MacAddict 9/MacAddict_009_1997_05.iso/Shareware/About Shareware

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What is the difference between Shareware, Freeware, and Public Domain?

Shareware is software that you can try before you buy.

After a trial period, usually a week or two, you have to decide whether to register it or toss it. In some cases, certain features may be disabled until you register, or you may see annoying reminder messages until you register. In other cases, it may be entirely on an honor system. Usually the fee is simply money, but the author may ask for a postcard, a box of chocolate, a donation to a charity, or anything else.

Freeware  is software that may be used and distributed freely. Usually the author retains the copyright.

When an author places software in the public domain, that means that he or she has explicitly given up all rights to control its use. This term is often used incorrectly in reference to shareware or freeware.

"Shareware" programs are generally elegantly designed to do a specific task, and do it well; designed by bright folks deeply immersed in the genre of which they develop.  Purchasing  the magazine & phat Disk did not give you these programs; if you like, and use, these programs then REGISTER & PAY for them - don't screw it up for the rest of us!!

NOTE: The descriptions following each listing are taken from readme files included with the application and/or other sources.  For more detailed information, see the readme files included with the individual applications.

The following categories have been loosely taken from the first tier of categories used in the various info-mac software archives where appropriate.

Communication

Internet Config
http://www.share.com/peterlewis/
The Internet Configuration System was designed to make your life easier by reducing the number of times which you need to enter your Internet preferences into the various preferences dialogs of all your Internet applications.
Peter Lewis, Stairways Software, PO Box 1123, Booragoon, WA 6154 AUSTRALIA,   , , , [e-mail]


Configuration

SCSIProbe
http://www.newertech.com/
A utility for listing, mounting and troubleshooting SCSI devices.
Newer Technology, Inc., 4848 Irving Street, Wichita, KS 67209, 800-678-3726 - 316-943-0222, Fax: [phone], [e-mail]

TechTool
A useful diagnostic and system utility which offers these useful functions: Displays thorough System Hardware, Software and Disk Drive information, Displays your Control Panels and Extensions, Tests for damaged System Files, Rebuilds the Desktop, Zaps the PRAM, Displays and Protects Manufacture Date & Hours of Use information.
MicroMat Computer Systems, 8934 Lakewood Drive Unit 273, Windsor, CA 95492, 800-829-6227, [e-mail]


Development

AMICO
An apple menu utility that lets you change the order of the items that appear in the apple menu.  You can also insert divider lines.
Dennis Chronopoulos, [e-mail]

ColorMacsBug
Changes the colors MacsBug uses for the debugging screen.
Simon Fraser, Imperial College at Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire.  SL5 7PY. UK., [e-mail]

DBugR
ftp://ftp.alpcom.it/software/mac/LMontalcini
DBugR is a cool Control Panel for programmers and hackers who often have to break into MacsBug (or any other debugger supporting the _DebugStr trap). It puts a floating "small bomb" icon on your desktop which acts like a button. If the mouse button is pressed and released inside the icon, a user interrupt is invoked and MacsBug pops out.
Alessandro Levi Montalcini, C.so Re Umberto 10, 10121 Torino, Italy, [e-mail]

Grabbug
A programmer's utility for grabbing a screenshot at any time, even interrupt.
There is no support for this software.  Use it at your own risk!

KeyQuencer
http://www.binarysoft.com
KeyQuencer Lite is a utility that lets you create shortcuts, called macros, that perform a series of tasks with a single keystroke.
Binary Software, Inc., 2118 Wilshire Blvd 900, Santa Monica, CA 90403United States of America, Voice [phone], Fax [phone], [e-mail]


Fun & Games

AMOT
Explore a strange new dimension as an adventurer.
Ray Dunakin, 4665 Huggins St., San Diego CA 92122, [e-mail]

BOOM
http://www.kagi.com/fedefil/
An arcade-style game of destruction.
Federico Filipponi, , , ,   , , , [e-mail]

Exile I
http://www.spidweb.com/
An adventuring/role-playing game.
SpiderWeb Software, [e-mail]

Exile II - Crystal Souls
http://www.spidweb.com/
An adventuring/role-playing game.
SpiderWeb Software, [e-mail]

Exile III
http://www.spidweb.com/
An adventuring/role-playing game.
SpiderWeb Software, [e-mail]

IConArtist
Installs custom icons into your system while it's up and running.
N. Jonas Englund, PO Box 26, New Canaan, CT  06840, [e-mail]

Mac Invaders
http://www.origin.demon.co.uk/
Another space invaders game.
BoneHead Projects, [e-mail]

Monkey Shines
http://www.fantasoft.com/
Arcade-style game, where you are a monkey.
Fantasoft, LLC, PO Box 14261, Madison, WI  53714-0261, 608-222-8464, [e-mail]

Omega
A bizarre text-based adventure game.
Sheldon Simms, [e-mail]

Phantasie
A hypercard-based RPG record keeping system.
Jonathan Scott, Imabari-shi, Haishi 10-18, T799-15, Japan, [e-mail]

Postman Pat
http://qlink.queensu.ca/~4gbds/postman/
You are Postman Pat, a cyborg postal delivery officer developed by the Canadian Federal Postal Service.  Your mission is simple: deliver the mail.
Garth Shoemaker, [e-mail]

QuickShot Deluxe
Arcade-style shoot-em-out.
Jim Plamondon, 191 W. Langston St, Upland, CA  91786, [e-mail]

Realmz™
http://www.fantasoft.com/
Fantasy role-playing game.
Fantasoft, LLC, PO Box 14261, Madison, WI  53714-0261, 608-222-8464, [e-mail]

Sword Dream 3D
http://www.comenius.com/dream/software.html
A three-dimensional adventure gaming system.
Luca Accomazzi, Via C. Battisti, 48, I-28073 Fara Novarese, Italy, [e-mail]

TaskMaker
http://www.stormimpact.com/
A fantasy role-playing game.
Storm Impact, 316 Nottingham Ave, Glenview, IL  60025-5022, [e-mail]

Wanderer I
Another fantasy role-playing game.
Quinn Dunki, [e-mail]


Graphic & Sound

Deluxe Folder Icon Creator
http://grove.ufl.edu/~jcushing
Makes custom folder icons.
Jim Cushing, 720 S.W. 34th Street Apt L-122, Gainesville, FL  32607, [e-mail]

Folder Icon Maker
Creates custom folder icons from other icons.
Gregory Robbins, [e-mail]

GraphicConverter
http://members.aol.com/~lemkesoft/index.html
A very useful graphic utility for viewing and converting hundreds of graphic formats.
Thorsten Lemke, Lemke Software, Erich-Heckel-Ring 8a, 31228 Peine, Germany, [e-mail]

NeoIcon
http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~brada/neoicon.html
A custom icon editing tool.
Brad Anderson, 917 Merion Square Road, Gladwyne, PA  19035-1509, [e-mail]

Picon
http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/amd
Picon lets you pick an icon for a folder based on the contents of that folder. Drag and drop a folder onto Picon and it will let you select one of the top ten icons that reside in that folder.
Adam Doppelt, [e-mail]

POV-Ray
http://www.povray.org/
A freeware raytracing project.
This software is not directly supported.  See included documentation for help.

TextureMill
http://members.aol.com/deepdevice/index.html
TextureMill is a graphic design tool that creates seamless textures for web pages, multimedia, 3D rendering, and desktop patterns.
Deep Devices, P.O. Box 620038, Newton Lower Falls, MA 02162, [e-mail]


Icons

A plethora of cusotm icons.  See the individual collections for more information.


Information

AllDay
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Ulrich_Hilger
An application for display of a yearly calendar.
Ulrich Hilger, Avrillestrasse 5, 65824 Schwalbach, Germany, [e-mail]

Extension List
An extension that lists each extension by name as your computer starts up, so that you can identify the extensions by name rather than by a cryptic icon as they load.  All extensions and control panels that load after “Extension List” are displayed.
David Giandomenico, [e-mail]

Extension Overload
A review of about 271 extensions commonly found in your extensions folder.
Teng Chou Ming, 33A, Jalan, SM 1A/3, Bandar Sri Manjung, 32040, Perak, Malaysia, [e-mail]

Personal Warehouse
Personal Warehouse is intended to be an all in one organizer.  Use it to store addresses, business contacts, record collections, recipes, or whatever.
Billy Robinson, 310 S. Golden West, Arcadia, CA  91007, [e-mail]

The InformInit
http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/DEF/InformInit.html
The InformInit provides information on hundreds and hundred of System Folder files: control panels, extensions, system folder contents, and more, from both Apple and third-party developers.
Dan Frakes, [e-mail]


Textures

A plethora of desktop textures.  See the individual collections for more information.


User Interface

7Tuner
http://members.aol.com/dragonsoft/
Allows for modification of various system resources such as custom icons and finder behavior.
Dragonsoft, 8808 W. 124th Terrace, Overland Park, KS 66213, [e-mail]

Aaron
http://greg.math.harvard.edu/
Aaron is an extension that transforms your Mac's user experience to resemble the Mac OS 8 Default Theme.
Greg Landweber, 10 Wallingford Drive, , Princeton, NJ  08540, , , [e-mail]

AhiTek
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/3196/ahitek.html
A patch for Aaron to change the default system icons appearance.
Adrian Thomas, [e-mail]

AliasMenu
Adds menus of aliases you define to the finder's menu.
Benoît Widemann, 68, Avenue d'Italie, 75013 Paris FRANCE, [e-mail]

BeBox Windows
http://www.nordicsoftware.com/erik/
BeBox Windows changes your Mac windows to resemble BeBox windows.
Erik Wrenholt, 917 Carlos Dr., , Lincoln, NE  68505, , , [e-mail]

BeView
http://greg.math.harvard.edu/
BeView is a small extension that transforms your Mac's user interface to resemble that of the BeOS.
Greg Landweber, 10 Wallingford Drive, , Princeton, NJ  08540, , , [e-mail]

CoolCursor
Changes the look of the finder's cursor/pointer.
Göran Lindsjöö, [e-mail]

Coops Cursors
http://www.netins.net/showcase/coop
A couple of replacements for the finder's pointer.
Justin J. Cooper, [e-mail]

Décor
http://pauillac.inria.fr/~fpottier/
Replaces the desktop pattern with the picture of your choice.
M. François Pottier, 4 rue Colette, 94210 LA VARENNE, FRANCE,   , , , [e-mail]

DeskBots
Robotic personal assistants for your mac.
Tim Brown, 349 Grant Blvd., Syracuse, NY 13206-2602, (315)-437-7915, [e-mail]

DeskPicture
http://www.peircesw.com/
Replaces the desktop pattern with the picture of your choice.
Michael Peirce, [e-mail]

Desktop Textures Suite
http://www.avernus.com/
Utilities for manipulating desktop patterns.
Avernus, [e-mail]

DoubleScroll
http://members.aol.com/isysdev/
Places up/down scroll arrows at the top and bottom of each scroll bar, so you don't have to keep moving back and forth from the bottom to the top of the window.
Edward Voas, Amargosa Software, [e-mail]

Erik's WindowsDEF
http://www.nordicsoftware.com/erik/
Allows you to change the appearance of the standard mac windows.
Erik Wrenholt, 917 Carlos Dr., , Lincoln, NE  68505, , , [e-mail]

Files Menu
http://www.sky.net/~jcollins
“Files Menu” is another system menu to give you quick access to your most commonly used files.  It has one twist, though:  It will filter out files from the menu based upon which application you are currently using!
Jason Collins, Rt. 1 Box 25, Wellington, MO 64097, [e-mail], [e-mail]

Greg's Browser
http://greg.math.harvard.edu/
A utility for file browsing instead of using the finder.
Greg Landweber, 10 Wallingford Drive, , Princeton, NJ  08540, , , [e-mail]

Greg's Buttons
http://greg.math.harvard.edu/
Allows customization of various finder interface items.
Greg Landweber, 10 Wallingford Drive, , Princeton, NJ  08540, , , [e-mail]

Icon Archiver
ftp://ftp.alpcom.it/software/mac/LMontalcini
Drop a volume or folder onto this utility, and it creates a resource file with every custom icon contained therein in a browsable format.
Alessandro Levi Montalcini, C.so Re Umberto 10, 10121 Torino, Italy, [e-mail]

Kaleidoscope
http://greg.math.harvard.edu/
Changes the look and feel of the finder using a plug-in architecture.  There are tons of color schemes available on the net in addition to the ones included.
Greg Landweber, 10 Wallingford Drive, , Princeton, NJ  08540, , , [e-mail]

Menu Bar Pattern
Puts a custom pattern in the finder's menu bar.
Steve Stockman, Sonflower Softworks, 11520 Rochester Ave #304, Los Angeles, CA  90025, [e-mail]

MyEyes
http://www.kagi.com/fedefil/
Puts a pair of eyes at the top of the finder that follow the cursor.
Federico Filipponi, , , ,   , , , [e-mail]

Okey Dokey Pro
Presses the default button in a dialog box after a user specified amount of time has lapsed.
Dan Walkowski, [e-mail]

Power Windows
http://greg.math.harvard.edu/
Power Windows is a tiny extension that lets you drag the entire contents of windows instead of a dotted outline.
Greg Landweber, 10 Wallingford Drive, , Princeton, NJ  08540, , , [e-mail]

PowerMenu
http://www.kagi.com/authors/marka/
Rumor has it that MacOS 8's Finder will include a pop-up menu for performing operations on selected items (like Open, Print, Delete, etc). Windows 95 already has a similar feature. PowerMenu outdoes both of them by providing these functions as well as the unique ability to open selected files in the Finder directly into any specific application.
Mark Aiken, [e-mail]

Rainbow Windows
http://www.nordicsoftware.com/erik/
Changes the normal windows to have customizable colors.
Erik Wrenholt, 917 Carlos Dr., , Lincoln, NE  68505, , , [e-mail]

SmartScroll
http://www.kagi.com/authors/marc/
Creates proportional scrollbars, and provides real-time scrolling.
Marc Moini, [e-mail]

Tab Window
http://www.nordicsoftware.com/erik/
Changes the normal window title bar to a small tab.
Erik Wrenholt, 917 Carlos Dr., , Lincoln, NE  68505, , , [e-mail]

TechnoWindows
http://www.nordicsoftware.com/erik/
Changes the style of the windows in the finder to a hi-tech scheme (not the copland scheme).
Erik Wrenholt, 917 Carlos Dr., , Lincoln, NE  68505, , , [e-mail]

WDef III
Changes the appearance of the standard finder windows to NeXT style windows.
Anthony D. Saxton, Elenay™ Creations, 5686 Big Sea Street, Las Vegas, NV  89110, 702/453-0270

Window Juggler
Window Juggler is a simple system extension which makes it easy for you to use the keyboard to switch between all of the windows you’ve opened, across all the application programs you’re using.
Ken Broomfield, 853 Church Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, [e-mail]

WindowMenu
http://www.kagi.com/authors/marka/
WindowMenu is a utility that exists to let you do one thing: jump directly to a specific window in an application.
Mark Aiken, [e-mail]