Macintosh Garden - Craig Marciniak

SpellTools

MikeTomTom — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 21:55:52 +0000

Application file:

SpellTools is a universal spelling checker for a classic Mac OS. Its usefulness becomes apparent when used with programs without a built-in spelling checker. Such as; SimpleText, BBEdit Lite, HyperCard, RagTime Solo, etc.

SpellTools can also read back text audibly using the Mac's built-in voices - great for grammar checking. It also has a Text Stamper, an Internet Garbage Character Stripper, Find and Replace, and other useful features.

Archived as Disk Copy 6.3 image and compressed as StuffIt 5.5 ".sit" archive.

Compatibility:

SpellTools requirements:
• System Software version 7.5 or later
• At least 8 MB of RAM
• At least 1 MB of available disk space

- If you want to use SpellTools on Mac OS 9.0 to 9.2.2, then you must install v1.3.3 first, then install the v1.4 update, before using SpellTools. Version 1.3.3 is incompatible with Mac OS 9.x

Note: There are only spelling dictionaries for US English included. AFAIK there are no other language dictionaries available for this software.

Category:

Word Processing & Publishing

Author:

Craig Marciniak

Year released:

1998

Publisher:

Newer Technology

Craig Marciniak

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6

Mac OS 9

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Basilisk II (68k)

Architecture:

68k

PPC

App's manual:

SpellTools user guide

Chameleon 1.0.1

deltroid — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 02:00:06 +0000

Application file:

chameleon_1.0.1.sit_.hqx

Chameleon 1.0.1 part of 7th heaven utilities. Used to change the background picture or tiles. Not a disk image just the app. Stuffit 4x and binhexed.

Chameleon is the commercial version of Before Dark, a shareware utility app written by Craig Marciniak, also used for changing the desktop patterns of a Macintosh System.

Compatibility:

68k, compatible with Basilisk II, it may run on SheepShaver & Mini vMac but is untested by me.

Chameleon is largely redundant for Mac OS's 7.5 and newer, as Desktop Patterns were brought into the Mac OS as a standard option from then on.

See also: Before Dark v1.0.3

Category:

Novelties & Fun

Author:

Craig Marciniak

Year released:

1992

Publisher:

Logical Solutions

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Emulation:

Basilisk II (68k)

Architecture:

68k

Calendar 1.01

deltroid — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:51:22 +0000

Application file:

calendar_1.0.1.sit_.hqx

Calendar 1.01 (part of 7th Heaven Utilities). This is just the app and is not complete; not a disk image. Stuffed with version 4 and binhexed.

Category:

Business & Productivity

Author:

Craig Marciniak

Year released:

1992

Publisher:

Logical Solutions

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Architecture:

68k

GURU 2.6

Bolkonskij — Sat, 21 May 2011 16:05:58 +0000

Application file:

guru_2.6.sit

GURU is an acronym. It stands for GUide to Ram Upgrades. It is an application which provides you with information concerning the memory upgrades that are possible for every Mac model up to the Power Mac G3 line.

It also includes memory information on all Apple LaserWriter printers and many of the Macintosh clones.

Compatibility:

Freezes in OS 9.2.

Category:

Mac Info

Author:

Craig Marciniak

Year released:

1997

Publisher:

Newer Technology

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6

Mac OS 9

Architecture:

PPC

Saint Edit

24bit — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:05:12 +0000

Application file:

saint_edit.sit

Cute little text editor, shareware.
Saves/loads text in DOS and UNIX format as well.

Category:

Word Processing & Publishing

Author:

Craig Marciniak

Year released:

1993

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Mac OS 8 - 8.1

Mac OS 9

Emulation:

SheepShaver (PPC)

Basilisk II (68k)

Mini vMac (68k)

Architecture:

68k

PPC

App's manual:

brief_documentation.pdf

Before Dark v1.0.3

MikeTomTom — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:59:13 +0000

Application file:

before-dark-103.sit

"Before Dark" is a Desktop Patterns utility in popular use prior to the Mac's own "Desktop Patterns" Control Panels utility, introduced with Mac OS 7.5

MD5 checksum:
4cd7e48e1508a06ece80904711be8904 *before-dark-103.sit

From the Before Dark Read Me:

Before Dark

In keeping with my NO INIT's or CDEV's philosophy here is a Mac OS 7 clean application to collect and install desktop patterns (ppat resource's)...

Before Dark Features:
1. 30 HIGH QUALITY desktop patterns created by several professional graphic designers.

Compatibility:

Runs on any Mac that can run Mac OS 7.0 or newer. This software is obsoleted by Mac OS 7.5's own "Desktop Patterns" Control Panel's app and more recent. However, any of the ppat resources from Before Dark can be extracted with ResEdit and used in later Mac OS desktop utilities. Perhaps "Before Dark" runs on Mini vMac or Sheepshaver but is untested, plus it is of little use to vMac's mono display - Works great on Basilisk II.

In some instances on Basilisk II, if running Mac OS 7.5 to 7.5.5, the Mac's built-in Desktop Patterns do not seem to work at all. If that happens to you, then you can use "Before Dark" instead, which does not have this problem.

See also: Chameleon 1.0.1

Category:

Novelties & Fun

Author:

Craig Marciniak

Year released:

1992

Publisher:

Craig Marciniak

System:

System 7.0 - 7.6

Emulation:

Basilisk II (68k)

Architecture:

68k

Newer Technology (various util.)

Vitoarc — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 15:23:50 +0000

Application file:

newer_technology.img_.sit

This is a disk that came with my accelerator (over-clocking) hardware from Newer Technology. It has some unique, small utilities that are probably difficult to find.

Speedometer 4.0.1:

Clockometer 1.7:

Note: For me, Clockometer would crash unless used with extensions off.

Cache-22 v1.2:

Category:

Software Compilations

Utilities

Author:

Craig Marciniak

Year released:

1995

Publisher:

Newer Technology

System:

System 6.x

System 7.0 - 7.6

Architecture:

68k

PPC