3pco Guide to Software Resources

General

• ASP Home Page
  The Association of Shareware Professionals is a non-profit organization.
• Berkeley Systems, Inc. - Fly me to the mooooon... on a toaster.
  
• Books that Work
  Windows software and information relating to home repair, landscaping, gardening, and other activities around the home.
• Borland International Inc.
  
• Carl & Gary's Visual Basic Home Page
  
• Carbon Copy
  Ver 3.0 for Windows is Microcom's latest offering in communications/remote-control software.
• CD-ROM Online Magazine
  News and reviews of CD-ROM and multimedia products. Includes a top 20 list of the best-selling software.
• Collabra Software Inc.
  The latest version is Collabra Share 2.0. Complete an online form to download a full version of the software (timed to expire after 30 days).
• Computer Horizons' Year 2000
  Many business computer applications will fail by 1999 because of the two-digit date problem. This site provides a background on the problem and offers its solution.
• Corel Corporation's Home Page
  CorelDRAW™ 6 Suite for Windows® 95. Corel recommends a 486DX2/66 or better.
• CorelNet - A site dedicated to CorelDRAW information.
  
• Delrina Corp.
  Communications software, forms creation and forms-routing software, and screen savers.
• Egghead Discount Software
  
• Lotus Corp.
  
• A Lotus Notes WWW Tour
  
• Lotus Selects Catalog
  
• Macromedia - Interactive multimedia authoring tools.
  
• Maxis Community Center
  Probably best known as the creators of SimCity, the Website offers product information, technical support, plus free stuff and other goodies.
• McAfee Associates Anti-virus products
  
• Micrografx
  
• Microsoft Corp.
  
• Microsoft Windows 95 Home Page
  International Data Corp. has predicted nearly 70 million PCs will be running Windows 95 by the end of 1996.
• Microsoft WinNews
  
• Win95-NET
  Information on Microsoft's Windows 95. Not affiliated with Microsoft. Nice effort by Mark Leary
• Pro CD Electronic phone directories.
  
• Quark, Inc.
  Makers of Quark Xpress publishing software, among other products.
• Quarterdeck Office Systems Inc.
  PC and Internet products.
• QuickTime Online
  
• SoftInfo Software Information Center
  Provides data on thousands of software products for all platforms. Includes several thousand vendor profiles. Really quite a handy-dandy tool.
• Software Development Conference & Tradeshow Group
  Miller Freeman, Inc. has information on conferences, tutorials, and exhibits.
• SPA
  The Software Publishers Association is the principal trade association of the PC software industry.
• Sybase
  Enterprise client/server relational database products and services.
• Syncronys SoftCorp
  PC and Mac based productivity software.
• Traveling Software
  Makers of LapLink for Windows, a communications software product which includes file transfer and remote control, and Laplink Host.
• UNIX Reference Desk
  
• Visio - V4.0 comes with 16-bit and 32-bit versions.
  
• Wilson WindowWare - Shareware programs for windows.
  
• Yahoo - Computers: Software
  

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Software Archives

• CICA Windows Archives
  This will guide you to ftp sites for windows software.
• CSUSM Windows World
  Large archive of Windows shareware programs, categorized.
• DOS Software
  This web page at Nova University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL., has information about, and links to, software for MS-DOS systems via ftp.
• Software Downloads via FTP
  Nova University also has information on, and links for, software for Unix, Windows and Macintosh platforms, multimedia, and much more.
• Virtual Shareware Library
  Start with the front end to the Virtual Shareware Library which catalogs over 100,000 files. You can use their easy search engine to locate, download or order programs. This is a fantastic site, and may be the first place you'll want to go when you're looking for software.

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Networking

• Network Construction Set
  Information about network components, basic concepts, and instructions for setting up LANs and WANs with Internet capabilities.
• Novell Inc.
  Provides technical support for Netware, Unixware and WordPerfect users.
  If you want to avoid the good-looking, but heavy, graphics, use the text only version
  
• Novell Netware 3.X System Administration
  The Central Institute of Technology in NZ has made available free courseware to introduce you to the subject of managing a Novell NetWare network.
• Artisoft, Inc. - Makers of LANtastic.
  Their Windows 95 client software will be available mid-October for free downloading.
• Banyan Systems Inc.
  Enterprise network services -- messaging, directory, and network management; VINES network operating system.

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Business and Accounting

• The Business Basic Connection
  Gary D. McClellan's laudable effort to increase awareness of Business Basic.
• Intuit
  
• Peachtree Software Inc.
  

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