Email him: john@thetotal.co.nz

SO here we present John's contribution to the world of creative shareware and freeware.

• "Ani the Animator"
  Read about "Ani"..--.. Download "aniwin.zip" 309K
• "ActiveMaths"
  Read about it..--.. Download "actmath.zip" 202K
• Graph plotting for Windows - beta test version
  Read about it..--.. Download "wsimplot.zip" 12K

Introduction

"Ani" and "ActiveMaths" are "Postcardware", ie these versions are free in the money sense but please "pay" by giving me feedback. While freely distributable, I reserve my copyright in them which means:

• Don't go selling on, except for a small handling fee as is common with shareware dealers. If it's good enough for me to give it away, it's good enough for everyone else to.
• Don't go altering them to lose the introduction messages or take my name off. They may not make much money but I do want the ego points! And I don't want anyone else exploiting my work and passing it off as their own.

Usual sort of disclaimer: I have taken all care to make well- behaved programmes, well tested on a variety of machines, but I cannot be held responsible for how they run on yours.

Needs the file "Vbrun300.dll" which should already be on your computer in folder "Windows\System". Otherwise download "Vbrun300.zip"(220K)

Then help me with my research by sending me postcards, letters or email, making comments, suggestions or reporting on use... And contribute movie(s) ! "Ani" is a public art project growing from my work as a teacher of film/video. I want to put together a combined "Best of Ani" for my teaching and lectures, to enter into film festivals, and to be part of a possible educational video about the "Ani" project.

Download "aniwin.zip" 309K

This is a light version of ANI. The full version is for sale for NZ$50 (approx US$25) from The Total Computer Co and offers image import from other graphics programs and a more advanced editing capability eg copying and pasting sequences from movie to movie or within a movie.

ActiveMaths

Mostly Form 5 (Year 11, Age 14-16) interactive Maths, most topics. Especially suitable for "School Certificate Exam" prep and revision. Also has a section on computer programming of "algorithms", suit Form 7 (Year 13).

• Exploration spaces for graphing and co-ordinate work.
• Q&A tutorials, eg multi-choice questions, some of which use random number generators so you get new values every time you run them.
• Game like Hangman for Maths Vocab, and can be rewritten to make it into your own word game on any subject.

DOS set of programmes, well-behaved under Windows. Can work on the humblest of PCs, but gives its best with colour graphic screens eg VGA.

Download "actmath.zip" 202K

This is a light version of ACTIVEMATHS. The full version is for sale for NZ$30 (approx US$15) from  The Total Computer Co. It gives a second practice test and extra programs on Rounding Off and Integers.

ActiveMaths for Windows

First completed section. Wanna be a Guinea Pig?

The graph plotting routine from DOS "ActiveMaths" moves to Windows. I've used Windows' extra presentation abilities to make a mouse-responsive floating window into which you can enter your equations in familiar bookwork form.

The file "wsimplot.zip" unzips directly to "wsimplot.exe" and "wksheet.wri" which are immediately ready to start without any extra setup step. If you want a clickable icon, you need to set that up yourself. "wsimplot.exe" requires "Vbrun300.dll" to be present, which it will be on most systems. Otherwise download "Vbrun300.zip"(220K)

Download "wsimplot.zip", only 12K

Contact John: john@pixieware.com