List of freeware programs I know
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Animations:

-Ani for Windows (aniwin.zip)
Simple program to create animations; it would be good, if it allowed to save in other formats than multiple BMP files.
Waiting for next versions....


-Dta (DOS) (dta18e.zip)
Generates FLI o FLC  animations from TGA, PCX and GIF, images, NOT freeware, but author accept anything as payment!

-HCMAKE (DOS) (hcmake11.zip)
Generates FLI animations from TGA images. Freeware version has some limitations on animations speed (max 25 frames/sec)  and resolution (640*480 only)
-DMPEG (DOS) (dmpeg.zip)
Decoder for MPEG films: produces single frames in RAW format.


Antivirus:
-F-Prot (fp-xxxx.zip) (DOS)

Astronomy:
-Home Planet 2.0 (file HP2-?.ZIP) (Windows 3.1, 95) (freeware; vote: 6)
Interesting planetarium with satellite-tracking features and plenty of images of astronomical objects.
You can see how light and shadow cover Earth surface at any hour, view sky map from different position all over the world, add new astronomical objects, link objects to images. Unfortunately eclipses are not supported.
-HaleBopp V. 1.0 (HALEBOPP.EXE) (Windows) (freeware; vote: 8)

-Solar Eclipse 1.21 (solar121.zip) (DOS)
It seems this is the only freeware program to simulate solar eclipses! It works in DOS environment, shows text data (ephemeris and technical data), and a world map showing lines of eclipses visibility.
The program is rather old (1991!!), but I was not able to find any other version.
If you want to try to contact the author...:
Snail mail address:
Matthew M. Merrill
8927 Virginia Ave. Apt B
South Gate, Ca 90280 		BBS:
Rancho Palos Verdes BBS Celestial RCP/M
(213) 541-7299 (513) 427-0674
24 Hours, 2400/1200 Baud 24 Hours, 2400/1200 Baud		 PC-LINK
Leave E-Mail to "Ceres"

-StarCalc (sc50en.zip)
Interesting planetarium program with many functions, absolutely free, made in Russia. Very comfortable graphic interface, lot of function, but it still needs some retouchs: it cannot search for objects different from stars, and it cannot track objects.
Waiting for next versions....


-STSORBIT PLUS - Space Shuttle and satellite simulator (DOS) (sop9650a.zip e sop9650b.zip)
Use this program if you want to know where satellites and/or MIR and/or Space Shuttle are: you can also see them by naked eyes!

-WinOrbit  3.3 (Windows 3.1  and 95) (?????.zip)
Free satellite tracking software.
http://www.sat-net.com/winorbit/index.html WinOrbit Home Page

Cache navigator:
-About MY Cache (AMYCxxx.ZIP)
To surf OFFLINE into the cache of Netscape Navigator.

-WebWagon (webwagn1.zip)
This program stores in different directories all files of each URL you input, so you can "navigate" off-line into complete  sites.

Communications:
-Terminator 2 (DOS)
A GREAT, free communication/Off Line Reader for DOS; support multiple download protocols, mouse, qwk messages, point hadling, Tetris, CD playing....!!!
0204t2d1.zip
0204t2d2.zip
0204t2d3.zip
0204t2d4.zip
0204t2d6.zip

-NFX (WIN) (NFX310.ZIP - main site: http://www.westonia.com/blueview )
QWK Off Line reader for Windows, FREE.

 SLMR(DOS) (SLNRxxxx.ZIP)
Very good Off Line Reader of QWK packages.
Other free OLRs: 

Program Name:                 F.   Archive  Date      $$  Author
OLR DOS:
SkyReader DOS 0.60 (b)        QBO  SKYD060B 96-11-26  --  Timo Sirainen
Azerty 2.0 (w/C source)       Q    AZERTY2  91-11-08 Free David Nugent
Yet Another Mail Reader 1.2b  Q    YAMR12B  94-09-15 Free Michael C. 
Warner
MikeMayl 1.1f                 Q    MM11F    93-08-10 Free Mike May
NFX 3.10                      QS   NFX310   96-11-17 Free Nick Onoufriou
Azerty 1.0 (w/C source)       Q    AZERTY1  91-01-15 Free Rene Cougnenc
Opus Message Kit Reader 2.01  Q    OMKRD201 91-12-28 Free Roland Brown
QWK'em (w/ TERMINATOR 2)      Q    0204T2D? 96-07-14 Free Sam Dmitriev
ATP 1.50                      Q    ATP08DOS 97-01-03 Free Thomas 
McWilliams
Offline Xpress Test Drive     Q    OLX-TD   92-10-01   0  Mustang Software
Silly Little Mail Reader 2.1a Q    SLMR21A  92-01-04   0  Mustang 
Software Inc
QWK 3.8                       Q    QWK_V38  92-05-13   0  Thunus F.

OLR WIN:
WinRead 2.2                   Q    WR22     91-05-29   0  Ollivier Civiol
Durango 1.2 (b) (build 197)   Q    DMAIL197 97-01-01  --  Maurice Jetter
SkyReader W95 0.60 (b)        QBO  SKYW060B 96-11-26  --  Timo Sirainen

F. indicates format of message packages:
Q=QWK, E=QWKE, B=BlueWave, S=SOUP, O=Other

Unfortunately, not all of these programs can be easily found on the net. But, above topics come from a list by James A. Hanoian: jim_hanoian@alpha-one.org.
You can also download the latest, full version of list, in archive QWKPxxyy.ZIP, where xx stay for Year and yy stay for Month of last release.

Compilers:
-DJGPP (info for downloading) (DOS, 32bit) (freeware; vote: 7)

Dictionaries:

-Dictionary program (dict_ita.exe)
English-Italian Italian English free dictionary.
From home page you can download modules for other foreign languages than Italian.

-WinDi (windifre.exe)
Very powerful multilingual dictionary: English, French, Italian, Deutsc, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, with lot of words (almost 30.000). It is also available a (very expensive) full version with 35.000 words and a lot of advanced funcitons.
You must go to home page to download.


DOS text editors:
-Medit (MEDITxx.ZIP) (allows inserting files, supports mouse, does not support word wrap).

-PEdit (Programmer’s Editor) (PEDITxxx.ZIP) (allows viewing last DOS screen, launching command line to compile currently edited file, changing TABS size; does not support mouse).

-NE (Not Edlin!!!) (NE300B.ZIP) (Based on Borland IDE, it’s ideal for use in conjunction with DOS Off Line Reader such BlueWave; allows word wrap, justify, multi-file editing; supports mouse).

DOS Utils (description have been truncated; you can find full description of these files in this site):

AV.EXE (av703.zip): Archive directory viewer..

BFIND.EXE (bfind704.zip): Allows booelan-type search.

CHANGE.EXE (chang704.zip): Processes change commands in files.

CONVERT.EXE (convr704.zip) : Converts between data formats

COPSINCE.EXE (cops704.zip): Copies all files modified since a given date.

DATES.EXE (dates704.zip): Program that warns you in advance when an event like a birthday,

DIRCOMP.EXE (dirco703.zip): Similar in some ways to DOS's REPLACE command but adds ability to
delete extra files...

DIRTOTAL.EXE (dirto702.zip): Prepares report showing files in subdirectory or drive.

EUMAIL.EXE (eumal704.zip): Eudora mail summarizer.

FILL.EXE (fill704.zip): Program designed to move files off to floppy diskettes, taking the
biggest files first and skipping those that won't fit.

FILUPDAT.EXE (filup704.zip): Program which compares a selected list of files in a source path
against those in another path and copies those that have been updated.

FIXTEXT.EXE (fixtx704.zip) : Program which applies a user-definable character-translation table
to a text file.

FORTUNE.EXE (fortn704.zip): A tuner-upper for the DOS FOR command.

HTMSTRIP.EXE(htmst704.zip): Processes and removes embedded HTML commands from Web pages
downloaded from the Web.

PAGINATE.EXE (pagin704.zip) : Reformats text files with embedded formatting codes.

READ.EXE (read703.zip), READY.EXE, READINIT.EXE, and READMAKE.EXE: Text file browsing
utilities. READ--Supports marking, copying text, reading Unix and Mac text
files, etc.

TXTABLE.EXE (txtab704.zip): Program to generate text tables. Allows inputs to be HTML-based
as well as one-record per cell.

Fractals:
-WinFract (WINFRxxx.ZIP) (Windows 3.1/95)

-Winfract source (winsrxxx.zip)
Sorgenti in C del programma, liberamente modificabili secondo le proprie esigenze.

-FractInt (FRAINxxx.ZIP) (DOS)
WinFract for  DOS.

-Xaos (XAOSxxx.ZIP) (DOS/Win)
Astonishing fractal program: allow real time exploration of Mandelbrot fractals, in any resolution (from 320x200 to 1024x768, form 1 to 24 bit; also text resolutions are supported!!). Lot of special effects available, also Julia set supported...
If you like fractals, you must have this program!


Graphics:

-2020 (2020s.zip) (Windows)
This is a strange program: it is free... because it shows advertsiments!
It is an interesting graphic editor, allowing lot of special effects on full images or sections of them. It also support adding "comments" to images, i.e. you can add vector graphics to an image, modify them until you are satisfied, and then save the image with changes you made.
Support lots of format, also EPS, PNG and WMF.

-ABC SnapGraphics (snapgrfx.zip) (Windows)
Professional but free program to create flowcharts.

-Display 1.89 (disp189a.zip) (DOS, 32 bit) (freeware; vote: 10)
GREAT!! Display almost ANY graphic format, including animations, uuencoded, text files...

-Alged 3.5 (alged35.zip) (DOS) (freeware; vote: 7.5)
Nice. Plot 2D and 3D functions, deleting hidden lines; it alos solves simple algebric calculations.

-DrawMe (drawme.zip) (Windows)
Absolutely free vector graphic program!!! Supports multiple documents, OLE, WMF exporting.

-DrawPlus
Add-on for PagePlus, but also stand-alone program, to create vector-graphic drawings, and save them in WMF format.

-GrafX (gfx2b961.zip) (DOS)
****WARNING****
You can find lot of stuff with GrafX name, around the Net; but, this program is what you were searching for since you needed to create your own picture the first time!! This program is astonishing: it has a lot of features that I couldn't find in any other PC program, even in a commercial one I had in bundle with my scanner! Stencil, smear, transparency, a very good airbrush (many programs have owful airbrushes, and they are shareware...), smooth, to hide boundaries of images pasted on other images, and all you need to edit, retouch and embellish your photos, or to create your own pictures! Besides, the program supports dozens of different resolutions, from 320x200x256 to 1024x768x65536, and perhaps better ones if you have a good video card....
Unfortunately, adding text to images is not (yet) supported, but authors say they will add this feature in next version.
Supported format are PKM, LBM, GIF, BMP, PCX, IMG, SC?, CEL, KCF and PAL. If you need other formats, you can use Viewer Pro to make conversions between dozens of format (WMF included).

-Grids (ENGRIDS.ZIP) (Windows)
Interesting vector graphic program with lot of function; important feature of this program is availability of ready-to-use libraries with lot of different symbols, and ability to keep objects linked by lines which remain connected to objects also if you move them: it is very useful to draw diagrams and flow-charts. Program does not support many file formats, but it allows OLE, so you can move objects to/from any other application you like.
See also Page Plus.

-Hijaak Morph (hjmorph.exe) (Windows)
This program allows to create animations showing real-time transformation of a picture to an other. Quite fun.

-Imager (imager.zip) (Windows)
More than 3Mb of stuff for an owful program. I review it just to warn you know not to download it if you find a link to it: don't waste your bandwidth!

-KwikDraw (kdrwxxx.zip) (Windows)
Quite interesting vector graphic program; unfortunately, the free version allows adding only a few objects (around 30); useful only for very simple graphics.


-LView Pro (LVIEWPxx.ZIP) (Windows)
Great file viewer; supports lot of file formats.

MorphMan 1.1 (mman11.zip) (Windows 95)
Interesting morphing program, with many options and many file formats supported (also AVI).

-PageDraw (pgdraw20.zip) (Windows)
Another free vector graphic program. Requires Adobe Type Manager to be installed on your system. To install it, install an old version of Adobe Acrobat Reader
(ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/ra/rajeev/acroread.exe)

-Page Plus Intro (ppintro.exe)
Very powerful DTP program to create vector graphic documents. See also Grids and Pagedraw (now Mayuradraw).

-Repeated Dots Stereograms (RDSzzz.ZIP) (Windows 3.1 e 95) (Allows creating stereograms, also with a background image, instead of dots background; works on externally edited gray-scale pictures).

-Randot (RANDOTxx.ZIP) (Windows 3.1, 95) (Similar to RDS, but with internal (small) image editor; produces only 640*480 stereograms.

-Ultimate Paint (up.zip) (Windows)
Interesting graphic editor for Windows; it is not just a program to add special effects to images, like many "graphic editor" available on Internet: it is a real editor, with basic functions. It is still under developing, so it isn't yet a very good program (it haven't yet a good print option), but I think we should check it in next months...
Please note: you must download this program from its home page.
Besides, you will need DirectX module. Download it from here if program does not work.

-Viewer Pro (http://members.aol.com/brandyware/Downloads/Viewer.zip) (Windows)
It is just incredible how many format this program supports! Dozen of graphic and multimedia files are supported, also WMF, AVI, FLC, ZIP (!!), and MID, WAV, ICO, and RTF, WRI, .....!!! And all this power, in 0.99 Mb!!!
Why are you still waiting?!?

-Visual (http://www.fabrizio.jth.it)
Viewer, converter and special effects generator for pictures; does not allow pixel by pixel editing (see Ultimate Paint and GrafX for this).


Hypertext editors:
-AolPress 2.0 32 bit (aolp20_32.exe) (Windows 95) (Windows 3.1)
Great WYSYWYG html editor, with many features, and graphic visualization of age links.
Also available 16 bit version for Windows 3.1.
Official site: http://www.aolpress.com

-Help pre-compiler 3.0 (hlppcp30.zip) (Windows)
Absolutely free WinHelp files generator!!! Create your own hypertext compatible with all Windows-based systems!!!
Here it is a list of all other programs I tested before finding this.

-Iper Edit 2.16 (ins216.zip) (Windows 3.1, 95) (freeware; vote: 9.5)
GREAT!! Allow WYSYWYG editing of HTML, HLP and AEH files!!
http://www.polito.it/iper

-RTFGEN (rtfg203a.zip)
If you don't want to learn RTF format, and you don't want to buy very expensive RTF-supporting word processor, you can use RTF Generator to create WinHelp files from simple ASCII files containing formatting parameters similar to RTF ones, but easier to learn, and well explained. RTFGEN is also an IDE to develop Help files without openig DOS shells.


Icon editors for Windows 95:
With Windows 95 you do not need any icon editor: just create a 32*32 image with Paint, and save it as 16 colors image, adding .ICO extension.
You can also “grab” icons from executable files:
create a temporary link to any program you want; then, select “Change icon” in properties window, press “Browse” and select your executable; now, press ALT+STAMP: current window will be stored into clipboard. Now, run Paint, import the clipboard (with Paste), cut the icon you want, create a 32*32 image and paste the icon; then, save the image as described above.

Music:

-AudioLab (alab11d.zip)
Simple editor for WAV files; currently supports only 8 bit-mono files.


-Jazz (jz16v22b.zip) (windows)
Simple sequencer, to view and edit midi files, also connecting to an external midi instrument.

-Tornado (tornado.zip) (Windows) ( tornado_midi@hotmail.com oppure  agustin.rodriguez@usa.net)
Very complex (and complete?) MIDI sequencer, with a lot of functions. I didn't experimented with all of them, but if you like MIDI music ypu should do it.

-WaveFlow (wflow2in.zip) (Windows)
Very powerful WAV files editor with lot of functions and special effects; fade, reverb, invert, robotize, amplify, filter, equalize.... Supports all formats (8bit-mono -> 16 bit-stereo).


Others:
-Tutordo (tutengxxx.zip) (DOS)
Simple file manager.

Screen grabbers:
Perhaps not all of you know that under Windows environment you do not need any screen grabber: just press STAMP (entire screen) or ALT+STAMP (selected window) to copy the image to the clipboard, and import it into any graphic program with a simple PASTE.
Besides, you can copy to the clipboard all the text of a DOS windows by pressing SHIFT + * (on the keypad).

Science:
Design Center  by Microsim (80dlabX.exe, X=1..9) (Windows 95)
A very powerful electronic circuit simulator, with graphic editing of circuits and a function to generate PCB layers (I think this is the name....:)  ). Look also at the home page.

Math assistant  (windows)
Unuseful program do not download it unless you have time and hard disk space to waste...

-PsiMath (http://psido.exp.univie.ac.at/psimath/)
Sceintific calculator with plotting capability and support of many elementary, trigonometric and logarithmic functions.
Quite curious program....

Spice (Electronic circuits simulator)
If you want to know where to find any new and old version of Spice, look at here!



Where to find these programs:
jump to http://ftpsearch.ntnu.no/ftpsearch and ask for proper file name.

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