Alternative Computing
14 Nov 1999
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Microsoft says it is not possible to remove IE from windows 98. We all know that is untrue of course. Now it is even easier. 98Lite is a program that does this for you if you have both the windows98 and windows95 installation CD:s. The result is a saving of 35! MB hard disk space, and a significant performance boost. All the benefits of windows 98 is still there, outlook express works fine, and you can choose whatever browser you want. Here is a review of the program in question.

Computer related NEWS
(for more linux Oriented news see Linux Section)

Today's Dilbert User Friendly

NewsFlashes: PC Magazime's InfoWorld Cnet PC World CPU Rewiev PC Week Zdnet HeadLines OS News Slashdot
For Macintosh Reality News Mac Central
For Linux LinuxWorld Linux Today

NewsFlashes in Swedish: Maxidata's Mikrodatorn's Computer Sweden's IDG Medströms tidningar Svenska MacWorld
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Computer hardware

Here are the links to the homepages of some famous manufacturers of computer hardware.
Computer Systems: 
GateWay
GateWay (Sweden)
Dell
Dell (Sweden)
Compaq 		 MotherBoards 
Asus 
Micronics 
Tyan 
QDI 		 Printers 
Canon 
Hewlett Packard 
Olivetti 
Displays 
Viewsonic 
Mag Innovision 		 Graphics & Soundboards 
ATI 
Aztech MultiMedia 
Cirrus Logic 
Creative Labs 
Ensoniq 
Hercules 
Matrox 
Number Nine 
STB  		Misc 
Compac 
Diamond Multimedia 
Pinnacle Micro 
LogiTech 
MicroSoft 
Symantec 
Umax
Processors
AMD 
Cyrix 
Intel 
Winchip  		Modem
Dynalink 
Microcom 
3Com/Us Robotics (sweden)  		Storage
Seagate 
Syquest 

Hardware Frequently Asked Questions
HardWare Benchmarks

Hardware by Mail Order in Sweden 
24 Store 
www.datorshop.se 
Pc Zone 
Bmsoft 
JME AB 
Multi Direct 
Pyrotech 
DMS 
Paradise Traiding 
Skribofont 
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Alternative Free operating systems

Name Note 
Linux Free Unix OS available for most hardware.
Fastest growing OS in the world.
For more info see Linux section in the menu on the Left.
FreeBSDfree unix
FreeDOSfree DOS version
SolarisComercial unix, free for non-comercial use.

Alternative Free operating systems under Development

Name Note 
Freedows 98an attempt to create a freeware operating system, based on new OS kernel technique with the goal to be software compatible with most other OS.
Very Early Development
Arosan attempt to rewrite and port Amiga Os to other platforms
Very Early Development
ReactOsan attempt to write a Free Windows NT compatible OS.
Very Early Development

The Linux Section has got a page of it own now. See Menu!

Alternative Comercial operating systems

IBM OS/2
An excellent Operating system by IBM, that were once intended to replace DOS as the major OS for PC. It suffers from half hearted marketing efforts from IBM, and has only a small market share at present. It is JAVA and Windows 3.1 compatible.

NextStep
Unfortunately not sold to end consumers.

BeOS
Available for both Macintosh and PC. BeOS is claimed to have excellent multimedia performance. BeOS is JAVA compatible.

Jexe Os
JexeOs (Java EXEcutor) is a small OS that can run JAVA applications. JexeOS interprets the JAVA bytecode only once at the installation of an application, and is therefore claimed to have better java performance than other OS or JAVA compatible internet browsers.


Rhapsody
Rhapsody was an OS developed by Apple to replace MacOS, but was claimed to be available for intel (eqv.) based PC:s as well. The project was replaced by MacOs X on Macs, and the PC version has been cancelled. No explanation is available why apple dropped the PC version, but at time of announcement apple got financial support from Microsoft...

Solaris
Comercial Unix.
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Alternative Internet Programs

Opera has anything you need from the two big browsers, but is efficiently programmed, so download filesize is only 1MB. Opera is a comercial program, with a free 30 day tryout version.
Eudora Light is my suggestion for Email client.
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Shareware

ShareWare  Download.com and Jumbo and ftpsearch and 32bit for Windows are good places to search for ShareWare in. If you use Windows, take a look at Windows95 Page, Win95 Page to. .
Computer Magazines on the net

Byte Magazine PC Magazine PC Week Z-Net .

Computer Emulators
A Computer emulator is a program that makes a computer act as another one (mostly older ones), making it possible to use software written for the emulated computer, on a modern PC. They are mainly used by Computer enthusiasts for nostalgic reasons, although much of the old entertainment software (games) is still quite amusing.
There is today an emulator for practically every historic Computer and game Console. All Emulators listed here are free. There are also some comercial emulators available (not listed here), and also many more free ones than what is listed here (See Questions & Answers, Below).

My intention is to list the best emulator for every pre 90's system, but only thoose with a dedicated homepage. If you feel that an emulator is missing, or should be replaced with a better one, let me know of its homepage.

Emulated 8-Bit Computer  Emulator  Note 
C64 VICE Frodo  Win64   
Vic-20:  VICE several   
8-Bit Atari:  a800  Xformer   
Sinclair Spectrum ? Links coming soon
Several Mess Trs-80, Atari 800 ,Apple II, ...
Emulated 16/32-Bit Computer     
Amiga   UAE   
Amiga   UAE for Windows  Older version 0.6.9 r12
Amiga   UAE for Windows  Current version
Amiga   Fellow  Not as Compatible as UAE, but a lot faster
Apple Macintosh VMac Emulates Mac Plus
Apple Macintosh Basilisk .
Atari ST  STonX  Portable code
Atari ST  Gemulator  Freeware version of Comercial Emul. 
Atari ST  PaCifiST  Best for games, incompatible with some soundcards
Atari ST  Java ST Emulator  For Java!, not released yet.
Atari ST  WinSTon  Win32 only, no sound
PC Compatible Bochs  Available for BeOS, Linux and Windows95. In win95/NT it helps to run DOS programs that win95/NT cant handle. Bochs can run Windows95 in a window.
PC Compatible Pcott  .

Emulated Video Game Consoles     
Atari2600  Atari 2600. Stella96. VCS2600 VCS  The real beginning of game consoles 
Colecovision  ColEm   
Intellivision  Intellivision   
Nintendo (NES) Mess 
Super Nintendo (SNES)   Links Coming soon!
SEGA   Links Coming soon!
Vectrex  DVE  the home arcade console with built in screen and vector graphics. 
Several Mess  Nes, Coleco, Vectrex, Atari 5200, ...

Arcade Game Emulators . .
Mame M.A.M.E Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. Emulates over 300 Arcade machines.
SideWay Sideway My own humble Midway 8080's classics emulator.

Questions & Answers about Computer Emulators (Comp.emulators.misc 's FAQ).
Comp.Emulators.misc is a Newsgroup discussing Computer Emulators. 

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Free Compilers

Free compilers for PC (DOS/Windows) For system Note
TMT Pascal DOS Mostly Turbo Pascal 7.0 Compatible
FPK PascalDOSMostly Turbo Pascal 7.0 Compatible
GNU PascalDOSANSI Pascal compatible, not so user friendly
DJGPPDOSC/C++ Compiler
CygnusWindows 95/NTC/C++ Compiler

Allegro, a library of functions for game programming.
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Java

The JAVA Lobby
Sun's JAVA Homepage

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