After Hours Links Reference

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Helpful links for Mac software & hardware
(pseudo-alphabetical):	(general category by company or title):
Aatrix (Aatrix accounting, Mac P&L, Top Pay for Quickbooks, etc.) ACI US (4D relational database) Adaptec, Inc. (Toast CD authoring software, Network hardware) Addiction Interactive (Rainbow Painter) Adobe, Inc. (Photoshop, PageMaker, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, GoLive, etc.) ADS Technologies (USB hubs) Aladdin Systems, Inc. (Stuffit compression software, MacTicker stock sw etc.) Alpha (text editor for programming, HTML, Java, Perl, LaTeX, C++, quite powerful) America Online (ISP - Worldwide) Apple Computer, Inc. (Macintosh desktops and PowerBook laptops, Mac OS, AppleWorks, Linux, etc.) Asante (Ethernet cards, hubs and networking products) AT&T Worldnet (ISP - US+) Bare Bones Software, Inc. (BBEdit text/html editor and MailSmith email client) BellSouth.net (ISP - US) BeOS (alternative Macintosh operating system) Berkeley Systems (After Dark screensaver and other fine software) Best Data (Modems) BigBusiness (business management software via Internet) Brother (Multifunction printers) Canon (Multifunction printers, inkjets, digital cameras) CheckMark Software (accounting & payroll mgmt) ConceptDraw (Business and Software Development flowcharts) Connectix Corp (Virtual PC, etc.) Cross Culture Ltd (ClinicWorks-medical/dental, Deacon-church, Quickworks-small business) Dantz Development Corp. (Retrospect system & network backup) Dartmouth College, (Fetch) Hanover, NH USA Davis (Weather Stations and monitoring software) Deneba (Canvas graphic/web design & DenebaCAD ) Dr. Solomon (NAI) (Virex antivirus products and periodic virus definition updates) Earthlink/Mindspring (ISP - US+) Elo TouchSystems (the iTouch TouchScreens) Epson, USA (Multifunction printers, & inkjets) Eudora (Eudora Pro email client) Farallon (LocalTalk and Ethernet particulars) FaxElite (standalone and network fax software) FileMaker, Inc. (FileMaker Pro database) Foresight Solutions (Front Office/Back Office) GerryICQ (ICQ shareware) Global Village (modems, fax software) GraphicConverter (one of the finest shareware graphics utilities around) Griffen Technology, Inc. (adapter cards) Helix Technologies (Helix database) Hewlett Packard (HP LaserJet & Inkjet printers) Intrex Computing (ISP - NC) Intuit, Inc. (Quicken, QuickBooks) Iomega, Inc. (Zip & Jaz drives) Keyspan, Inc. (USB/Serial converters) LinuxPPC.org (.com), (hardware) (Linux OS for the Mac) Lotus Development Corp. (LotusNotes, ccMail, Domino, etc.) MacPerl (Perl programming language) Macromedia (DreamWeaver, FreeHand, Director, Flash, Fireworks, and more) MacWorld magazine (monthly Macintosh news and information) Metrowerks Corporation (CodeWarrior C++, Pascal development environment) MicroMat, Inc. (Techtools repair utilities) Microsoft, Inc. (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Office 98, Internet Explorer, Outlook, Outlook Express) Motorola (along with IBM, manufacturers of the CPU for Apple Macintosh computers) Mulberry (eMail client) Musashi (email client) MYOB (accounting) Neologic (NeoAccess database) Netscape, Inc. (Netscape Communicator) Network Solutions, (Web Domain Registration) Optima System, (PageSpinner, a solid HTML editor) PowerLogix (plugin cards and CPUs) PowerMail (eMail Client) ProVUE (Panorama database) Qualcomm (Eudora eMail client) Quark, Inc. (QuarkXpress desktop publishing) REALSoftware (REALbasic BASIC programming) Red Hat (Linux OS for the Mac) Sapphire (financial management sw) SETI@home (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence screensaver) Sonnet Technologies (Accelerator CPU, PCI SCSI and IDE cards) Symantec, Inc. (Norton Utilities, Norton Antivirus for Macintosh/SAM, etc.) Thursby Software (DAVE and TSStalk) Umax (Scanning and imaging products) VST Technologies (PowerBook accessories) Walnut Creek collection (FreeBSD & more Linux) Xircom [was Entrega] (USB hubs, converters, adapters) Yellow Dog (Linux OS for the Mac) ZDNet (Computer industry info, benchmarks, etc.)	For detailed Business Categories, click here. Business Software AppleWorks (business suite: word processing, spreadsheets, database, graphics) Aatrix (Aatrix accounting, Mac P&L, Top Pay for Quickbooks, etc.) BigBusiness (business management software via Internet) CheckMark Software (accounting & payroll mgmt) ConceptDraw (Business and Software Development flowcharts) Cross Culture Ltd (ClinicWorks-medical/dental, Deacon-church, Quickworks-small business) ExpertConsultant (general business management software: inventory, purchases, invoicng, client/vendor tracking, and more) FaxElite (standalone and network fax software) FlexWare Accounting Foresight Solutions (Front Office/Back Office) Intuit, Inc. (Quicken, QuickBooks) Lotus Development Corp. (LotusNotes, ccMail, Domino, etc.) Microsoft, Inc. (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Office 98) MYOB (accounting) Sapphire (financial management sw) Databases ACI US (4D relational database) AppleWorks (business suite) FileMaker, Inc. (FileMaker Pro database) Helix Technologies (Helix database) Neologic (NeoAccess database) ProVUE (Panorama database) Desktop & Web Publishing, eMail, Design, & Graphics Adobe, Inc. (Photoshop, PageMaker, Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat, GoLive, etc.) Addiction Interactive (Rainbow Painter) Bare Bones Software, Inc. (BBEdit text/html editor and MailSmith email client) ConceptDraw (Business and Software Development flowcharts) Dartmouth College, (Fetch) Hanover, NH USA Deneba (Canvas graphic/web design & DenebaCAD ) Elo TouchSystems (the iTouch TouchScreens) eMailer (older Claris client, free and works with AOL) Eudora (Eudora Pro email client) GerryICQ (ICQ shareware) GraphicConverter (one of the finest shareware graphics utilities around) Macromedia (DreamWeaver, FreeHand, Director, Flash, Fireworks, and more) Netscape, Inc. (Netscape Communicator) Optima System, (PageSpinner, a solid HTML editor) Quark, Inc. (QuarkXpress desktop publishing) URL Manager Pro (browser URL favorites manager) Hardware Apple Computer, Inc. (Macintosh desktops and PowerBook laptops, etc.) ADS Technologies (USB hubs) Asante (Ethernet cards, hubs and networking products) AT&T (VNC remote control sofware) Best Data (Modems) Brother (Multifunction printers) Canon (Multifunction printers, inkjets, digital cameras) Davis (Weather Stations and monitoring software) Epson, USA (Multifunction printers, & inkjets) Farallon/Netopia (LocalTalk and Ethernet particulars, Timbuktu remote control sw) Global Village (modems, fax software) Hewlett Packard (HP LaserJet & Inkjet printers) Iomega, Inc. (Zip & Jaz drives) Keyspan, Inc. (USB/Serial converters) Motorola (along with IBM, manufacturers of the CPU for Apple Macintosh computers) PowerLogix (plugin cards and CPUs) Sonnet Technologies (Accelerator CPU, PCI SCSI and IDE cards) Umax (Scanning and imaging products) VST Technologies (PowerBook accessories) Xircom [was Entrega] (USB hubs, converters, adapters) Internet Service Providers (ISPs) America Online (Worldwide) AT&T Worldnet (US+) BellSouth.net (US) Earthlink/Mindspring (US+) Intrex Computing (NC) Lycos (US) Linux for the Mac (now with support for Apache, Pro Fortran, games, etc) Yellow Dog (the Black Lab release) Red Hat LinuxPPC.org (.com), (hardware) The Walnut Creek collection (FreeBSD & more) iMac Linux information General Linux information Apple's take on Linux - ppclinux Programming Absoft Pro (Fortran) MacPerl (Perl) Metrowerks CodeWarrior (C++, Pascal) REALbasic (BASIC programming) compiler catalog Search Engines Altavista Excite Google (see below) HotBot Infoseek Internet Auction list Looksmart Lycos Metacrawler ReversePhone -- know the number, but not the name? Find it here. Switchboard (people and business address or number finder) Yahoo Software update compendiums www.download.cnet.com www.versiontracker.com

Search Engines:

Altavista | Excite | Google (see below) | HotBot | Infoseek | Internet Auction list | Looksmart | Lycos | Metacrawler | ReversePhone -- know the number, but not the name? Find it here. | Snap | Switchboard (people and business address/number finder) | Yahoo