This odd little Windows program allows you to translate text on the Clipboard into a textual representation of Morse code (dots and dashes), or vice versa. Stranger still, it even lets you play back this Morse code over your computer speakers, if you have a sound card. Requires Windows 3.1 or later, Windows 95, or Windows NT, and appropriate sound equipment (a sound card—I tested it with a Sound Blaster™—and speakers or headphones or something).

This program lets you play the “Knight’s tour.” The Knight’s tour is a game in which you attempt to move a chess knight around a chessboard so that it covers each square once and only once. It sounds easy, but if you’ve never tried it before, you’ll probably find it harder than you expected. This program lets you take back your moves, so you can cheat if you become frustrated. This program requires Windows 3.1 or later, Windows 95, or Windows NT.

This is a screen saver that draws random little drifting clouds of color on the screen. It has a lot of options that let you modify how it draws. I find it strangely soothing. The README.TXT file included in the ZIP explains how to install the program and explains what the settings do. It should run on any NT-based Windows system (NT 4.0, XP, Windows 7, Vista, etc., but not Windows 95).

This very simple Windows program displays the UTC date and time, and produces a series of variable beeps inspired by the audio time signals broadcast by the NIST in the United States from radio station WWV in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Exit button stops the program; the Silent button turns off the sound. I use the program to check time sychronization on multiple Windows machines by ear. You must be running a 32-bit version of Windows (not an old Windows 3.1 or anything like that), and if you are running Windows 9x or Windows ME, all the beeps will be the same (which doesn't sound very interesting).

This program prints the date and time once each second, and produces a series of variable beeps inspired by the audio time signals broadcast by the NIST in the United States from radio station WWV in Fort Collins, Colorado. Press CTRL/C to stop it. I use the program to check time sychronization on multiple UNIX machines by ear. I tested it on FreeBSD, but it should work on lots of UNIX systems. gcc can be used to compile it (be sure to use the -lm option). You need to have /dev/speaker configured and writable from the account running the program.

This is a slightly more advanced version of the WWV emulators above. This version reproduces the exact sounds of the WWV broadcast, except for the voice announcement and the inaudible BCD time code. This is just a beta version, as I still need to add the voice announcements and the BCD code one of these days. Apart from the voice, the audible tones conform exactly to the WWV/WWVH standards (you can select which tones you want to hear). You can also mute the sound if you just want the (modest) time display. The icon is just a blob; I haven't designed a cool icon for it yet. Rewritten from scratch in Microsoft Visual C++.