Entries that were previously on the other software pages but whose official web site has disappeared. Some of them may still be found in freeware/shareware archives.
System Utilities
copyright: Rocco Moliterno, Yellowsoft
mod date: Jul 31, 1999
license: sharewareThe "ultimate alias manager". For System 7.
The web page is still there, but the download server isn't.
copyright: Michael F. Kamprath
mod date: Jul 26, 1997
license: shareware"Secure deletion utility".
copyright: In Phase Consulting
mod date: Jun 20, 1994
license: freeware"Remove PowerPC code from a FAT application". By Bill Woody. Source code is included. (Also includes Strip68K, but that isn't too useful for Mini vMac.)
The web page is still there, but StripPPC isn't available there or any of the other of the author's web sites.
copyright: In Phase Consulting
mod date: Nov 3, 1994
license: free for non-commercial useManages multiple clipboards.
copyright: Thomas Reed
mod date: Aug 29, 2001
license: freewareDesigned to prevent repetitive stress injuries by "making the user take periodic breaks". It doesn't just remind you, it prevents you from using the computer. Requires System 7. After the break is over, it may give an error message when trying to play a sound and then quit. But there is an option to turn off this sound, and then the program seems to work.
As of 4/9/07, a Google cache of the www.bitjuggler.com main page says the company closed at the end of 2006.
copyright: Lawrence D'Oliveiro
mod date: Jun 24, 1997
license: freewareA "bridge between the cool new Drag Manager and the old Clipboard. You can drag a clipping into its Clipboard window, then paste it into a non-drag-savvy application. Or conversely, you can copy an item to the Clipboard, then drag it out of ClipStation's window to somewhere else."
The web page is still there, but the ftp server isn't.
copyright: Lawrence D'Oliveiro
mod date: Jun 12, 1997
license: freewareA utility to fix some problems with the desktop database, without completely rebuilding it - "for example, when you get a new version which has new icons, but the Finder keeps displaying the old ones."
The web page is still there, but the ftp server isn't.
Arcade Games
copyright: Ground Zero Software
mod date: Aug 26, 2000
license: freeware, but requires registrationGame "reminiscent of Space Invaders". For "System 7 or greater". Source code is available.
The web page is still there, but the download servers aren't.
Other Games
copyright: Jone Stiles
mod date: Feb 8, 1995
license: sharewareA solitaire card game. The object is to place "all face cards (Kings, Queens, and Jacks) in their designated squares on the edge of the playing grid."
copyright: John Stiles
mod date: Sep 8, 1998
license: public domain, former sharewareA "game of five-card draw, similar to a Las Vegas poker machine."
Archiving Software
copyright: Guillaume Dufay, Eugene Roshal
mod date: Jul 19, 1998
license: freeware"For extracting, listing, and verifying the content of archives created with the PC RAR archiver, version 1.50 and above." For System 7.0 or later. MacUnRAR is an old version of MacRAR, and near the end of the linked page. MacRAR doesn't work on the Macintosh Plus.
copyright: Jone Stiles
mod date: Nov 7, 1993
license: FreewareCan "decode and encode BinHex archives". For System 6.0.7 or later.
Other General Interest
copyright: Philip Zimmermann
mod date: Jun 15, 1994
license: free for non-commercial use, see license for exact details"Public-key encryption for the masses."
Programming Languages
copyright: Universite de Montreal, Marc Feeley, Doug Currie
mod date: Oct 14, 1995
license: free for non-commercial use, (donations requested?)Scheme interpreter and compiler. Source code is included.
The web page is still there, but no longer has MacGambit.
copyright: Chris Heilman
mod date: Nov 11, 1995
license: freeware"small Forth system". Source code is available.
Programming Tools
copyright: Lawrence D'Oliveiro
mod date: Jul 9, 1998
license: freeware"Simply drop a file or folder on it, and it will copy the full pathname, to the Clipboard, in one of 9 different quoting styles suitable for pasting into AppleScript scripts, URLs or MPW commands."
The web page is still there, but the ftp server isn't.
Math
copyright: Robin Harmon
mod date: Oct 22, 1996
license: sharewareA "plotting application", "designed to make it quick and easy to view data and produce high quality printed graphs." For "System 7 or later".
Other
copyright: Jone Stiles
mod date: Mar 23, 1994
license: sharewarePerforms "a ROT-13 conversion on whatever is in the Clipboard". ROT13 is a very simple way to encrypt text, described by Bruce Horrocks as "the Usenet equivalent of a magazine printing the answer to a quiz upside down".
copyright: In Phase Consulting
mod date: Jul 22, 1994
license: free for non-commercial use"A drag-and-drop utility for converting text files into a format compatible with the Macintosh."
copyright: Michigan Space Grant Consortium
mod date: Apr 13, 1993
license: freewareDetermines whether the glider you design will fly, and if not, explains why. By Michael F. Kamprath. For "System 7.0 or greater".
copyright: Tim Holland
mod date: Sep 28, 1998
license: ?Refines "cell parameters from powder diffraction data", a "non-linear least squares cell refinement program with regression diagnostics". From the University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences.
As of April 2006, there is a new version, that doesn't work on the Mac Plus, and the old version is not available.