5.0245 Crossword Puzzle SW (4/65)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 24 Jul 1991 21:36:42 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0245. Wednesday, 24 Jul 1991.
(1) Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1991 12:01 EST (14 lines)
From: ALAN COOPER <ACOOPER@UCBEH>
Subject: Re: 5.0239 Qs: Classical Clip Art; Berkeley; ...
(2) Date: Fri, 19 Jul 91 20:36:30 CST (11 lines)
From: (James Marchand) <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: crossword puzzle software
(3) Date: Fri, 19 Jul 91 13:25 EST (21 lines)
From: Tom Rusk Vickery <TVICKERY@SUNRISE>
Subject: Crossword maker
(4) Date: Fri, 19 Jul 91 11:30:06 MST (19 lines)
From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@idbsu.idbsu.edu>
Subject: Re: 5.0239 Qs: Classical Clip Art; Berkeley; ... (6/82)
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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1991 12:01 EST
From: ALAN COOPER <ACOOPER@UCBEH>
Subject: Re: 5.0239 Qs: Classical Clip Art; Berkeley; ... (6/82)
Re Joel Goldfield's request for information about crossword puzzle
generators. Three programs that do it were reviewed in PC Magazine,
May 28, 1991, pp. 478f. I bought Mickey's Crossword Puzzle Maker
for my kids, and they love it. The other two programs might be more
suitable for use by grownups: Crossword Magic pub. by Mindscape Inc.,
60 Leveroni Ct, Novato, CA 94949, 800-231-3088; Crossword Power, pub.
by Wisco Computing, POB 8, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495, 715-423-8189.
I have not used either of these latter two programs myself. All three
programs are in the $40-50 list price range, so price will not be the
determining factor. With good wishes, Alan Cooper, Hebrew Union College
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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 91 20:36:30 CST
From: (James Marchand) <marchand@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Subject: crossword puzzle software
Offhand, I can think of only one, though I am sure there are many: Puzzler,
by Publishing Technologies, Nederlands, Postbus 61, 3700 AB Zeist. Their
American phone no. is (303) 680-9778. There is a nice, undoubtedly out-of-
print book I have used with pleasure and profit: Ernest E. Mau, Word Puzzles
with Your Microcomputer (Rochelle Park, NJ: Hayden, 1982). It teaches you
to program puzzles, using BASIC.
Jim Marchand
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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 91 13:25 EST
From: Tom Rusk Vickery <TVICKERY@SUNRISE>
Subject: Crossword maker
Joel Goldfield requested information on software that will create
crossword puzzles from a list of words supplied by the user. There
are a number of puzzle makers, inclulding some for crosswords, in
the Software Labs catalog. They supply shareware and public domain
software at very low cost and guarantee their disks to be virus free.
I have not used their stuff so I cannot comment on its quality. Their
toll-free number is 1-800-359-9998.
T.
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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 91 11:30:06 MST
From: Dan Lester <ALILESTE@idbsu.idbsu.edu>
Subject: Re: 5.0239 Qs: Classical Clip Art; Berkeley; ... (6/82)
Although I can not at this moment supply any specific titles, there are
several "crossword puzzle makers" in the public domain for pc compatibles.
Try a local micro bbs system or the msdos archives at simtel20 or other
net sites.
dan
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