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Spring 1985 CCCE Newsletter

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  1. USING COMPUTERS IN CHEMISTRY
    03/03/85
  2. A GAME APPROACH TO TEACHING FACTS
    03/05/85
  3. MULTITASKING OPERATING SYSTEMS FOR THE IBM PC
    03/07/85
  4. ESTABLISHING A UNIVERSAL CHEMISTRY NETWORK
    03/09/85
  5. WHO DONE IT?
    03/11/85
  6. Book Review: THE COLLEGE STUDENT'S PERSONAL COMPUTER HANDBOOK
    03/15/85
  7. Book Review: KAREL THE ROBOT
    03/17/85

 

Editor: 

Donald Rosenthal

Newsletter Articles

Abstracts of Papers

Brian Pankuch

After being asked to comment on computer programs which I use, it was easy to choose my favorite two programs; not so easy to analyze why they are my favorites. Both do have several attributes in common. They:

1) Simulate moving particles that we can't see.
2) Give a more accurate model by showing movement and interaction at the same time.
3) Are interactive and give a wide choice of how information appears on the screen.
4) Allow the user to follow virtually any path desired through the program.

R.W. Ramette

A program named TRIVGAME, written in Microsoft BASIC for the TI Professional Computer, the IBM Personal Computer and capatibles, allows 1-8 contestants to choose 1-6 categories of questions to answer in the manner made so popular by the game Trivial Pursuit.

G. Scott Owen

With the decline in cost of memory and the increased processing power of 36 bit micro­computers, it is now feasible to use multitasking operating systems with these machines. By multitasking, I do not mean use by many users, but simply that the machine can execute several programs at the same time. This is a software development that I have eagerly awaited because it has seemed very inefficient to tie up my machine for extended periods performing some routine task, e.g. downloading files from a mainframe or performing some long calculation. I would like to report on my experience with one multitasking operating system Concurrent PC-DOS from Digi­tal Research, the developers of the CP/M operating system.

Kenneth Ratzlaff
Chairman of COMP Division

It has become increasingly clear to many of us that the chemical community must have a communications network. This might not be obvious to those who do not use a network. However, one rapidly becomes convinced upon observing how much a network is used by those who have one available.

I hope that during this year, the COMP division and the CHED division, both of whom have shown interest, will set up a prototype network for division members. With this memo, I would like to solicit more information and some opinions. Then we might be able to move ahead toward a proposal by summer and possible implementation of a prototype system by fall

CCCENL Team

Citations and Presentations of work recently done dealing with computers in chemical education

Harry E. Pence

Book Review: THE COLLEGE STUDENT'S PERSONAL COMPUTER HANDBOOK
SYBEX, 1984, 210 pgs., (paperback) $14.95
by Bryan Pfaffenberger
Reviewed by Harry E. Pence*

Harry Pence

Book Review:
KAREL THE ROBOT
by Richard Pattis

John Wiley Sons, 1981, 106 pgs., (paperback) $9.50
Reviewed by Harry E. Pence*

Ken Costello
Physical Science Department, Mesa Community College

The realm of chemistry is so vast that most of it is either too large to see, too small to see, too fast to see, or simply not in the classroom to be seen. However, by using the often overlooked capabilities of PowerPoint, these obstacles can be overcome. The secret to getting the power out of PowerPoint is in the way you perceive PowerPoint. In this article I reveal how to perceive PowerPoint as either medicine, a magician’s hat of tricks, or a picture window. Also included are many tips and examples presented in a v