Shared Software
These are commonly used pieces of software (PCs only, running Windows or DOS) useful for creating Web pages. For single items, shift-click on the blue linked words to download the file to the directory of your choice. For sub-directories, click to see contents. The programs here are either Freeware (completely free for use by anyone) or Shareware (a cut down version of the full program with reduced functionality, for evaluation purposes - they often have a time limit of about 30 days before you are asked to register and buy the full version).
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Utilities recommended for every Bristol PC
- Anti-Virus Software
- Secure Shell Client (recommended for access to mole and other unix systems)
Shareware and Freeware packages
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zip - a directory containing various zip and unzip utilities, including:
- pkzip.exe - compresses files into .zip extensions (Shareware) [42Kb]
- pkunzip.exe - unzips files with .zip extensions (Shareware) [30Kb]
- pkzipfix.exe - fixes problems with .zip files (Shareware) [8Kb]
- zip2exe.exe - creates a self-extracting archive (.exe) out of .zip files (Shareware) [28Kb]
- winzip56.exe - a Windows version of the (un)zipping programs which allows you to (un)zip files to specific directories (16 bit Shareware) [295Kb]
- unzip.exe - unzips files with .zip extensions (Freeware) [30Kb].
- HTML Tidy (GUI version) for Windows - Freeware package that tidies up HTML and makes it compliant with various standards (originally from here).
- Stuffit Expander - converts Mac files (including BinHex) to PC files. Also unzips file archived in various ways (gzip, arc, etc).
- Lviewpro - image viewer and manipulation program. Good for gif, jpg, bmp and other files. (Free) [320Kb]
- Mapedit - Allows you to create 'active' (clickable) maps or images from gif files. (Free) [200Kb]
- Mpegview - MPEG movie player (Free) [190Kb]
- Chime 2.06 for Windows - plug-in which allows you to view 3D molecular structures interactively. [2Mb] (Free for academic use).
- Cosmoplayer 2.1 for Win 95 - plug-in for Netscape/MSIE which allows you to view VRML. [3Mb].
- Opera 6.04 - a fast web browser [12 Mb] for Windows [Freeware]
- java - directory containing Java products, including the Java 1.1.1 plug-in for Netscape and MSIE, from Sun Microsystems
- WebEdit - a Windows Notepad-based editor for making HTML easy. Includes all the recent Netscape enhancements. 16 bit version for Windows 3.x [1.6Mb] and 32 bit Pro version [4.6Mb] for Win95 and NT. Also available is the Webedit Pro Manual in PDF (Acrobat) format [1.5Mb]. (Shareware)
- Giftrans - a program to modify gif files, allows you to specify one colour to be transparent (Free) [36Kb].
- Gif Construction Set- a superb program that lets you create animated gifs for use with Netscape 2.0+ [600Kb].
- Addweb - useful program which allows you to tell the URL of your web page to over a dozen search engines at once. [800kb].
- Gnuplot - a directory containing the graph plotting package GnuPlot for Windows. This has both the 16-bit and 32-bit Windows packages. Copy all the files to a directory, and use Windows Program Manager to add the .exe file to an applications window. (Free)
- Ghostscript - A program for viewing and printing postscript files. Follow the instructions in the readme file. (Free for non-commercial use)
- Rtf2htm - converts .RTF (rich text format) to HTML. [180Kb]
- RasMol - a viewer for displaying 3D molecules and rotating them [700Kb]
- ChemWeb - a program to create chemical structures (similar in style to ChemDraw) and save them as gif images for use on the web. (Shareware) [1.2Mb]
- Weblab - Win3.1 [3.8Mb] and Win95 [2.7Mb] versions. Superb 3D molecular structure viewer, accepts most 3D file formats, and will cut and paste 2D structures from ChemWeb or Isisdraw and convert to 3D. (Freeware).
- Babel - DOS/Windows [120kb]. Interconverts most 3D chemical structure coordinate files, e.g. pdb files into xyz, mol files into alc, etc.
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Tracer - Windows program that
can convert a bmp image of a graph or set of points into
x,y coordinates (freeware) [250 kb].
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MS Word Files Word
template for thesis and report writing, and ChemFonts - contains 2 fonts
for Windows that have many useful chemistry symbols in,
like equilibrium signs and plimsolls. The RSC also have a Chemistry font set for Windows for download free.
Updated drivers for Windows
- pw1118.exe - Win32s for Windows 3.1/3.11 (version 1.3) [2.6Mb]
- dj231en.exe - HP1600C drivers for Windows [1.8Mb]
Gif Images
- Gifs - a whole bunch of useful gifs for use in web pages, some serious, some silly, some static, some animated.
Wav Sound Files
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Wavs - a whole bunch of sound
files in .wav format for personalising your PC.