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386BSD: Unix-like OS written at Berkley, which later became FreeBSD

Ad-Aware: spyware removal tool

Account Pro for DOS: free accounting tool

AllChars: program for those of us who need more than the 26 letters

aLinux: low resource Linux installation, formerly known as Peanut Linux

Allegro: game DOS/DJGPP programming library

Amiga: multi-threaded, multi-media operating system for PowerPC machines

Analog X: some of the best Windows software available for free for networks and end users

Apache: open source web server

Apache Friends: pre-configured distribution of Apache with Perl and MySQL

Apple: the company that created Mac OS X

Arachne WWW browser: is very cool full-screen graphical DOS compatible world wide web browser

AROS: portable and free desktop system aiming at being compatible with Amiga for FreeBSD or Linux

ASCII Art: other ASCII art, by Joan Stark and ASCII e-mail effects

Atari Archives: full on-line books on Atari

AVG Antivirus: free anti-virus for Windows and Linux

Batfiles: how to write batch files

Basilisk II: Mac emulator for Windows 9x

Business Integration Journal: free subscription to this web services magazine

Bookcase: very good collection of programs, tutorials, etc.

Browser Archive: old versions of web browsers

BSD: Unix-like OS written at Berkley

Commodore 64: the first computer that I owned

Calmira: run Windows 3.1 as Windows 95 or later; very cool

CBT Tape: resources for various systems, especially MVS and IBM z/VM

Chapura: synchronize data from MS Outlook with Palm

ClosedBSD: version of BSD that fits in floppy to run a firewall that "doesn't get much easier than this" (thanks G-Man)

Computer Brains: C64 emulator

Computer Chronicles: computer history from the abacus to the present

Computer History Museum: my favorite place to learn about about older computers, with a time line and its own search engine

Cygwin: Unix-like environment for Windows 9x and up

Data Recovery Resource Center: unbiased resource of free data recovery information, software, instructions and assistance

DDJ Magazine: my favorite magazine on computer programming

DesktopBSD: personal computer BSD distribution, based on FreeBSD with the KDE desktop environment

DJGPP: "a complete 32-bit C/C++ development system for Intel 80386 PCs running DOS"

DistroWatch: most of (if not all) the information on new Linux or BSD distributions

DOS/4G: eliminate memory limitations; run 32-bit programs on DOS (16-bit)

DOS Games: DOS games and other programs

DragonFly: fork of FreeBSD 4.x

DR-DOS/OpenDOS Enhancement Project: project is to enhance the capabilities of DR-DOS/OpenDOS 7.0x and to add support for new standards to extend the life of this popular PC operating system (thanks Udo)

Earth 911: information on how to recycle computers, cell phones, etc.

Emacs: text editor developed for X

Electronic Developer Magazine: good information but has not been updated since September 1999; downloadable library of older editions

E/OS LX: graphic operating system under GNU GPL 2.0 license, compatible with Windows, Mac, OS/2, MS-DOS and Linux

Equinox Desktop Environment: low resource desktop environment for Unix clones

Eraser: utility for Win32 that deletes and writes random zeroes and ones on the location where the file was

Euphoria: programming language for DOS 7/Win 9x

Firefox: web browser for the Mozilla Foundation on which Netscape is built upon

FreeBSD: version of BSD

Free Linux CD: self explanatory

Free Pascal: free Pascal compiler

FreeSBIE: live disk distribution of BSD, based on FreeBSD

Frenzy: live disk distribution of FreeBSD

Gnome: desktop environment for Unix (or Unix-like) systems

Gnoppix: Linux live disk with Gnome

goBSD: internet community that provides access to thousands of pre-built DragonFly software packages, added via pkg_add -r packagename

Haiku OS: open source clone of the BeOS operating system

Hercules: Hercules System/370, ESA/390, and z/Architecture emulator

Hot Paw: BASIC for Palm

Ibiblio: archive of various Linux distributions

IBM: mainframe and midrange giant

Japan Hero: Japanese animation for the past forty years, the real reason why some of us got into computers

Java: virtual machine run-time environment and language that is not dependent to hardware or operating system by Sun

JaC64 - The Java C64 Emulator: Commodore 64 emmulator done in Java

Jeff Vavasour's TRS-80 Emulation Page: TRS-80 emulator written in Java

Jsoft Old PC: on-line resource for old computers

KDE: desktop environment for Unix (or Unix-like) systems

KDE on Cygwin: running KDE on a Windows just because it can be done (installation of Cygwin needed), with a quick installation

Knoppix: Linux live disk with KDE

Lightspeed's Reference Page: links, links, links

Linspire: commercial version of Linux

Linux: Unix-like OS written at Linus Torvalds

Linux From Scratch: instructions for building your own Linux system

LinuxISO: Linux .iso images

Linux Virgins: beginners' guide for Linux

LNX-BBC: miniature Linux-based GNU distribution

Lynx: text-based browser

Mathematics Archives MS-DOS Software: math tutorials for DOS

Malektips: the site that my C++ professor told me about to get nice computer tricks

MeppinOS: a Windows clone based on ReactOS

Microsoft: publisher of DOS 6.22 and Windows

MiniArcade: online handheld game museum

MiniMusic: software to make music with your Palm device

Minix: the OS that Linux was derived from.

MirOS: fork of OpenBSD

MobiPocket: e-bookstore (all PDA formats); programs to read and publish e-books and e-news on your PC or PDA

Munchi: DOS emulator for Palm (Japanese site; download location)

N1 Computer Resource Page: nice site on Windows 3.1 and 95

Nathan's Toasty Technology Page: site with information on various GUI's

NeoOffice: MacOS version of OpenOffice

NetBSD: low-resource version of BSD

NeWBIE: NetBSD live disk

Network Magazine: free subscription to CMP Network magazine

Nintendo: not really a computer system, but cool games (NES and specially SNES)

Novell: network operating system for Windows and Linux networks

Old Computers: old computer since 1971

Old Version: old versions of cool programs

One Laptop Per Child: project to bring laptops to school children worldwide

OpenBSD: version of BSD

OpenOffice: free office suite compatible with MS Office

OpenSolaris: open source project of Solaris

OpenSUSE: open source project of SUSE Linux

Open Watcom: open source C/C++ ANSI and Fortran compiler

Opera: free web browser and e-mail client

OS/2 eZine: downloadable library and source codes

OS/2 Headquarters: very informative site on OS/2

OS/2 Netlabs: for developers

OS/2 Programming information: for OS/2 and Windows; and emulators

OS/2 Warp: the official site and fixes

OS/2 World: news, information

Open Source Developers Network: best resource for open source programming

OS Developers: operating system programming and projects

Palm: developer of Palm and manufacturer of the handheld devices

Palm Gear: where you can download the best shareware programs and games

Palm Tree: more nice Palm applications

Palm VNC version 1.1 (Berkley): Palm version of Virtual Network Computing, developed by ORL; written by Vladimir Minenko

Palm VNC version 1.4 (Harakan Software): Palm version of Virtual Network Computing, developed by ORL

PC-BSD: personal computer BSD distribution, based on FreeBSD with the KDE desktop environment

PEDIT: ASCII editor similar to EDIT

PicoBSD: version of BSD

Planet MVS: resources for MVS

Project Odin: software to run Win32 applications on OS/2

ReactOS: a Windows clone

Really Linux: beginners' guide

Share Technology: where and how to recycle in NJ

Silicium: French organization that repairs and collects vintage computers

Slackware: Linux distribution with low specifications

Slack/390 Linux: Linux distribution for IBM 390

SkyOS: closed-source operating system for 686 processors

Software Shelf: very nice Australian site with lots of information and OS/2 applications

Solaris: Sun's version of Unix

StarOffice: commercial version of OpenOffice marketed by Sun

Star Trek: my favorite science fiction show and movie franchise

Star Wars: my favorite science fiction movie and toy collection, so much Force

Star Wars ASCIIMATION: my favorite movie as a Java applet only with ASCII

SUSE Linux: version of Linux by Novell

Symbian: OS for portable device, commonly used in phones

TealPoint: Palm programs to watch movies, write documents, and more

Team OS/2 Online: lots of domestic information

Technical Support Magazine: free technical support magazine from NaSPA

Think Free Office: Java-based office suite

TRS-80 Page: the first computer that I programmed, TRS-80 model III (not an official website)

Ubuntu: currently one of the popular distribution of Linux and the one that I use

Ubuntu Eee: Ubuntu for the ASUS Eee system

Unix: one of the best and most reliable operating systems ever created

Unix Review: everything you always wanted to learn from Unix (or any Unix-like OS) and much more

Unix Tutorial: 11 lessons to learn Unix (or any Unix-like OS)

Viewable With Any Browser: support your right to use any browser that you want (Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera, etc.), not only MSIE

VIM: visual interface the Vi text editor

Vintage Computer Festival: pictures of a party with old computers, geeks with old computers, old software

Virtual Assembler: information on 16-bit and 32-bit assemblers

Virtual OS/2 International Consumer Education: self explanatory

Visual Basic Resource: comprehensive set of tutorials, links, downloadable samples plus a chat room and message board for developers at all levels of experience

vMac: Mac emulator for DOS, Windows, OS/2

WBG Links: system security links

Web Archive (Wayback Machine): old versions of your favorite sites; including current and old versions of this website (vintageos.com/vintageos.org, vintageos.com and vintageos.tripod.com)

Whatis?com: on-line computer and information technology encyclopedia (thanks for links to definitions throughout vintageos.com/vintageos.org)

Wikipedia: on-line encyclopedia in several languages

WindowsForumz: Windows only forum with the motto "Windows Problem Solving Community"

WinRAR: compression utility for RAR, ZIP, CAB, ARJ, LZH, TAR, GZ, ACE, UUE, BZ2, JAR, ISO, Z and 7-Zip packed files; for Linux, MacOS, DOS, OS/2 and FreeBSD

X: protocol developed to provide a network transparent GUI for Unix and Unix-like systems

XEmacs: variation of Emacs

yellowTAB Zeta: commercial operating system based on BeOS

YouOS: an on-line OS that can be accessed from any web browser

Zone Alarm: personal firewall for Windows