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Updates for the Green Globs & Graphing Equations Package

Latest Mac update of just Green Globs Pkg.app  - January 2, 2014. This contains only one file: version 4.3 for "Green Globs Pkg.app". This is only for license holders who downloaded version 4.2 in the December 3, 2013 complete package. Everything else in the complete package from earlier December is unchanged. Click here to download "Mac 2014 Jan 2 Just Green Globs Pkg version 4point3.dmg" (1 MB).

Latest Mac update of the complete package  - January 2, 2014. These are version 4.3 for "Green Globs Pkg.app", version 3.1 for "Escape.app", and version 3.1 for "Relating Graphs.app". This update is for Intel Mac's with OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, or Mavericks.

Click here to download "Mac 2014 Jan 2 Green Globs Pkg, Escape, Relating Graphs, Manuals.dmg" (3.5 MB). This download contains three applications, a teachers' manual for each application, and brief installation notes.

For current license holders, these apps are drop-in replacements for your existing Mac versions of Green Globs & Graphing Equations, Escape, and Relating Graphs to Events. All of your existing Records files (including Globs/Tracker Records) will continue to work. The program features remain the same, except that List Files are not implemented in Green Globs & Graphing Equations. The file name for "Green Globs & Graphing Equations" has been shortened to "Green Globs Pkg" to meet current app requirements. The file name for "Relating Graphs to Events.app" has been shortened to "Relating Graphs.app".

There are no known errors in these updates. They have not been tested in Snow Leopard. (If you try them there, please tell us your results.)

(To see 2009 versions for PPC Mac's, scroll down to the bottom of the page.)

Updates for PC versions

These updates do not affect your existing PC file "Green Globs Records.ggg". These updates do not affect any saved student work.

August, 2013, updated PC versions that include displays for 1024 by 600 netbook computers

These are still 32-bit code, and act like the 2008-2009 PC versions on computers with 1024 by 768 or better displays.

Click here to download PC version 3.5 (August, 2013) of "Green Globs & Graphing Equations" in file "PCver3point5 Green Globs & Graphing Equations.zip" (3MB).
Click here to download PC version 2.3 (August, 2013) of "Escape!" in file "PCver2point3 Escape.zip" (2MB).
Click here to download PC version 2.3 (August, 2013) of "Relating Graphs to Events" in file "PCver2point3 Relating Graphs to Events.zip" (2MB).

PC Version Notes: These downloads do not include file "Green Globs Records.ggg", which contains your license information.  You must already have file "Green Globs Records. ggg" in order for any of these applications to run.  See the "Read Me Install" file in each download.  Each download includes the manual for that application.

The three application files are packaged as three separate installations, to allow flexibility in your installation.  The default is to install them all in folder "Green Globs" in the Programs folder, and to group all three in the Start - All Programs menu under "Green Globs & Graphing Equations".

If you have an older version of a program installed, you do not need to un-install it.  Just install the new version into the same folder as the old version, and the installer will replace your old version with the new version.  The installer simply replaces your old ".exe" file with the new ".exe" file;  the installer will not affect any of your "Green Globs Records.ggg" files or require any changes.

PC Version History:
For "Green Globs & Graphing Equations", PC version 3.2 was the initial release, in June, 2008. PC version 3.3 was released in September, 2008, to display the encrypted license information on the title screen properly in the Chinese version of Windows. PC version 3.4 fixed an error in the "Restart Game" button in a Green Globs game. (In version 3.3, if one of the shots had missed all the globs, "Restart Game" would not erase all the previous shots, and you would need to click the "Remove Graphs" button to erase the remaining shots.) PC version 3.5 added displays for netbooks with 1024 by 600 displays.

For "Relating Graphs to Events" and "Escape!", PC version 2.2 is the initial release. Version 1 for these two programs was
28 years ago for PC-DOS. The package containing these two files was called "Interpreting Graphs". It was released at the same time as "Green Globs & Graphing Equations". Both packages received Classroom Computer Learning's "Best Software of the Year" award that year. (Our publisher refused a Windows versions of Interpreting Graphs.) PC version 2.3 added displays for netbooks with 1024 by 600 displays.

2009 Versions for PPC Mac's:

These updates do not affect your existing Mac OS X file "Globs/Tracker Records", but be careful not to overwrite it when moving the Green Globs folder from the downloaded dmg file to your applications folder. These updates do not affect any saved student work.

Click here to download "Mac OS X Green Globs & Graphing Equations Package.dmg"(February, 2009).  This contains application files "Green Globs & Graphing Equations"(version 3.5), "Relating Graphs to Events"(version 2.1), and "Escape!"(version 2.1), and manuals for each. (3 MB)

Mac Version Notes: This download does not include file "Globs/Tracker Records", which contains your license information. You must already have file "Globs/Tracker Records" in order for any of these applications to run.  See the "Installation Notes" file in the download.  The download includes three application files and a manual for each application, all in one "dmg" file.  There is no installation program.  After downloading and opening the "dmg" file, you can copy any or all of the applications to one or more folders (such as a "Green Globs" folder in your Applications folder). Any folder containing one of the application files must also contain a copy of your "Globs/Tracker Records" file in order for the application to run. 

Mac Version History:
For Mac OS X "Green Globs & Graphing Equations", version 3.3 was the initial release in April, 2008.

Version 3.4 was released in June, 2008.  The change from version 3.3 was that version 3.4 does not hide all windows when you switch to another application. If you want that in version 3.4, select the "Hide" menu option in the Green Globs & Graphing Equations menu.

Version 3.5 fixed an error in version 3.4.  In version 3.4, when you are at the display of the top ten scores in a Records file, you cannot use the File menu's "Open..." option to load a game previously saved to disk using the File menu's "Save..." option.

For Mac OS X "Relating Graphs to Events" and "Escape!", version 2.1 (December, 2008) was the initial release. 
Version 1 for these two programs was 28 years ago for Apple II+. The package containing these two files was called "Interpreting Graphs". It was released at the same time as "Green Globs & Graphing Equations". Both packages received Classroom Computer Learning's "Best Software of the Year" award that year. (Our publisher refused a Macintosh version of Interpreting Graphs.)

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