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Written by Matthias Kahlert, mkahlert@kagi.com
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MacOS: WWW Archives

The best way to reach thousands of people is to upload your software to a shareware archive. There are many different archives and software search engines on the Internet, on this page you'll find the best of them.

But this page contains not only shareware archives, there are also some sites that just link to ineresting applications and utilities.

USA AMUG CD MacOS DOS Windows 3.x Windows 95 Windows NT Newton USR Pilot
Description: AMUG CD regularly releases different CD-ROMs like "BBS in a Box (MacOS Edition)", "BBS in a Box (Windows Edition)", "Newton CD" and "PocketData for Pilot".
Each CD contains hundreds or thousands of applications for Mac, Windows, Newton or the Pilot.
If you want to be part of one of these CD-ROMs, please take a look on their WWW server for submission policies, or just contact Michael Bean.
Address: AMUG CD, Inc.
745 N. Gilbert Road #124-275
Gilbert, AZ 85234
USA
Phone: ++1-602-497-2244
Fax: ++1-602-497-2266
E-Mail: bean@amug.org
Internet: http://www.amug.org
http://cdrom.amug.org
http://ftp.amug.org
Modified: 14. August 1997 (A)

D Christian's Homepage MacOS
Description: This is a small, private collection of MacOS shareware and freeware applications.
E-Mail: christian.aust@post.rwth-aachen.de
Internet: http://137.226.254.148
Modified: 1. Juli 1997 (A)

USA DOWNLOAD.COM MacOS DOS Windows 3.x Windows 95 Windows NT OS/2 Unix Amiga
Description: DOWNLOAD.COM is not a software repository nor an FTP archive, so you cannot submit your software titles directly to them. To get your files listed in the DOWNLOAD.COM search engine, you have to upload the files to the AMUG or Info-Mac archives, or (if you are a Windows programmer) the Simtel.Net or WinSite archives.
Internet: http://www.download.com
Modified: 28. April 1997 (U)

USA File Mine MacOS DOS Windows 3.x Windows 95 Windows NT OS/2 Unix Amiga
Description: File Mine is a great shareware archive for all kinds of operating systems like DOS, Windows, Mac, Amiga, OS/2, etc.
To submit your software to File Mine you simply have to fill in a form.
E-Mail: filemine@cmp.com
Internet: http://www.filemine.com
Modified: 15. July 1997 (U)

USA FilePile MacOS DOS Windows 3.x Windows 95 Windows NT OS/2
Description: FilePile is a nice new software archive for various kinds of operating systems.
Files can not be uploaded to FilePile via Internet. If you want your files listed there you have to upload them to the ExecPC BBS system (++1-414-789-4210). For further instructions please visit their internet server.
E-Mail: webmaster@filepile.com
Internet: http://filepile.com
Modified: 12. August 1997 (U)

USA For MacOS Users Only! MacOS
Description: For MacOS Users Only! is a general news, issues and advice site dedicated to the MacOS and the computers that run it and the software that runs on it. It announces the availability of shareware/freeware that the author (Bill Fox) thinks the average user might enjoy using. He also tests and comments on the shareware/freeware if he is provided a complimentary copy to use.
E-Mail: billfox@ids2.idsonline.com
Internet: http://www.idsonline.com/userweb/billfox/mac.htm
Modified: 28. April 1997 (A)

GB HENSA/micros MacOS DOS Windows 3.x Windows 95 Windows NT OS/2 Amiga Atari
Description: HENSA is a national service which benefits the higher education and research community in the UK. They host some great software archives for DOS, Windows, OS/2, Mac, Amiga, etc.
Internet: http://micros.hensa.ac.uk
Modified: 12. August 1997 (U)

USA Info-Mac MacOS
Description: Info-Mac is one of the greatest Macintosh software archives with hundreds of mirrors all around the world. There is a mirror in nearly every country or state. Info-Mac also regularly releases Shareware CD-ROMs, where the new submissions of the archive appear.
If you want your files submitted to the Info-Mac archive, please read the posting guidelines on the Info-Mac homepage.
All files sent to the Info-Mac archivist are automatically listed in CNETs DOWNLOAD.COM and SHAREWARE.COM software search engines, and they are also added to the UMich archive..
E-Mail: digest@info-mac.org (Digest Mailing List)
macgifts@info-mac.org (File Submissions)
Internet: http://www.pht.com/info-mac
http://hyperarchive.lcs.mit.edu/HyperArchive/HyperArchive.html
Modified: 23. May 1997 (U)

USA MacDownload MacOS
Description: MacDownload is the MacUser Online Shareware Archive. MacDownload maintains a library of thousands of Macintosh-only shareware products, including dozens of MacUser Exclusives, which can't be found anywhere else on the Web.
E-Mail: pdyer@macuser.com
Internet: http://www.macdownload.com
http://www.macuser.com
Modified: 28. April 1997 (A)

USA MacFixIt MacOS
Description: The MacFixIt library is a collection of troubleshooting-related freeware and shareware utilities. It also includes links to troubleshooting-related files on Apple's web site.
E-Mail: landau@macfixit.com
Internet: http://www.macfixit.com
Modified: 28. April 1997 (A)

D MacGadget MacOS
Description: MacGadget is a daily updated web site with information about new software, freeware and shareware, news, etc.
E-Mail: swunner@ba.blitz.net
Internet: http://www.blitz.de/macgadget
Modified: 27. June 1997 (A)

USA Macintosh Resource Page MacOS
Description: The Macintosh Resource Page is one of the top informal daily Mac news sites. It offers shareware authors an immediate way to spread the word about their products, updates, bugs, etc.
E-Mail: mrpage@pair.com
Internet: http://www.macresource.pair.com
Modified: 28. April 1997 (A)

USA MacInTouch MacOS
Description: The MacInTouch web site is an award-winning, authoritative source for Macintosh news. They serve more than two million visitors a month and often link to interesting shareware pages.
E-Mail: ricford@macintouch.com
pr@macintouch.com (Press Releases)
Internet: http://www.macintouch.com
Modified: 1. July 1997 (A)

D MacNews MacOS
Description: MacNews is a daily updated news service all around the Macintosh. The author likes to present new Freeware and Shareware (especially German software) on this web pages. Please contact him for details.
E-Mail: info@macnews.de
Internet: http://www.macnews.de
Modified: 2. October 1997 (A)

USA Pacific HiTech MacOS
Description: Pacific HiTech has a great software archive on their FTP and WWW servers. If you want your files listed there, you have to be part of the Developer Directory. If you are not, you can simply sign up on the Pacific HiTech homepage.
All files submitted to the Developer Directory are put onto the Info-Mac CD-ROMs, but they will not be submitted to the Info-Mac archive itself.
Address: Pacific HiTech
3855 South 500 West Suite M
Salt Lake City, Utah 84115
USA
E-Mail: info@pht.com
Internet: http://www.pht.com
ftp://ftp.pht.com
Modified: 28. April 1997 (U)

USA Shaman Corporation MacOS
Description: Shaman is a software updating service that combines a CD-ROM/Internet technology to help system managers and computer users keep their software updated automatically. By contacting Shaman and registering your software, Shaman can make sure that new updates you release are distributed in addition to keeping your shareware on Shamans FTP site for their subscribers to download.
Address: Shaman Corporation
2325 Third Street, #225
San Francisco, CA 94107
USA
Phone: ++1-415-241-9952
Fax: ++1-415-241-9954
E-Mail: eshay@shaman.com
Internet: http://www.shaman-update.com
Modified: 2. May 1997 (A)

USA Shareware Place MacOS Windows 3.x Windows 95 Windows NT
Description: A nice, new shareware archive for MacOS and Windows. If you want to add your files here, you just have to complete an online form, that's all.
E-Mail: webmaster@sharewareplace.com
Internet: http://www.sharewareplace.com
Modified: 15. September 1997 (A)

USA SHAREWARE.COM MacOS DOS Windows 3.x Windows 95 Windows NT OS/2 Unix Amiga
Description: SHAREWARE.COM is not a software repository nor an FTP archive, so you cannot submit your software titles directly to them. To get your files listed in the SHAREWARE.COM search engine, you have to upload the files to the AMUG or Info-Mac archives, or (if you are a Windows programmer) the Simtel.Net or WinSite archives.
Internet: http://www.shareware.com
Modified: 28. April 1997 (U)

USA Tucows MacOS Windows 3.x Windows 95 Windows NT OS/2
Description: TUCOWS is "The World's Best Collection of Internet Software" (they say). TUCOWS is your place on the Web to access the latest and greatest Windows 95, Windows 3.1, Macintosh and OS/2 Internet Software. All applications are performance rated and checked for viruses. They have several mirrors all around the world.
E-Mail: tucows@tucows.com
Internet: http://www.tucows.com
Modified: 15. July 1997 (U)

USA UMich MacOS
Description: UMich (University of Michigan) is a very popular Macintosh shareware and freeware archive with many mirrors all around the world.
If you want to submit files to the archive, please use the macgifts e-mail address. And please note: All files submitted to UMich are automatically added to the Info-Mac archive as well! Please read the submission guidelines before.
E-Mail: questions@mac.archive.umich.edu
macgifts@mac.archive.umich.edu
Internet: http://www.umich.edu/~archive
Modified: 28. April 1997 (U)

USA Version Tracker MacOS
Description: VersionTracker is "the first, the fastest, the easiest way to find Macintosh updates". They list the current versions of many Macintosh applications from all around the world.
E-Mail: kc@versiontracker.com (Kurt Christensen)
Internet: http://www.versiontracker.com
Modified: 2. October 1997 (A)

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