The "external link (http://...)" will take you to a web site on the World Wide Web. This site is not found anywhere on the CD-ROM itself. For most of the software found on this page, there will be two versions: one for the Mac, one for Windows. In some cases, there will be two versions for the Mac: "Mac Version 68k" and "Mac Version PPC". In these instances, "PPC" refers to PowerMacs and "68k" refers to all other Macs.
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| Mac Version 68k | Mac Version PPC | Windows Version |
| Macintosh Essentials | ||||||
| FreePPP | ||||||
| PPP (point-to-point protocol) Macintosh utility for connecting
to dial-up Internet accounts. This is a freeware, Macintosh only utility.
Dial-up Networking, the Windows equivalent to FreePPP, comes with Windows
machines.
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| NCSA Telnet | ||||||
| NCSA Telnet was developed at the National Center for Supercomputing
Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois and is a cross-platform
telnet client that provides the user with an interactive access from his/her
computer to telnet hosts on TCP/IP networks. The user can have simultaneous
connections to numerous computers across the network. NCSA Telnet is recommended
for Macintosh computers as a telnet client program. Windows 95 and NT
machines come with a built in telnet program.
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| Netscape Communicator 4.7 | ||||||
| A web suite produced by Netscape Communications Corporation
that includes a browser (Navigator), e-mail (Messenger), access to news
groups, as well as other functions. If you chose to install a browser
at the beginning of this CD-ROM, you already installed Communicator 4.7.
If you did not install Netscape Communicator earlier, you may do so at
this time.
PC Users: Choose "Install" from the graphical menu that appears when you insert this CD-ROM. Macintosh Users: Put CD into CD-ROM drive. Double click "start," then select "instal." or
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| Internet Explorer 5 | ||||||
| A web browser produced by Microsoft Corporation. Due to
space restraints on this CD-ROM, you will need to connect to the Internet
and download Internet Explorer from the following address:
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Plug-ins |
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| Acrobat Reader by Adobe | ||||||
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Acrobat Reader 4 lets you view, navigate, and print Portable Document Format (PDF) files in your web browser window. PDF files are extremely compact, platform-independent, and easy to create. They offer control over the design, print-ready documents, and many authoring applications. This plug-in is cross-platform.
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| Apple QuickTime 4 Plug-in by Apple Computer, Inc. | ||||||
| The Apple QuickTime plug-in lets you experience QuickTime
animation, music, MIDI, audio, video, and VR panoramas and objects directly
in your web browser window. The Apple QuickTime Plug-in's "fast-start"
feature allows you to experience QuickTime content while it's downloading.
It works seamlessly within firewall environments and requires no special
server software. This plug-in is cross-platform.
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| Chime by MDL Information Systems, Inc. | ||||||
| The Chime plug-in displays 2D and 3D molecules directly within a web page and works with both Netscape and Microsoft Browsers on Windows and Macintosh. The molecules in the web page are "live," meaning they are not just pictures, but chemical structures that can be rotated, reformatted, and saved in various file formats for use in modeling or database software.
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| RealPlayer Basic by RealNetworks | ||||||
| RealPlayer provides live and on-demand real-time RealAudio
and RealVideo streaming content on the Web. It allows the user to experience
RealAudio broadcast-quality stereo, AM-quality, or near-CD-quality audio
depending upon modem speed and connection type. RealVideo delivers newscast-quality
video or full-motion quality depending upon modem speed and connection
type. A powerful plug-in is also included that lets Web authors easily
customize and deliver exciting multi-media from their sites. This plug-in
is cross-platform.
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| Shockwave by Macromedia | ||||||
| Shockwave is the industry standard for delivering and experiencing
quality interactive multimedia, graphics, and streaming audio on the World
Wide Web. Companies like CNN, Capitol Records, Warner Brothers Records,
Sony, Paramount, and Virgin utilize Shockwave as an integral part of their
Web sites. You can experience streaming high-resolution images and vector
graphics that allow you to zoom and pan up to 25,000% without losing any
image quality. You can also experience exciting and dynamic interactive
animations that can include streaming audio from hi-fi to CD quality.
This plug-in is cross-platform.
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Viewers |
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| RealPage by CatchWord | ||||||
| "RealPage" is a product necessary to read certain electonic
journals to which the library will be subscribing starting in 1999. PC
users can save the file onto their computer and then run it. Mac users
must navigate to the website listed below for information.
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| PowerPoint Viewer by Microsoft | ||||||
| For Windows users, PowerPoint Viewer allows the user to
open presentations created with PowerPoint for Windows version 2.0 or
later, and PowerPoint for Macintosh version 3.0 or later. For Macintosh
users, PowerPoint Viewer allows the user to view presentations created
in PowerPoint for the Macintosh versions 2.0 through 4.0 and PowerPoint
for Windows versions 3.0 and 4.0. This plug-in is cross-platform.
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| Word Viewer by Microsoft | ||||||
| The Microsoft Word Viewer 97 allows people to view documents
created with Microsoft Word. There is no Macintosh version at this time.
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Internet Extras |
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Anti-Virus Programs: Because this program is not available as a freeware or a shareware, it is best if you investigate the best Anti-Visrus program for your home computer |
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| Norton Anti-Virus by Symantec | ||||||
| Norton Anti-Virus is available for both PC and Macintosh
computers, and is just one of your choices for anti-virus program.
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Compression Utilities: |
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| StuffIt Expander | ||||||
| Aladdin Systems' StuffIt Expander is a freeware program
for the Macintosh that will expand many formats used for archiving and
encoding Mac files. Web browsers can be set up to use StuffIt Expander
as a "helper application" to process archived and encoded files which
are downloaded from World Wide Web.
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| WinZip | ||||||
| Nico Mak Computing, Inc.'s WinZip program is a shareware
that allows the user point-and-click, drag-and-drop interface for viewing,
running, extracting, adding, deleting, and testing files in archives.
For more information on Winzip, or to download the latest version of this
shareware program visit the WinZip site.
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FTP (File Transfer Protocol): |
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| Fetch | ||||||
| Fetch is a user-friendly Macintosh FTP program that allows
the user to point-and-click, and/or drag and drop file transfers to and
from any machine with an FTP server, over a TCP/IP network. Fetch is free
to users affiliated with an educational institution or charitable non-profit
organization. For more information on Fetch, visit Fetch's web site.
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| WS_FTP LE by Ipswitch | ||||||
| WS_FTP LE is a user-friendly IBM compatible FTP program
that allows the user drag-and-drop capabilities to simplify and speed-up
his/her file transfers between a remote server and his/her hard drive.
WS_FTP LE is for a student, faculty, or staff member at an educational
institution (K-12, junior college, college or university) and is not for
commercial purpses. For more information on WS_FTP and WS_FTP LE, visit
Ipswitch's web site.
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Conferencing / Communication Programs: To learn more about IRC, from getting started to logging on and finding
a channel to general IRC netiquette rules, please visit |
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| Microsoft Netmeeting | ||||||
| Microsoft Netmeeting is a desktop video conferencing program
which also allows you to chat, share computer programs, and even collaborate
on a white board with one other person. Some UCF faculty are offering
office hours via Netmeeting. (Note: To send a video signal to another
person, you must have a video camera installed on your desktop computer.)
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| Ircle | ||||||
| Ircle is a shareware Macintosh program to use IRC. For more
information on Ircle visit Ircle's web site.
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| mIRC | ||||||
| mIRC is a shareware Windows program to use IRC. For more
information on mIRC visit an mIRC web site.
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Misc: |
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| ScreenCam Player (Viewer) | ||||||
| Lotus' ScreenCam Unified Player allows the user to view
any ScreenCam Movie on Windows machines.
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