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Freeware & Drivers - A

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[DOS and Windows 3.x Archives & Files] [Simtel]
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3Dfx, Alviso, California. Now part of NVidia Corporation. Links to Voodoo 3Dfx and NVidia download sites.
Acer Support Downloads, San Jose, California. Drivers and utilities for all Acer products for Macintosh and Windows.
ActionTec Support Information, Sunnyvale, California. Drivers, utilities and technical information for DOS, Windows.
Advance Logic Research (ALR), Lake Forest, California. Find drivers at the Driver Guide. (If not registered, requires registration before downloading.)
Anancyweb: Software Drivers Links, Markam, Ontario, Canada. Variety of OS, links to companies as well as software archives.
Apache Micro Peripherals, Inc., Irvine, California. Drivers for Windows. (Flash recommended)
ARK Logic Support, San Jose, California. Drivers for ARK Logic chipset-based video cards. Mostly Windows and some OS2 files.
Askey Communications USA, Inc, La Verne, California.
- Drivers & Upgrades, Windows. (Javascript recommended)
ATI Technical Support Drivers, Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. Macintosh, OS2, Unix, Windows. (Requires Javascript)

Freeware & Drivers B-C

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Boca Research Support, Boston, Massachusetts. Boca Research was acquired by Zoom Telephonics, Inc. in August 2000. The drivers and information about Boca's products are still available at this old Boca Research website.
Cirrus Logic Drivers, Austin, Texas. (Requires Javascript)
- Audio (Requires Javascript)
- Ethernet (Requires Javascript)
- Modem (Intel).
CIS Technology, Taipei, Taiwan. Drivers for Linux and Windows.
Compaq Software & Drivers, Houston, Texas. Compaq drivers, files & utilities for IBM OS/2, MS-DOS, Windows.
Creative Labs Support, Milpitas, California. Download drivers for Creative multimedia products. (Requires Javascript)
- Creative FTP, Japanese Drivers.
Cubix Customer Service Support System, Carson City, Nevada. Many useful drivers and other files needed for older computer cards.
- Files for Plug-in Computers (BC-DP).
Cybersoft Support, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania.
- Cybersoft Download Center; Information & files for Unix and Windows antivirus security tools.

Freeware & Drivers D-F

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Dell Computer Support, Round Rock, Texas. (Registration required)
- Dell's FTP Site.
Diamond Legacy Support by CRA Systems, Inc., Waco, Texas. Files and support for older products and operating systems.
Diamond Multimedia Driver Downloads by SONICblue, Santa Clara, California. Drivers, FAQs, and the latest news.
- Diamond's FTP site
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), Houston, Texas. This company was sold to Compaq Computer in 1998.
- Compaq Digital PC Support. Software, firmware, and drivers for DEC x86 and Alpha systems along with product documentation.
The Driver Guide, Los Angeles, California. Register free for access to drivers for CDROMs, modems, printers, etc., including documentation. A cooperative effort by members to ensure that both new and legacy hardware drivers continue to be available.
ELSA AG, Aachen, Germany. Drivers, firmware, BIOS versions, software and utilities for ELSA computer graphics, data communications products and professional displays.
- ELSA Americas Service & Support, San Jose, California.
- ELSA FTP, Berlin, Germany.
- ELSA FTP, Chemnitz, Germany.
- ELSA FTP, Goettingen, Germany.
Larry Fry: Larry's Computer Drivers, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Another driver locator, including drivers for UMC Video Cards.
Fujitsu PC Corporation, Santa Clara, California. Windows software patches, BIOS updates, driver updates, and other miscellaneous software for Fujitsu pen tablets and notebooks.

Freeware & Drivers G-J

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Gateway 2000 eSupport, North Sioux City, South Dakota. TTY: 800-846-1778. Drivers, patches, knowledge base and tutorials. (Javascript recommended)
Guillemot Corporation Support, LaGacilly, France.
- Guillemot FTP
GVC English Drivers, Taoyuan Hsien, Taiwan. Drivers for GVC modems.
GVC Canada | Support, Concord, Ontario, Canada. GVC modems and networking drivers & manuals, GVC FAQ and help desk.
Hercules Computer Technology Inc. - See Guillemot Corporation, above, which purchased Hercules assets.
Hewlett-Packard Assistance, Palo Alto, California. Download files and information.
- Hewlett-Packard FTP
Hitachi America, Ltd - Drivers, Brisbane, California. DOS and Windows.
IBM - Support & Downloads, Armonk, New York. Drivers and information; IBM PC-DOS, OS/2, and Windows.
Intel Software and Drivers Support, Santa Clara, California. DOS, Linux, and Windows.
- Intel FTP Site.
Intergraph Driver Support Search, Huntsville, Alabama.
- Intergraph FTP
Jaton International - Customer Support, Milpitas, California.
- Jaton FTP, Milpitas, California
- Jaton FTP, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Freeware & Drivers K-R

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Kingmax Micro Technology, City of Industry, California. Downloads for current and legacy Kingmax products.
Lectron, Taipei, Taiwan. Drivers and information about Lectron modems and Universal Power Supplies.
Matrox Graphics Drivers, Dorval, Quebec Province, Canada.
- Matrox FTP Site.
Microsoft TrueType fonts and utilities, Redmond, Washington. Macintosh and Windows Fonts. Andale Mono (Monotype.com), Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans MS, Courier New, Georgia, Impact, Times New Roman, Trebuchet MS, Verdana, and Webdings.
Music City, Franklin, Tennessee. Morpheus, free file-sharing program for music, movies, etc.
Mylex Corporation Driver Support, Fremont, California.
Product Reference Guide summarizes Mylex products, the latest firmware and Bios versions, drivers, and documentation.
NEC, Melville, New York. Drivers and information. Macintosh, DOS, Windows.
Newcom, Inc, also known as Atlas Peripherals, is out of business. The Newcom URL now goes to Orbit Communication Corporation, Sudbury, Massachusetts, but Orbit has posted Newcom's drivers and information manuals on their front page.
Number Nine Visual Technology, Lexington, Massachusetts. The company has gone out of business, but the drivers and other information are being maintained at this site.
nVidia Graphics Drivers, Santa Clara, California. Linux & Windows.
Packard Bell, Gelderland, Netherlands. Drivers, patches and updates for legacy and current Packard Bell products.
PC Drivers, Seoul, South Korea. Everything from BIOS updates to video drivers. Windows.
Pretec Electronics, Fremont, California. Drivers, patches, and FAQs.

Freeware & Drivers S-Z

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Sager Midern Computer, City of Industry, California. Technical support and drivers.
Seagate Support, Scotts Valley, California. Specifications, FAQs, drivers, etc. - DOS, Windows.
- Seagate FTP
Seiko Epson Corporation, Nagano-Ken, Japan. Drivers, support contacts, and developer information for all Epson products. Macintosh and Windows.
Sigma Designs Technical Support, Milpitas, California. Windows software and drivers for DVD Playback & MPEG-2 Decoders, including legacy products.
- Sigma Designs FTP
Simple Technology Consumer Products Support, Santa Ana, California. Installation guides, drivers and FAQs. Macintosh and Windows.
SMART Modular Technologies, Fremont, California. Drivers and upgrade kits. Cell phones, Palm OS, DOS, and Windows.
STB Cards, for drivers see The Driver Guide.
Trace R&D Available Software at University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin. List of shareware and freeware utilities to enable people with disabilities to use computers. (Macintosh/DOS/Windows/Unix/Linux)
Toshiba America Support, New York, New York. Downloads, FAQs, and technical data sheets. Macintosh, Unix, Windows. (Flash recommended; Javascript required)
Trident Microsystems Driver Downloads, Sunnyvale, California. Linux, DOS, Windows. (Requires Javascript)
Tseng Labs - sold graphics assets to ATI Tech. (See above)
Video Drivers, Los Angeles, California. Find the company name, then look up their drivers.
Voodoo Files 3Dfx Support, Wareham, Massachusetts. Tips, files & resources for 3Dfx owners.
Windrivers.com: Windows drivers; this site links to manufacturers' sites for downloads as well as any available information. DOS, Windows. Search for drivers and other files. Paid membership adds other features, including tech support.

Browsers, Plugins & Winsock Software A-M

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AOL Instant Messenger, Dulles, Virginia. Instant messaging client for Linux, Macintosh, Windows, as well as pocket computers using Palm or Windows CE operating systems.
Apple Quicktime, Cupertino, California. Windows/Macintosh media player. You can check if it covers the file types you need on the specifications page. Macintosh, Windows. (Freeware)
Cerulean Studios Trillian, Brookfield, Connecticut. Instant messaging client connects to ICQ, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and in addition, serves as an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client. Windows only. (Freeware)
Hans Prestige & Co., Spokane, Washington. Visual IRC (VIRC), a 32-bit IRC client with real-time voice and video chat, an object-oriented scripting language, supporting VBScript, Javascript, and more. Windows. (Freeware)
ICQ, another AOL company. Instant messaging client for Macintosh and Windows as well as Java, Palm, Pocket PC, and Windows CE. (Freeware)
Imici, Chicago, Illinois. Secure 128-bit encrypted messaging client for business, interoperable with AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger. (Shareware)
Lynx Central, Cheshire, U.K.. Information about the Lynx text-based browser. Versions for Amiga, Atari, BeOS, Linux/Un*x, DOS, EMX, OS/2, VMS, and Windows. (Freeware)
Macromedia, San Francisco, California. Downloads include Shockwave and Flash plug-in multimedia players for graphical Web browsers. Note: AOL "not formally supported." Linux, Macintosh, Windows. (Freeware)
Microsoft Download Center, Redmond, Washington.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer for Macintosh, Unix, and 32-bit Windows.
- MSIE 3.03 for Windows 3.x or NT3.51.
- MSIE 5.0 for Windows 3.x or NT3.51. Includes Outlook Express 5.0. (College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia.) (Freeware)
- MSIE 5.01 for Windows 3.x or NT3.51. (Tucows Classic) (9058K - Freeware)
- MSN Messenger, Redmond, Washington. Instant messaging client for Macintosh and Windows, as well as Microsoft TV and Pocket PC. Also available in numerous languages other than English. (Freeware)
mIRC, London, U.K.. An easy-to-use Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client for Windows, including Windows 3.x. (Shareware)

Browsers, Plugins & Winsock Software N-Z

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NCSA Mosaic Browser at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. An early graphical web browser which contributed to development of Netscape and MS Internet Explorer. Versions available for Macintosh, Windows, and X-Windows. (Freeware)
- NCSA Telnet. Versions available for Macintosh and MSDOS. (Freeware)
Netscape Downloads, Mountain View, California.
- Netscape FTP. Browsers for Linux, Macintosh, and Windows.
- Netscape Archives. Older versions of Netscape.
- Communicator 4.08 (1477K). This was the last version made available for Windows 3.x. The file with "D" in the filename has 128 bit encryption. (Shareware)
- Netscape Instant Messenger. 100% AOL-compatible messaging client for Macintosh and Windows. Preregistration required in order to download. (Freeware)
- Netscape Plug-Ins Directory. Extend functions of Netscape browser with multimedia add-ons.
Odigo Instant Messenger, New York, New York. Connect to and monitor users on AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ Network, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo IM as well as other Odigo users. (You need to have an account with each network you are interested in connecting to.) Versions for Linux/Unix, Macintosh, and Windows, as well as WAP-enabled mobile devices and Pocket PC. Available in English and several other languages. (Freeware)
Opera, Oslo, Norway. Sophisticated web browser can be run with or without a mouse, runs fast even on slow PCs, user friendly for disabled people, available in many languages including Afrikaans, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian bokmål and nynorsk, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish. Versions for BeOS, Linux/Solaris, Macintosh, Symbian, QNX, OS/2, and Windows. (Shareware)
Progressive Networks, Inc., Seattle, Washington. Real Audio sound player for Web browsers. More information in the FAQs. Versions for Macintosh, Windows. (Freeware)
Stroud's Consummate Winsock Applications List, hosted by Internet.com, Darien, Connecticut. One-stop download site for Windows Internet software. Includes updated file listings, ratings, and reviews. (Some pages don't work in Netscape, or require Javascript.)
The VRML Repository, Zurich, Switzerland. An impartial, comprehensive, community resource for information relating to Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), Virtual Reality (VR) and Java. For programmers and casual users; includes links to information and downloads. (English/Deutsch)
Yahoo! Messenger, Sunnyvale, California. Instant messaging client for Macintosh, Unix/Linux, and Windows, as well as Java, Palm, Windows CE, and mobile phones. (Freeware)

DOS and Windows 3.x Archives & Files

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Garbo PC-archives, University of Vaasa, Finland. DOS and Windows 3.x.
- Garbo Mirrors List. The following sites were verified as of 03/02: Microsoft
- Customizing Windows for Workgroups 3.1x for Individuals with Disabilities (CST_WG3X.EXE). Local version.
- Download Library: MSDOS 6.22.
- Download Library: Windows 3.1 Updates
- Download Library: Windows for Workgroups 3.1x Updates
- Win32s for Windows 3.x; download Pw1118.exe installation file.
- Internet Explorer 3.03 for Windows 3.x and Windows NT 3.51
- MCI CD Audio Driver (Windows 3.1) (Mcicda.exe) [Information taken from Microsoft Website] The Microsoft Software Library contains the MCI CD Audio driver for Windows 3.1. The file is named MCICDA.EXE. Magic School Bus Explores the Ocean requires the MCI Audio driver to play sounds correctly. For More Information - http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q148/7/98.asp. Version - 1, Release Date - 15 Oct 1999.
- Windows 3.1 Featured Updates: Internet Explorer, Media Player and Euro Support for MSIE. (The link for Internet Explorer doesn't go anyplace useful to 3.x users.)
- Windows For Workgroups Software Update Files. File Name: WFWFILES.EXE, File Size: 446,042 bytes. WFWFILES.EXE is a self-extracting file containing update files for Windows for Workgroups v. 3.11. These are the same files found on the Windows NT Server v. 3.51 CD-ROM. More information will be found in WFWFILES.TXT (Q133255).
- Y2K Windows File Manager Update for Windows 3.x (W31FILUP.EXE) and 3.11-Windows For Workgroups (WFWFILUP.EXE).
Microsoft Windows Archive, a service of the Computer Resource Center at the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. Assorted software for DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95 & 98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000.
Tucows Classic, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 16bit Windows applications.
Windows TCP32B.EXE - TCP/IP-32 DLL, version 3.11b is the current version of Microsoft's protocol stack for Windows for Workgroups. TCP/IP-32 works ONLY in direct connections. You will need to know the IP address, Netmask, Default Gateway, and Name server addresses for your computer, and your network driver must be NDIS3 compliant. Self-expanding zip file, 674K.
Windows 3.1 Downloads & Tips, Munich, Germany. (Deutsch) Babelfish translation to English.
Windows 3.x Resources @ PowerLoad Resource Site, U.K.. Some hard-to-find stuff here, also nice directory of links to files available from Microsoft which is a bit easier to read than anything from Microsoft.
WinSite Windows 3.1 File Categories, Bloomington, Indiana.
- Microsoft Win 32S Diskette 1 of 2 and 2 of 2 for Windows 3.x. Same as pw1118.exe above, but in two files from Winsite to fit on two floppy disks.

Simtel

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Simtel.Net Software Repository Web, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. A worldwide searchable archive for DOS and Windows freeware, shareware and public domain software, as well as similar offerings for Handheld Computing (Palm OS, Pocket PC, Windows CE, etc.), DJGPP Compiler, and the GNUish Project.
- Simtel.Net FTP
- Simtel.Net Mirrors List: ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/MIRRORS.TXT. There are mirrors in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, U.K., and the U.S. (List updated 03/02)

Winsock-L

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WinSock-L, Indiana University, Terre Haute, Indiana. Software for Windows 3.x, Windows 9x, and Windows NT.
- WinSock-L FTP Archive
- WinSock-L Mirror sites.

Contents of Main Site (each directory has an "00_index.txt" file with filenames & descriptions)

Other Archives A-T

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C|Net Download.com, San Francisco, California. Downloads for all versions of Windows, Macintosh, DOS, etc. - Merger of Winfiles.com with C|Net.
C|Net Shareware.com, San Francisco, California. Covers all versions of Windows, Macintosh, DOS, OS2, Unix, Novell Netware, Amiga, and Atari.
Garbo Shareware Archives, University of Vaasa, Finland. Not only DOS/Windows, but also Linux, Unix, graphics, etc. There is also a mirror list. (See the Windows 3.x section above for specific sites.)
Jumbo, Darien, Connecticut. Shareware, freeware. Linux, Macintosh, PC.
LEO - Link Everything Online at Munich University of Technology (TUM), Munich, Germany. Debian Linux, CPAN Perl Archive, several flavors of BSD and other Linuxes, and software for a variety of other OS. There are also links to sites with hardware specifications to help people who are building computers.
- LEO FTP Site
Lurk Here, League City, Texas. Some DOS and Windows 9x+ files to make your life easier, site dedicated to helping PC users optimize their computers.
- Microsoft Download Center - Product Search

- Microsoft FTP Site, Redmond, Washington. All versions of Windows. To get a file from the Software Library, read the index.txt. Files can be downloaded as ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/softlib/mslfiles/ + filename; be sure to pay attention to uppercase vs. lowercase for filenames.
Rocket Download, Ashland, Oregon. Download freeware, shareware and demo software, including hard-to-find files from the past. (Requires free registration to download.)
Tucows Shareware Archive, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Searchable, organized by categories. Tucows News has the latest on what's happening in the computer world, and a software store makes it easy to buy all the software you need.

Other Archives U-Z

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University of Illinois Archive, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Software for DOS, Linux, Macintosh, Windows, long list of mirrored sites, etc.
U.K. Mirror Service, Lancaster University, U.K. Central library with a variety of software archives.
The Ultimate Macintosh, Sunnyvale, California. Long list of Macintosh software sites.
Winsite Archives, Bloomington, Indiana. Formerly known as CICA. Archive of Windows 3.x/9x/NT shareware and freeware. There's a Search Engine and a partial list of mirrors, but if you already know what you want and where to find it, then you can go directly to one of the ftp sites below:
Yahoo! Directory: Computers and Internet - Software, Sunnyvale, California. Everything from abandonware sites to web directories.
ZDNet Downloads, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Formerly the ZDNet Software Library.) Shareware, Freeware, Demos. (Mac/PC/Palm OS/WinCE)

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