TinyApps.Org Newsletter Issue 22 - September 22, 2002
+++NEWS+++
0. 98lite is simply amazing. It is the single most
important piece of software for any serious Windows
98/Me user. See more below, or visit:
http://www.litepc.com/98lite.html
1. PNG Suite
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/pngsuite.html
Willem van Schaik's suite of PNG icons for testing
PNG decoder engines, PNG viewers, and PNG browsers.
2. Buckminster Fuller's map of earth
http://www.bfi.org/map.htm
3. Old computer museum
http://www.old-computers.com/
+++NEW APPS+++
WinSCP 2.0 [560k] +
http://winscp.vse.cz/eng/
SCP (Secure CoPy) client using SSH (Secure SHell).
Safely copy files between local and remote computers.
Webalizer [794k] {S}+
http://www.mrunix.net/webalizer/
Web server log file analysis program. Produces highly
detailed, easily configurable usage reports in HTML
format.
pngquant [109k] {S}+
http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/apps/pngquant.html
Command-line utility to quantize and dither 32-bit
RGBA PNGs down to 8-bit (or smaller) RGBA-palette
PNGs, usually with a significant reduction in file
size. Batch processing, palette optimization, more.
Pngcrush [330k] {S}+
http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/
PNG optimizer with binaries for several platforms
98lite [349k] $
http://www.litepc.com/98lite.html
Remove web integration and many other resource-
hogging "features" from Windows 98/Me.
MyCPU 1.13f [47k] +
http://www.seelhofer.ch/mad/download/download.html
Displays CPU info: vendor, type, model, stepping,
speed, cache, more.
PCI [164k] {S}+
http://members.hyperlink.net.au/~chart/download.htm
Produces detailed report of all connected PCI, AGP &
CardBus devices, including the system chipset.
NSSI [397k] +
http://www.navsoft.cz/
Hardware information tool with many advanced features
AIDA16 [1054k] +
http://www.aida32.hu/aida16.shtml
System information program. Extracts details of all
components of the PC. Can display information on the
screen or write it to file.
Tiny IDEA [0.5k] {S}+
http://www.cypherspace.org/~adam/rsa/idea.html
Encrypt/decrypt files using IDEA cipher
Floater [32k] {S}+
http://talismanic.net/codeworld/floater/index.html
Quick launch toolbar
VCDGear [70k] +
http://www.vcdgear.com/
Extract MPEG streams from CD images, do conversions
of one video format to another, create VideoCD
images, more. Many ports available.
Mpxplay 1.46 [223k] {S}+
http://mpxplay.tripod.com/
DOS based (32-bit) audio player. Supports: MP2, MP3,
AC3, OGG, MPC, WAV, CDW.
CDex [1285k] {S}+
http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
Rip CDs to WAV or MP3, convert files between WAV and
MP3, more.
Passwordlist-Viewer [20k] +
http://www.seelhofer.ch/mad/download/download.html
View cached passwords (of the currently logged in
User) saved in the corresponding pwl file.
+++98lite+++
Virtually every program listed on TinyApps is
freeware. Shareware must be truly unique and
spectacular to be considered. Until now, that has
meant only two programs, Fast File Undelete &
SpinRite. Now there is a most deserving third:
98lite.
I recently had the pleasure of testing 98lite on a
standard Japanese Windows 98 install, which was
limping along on a P166 with 64mb of RAM. Result?
Nothing short of amazing. It behaves like a different
OS altogether: fast, responsive, stable.
Selected quotes from the 98lite website:
( http://www.litepc.com/98lite.html )
98lite is a selective feature installer for Windows
98, 98SE and Me that modularizes Windows features,
applets and sub-systems into optional components that
may be user installed and un-installed "on-the-fly".
Tailor your Windows installations to your hardware
and needs for substantial improvements in
performance, stability, and security by removing
superfluous Windows code and features you don't want
our use. 98lite makes Windows work for you;
everything is optional and without risk; previously
removed components can be effortlessly added back
with a click of your mouse.
Configure your desktop (shell) four different ways
and change from one configuration to another in
little more than a reboot.
SLEEK - a blisteringly fast incarnation of the
Windows 95 Explorer
CHUBBY - a faster Windows98 Explorer without the web
integration.
OVERWEIGHT - the fully featured Windows98 Explorer
complete with web-view and active desktop.
98MICRO - A hybrid using the Windows 95 Explorer
totally "webless" and totally protected from IE
security holes.
Don't let the number of options 98lite offers scare
you, if you don't understand or know about a
particular option remove it! If you find out you want
it back a click of a mouse is all it takes.
* Gamers - keep your bogged down fully featured
Windows for the boring stuff and then slip into
something more comfortable with a dual boot that has
enough free resources to let your games fly!
* Digital Musicians - 98micro is STABLE.
* Speed Freeks - 98micro is FAST. Period!
* Stuck on an old PC with no room to move? Need I say
more?
* Macintosh & Linux devotees remove all the redundant
layers (e.g. DirectX) and let your emulator run your
application instead of juggling with the operating
system.
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