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This is a listing of the most popular Internet software for Macintosh, Linux and Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP computers. Most of these programs are free, some are trial versions that you will be prompted to pay for eventually. Use them! We do!
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Adobe Acrobat Reader - PDF Documents
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This software can be used to display "PDF" documents. PDF stands for Portable Document Format and allows a user to view, save or print a document exactly as it looks on paper. Once you have this software on your computer you can read and print any PDF file.
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Linux
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Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
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Adobe
Acrobat Reader
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Adobe
Acrobat Reader
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Adobe
Acrobat Reader
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Compression Software for the "other" computer
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This software can be used by "another computer-type"
to compress or uncompress software into formats that are commonly used
by either Macs (Binhex - .hqx), Linux (.gz) or Windows (Zipped - .zip) computers. Since
most of the software in Internet archives is compressed to save disk space
and transfer time, having this software is sometimes necessary!
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Linux
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Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
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| Stuffit
Expander
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Stuffit
Expander
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Downloading (FTP) Software
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This software can be used instead of the links
on this page to download software directly to your computer. Using this
software gives you the advantages of faster downloads, copying several
files at once and access to soft ware that is not listed on this page
(and there are many interesting files that are not listed!)
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Linux
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Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
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| Fetch
3.0.3
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Windows
FTP LE
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Eudora (Electronic Mail)
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This software is used to download your mail from
your Internet mailbox to your computer. This free version of Eudora
contains most of the standard email features such as an addressbook (Nicknames),
Signature File, reply, forward, save and print, but also involves a couple of minor ads.. The paid version has additional features (including a spell check), but does not include advertising.
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Linux
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Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
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| Eudora
5.1.1 (Classic)
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Not available
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Eudora
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Flash (Highly Recommended)
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This software is used to display animations, tools and movies. A growing number of websites have portions that require Flash
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Linux
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Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
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| Flash
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Flash
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Flash
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Mozilla!
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Mozilla is the free, open source, non-commericial version of Netscape and it doesn't contain any Instant Messaging software or advertismentss! It does include "Composer", a decent webpage editor and a pop-up ad blocker. Using Mozilla instead of IE can help you avoid "catching" viruses from webservers.
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Linux
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Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
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Mozilla site!
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Mozilla site!
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Mozilla site!
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Publishing - Programs to Prepare Images for the
WWW
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This software can be used to convert images from
several formats into the Graphic Interface Format (.gif) or JPEG (.jpeg)
needed to be used on WWW pages. It is highly
recommended that you use this software to reduce the
number of colors in your images to 256, the resolution
to 72 dpi (dots per inch) and to "crop" out the
unnecessary portions of the image.
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Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
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| Graphic
Converter 3.6
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LviewPro
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Real Video Movies
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This software can be used to display movies/sounds in the "Real Video" format. Then, whenever you want
to display a Real movie, your browser will automatically use this software
to do it. There is a FREE PLAYER - don't be fooled!
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Linux
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Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
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RealOne Player
Look for it - it's there! There is a free version!
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RealOne Player
Look for it - it's there! There is a free version!
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RealOne Player
There is a free version!
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Time Setting Programs
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This software can be used automatically set the
clock on your computer from a "master clock" on the Internet. Usually,
the software will automatically adjust for daylight savings time, time
zones, etc.
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Macintosh OS 8
(Included in OS 9 and OS X)
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Linux
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Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000
(Not needed for XP)
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| Network Time Control Panel
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WebTime 3.4
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