From: osg@aeglos.hanse.de (Oliver Giessler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc,de.comp.sys.apple
Subject: Here it is: Shareware, PD Hitlist
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 12:34:42 MET
Reply-To: osg@aeglos.hanse.de (Oliver Giessler)
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 Shareware/ PD Recommendation List     
 by Oliver Giessler osg@aeglos.hanse.de/ CIS 100135,267  
 with the help of the Usenet familie 
                                                          
 You can help! Send me your suggestions for the list.     
 A lot of users asked for it. They want our tips and ex-  
 perience.                                                
                                                          
 There is no garanty for anything. There can be a better  
 programm, and the most recommended program could have a  
 bug or is not supported anymore. And so on ...           
                                                          
 Get the up-do-date hitlist from: hitlist@aeglos.hanse.de 
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The programs are sorted in categories. A number in front 
of a program represents the number of recommendations I 
have received so far. When ever it was possible is there 
a short description. But as you can see most prgs do not 
have one because I do not know them all :-). So send me a
short description for the prgs you know. Thank you!

As you can see: The list is long. Should I change it? I do 
not know exactly. Pro: It is getting shorter. Contra: Only a 
programm with more then one recommendation will be on the
list. What do you think about diverting category 8.4 System 
extension in categorys 8.4.1 controll panels, 8.4.2 system 
extensions? Who can help me to manage this? Should I throw
the games out? The list is a saturday night idea, but after
all the positive reactions I will manage it as long as I can.

Last but not least: Please check my english. It is not my
mother tongue ...


1. Textprocessing

2	Edit II
2	FlashWrite II (notepad DA)
2	McSink (DA Texteditor)
2	MiniWriter
5	OzTeX (TeX/LaTeX)
8	Alpha (Editor esp. for TeX/ LaTeX and programmers)
12 	BBedit (Texteditor)
	Add/Strip (shareware program to mung text files)
	Alfa
	DocMaker 
	MacGawk
	MockWrite
	Quill (read text from wp formatted files)
	SigmaEdit
	

2. Database

2	Easy View (keeps track of text files in a special format. 
         	   Usefull for archiving the weekly posted TidBITS)
	PSI (written on Prolog)


3. Calculation

2	BiPlane (Shareware Spreadsheet)
2	Calculator II (Calculator DA)
2	dCAD (old scientific/programmer calculator)
2	NumberCrunch DA
	Dt Calculator 3.0 (freeware RPN scientific calculator)
	HPxx 1.1eng
	MathPad


4. Grafics/ Layout

2	JPGEView (view JPEGs requieres QuickTime)
3	Flash-It (screen capture util)
3	Lightningpaint (full B/W paint programm)
6	GIFConverter (convert graphics formats, view GIFs)
	ChemEdit (for chemic structures)
	Cyber GIF (GIF viewer)
	Image
	NIH Image (color drawing and image processing package)
	theTypeBook


5. Games

2	Glider (now commercial)
2	Glypha II
2	Iraq Attack
2	Slime Invaders
2	StarRunner
2	Storm (Tempest clone)
3	Diamonds (now gone commercial)
3	Jewelbox (color arcade game)
	3D Tic-Tac-Toe
4	Tetris Max (a Tetris clone but)
5	Klondike (shareware game of Solitaire)
5	Solarian II
	Ars Magna (anagram generator) 
	Artillery	
	Backgammon
	Battleship
	BeamWars
	Bolo
	Bonk
	Camel
	Canfield
	Checkers
	CINC (like Strategic Conquest)
	Continuum
	Cribbage
	Dice-It
	Dragon
	Dungeon of Doom (old graphical adventure)
	Forty Theives (solitare game)
	Galactic Empire
	Galactic Trader
	Gin Rummy
	GunShy
	Hearts
	MacBZone
	MacChase
	MacCribbage
	MacLanding
	MacMines
	Medieval Empires
	Missle
	Montana
	Moria
	Otello
	Pararena (now commercial)
	Phrase Craze (Wheel of Fortune)
	Risk
	Scruffy
	Solitaire
	SpaceInvader
	Sparkz (Qix)
	Stratego
	Strip-Mac! (An adult card game)
	Super Dice-It
	Zork/Dungeon (text adventure game)
 

6. Sound

2	Sound Mover (very similar to the Font/DA Mover)	
2	SoundMaster (special sounds for finder events)
4	Sound-Tracker (plays *.mod files; known from other computers)
	SndControl
	Sound Extractor


7. Telecommunication

2	Eudora (UUCP ?)
3	MacLayers
3	NewsWatcher (UUCP Newsreader)
3	Nuntius (UUCP Newsreader)
3	Turbogopher (for TCP/IP)
4	Kermit Tool GH (Transfer protocol)
5	NCSA Telnet
6	Fetch (FTP)
18	ZTerm (Terminal)
	BroadCast
 	DialScript
 	Fernmail (UUCP)
	MiniTerm (Terminal)
	POPMail (UUCP Mailreader)
	Term
 	UUCP (UUCP :-) )
	XferIt


8. Utilities

2	DownLine
2	Folder Icon Maker (make folders with a individual icon)
2	MacBinary
2	System Errors DA (lists error codes with brief explainations)
4	SaveaBNDL
	Find Pro II (finds a file on your HD)
	MacBooz 
	ProcessWatcher
	Query It
	Search Files
	System Picker (choose system from a multi systems HD)
	Windowshade
	ZoomSwitch


8.1 Compression or text converting for email sending
(Note: Compactor and Stuffit are the compression programms the mac 
community uses for 99.9% of the archivs. If you want to make a archive 
public PLEASE use one of them, or use an autoextracting archive. Binhex 
is the standard format for making them ready for text transfer.)

2	UUTool (transfers file from binary format to text)
3	SunTar
4	MacCompress
4	UULite (transfers file from binary format to text)
6	DeHQX
8	StuffitExpander (Expands sit, cpt and AppleLink archivs)
16	Stuffit Lite (Compression)
23	Compact Pro 1.3.3 (Compression)
2	BinHex5 (transfers file from binary format to text)
	CPTExpand
	DDEXpand (Expands DiskDoubler archives)
	Tar
	UnZip



8.2 Virus
(Note: When you think that your system is infected by a new virus 
post an message in comp.sys.mac.misc with a discription of the 
circumstances. But often it is false alarm. Because of this: 
When ever possible ask a local guru before making thousands of 
thousands of Mac users beeing alarmed)

2	VirusDetective
17	GateKeeper (protects against even unknown viruses)
30	Disinfectant (easy to use and protects against every known virus)
	VirusBlockade


8.3 Disk
(Note: Remember that your disk may contains very important data and 
that a dammaged disk can cause a lose of data. Therefor use only disk
programms which are stable and test them with not so important data!
Whenever possible contains this list only widly used and tested well
behaving programms)

2	AliasDirector (manage the aliases on a disk)
2	DiskStatus
2	Filelist+ (file indexer)  
2	Loodle  (great disk labeller)
3	Apple DiskCopy
3	FileTyper
	AppDisk (RAM disk)
	CatStuff (what floppy holds what - HyperCard stack)
	DiskTop
	FEdit
	File Lister    
	Finder Info 
	MountImage


8.4 System extension

2	AltCDEF
2	AutoAssassin
2	BAD
2	carpetbag (like Suitcase)
2	Default Application 
2	DepthChange
2	DepthGuage
2	DfaultD
2	DoubleScroll
2	Escapade 
2	The grouch (it is a REALY funny extension for your trashcan)
2	Zipple 
3	AutoClock (sets system clock by calling a US time server)                                        
3	Extensions Manager
3	Open-wide (more space for file names in the file selector)
3	Scroll2 (double-headed scroll arrows)
5	SpeedyFinder7 (finder enhancement, application substitution)
7	Apollo (application launching and application switching)
7	PopChar (superior KeyCaps replacement)
8	BeHierarchic v1.0.5 (hierarchical Apple menus, last shareware version)
12	SuperClock! (menu bar clock, calendar and timer)
	Anonymity
	AOL Aid
	AutoMenues (pull down menues without mouse click)
	Backlight Control
	Bomb Shelter
	ButtonKey
	CFloppy
	ChooserUser
	Color Changer (1/2/4/8 bits)
	ColorSwitch
	CopyBeep
	Default App
	Dropple Menu 
	FinderPaths
	InUse
	KopyKat
	List Font
	MacEnvy (a kind of profiler)
	MacLights
	MaxAppleZoom
	MenueChoice (hierarchic Apple Menue, more functions than BeHierarchic )
	MICN
	Moire
	Mouse 2
	NameViewer
	NoBalloonMenu
	Notify
	PowerBreak
	RAM Check
	Randomizer (picks said desktop picture at random from a folder)
	SCSI Probe
	SoftwareFPU (substitutes a real FPU)
	StickyClick
	Syspic (System Picke
	Unscrolly
	Window Warp 
	Windows
	ZoomBar


8.5 Printing
	
2	DMM LaserWriter stuff
2	Font Printer
3	Print2Pict
5	SaveATree (for printing massive text files as tiny multicolumn print)
	Font Clerk
	Font Show
	lpr
	MockPrinter
	N-up LaserWriter 
	The Typebook


9. Organizers (addresses/ dates etc.)
 
2	Do It All!
2	Phonebook DA (includes dialer via modem or speaker)
2	To Do!
7 	Remember? (Reminds you on dates or to-do items)
12	AddressBook (powerfull address organizer)
	LogIt
	Notify
	PasteIt Notes
	PhoneBook Plus 
	StopWatch


10. Programming

2	Gambit Scheme (Language)
3	THINK Back (put the compiler in the background)
	MacOberon (Language)
	OpenProlog (Language)
	Programmer's Key
	THINK C Marker (Think C utility)
	TransSkel (soure code package)


11. Simualation


12. The forgotten ones :-)

2	ResCompare
3	DarkSide of the Mac (Screensaver)
	DeskPict (picture instead of the standard desktop pattern)
	Desktop Textures (Desktop pattern)
	Excalibur (English spell checker)
	Members Only (Apple Talk Net Tool)
	Speedometer (Benchmark)
	Tickle



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And here a tip for american readers:

There's a book called "The Mac Shareware 500"; it has the 500 most popular 
shareware and freeware programs listed, with ratings from one to five 
stars next to each.

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Thats all folks! I hope this list is helpfull for you. If you like you can
send me a postcard: 

Oliver Giessler - Kulenwisch 12 - W 2000 Hamburg 63 - Germany

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