We only suggest these programs, HIDACC cannot be held responsible if you encounter unexpected problems with your particular setup. Read the README file carefully before installing any program.
You may want to check the Internet for later versions of the programs.
One of the easiest sites for doing this is at VersionTracker.com .
FREEWARE
ClipS - ClipS is a control strip module that is just the thing to have for making clippings from a progam that is not drag and drop aware. Clips enables you to create clipping files with most all software. This version is OS-8.5.1 compatible. - Freeware
Cocoa - Cocoa is software designed to allow CHILDREN to create their own cool programs. It is an excellent introduction to programming, and children can get results quickly, which is always a plus. Adults can also do great things with Cocoa, and it saves time. You can get your own copy of Cocoa. This page has a link for downloading the actual Cocoa Program.- Evaluation Release
CoPyCat - The cross-platform Cartesian document image viewer - Freeware
DarkSide 5.0.2 - ScreenSaver (English Version only)- DarkSide of the Macintosh is an application based screensaver for Macintosh computers running System 7.0 or later. DarkSide is freeware. DarkSide has been tested on a wide range of computers and systems, including 7.1, 7.5, 8.0, and 8.1. There are no known incompatibilities with various versions of system software at this point..... - Freeware
DECOR -Decor is a small application and extension pair which will place a chosen PICT, GIF, JPEG (JFIF) or startup screen file on your desktop in OS versions before OS 8.0. You can also designate a folder from which to randomly choose the background picture. To change a picture on the fly, just drag and drop the new image on top of the Decor icon. Also supports tiling, scaling and cropping of selected images. Cool, huh? - Freeware
DIM 1.3 - Desktop Icon Manager (DIM) is an AppleScript which saves and restores the icon positions on the desktop. Freeware
Easy Errors - Easy Errors is an application that quickly interprets Macintosh and Newton MessagePad errors. Give it the error number you're getting it and it tells you just what the corresponding error is. Freeware
Finder Fixer - A utility that solves the problem of how to increase the Finder's memory allocation in System 7.x and up. Increasing the Finder's memory can help solve some out of memory problems that occur while in the Finder. **Note:This program makes a change to the system itself** Optimum memory size for the finder varies with each individual computer. A memory size of 4000K seems to work for most computers.....Before you make any changes be sure to make copies of both the Finder and the Finders preferences just in case you have a problem. Should a problems arise, you can boot from your backup CD, then put the copies you have saved back into your hard drive systems folder. Now reboot and you will be back to normal....
FinderPop vastly improves OS 8's contextual menus by allowing you to access them just by holding down the mouse key, rather than holding down the control key and mouse together. In addition, with FinderPop you can now navigate through four layers of your mounted volumes from within contextual menus, as well as quickly reveal any pop-up windows on the desktop. - Freeware
Hidden finder features - Hidden Finder Features is a control panel that enables several Finder features in System 7.1, 7.5 and 7.5.3 that Apple has left hidden. - FreewareI Love Native 3.1- I Love Native! is an application which allows you to check whether a program or a code resource file was written in PowerPC, 68K, or Fat (both PowerPC and 68K) code. I Love Native! is capable of checking applications, control panels, system extensions, and shared libraries. Freeware
NavCom Cache Control 2.0 Is a PowerPC application that allows you to easily set the disk and memory cache for Navigator or Communicator. This program speeds up the acquisition of your cached files while on the Internet. (Should you have any problems you can reset the memory cache back to its default using this application). - Buckware
Netscape Comm-68K Macs - Netscape commuicator v 4.0.8 can be download in either the stand alone or the complete version from this site. The complete version has email capabilities. Newer and older versions of Netscape browsers are also available here. Freeware
Netscape Defrost - This system extension keeps Netscape from freezing while accessing Web pages. (for some unknow reason we have had trouble when using this sites download item.. Should you receive an error message at ìerols.comì, try reconnecting or try placing the following URL in the location site of your browser Freeware
Pac The Man - Pac the Man is a simple Pacman clone for the Mac. It has nice graphics close to the original ones and good music. It needs 1,8 MB Ram and requires at least a 68020-Mac. It is FREEWARE! the program and music download in separate files... Freeware
Quicken Deluxe 98 Update - is available at no charge (only to owners of valid licenses to copies of Quicken, versions 1-7, for Macintosh. Offered by "Intuit.com" without charge
Scrolling - A control panel that lets you adjust the scrolling and scrolling acceleration rate of scroll bar movement. Especially useful for slowing down Macs that scroll too fast. - Freeware
Spelltools 1.3.3 -SpellTools gives you a suite of text tools available to virtually all your applications. Tools like Prooflistening, rubber stamps, and text cleanup tools in addition to a powerful spell checker engine. SpellTools works with nearly every application you own because it is an application, not an extension or control panel. Therefore, it will not conflict with other things in your System Folder. It is encoded FAT binary, so it works extremely well on older 68K Macs, as well as taking full advantage of the speed capabilities of PowerPC processors. Offered by "Newertech.com" without charge. Spelltools Updater this update is required to enable Spelltools to work with Mac OS 9.0 and later.
Stuffit Expander 6.0.1 - Is the quickest, surest, and easiest, way to access any file downloaded from the internet. - Freeware
Tech tools 3.0.1- TechTool is the acclaimed utility that solves those incurable problems which elude other utilities. - Freeware -
With TechTool you can:
* Analyze your system and finder for damage.
* Alter file and folder information with File Lab
* Zap the entire PRAM chip.
* Delete the desktop file, the better alternative to rebuilding.
* Clean your floppy drive (use with drive cleaning disk).
* View, print and save a multitude of information about your Mac.TomeViewer - Ever needed to open one of those Tomes from a set of System Software install disks? Wanted to know, for example, which version of the WorldScript Power Adapter you'd get from a German 7.5.3 Update 2.0 install -- without going through a long and large footprint install? Now you can, TomeViewer will open an installer compressed file tome and allow you to view the tome's contents. You can also expand and extract any of the items which reside in the tome. Finally, you can use the "Show Info..." menu item to view more detailed information concerning the item. - Freeware
µZak -µZak is a utility for playing the sound tracks of QuickTimeô Movies. Just drag the icon of some QuickTime movies, some folders containing QuickTime movies, or even the icon of your hard-disk on µZak, and enjoy the music. µZak can also play Finder sounds, AIFF and AIFC files, raw MIDI files (of type 'Midi'), SUN µLAW files (file type ULAW), Windows .WAV (file type WAVE) files, TEXT files, and MOD files... µZak 1.6 is distributed as a ëfatí application, containing both 68K and PowerMac native code. Freeware
SHAREWAREArnold's MIDI Player. Is an application that plays any MIDI or Karaoke file on the Mac internal speaker (QuickTime) or on an external MIDI device. Shareware $10.00
Adock - A-Dock is a highly rated application switcher palette that helps you get prepared for Mac OS X's dock... The programer says a Picture is woth a thousand words and he is right. Take a look at Adocks pictures and find out how ADock works at Jerome foucher's "Adock page" - shareware Fee $7.00 *****Aaron -Aaron is a system extension and font combination which brings part of the Mac OS 8 interface to your current" System 7" Macintosh. This is the fat version of the Aaron extension -- there is also a 68k version available. - (ZDnet) Shareware Fee $10.00
Classic Menu - Mac OS X only. Classic Menu's apple menu brings back the functionality of the apple menu in the Mac OS. It displays the icons and names of files and folders in the Classic Menu items folder and allows up to 5 levels of hierarchial menus for folder contents.The unlicensed version is fully functional but occasionally displays a reminder to purchase a license. Shareware Fee $10.00 ( A package with a license for Drop Drawers X ($15 on its own) costs just $20 (a 20% saving).
CyberView v1.3.5 -CyberViewer is an extension that monitors your Web activity, creates a graphical thumbnail of every site you've visited recently on the Web, and stores this information on a floating palette. Users can define the number of pages it will cache (up to 300) and the number of days before the cache is flushed (up to 28). This version works with older versions of Netscape - Shareware Fee $15.00
Design Print Studio- Design & Print Studio will have you
producing top-noch greeting cards, calendars, postcards, signs and more in just minutes. Whether you are starting a small business, planning a garage sale, or hosting a birthday party. Shareware Fee $19.95
CyberView v1.4 - CyberViewer is an extension that monitors your Web activity, creates a graphical thumbnail of every site you've visited recently on the Web, and stores this information on a floating palette. Users can define the number of pages it will cache (up to 300) and the number of days before the cache is flushed (up to 28). This version works with Netscape 4.0.4 and all Communicator browsers. Power Mac only-- Shareware Fee $15.00
FinderPatch v1.3.1 for Mac OS 8.6 - This patch adds to the Finder of Mac OS 8.6 several Command Keys enhancements: ï T for Trash.., B for Restart.., 0 (zero) for Shutdown.., = for About this Computer and a Quit Finder menu under the Special menu to quit the active Finder plus other goodies. - Shareware $2.00
Fonts Manager - Manage your font suitcases and printer fonts in 'Sets', like Extensions Manager! Fonts Manager is similar to the Mac OS Extensions Manager, but it is more like a Desk Accessory. It allows the enabling and disabling of font suitcases and printer fonts in 'Sets'. It supports view/print font samples, export of 'Sets', import of saved 'Sets', Balloon Help, and a Tutorial Topics system. It is NOT a Control Panel or Extension; thus it works on ALL Macs with System 7.1 or later, including Mac OS 8. - Shareware Fee $10.00
FunKeys -FunKeys is an incredibly useful utility for the Macintosh. What FunKeys allows you to do, basically, is "program" those function keys on the top row of your keyboard to do things. (The keys F1, F2, F3, F4, etc. They are only on extended keyboards, which most Macs have). Most of us Mac users never even use those things, as they are unsupported by many programs; FunKeys not only gives them a use, but it also makes them really useful. - Shareware Fee $15.00
InformINIT - Informinit is a great source of information on what all of those control panels and extensions really do. Shareware $15.00
Net-Print 8.1 - Net-Print lets you highlight text and then print or save that text and only that text. It also lets you combine multiple chunks of text to print or save. If you want to quickly print out a label for a Zip Disk, Net-Print will do that, too. Shareware $10.00
Peek-a-Boo - Peek-a-Boo 1.5 ST is a utility to monitor and manipulate all running processes. You can watch and adjust how much CPU time each process uses. You can view any piece of information available through the Process Manager, sorting processes by a variety of attributes. Shareware($20)
PowerMenu -If you are running the older Macintosh System 7.x, PowerMenu adds a contextual menu to your system so you can still use this innovative feature without upgrading to MacOS 8.... PowerMenu is a utility that adds powerful commands to your contextual menu if you are running MacOS 8 or better (Your contextual menu is the menu that appears when you Control-click on an item on your desktop). Shareware $15.00
ramBunctious - ramBunctious is a RAM disk program. RAM disks are a convenient way to achieve high performance in many applications. Hard drive accesses are hundreds of times slower than memory accesses. RAM disks set aside an amount of memory that the system can then use as a "normal" hard drive, floppy drive, or any other storage device -- except that they're much faster. - Shareware Fee$12.00
Scrollability - Scrollability gives you faster, more intuitive ways to scroll through documents than the scroll bar and keyboard do. The best way to see what Scrollability can do is to open up the control panel and play with it. - Shareware Fee $10.00
SimpleText Color Menu - SimpleText Color Menu is a drag & drop utility that installs an extra cool Color menu and an extra useful Goodies menu inside Apple's SimpleText text editor. This utility now works with all versions SimpleText- Shareware Fee $10.00
Snitch v2.6.5 - This is a favorite utility for editing file type and creator settings. It's convenient to use: you access it simply by selecting Get Info as you normally would. And it offers at least as many features as any other competing utility. Version 2.6 is Mac OS 8.5 compatible. (Note: If you are running Mac OS 8.5.1, you'll want the Update Snitch 2.6.1 patch - Shareware Fee $20.00
World Clock - MaBaSoft World Clock CSM is a multi-time clock. It displays your local time, Universal or Greenwich time (UTC) or the current time in a city belonging to a different time zone. Up to 23 frequently used cities can be saved in World Clock menu. Different time formats and display options are available. - Shareware Fee $5.00
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