Ken's Integrated Simpletron Suite (KISS) is based on a problem in "C: How to Program", by Harvey Deitel, in which students are instructed to write programs for a computer called the Simpletron. The Simpletron runs programs written only in the language it understands, the Simpletron Machine Language (SML). It is meant to emulate (and educate about) programming in assembly.

KISS is a freeware Spectrum script and requires Spectrum v2.0 or later.

Sedistic executes text string find/replaces on a directory of files. It can be applied to the contents of a single directory, or to a directory and all of its subdirectories, with the only limitation being it cannot go deeper than ten subdirectories and that the strings being found and replaced cannot be longer than 255 characters. I originally wrote Sedistic to help me convert text & AppleWorks files to HTML, and then to keep my web page updated.

Sedistic is a freeware Spectrum script and requires Spectrum v2.0 or later.

Maxster performs the function of Napster on the PC, and Macster or Rapster on the Mac. Maxster allows Apple IIgs users to find, download, and play MP3 audio files using the Napster network of users sharing music files freely.

Due to the limitations of the IIgs' sound chip and, more important, memory size (4.25 megs is as big as many MP3s), Maxster is unable to save and play MP3 files in their entirety. Considering this, Maxster currently downloads only the first few seconds of an MP3 - a preview - and plays only that. Compatibility issues have prevented Maxster from locating a surprising number of bands and song titles.

Maxster is a freeware Spectrum script and requires Spectrum v2.0 or later and Marinetti v2.0.1. Due to the current status of the Napster network, development of this program has been permanently halted.

Space Ship of Death was originally written by Sean D. Wagle on the Commodore, under the name "Murder Motel", and was ported to the PC by David Barker. It is a door game for online bulletin board systems (BBS); my version is for the Warp Six BBS software on the Apple II.

In SSOD, players move through a text-based arena comprised of hundreds of rooms and several floors, acquiring items and assembling them into weapons and defenses to use against other players. Only one player may play at a time (sensible for a single phoneline BBS); the first person to reach a set number of kills wins. Interchangeable modules allow the sysop to choose whether players will roam a space ship, hotel, summer camp, or a custom scenario.

SSOD is a freeware Applesoft BASIC program and requires Warp Six BBS v2.0 or later.