KWare - Geological Software by Ken Wohletz Email: KWare

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Ken Wohletz has developed these programs for users, and the links below describe more about them and directions for downloading most recent versions (for Windows™ 9x/ME/NT4/2000/XP/Vista; older 16-bit versions for Windows™ 3.1 are available for selected applications).  Please see these pages listed below for further information before you start a download. If you have trouble downloading or installing these programs please notify me. 

Notes:

1. In order to successfully install these programs, the user should be logged in with administrative rights.
2. These programs remind users to enter a free registration code. Just follow the program's registration directions to get the code from KWare.
3. Links to pages describing these programs and their downloadable installation files are listed below. To quickly view/download the most recent versions (23 February 2009) of available files, view the KWare Software Information page to download ones that interest you.
4. Depending upon which internet browser you use, it may be required to set the FTP to passive for successful file downloading.
5. The server may periodically be unavailable for downloading. If so, try again at a later date.
6. Check back often to see if there are updates to programs you use.

Updates:

• KWare applications are frequently updated. As of June 2002 most of these applications contain an update check (a button on the "About" window), and some have an automatic update reminder that can be set in "Preferences," generally found in the File menu. Simply click the "Update Check" and the www page for that application will be shown so that you can easily see if a new version is available.
• If after installing one of these programs, it will not run because of a file is not registered or is missing, download and run library files.

  AutoDefragXP: Designed specifically for the Microsoft Windows XP operation system, this application uses operating system capabilities to defragment hard disk drives and schedule the operation to perform automatically during specified intervals.
Last update is 30 September 2003.

DigiMap: A program for simple and fast digitization of map data from maps scanned and saved as common graphic files.
Last update is 21 July 2008.

Erupt3: is a graphical program that simulates various volcanic eruption types, including Strombolian, Plinian, Vulcanian/Surtseyan pyroclastic flows and surges, Hawaiian fluid lava flows, fumarolic activity, and Peleean viscous lava dome emplacement. Tectonic (faulting), caldera and sector collapse, and erosional events are also simulated. Based on older widely distributed versions of ERUPT, Erupt3 is now available from RockWare. This new version has greatly enhanced capabilities over earlier versions, much more versatile for teaching and research. It includes more eruption types, 3-D mapping capabilities with display of geological maps and topographic views, detailed stratigraphic views, a customizable user interface, encyclopedic help files, and automatic update utility, to name a few.
Last update is 25 September 2007.

Heat3D: A multithreaded, 3-D, heterogeneous, heat flow simulator, useful for modeling magma chamber evolution.
Last update is 10 July 2008.

KWConnect: A small application that runs in the Windows system tray for one-click connections to your dial-up ISP provider, this program can monitor your connection with options to (1) create activity a specified intervals to prevent disconnection by inactivity; (2) to refresh the connection after a specified time so that you will not exceed your permitted time for being online; and (3) automatically start or stop your connection at a specified time.
Last update is 7 September 2004.

KWDraw: A simple graphics creator and editor for Windows™ (32-bit), useful for manipulating graphics created by Erupt, SFT, Heat, and DigiMap. It can be used on several common Windows graphics file formats. This program does not have a help file yet, but can be easily used with experimentation.
Last update is 20 October 2005.

Magma: A program to calculate the IUGS volcanic rock classification, CIPW norms, viscosity, and density of magmatic silicate liquids from chemical composition and temperature.
Last update is 06 November 2008.

NoteTime: This desktop application adds a number of useful desktop applets including a toolbar, calendar, alarm, internet time control, midi player, and control of your system screen saver with hot corners, screen saver shuffle, and energy-saving screen blank, and password delay after a user-specified timer interval. Included applications reside in the system tray for rapid access are:
Last update is 23 February 2009.

  PHM is designed to model the energetics of PHreatoMagmatic eruptions. With controls for water/magma ratios, initial pressures and temperatures, and sediment content, the program uses a complementary steam-table lookup program that gives NBS/NRC steam table values required for this somewhat involved thermodynamic calculation.
Last update is 23 January 2008.

  PhotoPrint is application designed for printing digital images to make full use of photo paper. Providing thumbnails of all images in a selected folder, the user simply selects them to drag/click them on to the page template where they can be sized, cropped, rotated, and enhanced with a number of image tools. Rather than being limited to pre-designed templates of photo spacing and size, PhotoPrint is completely user controlled. Among a number of other display options, images can be displayed as a slide show.
Last update is 03 March 2008.

RealTuner is a radio-like interface for your RealAudio RealOne and Windows Media players to facilitate rapid tuning of predefined live broadcasts on the internet.
Last update is 7 September 2004.

SFT is a graphical application designed to invert particle size data to find size distribution parameters of lognormal, sequential fragmentation, or sequential fragmentation/transport models, the latter two providing information about the fragmentation/transport origins of the sample (Wohletz et al., 1989, Jour Geophys Res 94: 15703-15721).
Last update is 31 July 2007.

  SlideSaver is a 32-bit screen saver that plays back all images in a selected folder as a slideshow. Configurable while it is active, the user can control how the images are displayed and select midi-music to play along with the show from any selected folder with volume control.
Last update is 7 September 2004.

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