Virus Scanners

As time goes by, virus scanners are becoming a subscription service. My favorite virus scanner was f-prot, however, their free DOS version doesn't work in Windows NT. How convenient for them! This forces their customers to buy their Windows version. Well, the DOS version still works fine on older Windows 9x machines.

If you want a free virus scan of your Windows NT/2000/XP machine these days (2004), you'll have to go for one of the online scanners that install themselves as an ActiveX control through your browser. Here are the ones I've noticed:

Housecall by Trend Micro - I've tried this. It appears very thorough as it took forever scanning through the .jar files in Encyclopedia Britannica. However, when I tried doing some browsing with its parent window, it crashed. Be careful.

McAfee has a scanner called "FreeScan". Haven't tried it yet.

Microsoft Windows

ShellExe - Lets you launch a web page when a CD is inserted in Windows.
Microsoft's Internet Apps: The MS Mailer/Newsreader is here.
Eudora ftp directory: Babsy was using this for her mailer.
Pegasus Mailer: Haven't tried this one.

PC Building

Well, gee, nowadays, laptops are all the rage. No need to build those. They usually come complete. This section is a bit "outdated".

AnandTech - CPU Performance and technology news.
Tom's Hardware Guide - Loads of PC Technology news.
Baber.com - Motherboard cables.
Motherboard ID - Even better than the next one!
Motherboard ID - Find out who the H*** made that motherboard.
System Internals
Undocumented fdisk - Covers /MBR and /FPRMT switches and many others.
Win95 OSR2 FAQ - Great bedtime reading. Lots of secrets hitherto unknown.
DOS Format - More undocumented stuff from this MS-DOS 7 site.

Mwave (a.k.a. Mwasted)

See my Mwave Page for Mwave links.

DSP (Digital Signal Processing)

Pegasus: A nifty DSP design tool.
DSP Resource List: Comprehensive list of Internet DSP resources.
comp.dsp Newsgroup: Discussion of DSP-related topics.
mkfilter: Interactive filter designer.
comp.dsp FAQ: New HTML-ized FAQ for comp.dsp.

DNA

GAlib: Genetic Algorithm Library
DNA Computing: Using DNA molecule reactions to compute.
Human Genome Database: What the hell is this doing here? Well, this is the project that is mapping human DNA. I've always considered cells to be biochemical computers.
Personality Test: Uh, the brain is a computer isn't it?

HTML

HTML Help!
HTML Working Group: The HTML Spec can be found here.
HTML Entities: Find out how to do °, ×, ÷ and other symbols
Play Page.: My test page which includes illustrations of some Netscape-specific capabilities as well as all the standard table formats. Images and Sound included.
Netscape
Netscape DevEdge: Netscape's developer info
WebReference.com: Help for website developers. From copyrights to DHTML coding.

Software Archives

SimTel: Huge repository of share/freeware for PCs.
CICA Archives: Windows software and drivers.
Walnut Creek: Simtel, CICA, and others.
Free Software Foundation: GNU project.
GNU ftp site
GNU-Win32 project: Semi-good ports of GNU to Win32.
Happy Puppy: Lot's O' games and where to get 'em.

Hardware Manufacturers

Colorado Memory Systems: I have a Jumbo 250 tape drive. DC2120 is TOO SLOW!
Connector Resources Unlimited: I have a DataPort V IDE so I can switch between Win 95 and Linux. After less than a year of use, I started getting lots of hard drive errors that went away when I removed it.
Creative Labs: I have a SoundBlaster 32 AWE. Added 2meg RAM.
Diamond Multimedia Systems: I have a Stealth 64 PCI with 1meg (S3).
Exabyte: I have the Eagle Nest TR-4i tape drive. It's great when you take it out of the nest and use it the way it's supposed to be.
FreeTech: I've got a 586F63T with a P200MMX chip. Can't get it to work with a COAST module.
Hercules: I have a Hercules Dynamite Pro ISA (W32i/ET-4000) for my 486DX33.
Hercules' ftp site.: Latest drivers for my card are here.
HP: Bought an HP 722C Color Inkjet on 10/19/1998.
Intel: The computer inside.
Iomega: I have an Iomega Zip SCSI Insider.
MediaVision: I have a PAS-16 sitting at home that I never use. (600-0022-01 Rev F)
Packard Bell Parts: Third party support for the worst computers in the world.
Sony: I have a CPD-1304S, and I lust for a 200ES (or perhaps a PS!).
Storm: EasyPhoto Reader. Not a bad little scanner. Average quality, and the drivers work well. I also have a TotalScan. This is a very nice scanner. Make sure you set up your BIOS for an EPP parallel port mode (NO ECP!), or scans will take a long time.
Turtle Beach: I want the Pinnacle Project Studio card.
US Robotics: Just got a USR 33.6/28.8 to avoid using Mwave on the Freetech. Unfortunately, the ROM needs to be upgraded. Had to pull a fast one at CompUSA to get a proper replacement.

The 'Net

FAQs
RFCs
- 0791 - Internet Protocol (IP)
- 0761 - Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
- 1700 - Assigned Numbers
Internet Drafts
Everything DNS
Internet Software Consortium - BIND lives here

Server Software
Gibson Research - Scan your ports using Steve's utilities.
Port Scanner - Another port scanner
Zone Labs - Makers of ZoneAlarm personal firewall software. 2.6.231 works well. Others have had trouble with later versions. Uninstall is a problem.
Sygate - Makers of Sygate Personal Firewall. Haven't tried this one yet.
Tiny Software - Makers of Tiny firewall. More geared toward advanced users according to reviews. Worth a look.

Miscellaneous

PPA for Linux: My HP 722C printer is supported under Linux with this utility.
Samba: An SMB server for Linux. Allows Win95 to access Linux drives.
WAV Cart - Cart Machine
Cart Ready - Cart Machine
.AU Sounds

ThumbsPlus: My favorite image viewer.
WinJPEG: My previous favorite image viewer.
alt.binaries.pictures.misc Newsgroup.: All the pictures you could ever want (or not).

Ethernet and TCP/IP Under DOS

Those were the days. Oh the trouble you had to go through to get DOS to talk over a TCP/IP Ethernet Network.

TIA/EIA-568-A: How to wire RJ45 connectors.
More on RJ45/Ethernet
Novell IPX commands
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc newsgroup: Discussion of TCP/IP under DOS/Windows.
comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc FAQ: Info on TCP/IP and Ethernet networks under DOS/Windows.
TCP/IP packages: A Comparison of the features of the various TCP/IP stacks for PCs.
Crynwr: Packet drivers for Ethernet cards.
pktd11.zip: The Crynwr v11 packet drivers.
pktd11c.zip: The Crynwr v11 packet drivers update.
3Com's ftp site: 3Com drivers and utilities.
NCSA Telnet: NCSA's collection of TCP/IP utilities for DOS that require only a packet driver.
WATTCP: University of Waterloo's TCP/IP utilities. Has a ping command unlike NCSA, but ftp sucks. No ftp server.
CUTCP: Clarkson University's extensions/fixes to NCSA 2.2. Buggy ping command in 2.2-E release.

Trivia

Boy, these links take me back. There was a time when you could get a UNIX shell account to access the Internet. These days no one has any idea what that means. Back then, a PPP account cost more than a shell account, so there was software to let you trick your cheaper shell account into acting like the more expensive PPP account. These days (2000), PPP accounts are standard and affordable. They also usually come with a UNIX shell account, though most users of the 'Net haven't a clue what a "UNIX" is.

TIA: A SLIP emulator that you can run from a shell account. I was thinking about trying it, or something similar, one of these years. It was discontinued in July of 1996.
SLiRP: A free SLIP/PPP emulator.

Ted Felix: Computer Links

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