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Downloading and installation of any utilities on this site denotes that you have read, accepted and understand these terms. Install all software as per the license terms of the vendor (typically displayed during or after setup).

Connect Compression
Email
FTP
Graphics
HTML
Irc
Misc
Modem Drivers
Usenet
Web Browsers

Connect Incorporated Return to Top
Title Platforms Notes
Conninc.exe
V1.0 (467KB)
Win95/98/NT This is the dial-up networking extension that is included on our Free CD. it contains an auto-updating phone book of local access numbers. To Install it, simply download and run the program. A Connect Inc. icon will appear on your desktop.

Compression Utilities Return to Top
Title Platforms Notes
Winzip
V7.0SR1 (922KB)
Win95/98/NT
Win3.x
Winzip is the standard for handling all kinds of compressed files.
MindExpander
V0.92 (271KB)
Macintosh MindExpander will expand all popular Internet files. It features built-in support for MacBinary, BinHex, StuffIt, etc. MindExpander is a nice alternative to other compression utilities and best of all, it's free.

Email Utilities Return to Top
Title Platforms Notes
Eudora Light
v3.06 (4.5MB)
Win95/98/NT A free version of Eudora by Qualcomm. Very easy to use, with powerful features. Neither Qualcomm nor Connect offers phone support for this software, though.
Eudora Light
V3.13(3.3MB)
Macintosh Eudora for the Mac.
Eudora Manual
V1.0(667KB)
Any The Eudora Light Manual in PDF form. To read this, you need Adobe Acrobat.

FTP Applications  Return to Top
Title Platforms Notes
WSFTP Light
V2.8 (646Kb)

Win95/98/NT
Win3.x
Arguably one of the best FTP clients around. Use it well.
Fetch
V3.03(82KB)
Macintosh A very good FTP client for Mac.
CuteFtp
V2.8 (1.09MB)

Win95/98/NT
Win3.x
Arguably one of the best FTP clients around. Available in all flavors of Windows.

Graphics Applications  Return to Top
Title Platforms Notes
ACDsee
V4.08 (9.73MB)
Win95/98/NT
Win3.x
ACDsee has it all: full feature set, stability, fast performance, and a low price.
Paint Shop Pro
V5.03 (6.85MB)
Win95/98/NT
Win3.x
Paint Shop Pro lets you make really cool graphics for the web or anything else, and comes at a low cost. Try it for 30 days free of charge.
Jade
(V1.282KB)
Macintosh Jade is a fast easy-to-use image viewer. It includes slide show features and makes a great PPC native replacement for JPEGView. Best of all, it's free!

HTML/Web Utilities Return to Top
Title Platforms Notes
Arachnophilia
??? (1.5MB)
Win95/98/NT Arachnophilia is a very user-friendly HTML editor that has been in wide use for quite awhile. For the new Webmaster, it is a must-have tool.
Cute HTML
v1.2 (519KB)
Win95/98/NT From the maker of Cute FTP, this is a very simple, powerful web creation toolkit for Windows.

IRC (Internet Relay Chat Clients) Return to Top
Title Platforms Notes
mIRC
V5.6 (1.04MB)

Win95/98/NT
Win 3.x
The easiest to use, most popular IRC client for Windows.
Ircle
V3.1a7 (670KB)
PowerPC The ubiquitous IRC client for Mac. Hey, it works pretty well.

Miscellaneous Tools Return to Top
Title Platforms Notes
Adobe Acrobat
(various)
All Adobe Acrobat offers a free viewer for their PDF (portable document format) documents.
Tweak All
V1.?(1.5MB)
Win95/98 A free shell customization tool which lets you configure many aspects of Windows 95 and 98 behaviour. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK
WinAmp
v2.24 (1.1MB)
Win95/98/NT One of the best WAV/MP3/MIDI/VOC/MOD players for Windows, Winamp has a fast, customizable, stable release.

Modem Drivers & Files Return to Top
Title Platforms Notes
LT Winmodem
V5.54(1.1Mb)
Win95/98 This is the latest Lucent Firmware for the LT Winmodem. Connect recommends using a version above 5.32, and this version as many bugs have been fixed from previous versions.

USENET Utilities Return to Top
Title Platforms Notes
Free Agent
1.11 (1.08MB)
Win95/98/NT
Win3.x
Free Agent is the best free newsreader for Windows. You can even use it with our Extra! Newsguy news service if you perfer NNTP to Web based news.
Newswatcher
2.2.2 (666KB)
Macintosh Newswatcher is an excellent USENET client for Macintosh. You can even use it with our Extra! Newsguy news service if you prefer NNTP to Web-based news.
Web Browsers Return to Top
Title Platforms Notes
Netscape
V4.08 (9.73MB)

Win95/98/NT
Macintosh
The Netscape Navigator standalone web browser.
Internet Explorer
V4.5 (9 MB)
PowerPC The latest release of Microsoft Internet Explorer for the PowerPC.
IE5 Setup
(465KB)
Win95/98/NT This is the install file for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0. Install it, and it will allow you to download MSIE components from Microsoft's FTP sites worldwide.
Internet Explorer
3.03 (4.75MB)
Win3x
Win95/98/NT
Internet Explorer 3.03 is included solely for compatibility. We strongly recommend using a newer version of MSIE if your computer is capable of supporting it. IE3 has known stability and security problems.
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