Okay, here is the stuff you've all been waiting for. It's my top 15 picks for software. (15 since that's all I could put there.) It ranges from music to games to Internet related items. Most of them are freeware or pretty much free. I think everyone can find at least one software item on this page that they would like to download. The image map will link you to the software homepage and you can download from there. Also the file sizes should be right, but it is there mostly to give you an approximation. Oh, I know that this software is pretty much only PC software. I will try to be fair and find good Mac software sometime in the summer of 2000 when I get a chance to update my page.Email me if there are broken links and I'll do my best. I've added a table below for those that can't see image maps or want a detailed summary. Free free to offer suggestions.
What I have on this page:
Here is my list of the software I have to offer from "must have" to "get at your own leisure":
| Rank | Name | What it does | License | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| *1* | Stuffit Zip Expander | It expands .sit .zip, .tar, .arj, .arc, .gz, .uue, .hqx compressed file formats. | Freeware | 346 KB (355,024 bytes) |
| *2* | Go!zilla Download Manager | Monitors download time and allows you to resume almost all downloads if you are disconnected or need to stop for some reason. This is similar to GetRight Download Manager. | Freeware | 1.27 MB (1,338,594 bytes) |
| *3* | Netsonic Web accelerator | Allows faster loading of cached web pages or prefetching of web pages. | Freeware | 817 KB (836,792 bytes) |
| *4* | Intercent online time logger | Records how long you have been online and can display it in spreadsheet format. | Freeware | 926 KB (948,639 bytes) |
| 5 | Real Audio Player | It is a Real Video/Audio Player for the .ra format. It allows live streaming sound from the internet allowing you to hear news and online shows. | Free | 1.36 MB (1,431,011 bytes) |
| 6 | Winamp | It is a music player for .mp3 formats and high quality CD like sound. It is basically a compressed .WAV format and this allows you to hear your favorite .mp3 samples. However note that .mp3 files can still be quite large. | Free | 202 KB (207,700 bytes) |
| 7 | Zip Central | If you're into creating a lot of files to upload over the net or have to carry information around. You probably need to compress your files. This allows you to "zip" them up in one packed file ready to go. | Freeware | 698 KB (715,728 bytes) |
| 8 | Nestcl95 or Snes9xw | These are also great things to have. It emulates a system or attempts to mimic or copy a system and its functions. Thus it can copy cetain game systems. But you need to have a rom or copy of the a game before you can use it. Note also that the icon in my image map is not the real icon made by its software developers. I changed it on my image map to make it more viewer friendly. Nestcl95 is made by Bloodlust Software... | Free | 466KB (477,929 bytes) or 451 KB (462,291 bytes) |
| 9 | Calcem TI-83 emulator | This is a TI-83 calculator emulator which you can use to simulate your calculator and its functions. It is really fast emulation and allows you to test programs on your computer with actually sending it to your physical calculator. Note that you must actually own the calculator to make a rom dump to your computer. | Freeware | 56.3 KB (57,744 bytes) |
| 10 | Capture | This captures a screen shot of almost any desktop application or even the desktop itself and allows you to save it to bitmap (.bmp) format. Update! You don't need this software to actually get a screen capture. You can press PrintScreen Sys Rq on the keyboard for PC and go to Paint and paste the image. | Freeware | 150 KB (153,770 bytes) |
| 11 | GIF Animator | This allows you to edit a GIF to make it transparent, interlaced, and add images... Useful in conjunction with GIF Construction Set below. | Freeware | 1.05 MB (1,108,016 bytes) |
| 12 | GIF Construction Set | This allows a lot of animation editing and painting. If you do a lot of work with internet images you will need this. Note that this program adds its own shareware comments to the GIF file. | Shareware | 1.44 MB (1,518,025 bytes) |
| 13 | bmp2ico Bitmap to Icon | This allows bitmap images of 256 colors or 16 colors to be changed to icons. This is good if you want to have an application to have your own icon on it, or if you want to change the Recycling Bin to a different picture. Note that the icon must be 32x32 pixels or 48x48. | Freeware | 164 KB (168,792 bytes) |
| 14 | Noteworthy MIDI composer | This application allows you to easily compose MIDI files using staff notation and allows you to play it why your are composing. Its interface is good. It is great for making your own internet MIDIs. | Shareware | 827 KB (847,864 byteS) |
| 15 | TI8x BASIC compiler | It creates TI calculator programs by compiling simple BASIC language that code. Thus you can probably make some good TI calculator assembly games using this software. It even allows you to use direct assembly language if you have to. | Freeware | 1.82 MB (1,917,197 bytes) |
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