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The first real computer I ever used was an Apple ][+ in 1983; and two years later I owned one (I won it at a programming contest hosted by Bentley College to attract high school students to visit their campus). (I actually owned a TI-99/4A before I won the Apple.) Over the following years I expanded it, upgraded to a Laser 128EX, etc. I had small programs published in magazines like inCider. I still have the Laser, along with hundreds of disks... In addition to the Laser, I also have a couple of Macintoshes (a Mac Centris 610 and a PowerMac) and a 466MHz eMachine under Windows 98. We have all of our various PCs and Macs at my house networked, using a Linux server (I know very little Linux at the moment, I plan to learn more eventually). By the way, this page's background (which I created) is the traditional tartan of the Scottish Clan McIntosh.

[] My PC/Micro$oft Windows Stuff:

  • I read many on-line comics, so I wrote an On-Line Comic Reader program to keep them all straight and make it easier to read them all at once (sample output)
  • I've created several tile sets for Ron Balewski's Mah Jongg for Windows
  • I've also made Rocky Horror/Shock Treatment Win 9x Startup/Shutdown Screens and Netscape Throbbers (Installation Instructions!))
  • See below for my collections of icons...
  • Other PC/Windows Links:

  • Update your Windows [ 95 | 98 ]
  • Icons [ Andy | Azriel | Happy Icons | Pino Cartoon Icons | Tim | Jeffrey Zeldman ]
  • Fonts [ Fonts for Freaks!! | Reflex Point SF/Fantasy Fonts | Tommy of Escondido's Alien Fonts ]
  • Programs [ FerretSoft | Jumbo ShareWare | NoNags | TUCOWS | Usefulware | Winfiles ]
  • Screen Savers [ Screen Saver Connection ]
  • Throbbers for Netscape/Explorer [ Throbbers! ]
  • Win95 Startup/Shutdown Screens [ GWIIIster | XrX Animated Logos | Startup Web Ring ]
  • Win95 Themes [ A-M | N-Z | Chris Pirillo ]
  • Read Windows Annoyances, visit the MicroSoft Hate Page, or just Boycott MS.
  • [] Apple II Forever!

    Here are some programs I've written (for PCs under MS-DOS) to convert old Apple // files into something more useful in the PC Environment (once you've transferred the files to a PC):

    APL2BMP.EXE -- This program will convert Apple hi-res pictures into Windows bitmaps.

    APS2BMP.EXE -- This program will convert classic Print Shop graphics into Windows bitmaps.

    ASB2TXT.EXE -- This program will convert AppleSoft BASIC programs into ASCII text files.
    (Version 1.1 as of 9-SEP-2001 -- fixed a few bugs)

    Other Apple // links:

  • The Apple II Emulation Page, EmuSearch, and the Apple ][ Emulator Resources Guide 1.1 (which mentions me!)
  • Archives: [ Apple 2 Stuff | Asimov | Wuarchive ]
  • The Beagle Brothers Online Museum!

    Macintosh links:

  • See below for my collections of icons...
  • Shareware [ Fonts for Freaks!! | Jumbo ShareWare | Mac Download | Reflex Point SF/Fantasy Fonts | TUCOWS ]
  • [] My Icon Libraries:

    All icons are in 16-color format, and Zipped. The DLL archives are compatible with Windows 3.x / 9x / NT / 2000; the GIF archives are usable on Macintoshes and web pages. See
    above for installation instructions. I made most of these icons, the others I found in various places. I use iKon (an icon editor of my own creation), Paint Shop PRO, and Graphics Workshop for my icons and other PC graphics work.

    Archives      Date      Description
    ANML DLL GIF  08-19-97  Animals: Ferrets, Cats, Dogs, "Furry"...
    B&BH DLL GIF  06-23-98  Beavis & Butthead, King of the Hill, Daria, Aeon Flux...
    BCTY DLL GIF  07-07-97  Bloom County/Outland
    BERT DLL GIF  01-13-97  Dilbert, Dogbert, Ratbert, Catbert...
    BFIV DLL GIF  01-26-99  Babylon-5
    BRIT DLL GIF  02-05-98  British SF/Comedy/Toons: Red Dwarf, Dr. Who, Wallace & Gromit, DangerMouse...
    CNET DLL GIF  02-04-99  Cartoon Network:  Space Ghost, Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo...
    COMP DLL GIF  09-27-00  Computer: Apple, IBM, Windows...
    COMX DLL GIF  09-14-97  Comics: Calvin & Hobbes, Foxtrot, Beetle Bailey...
    CTHU DLL GIF  08-29-97  HP Lovecraft/Cthulhu Mythos
    DISN DLL GIF  07-28-97  Disney: Mickey, Goofy, Aladdin, Gargoyles, Muppets...
    FLAG DLL GIF  03-23-01  Flags: Country/State/Olympic/Fictional/misc.
    FOOD DLL GIF  04-20-98  Food/Beverage/Medication
    GAME DLL GIF  08-20-97  Games, Video Games, Sports...
    GARF DLL GIF  01-23-97  Garfield (and the horrible "US Acres")
    GOVT DLL GIF  06-23-98  Government: FBI, CIA, Military symbols...
    HABA DLL GIF  04-18-97  Hanna Barbera:  Flintstones, Jetsons, Scooby Doo...
    HERO DLL GIF  06-23-98  Superheroes: Marvel, DC, The Tick...
    INWO DLL GIF  01-26-99  Illuminati:  New World Order (w/Assassins)
    JAPA DLL GIF  03-23-01  Japanamation/Anime: Sailor Moon, Speed Racer, Star Blazers, Transformers...
    MOTO DLL GIF  12-09-97  Motorcycles (by DiTCH), cars, traffic signs...
    NICK DLL GIF  04-29-97  NickToons: Ren & Stimpy, Rugrats, Rocko's Modern Life
    PNUT DLL GIF  01-21-97  Peanuts (Snoopy, Charlie Brown...)
    POOH DLL GIF  12-18-96  Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, too!
    RHPS DLL GIF  03-23-01  Rocky Horror Picture Show/Shock Treatment
    SCIF DLL GIF  01-26-99  Misc. SF: MST3K, V, Mission:Earth...
    SEXY DLL GIF  08-29-97  Erotic (NOT pornographic) icons
    SHOW DLL GIF  04-09-01  Entertainment:  Movies, TV, Singers, Sports, Art...
    SIDE DLL GIF  01-28-97  The Far Side:  People, Cows...
    SIMP DLL GIF  09-11-97  The Simpsons
    SMIL DLL GIF  04-29-97  Smileys (Mr. Yuck, Nirvana Smiley, Borg Smiley, etc.)
    TOON DLL GIF  01-28-98  Misc. Cartoons: South Park, Popeye, Smurfs, Reboot...
    TREK DLL GIF  02-04-99  Star Trek: TOS/TAS/TNG/DS9/VOY/Movies
    TROT DLL GIF  03-26-97  Foxtrot icons
    WARD DLL GIF  08-25-97  Classic Jay Ward carttons: Bullwinkle, Underdog, George of the Jungle...
    WARS DLL GIF  08-26-97  Star Wars (all three movies)
    WBRO DLL GIF  01-28-98  Warner Brothers: Looney Tunes, Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Freakazoid...
    XFIL DLL GIF  05-01-97  X-Files

    DISCLAIMER: With some exceptions, I do not know who created the ones I downloaded; and I am including them here under the assumption that they are free to distribute and that I am violating no laws. Many of the images used are copyrights belonging to various owners who have not necessarily given permission for their use or given up any rights to those images. Icons and other files here are provided free of charge as-is. Here is a partial list of copyright holders and artists whose icons are included in these libraries. Contact me if your name is missing but belongs on one of these lists.

    COPYRIGHTS: Babylon 5, Looney Tunes, Tiny Toons, and Animaniacs! are copyrights of Warner Brothers. Dilbert is a copyright of the United Features Syndicate. Disney images are a copyright of Walt Disney. Illuminati: New World Order and associated images are a copyright of Steve Jackson Games. The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Shock Treatment, The Simpsons, and The X Files are copyrights of Twentieth Century Fox. Star Trek and associated images are a copyright of Paramount/Viacom. Star Wars and associated images are a copyright of Lucasfilm.

    ARTISTS: Arthur Levesque (bs@boog.org), Toren G. Atkinson (thickets@uniserve.com), Craig R. W. Blair (starwars@idirect.com), Pino (pino@tornado.be), Tony Clemens (tclemens@concentric.net), Ed Courteau (courte@interpath.com), DiTCH (Didier.Gatez@ping.be), Derek Jensen (DJJEN693@Concentric.net), Lar (fresco@sentex.net), Christian McFadden (mrblond@ovnet.com), Mark Mertens (mjmerten@etro.vub.ac.be), Shelby Miller (binkleyVS@aol.com), Steven Moore (hithere@gulftel.com), Mark R. Pettus (mightytoad@aol.com), Chris Pirillo (pirill44@iscssun.uni.edu), Ryland (ryland@io.com), Kristy Shanks (bshanks@teclink.net), Grace Sylvan (tigger@sylvan.com), Dave Schutz (Alikchi@aol.com), Andy Watts, Loraine Wauer (rrwauer@lni.net)

    I can no longer sit back and allow Microsoft infiltration, Microsoft indoctrination, Microsoft subversion, and the international Microsoft conspiracy to sap and impurify our precious Internet. - General J. T. Ripper

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