Make word search puzzles, printed or computer tests, gradebook software, crossword helper, cypher solver, free pos - free cash register.
Dale Harris
Educational Software
Revised 3-19-08

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NEW!
Version 6.40h of Cash Register can now be downloaded.
New features:

In version 6.40h

Bug fix. In versions 6.40f and 6.40g if you sold gift cards huge values would appear in the "Unit tax."

In version 6.40g

IMPORTANT! You can now select to have the "Timer" feature ON or OFF, the default is OFF. This means that if you are using the timers that you must go to the "Time sales" feature of the POSCONFG.EXE program to turn the timers ON. If the timer feature is OFF pressing [CTRL] + [TAB] during a sale will do nothing.

Bug fix. In the "Timer" feature the program was not giving credit for the "First ## minutes free." In addition if you could select to print "Start time receipts" or "Stop time receipts" they would not print to a USB printer when using APRINT3.EXE even if you selected to print.

In version 6.40f

A unit tax is a sales tax that is charged per item. For example if you sell a bottle of wine there could be a 1.50 per bottle tax. When you are in the Tax column of the stock table you can press [F7] to enter a unit tax for that item. Then when you sell the item the unit tax will be charged for each one of that item you sell. Any item may have both a percentage tax and a unit tax.

When you are entering the description you can make an item “restricted” by pressing [F9]. At the right of the description an “=” sign will identify restricted items.

Then in a sale the first time you ring up a "restricted" item a window will pop up saying, "RESTRICTED MERCHANDISE CHECK ID, F1. ID PASS, F4. ID FAIL." If you press [F1] then you will be able to sell the item and the program will not ask you again if you sell another restricted item for this sale. If you press [F4] then you will not be able sell this item and you will be asked again if another restricted item is rung up.

In version 6.40e

Bug fix. There was a problem with printing gift cards on printers that connct to the computer by the parallel printer port.

Bug fix. If an item in a sale was "NO COUNT" in the inventory column of the stock table and you void out an incomplete sale, the other items in the sale were not returned to inventory.

In version 6.40d

Bug fix. In recent versions after ringing up 50 or more sales in a single session the program could encounter an "Out of stack space" error and crash.

In version 6.40c

The new Kitchen feature allows food orders from the registers to be displayed / printed in the kitchen.

Bug fix. If you have multiple currencies and track employee tips the program did not display the correct change on the screen.

In version 6.40a

Bug fixes. Program would die when the 26th line of a sale would be rung up. When creating a new register file or upgrading to version 6.40, HUGE values could appear in the amounts for gift card and user defined sales totals. This would also cause the program to crash later when making a report "A. Sales Report"

In version 6.40

GIFT CARDS! You can now sell gift cards and your customers can now use gift cards as a form of payment. Gift cards can also be used for "pre-paid" accounts and store credit.

There is also one additional form of payment, "User defined" meaning that you can name it anything you want a and use it for anything you want.

In version 6.39q

Bug fix. If you set the program to warn you if the item you were selling was out of stock it would not work correctly.

Bug fix. If an item had a price of 0.00 and during a sale you pressed [F12] and then entered the total price for the line the program would give you a "Divide by zero" error and then die.


FREE!
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This is a FREE site! There is nothing for sale here, there are no ads. All the software listed here is FREE to download. There are no registration fees. There are no shopping carts. No e-commerce. No place to enter a credit card number. It's the internet the way it used to be. Enjoy.


Welcome. Here are the latest versions of my software. Each program has extensive online help plus CYPHER and HARRIS TEST will print out a user's guide. Cash register has user's guides in text format, Microsoft Word format and there is even an online user's guide. Each program is zipped and will require you to use an unzipping utility before it can be run. If you need unzipping software PKWARE is a good place to get it.

This software is for IBM and compatible computers. Minimum system requirements are 512K memory for Harris Test or Cash Register and 384K for the others, Cash Register will also require a hard drive (25M). That's it! Otherwise these programs will run on ANYTHING!

For the technical minded "anything" means DOS 2.1 or higher, 8088 4.77 mhz processor, monochrome non-graphic monitor, 360K floppy drive, daisy wheel printer. Of course if you have better equipment (and if you do not live under a rock, you do) then the programs will run quicker, better, and have more features. Basically if your computer can do something then this software will use that feature, however if your computer can't do something then this software will still run on your computer it will just not use that feature.

Do you have a Printer connected to a USB port?

But all this software WILL run on your IBM or compatible computer. I spend a huge amount of programming time on features that 99.99% of users will never see. If your computer has no color, no graphics, no screen pages, minimal memory, no hard drive, no speed, no math coprocessor, no Windows, no MMX, no mouse, and no cache, but you can still turn it on, then this stuff will run and with reasonable speed too. On the other hand, if you have any PC built after 1985 then this will be the fastest software that you will ever own. Touch a key and it is already finished.

Awards! / Ratings.
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CFS software
Completely Free Software awards 5 doves to "Cash Register."
CFS software
Completely Free Software awards 4 doves to "Word Search."
StudyWeb
Lightspan's StudyWeb® declares "Dale Harris Educational Software" as one of the best educational resources on the Web.
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WINDOWS
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DOWNLOADING
To download a program use your mouse to click on the disk icon. If a window pops up on your screen telling you that you do not have the proper viewer click on the option to "save the file". Harris Test must be run from a directory \TESTER, you must create this directory and then move the file there before unzipping.

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SNAIL MAIL
Don't want to tie up your computer with a download or the download not working? These programs can be sent to you on a disk through the mail. While the programs are free unfortunatly the postage, disks, and mailers are not. There are two possible options... 1. I could spend thousands of dollars a year sending out copies of my programs to anyone who asks, or 2. Anyone who wants my software (and for some reason cannot just download it from here) could send a disk and self addressed stamped envelope to me. I will then copy the program to their disk and use their stamped envelope to mail it back.

If you guessed option #1 then lots of luck.

If you guessed option #2 then click for INSTRUCTIONS.

Bugs Bugs
BUGS
This software has no known bugs. The reason for this is that as soon as one is found it is acknowledged and squished. I have a really weird policy. If you tell me about a bug, I will post it on this site, squish it, and then upload the new version for everyone to download.
If YOU find a bug in one of these programs go to the "Bug Fixes" section for that program and see if it is listed. If it is, it has been fixed. Just download the new version and the problem will go away. If it is not listed, send me an email and it will be fixed as soon as possible.
So how often is this neccessary? About once or twice a year total for all the programs on this page. And that's with adding features all the time. These programs are pretty stable. Plus since these are DOS programs you don't have to worry about Windows boo boos even when you run them from Windows. Never ask again, "Who is Gen. Protection Fault and why is he messing with my computer?" [g]

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BROCHURE
I have received several requests for a brochure of the software that is offered on this site that can be passed out to others. This link will let you read and download a two page synopsis of the descriptions of my software.

NOTE
Even though a minimum age is given for each program this is not children's software. Since you enter the words / texts / questions / etc. into the programs your data will determine to which age level each program will be appropriate. This software is currently being used by preschools, grade schools, high schools, universities, trade schools, corporations, public utilities, military bases, and government agencies. You can use this software to teach everything from ABC's to Anatomy, Ballistics or Computer programming.

Support
SUPPORT
Like everything else on this site support for all the software listed here is free. So if you have any problems, questions, or suggestions about the software on this site just click on the "Educational Software Bulletin Board" link below or the email link at the bottom of this page. Your note will not be answered to some "help desk wonk" but by the actual guy who wrote the software (that would be me) who will be able to actually answer your questions.


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I've been getting emails lately asking me to post some more reviews about this software. So now we have an easy way to do it, Click on the "Educational Software Bulletin Board" link below. Your reward, NOTHING, remember everything here is free. This is also a great place to ask a question or make a comment or complaint about the software on this site or any educational software.

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SOFTWARE DOWNLOADS
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Click here to download Cash Register.
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Cash
Register

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NEW FEATURES
Convert any PC into a cash register.
Version 6.40h
Ages 5 to Adult.
File size = 1.7 Meg Bytes.
File name = POS640H.ZIP
Run command = POS
Click here to download Crossword Helper.
Click to download.
Crossword
Helper

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Help making or solving crossword puzzles.
Version 1.02
Ages 5 to Adult.
File size = 460K Bytes
File name =WORDFIND.ZIP
Run command = WORDFIND
Click here to download Cypher Solver.
Click to download.
Cypher Solver
Click for information
Make and solve cryptograms.
Version 4.01
Ages 7 to Adult. (Really!)
121K Bytes.
File name = CYPHER.ZIP
Run command = CYPHER
Click here to download Grade Book.
Click to download.
Grade Book
Click for information
Keep & calculate class grades.
Version 1.1
For Teachers
File size = 107K Bytes.
File name = GRADBOOK.ZIP
Run Command = GRADBOOK
Click here to download Harris Test.
Click to download.
Harris Test
Click for information
Make printed and computer tests.
Version 6.11
Ages 5 to Adult.
File size = 553K Bytes.
File name = TEST.ZIP
Run command = TEST
Place files into directory C:\TESTER
Go to page
to choose
files to download
Harris Test
Question Sets

Click for information
Prewritten questions for Harris Test
Thousands of questions on various
subjects that can be immediately
loaded into Harris Test. New
question sets all the time.
Click here to download Harris Test Reading Series.
Click to download.
Harris Test
Reading Series

Click for information
Read a story. Answer questions about it.
Version 5.11
Ages 7 to Adult.
File size = 127K Bytes.
File name = ANDERSEN.ZIP
Run command = ANDERSEN
(Note: use SETUP first)
Click here to download Spell Check word lists.
Click to download.
Spell Check
Click for information
Word files for spell check.
Version 1.5
File size = 354K Bytes.
File name = WORDS.ZIP
Click here to download Word Search.
Click to download.
Word Search
Click for information
Make word search puzzles.
Version 5.02
Ages 5 to Adult.
File size = 130K Bytes
File name = WORDHNT2.ZIP
Run command = WORDHNT2


LINKS TO EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
1st Class Software Gradebook software. Requires Windows. Can be downloaded from webpage.
Bible Bowl Many sets of quizzes on the Bible that can be answered on the site.
Dr. Coleman Paul This is an e-mail link to Dr. Coleman Paul who has developed CAI software to teach Statistics.
Geography Resources Geography related news, books and web resources.
In 2 EduHuge piles of free educational stuff. Way too much to describe here.
English in Switzerland. The Website. Website for students and teachers of English in Switzerland, and elsewhere. Free material as downloads, news, book reviews, job infos., study abroad links, online dictionaries, and much more.
Project GeoSim - Geography Education Software Download geography software.
Scribbles Here kids can do art projects and showcase their art, learn about art, artist, contest, and have fun.
Sulan's home page Education shareware to teach balancing equations, drill the elements, or just turn your $2000 computer into a toy for your toddler. Also a simple tool to generate your own interactive 5 question multiple-choice webpage quiz. New teacher survival guide as well.
Trig challenge software TRIG CHALLENGE is designed to supplement your classroom and textbook instruction. The topics included in the program are: The Pythagorean Theorem, Degree and Radian Conversion, Using the Sine Function, Using the Cosine Function, Using the Tangent Function, The Inverse Functions, The Law of Sines, The Law of Cosines. The activities are constructed from random variables. Student work is graded instantly.


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