the time.

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Here's a gold mine of exciting ideas … more than 1000 ways you can use your IBM PC for applications ranging from household record keeping and budgeting to investment analysis and business management—from game playing and hobby use to scientific, educational, and technical applications.

Best of all, this is a book that not only includes a treasure trove of ideas for getting more from your computer … it provides you with actual programs, printouts, flowcharts, diagrams, and step-by-step instructions for using your micro in practical and just-for-fun ways.

You can use your micro to forecast the weather … to help your youngsters make better grades in school … to calculate camera settings … to control household appliances or security systems … to manage your investments … to add excitement to your model railroading hobby … to translate shorthand notes … to handle practically every kind of business record keeping chore … to solve electronics problems … and, of course, to play games! In fact, you'll find more ideas and programs for using your microcomputer than you'd ever thought possible … even ways to make money with your computer!

Mark R Sawusch is an experienced microcomputer programmer, writer and a pioneer in the personal computing field. Tan A. Summers is a freelance writer and computer programmer.

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Acknowledgments

• Introduction

• 1 Applications For Everyone
  • Personal Reference Source — The Electronic Memorandum Program — An Index to Your Library — Word Processing — Letter Writing — Categorizing Information — A Recipe Index and Calculator — Itinerary Assistant — Phone Timer — Telephone File, Dialer, and Answering Machine — Greeting Card/Invitation List — Personal Time Management System — Decision Maker — Health — Shorthand Translator — Kitchen Inventory - Rating Calculations — Inventory of Possessions — Index to Important Literature — Day of the Week Calculation — Food Store Shopping Aid — Coupon File — Home Planning — Private Information Storehouse — General Purpose Clock or Timer — Blood Alcohol Content — Carpenters' and Mechanics' Helper — Car Maintenance Calculating and Record Keeping - Raffle Ticket Producer and Drawer - Life Expectancy Calculator — Database Demonstration

• 2 Business and Financial Applications
  • Finances and Investments — Stocks, Bonds, and Securities — Personal Accounting — Money-Making Applications — Business Decision Making — General Business Calculations and Business Accounting Systems — Additional Applications for the Small Business Person or the Professional — The Computer and the Professional

• 3 Mathematical and Statistic Applications
  • The Computer as a Sophisticated Calculator — Statistics — Mathematics — Mathematical Recreations and Programming Challenges

• 4 Technical and Scientific Applications
  • Weather Forecasting — The Sundial Design Program — Energy Efficiency Computation — Technical and Scientific Calculations — Engineering Applications

• 5 Educational Applications
  • Application Ideas — Computer Assisted Instruction — Computer Tutor — Educational Simulations — Additional CAI Ideas

• 6 Hobby Applications
  • The Arts — Hobbies

• 7 Games and Recreational Applications
  • Board and Strategy Games You Can Program — Computer Quizzes — Games that Use Words — Magic — Computer-Intelligence Games — Programs for Young Children — The Computer as Board Display Device , Bookkeeper, and Game Advisor — Drawing and Kaleidoscope Programs — Simulation and Adventure Games — Video Games — Recreations Involving the Computer Itself — Computers and Chess — Additional Game Programs

• 8 Control and Peripheral Applications
  • Household Control Devices — Music — An External Device Controller for Your Computer — An A/D Converter for Your Computer - Personal Robots

• 9 Artificial Intelligence, the Future Personal Computer, and Networking
  • Futuristic Applications that are Feasible Now — Futuristic Applications that Are Not Yet Feasible — Networking — Databases

• 10 Utility Programs
  • Multipurpose Programs — Utility Subroutines

• 11 Miscellaneous Applications
  • Computers and the Humanities — Aid to the Handicapped — Test Your Typing Speed — Maintenance of Organization Records — Co-op Scheduling and Finances — Tailor's Calculations — Phone Code — Brainstormer — Source Index — People Matching — Greeting Card Producer — Contests — Handwriting Analysis — Fifty Miscellaneous Applications

• Appendix Software Source Books

• Glossary

• Index

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