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Please feel free to download and use any of the software selections you may find here. All are shareware or freeware, and the usual disclaimers apply.

Portable Thunderbird Useful!
An e-mail client that can work from a 'thumb drive', allowing you to use your own e-mail software on someone elses computer.

Portable FireFox Useful!
A Web Browser client that can work from a 'thumb drive', allowing you to use your own browser (with your own Favorites) on someone elses computer.

WS_ftp Essential!
A Windows® based FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program for transfering files between systems.
  • A more easily installed version
  • An FTP Tutorial

    Direct FTP
    A Windows® based FTP (File Transfer Protocol) program for transfering files between systems.
    CoffeeCup Direct FTP allows you to edit HTML and text, right on the server. This FTP client has support for drag-and-drop functionality and multiple FTP server profiles. You can upload and download all file types and preview images directly on the server.
    [ CoffeeCup - HTML Editor & FTP Software ]

    Cute FTP
    A graphic File Transfer Protocol program.
  • Save 30% on CuteFTP Pro (For PC's)
  • Download CuteFTP Mac

    VFS-FTP
    An FTP (File Transfer Protocol) application for Palm Pilots and Treo Smartphones.
    MS FTP
    Microsoft's copy of TCP/IP File Transfer Protocol. FTP the old fashioned way - by keyboard!! (c:)

    Fetch
    A very good File Transfer Protocol program for the Macintosh.

    NISTime
    Set your system clock via Network Time Protocol

    TimeSync
    Set your palm handheld to your PC's clock. (use the NISTime program first)

    SDS NetTime
    Set your palm handheld to an Atomic Clock with Network Time Protocol

    WinZip Essential!
    Software that handles ZIP archive files. Lots of software is distrubuted as a ".zip" file to speed up downloading by combining many files in one compressed package. Make sure you download the Free one.

    PKzip Useful!
    Software that handles ZIP archive files. Lots of software is distrubuted as a ".zip" file to speed up downloading by combining many files in one compressed package. From the Original Source of PKzip! This program handles most archiving and transfer formats.

    pkunzip.exe
    Old fashioned DOS PKunzip - For old farts only! :-)>

    EWAN
    The Emulator Without A Name. This program emulates the Telnet client with a VT-100 terminal.

    puTTY.exe
    A Pretty Useful TTY (TeleTYpe) emulator - Handles both Telnet and SSH telnet connections.

    qBasic.exe
    An old, crufty version of Microsoft Basic that an old fart like Ozzie still finds useful to have around. Don't forget the Help File.

    GWbasic
    An older, cruftier version of Microsoft Basic than Qbasic.

    Procomm
    The ancient DOS based program for communicating with devices (such as modems, and packet radio controllers) that live on the serial ports.

    Lynx
    A non-graphic web browser. A PC Version of Lynx exists also.
    htget.exe
    Just gets web pages from DOS
    Pine
    Text based E-Mail for Telnet users. There are versions available for PC Users and Unix users as well.
    CS Online
    A program for Palm OS devices to communicate over a serial port.

    OpenOffice Useful!
    A free, open source alternative to Microsoft Office. there is also a Macintosh Version.

    CoffeeCup HTML Editor
    An HTML editor for editing Web Pages.

    [ CoffeeCup - HTML Editor & FTP Software ]

    Ultra Edit
    An editor available for free download. It will allow 30 days of free use.

    Portable FireFox
    A web browser that can "ride" on a memory card.

    Opera
    Another web browser.

    Opera mini
    A web browser for your mobile phone.

    MatLab 7
    If you have to ask, you probebly don't need this. It is for highly mathematical functions.

    PGP - Pretty Good Privacy Useful!
    The choice for public encryption software.

    PGPi - Pretty Good Privacy - International
    For users who are outside the United States & Canada.

    Gnu Privacy Guard
    For users who want PGP type security, from an "Open Source" source.

    AVG Anti-Virus Necessary!
    AVG Free is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product! Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers.

    Ad Aware Necessary!
    A free version of this software is availabe. Very useful to keep "Nasty Stuff" your system.

    WinAmp Useful!
    One of the best methods for receiving streaming audio and video. Be sure to look for the link to the free Basic version.
    Real Audio
    A good method for receiving streaming audio and video. Be sure to look for the link to the free Basic version. By having a free version available, they generate sales for their Server software. It was last seen on the bottom of the page, on the right.

    Adobe Acrobat Reader Essential!
    Software for reading Portable Document Files (PDF). Be sure to click on the link for the Free version. By having free reader software, they generate sales for their PDF generating software. Adobe PDF files are the standard method for document distribution over the World Wide Web.

    CutePDF Writer Useful!
    A program to install a "Printer" on your Windows computer so you can "print" Portable Document Files (PDF) files that can be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

    Graphic Workshop
    Edit graphics, and convert formats. For example, Cheshire created the "Palm" icon below in Paint, and converted the bitmap file to a .GIF with Graphic Workshop.

    3C, Color Converter & Capture
    Gives you the RGB of any color on your screen. Ozzie uses it to find the Hex Value of a color in a graphic, then set <TD BGcolor="FFDB51"> to that color in a Table Cell.

    ACD-See
    The Original High Speed Image Viewer and Browser.

    Paintshop Pro Useful!
    The freebie from Adobe, handed out on CD-ROMs free with scanners.

    Powerpoint Viewer
    View presentations prepared with Microsoft's Power Point software. A Macintosh Version is also available.

    Palm Desktop software, The software you can use to Hotsync™ the data on your Palm™ handheld to your desktop computer. There are versions for Windows and Macintosh. I also expect some people will be looking for Microsoft Outlook synchronization. Our pal Cheshire also maintains a web page of Palm links.

    Free Palm eReader Software, for reading eBooks (electronic books) on Palm Pilots, Canaveral Spaceport Launch Schedule is a free download available in Palm E-Book format. It is a free service of space·launch·info, a newsletter published for each Space Shuttle mission, and sold to tourists at Space View Park in Titusville on launch day.
    yBasic, a "Tiny Basic" variant for the Palm OS (hand-held computers)
    This software harkens back to the "bad old days" when memory came on S-100 cards of 16K, and you loaded it in from cassette tape (which was better than the paper tape on Model-33 Teletypes). Also check out some other Palm™ information.

    PCsat32
    Windows Satellite Tracking Software
    You'll also need Current Keplerian Elements (the mathematical variables the program uses) to calculate satellite orbits. (Save them in the "Kepler" directory)

    PocketSat+
    Satellite Tracking Software for the Palm OS
    Current Keplerian Elements in Palm format (the mathematical variables the program uses) to calculate satellite orbits.

    Notepad Useful!
    The built-in editor for Microsoft Windows. A Windows NT version is also available. You might also try to bring up WordPad as well. Special thanks to Notepad.Org.

    • This page last updated 07-03-10 by Robert Osband