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Favorite Links

eve collected a few dozen favorite and useful Web

site links that can help you get much more enjoyment and service out of your PC experience. Feel free to visit
them often to check for the latest news, files, and PC tips, and
let them know where you heard about them! Happy Surfing!
Or, as we proclaimed at a recent dinner meeting we (the
Internet Society Los Angeles Chapter) in honor of our guest
speaker, Vint Cerf one of the primary developers of the
Internet Protocol, Cerf the Net!

PC vendors
The following hardware and software companies are valuable
resources for information.

Hardware companies
www.3com.com 3Coms comprehensive products site.
www.adaptec.com Entrance to Adaptecs World Wide
Web sites.
www.ascend.com Ascend Communications Web site.
www.atitech.com ATIs graphics headquarters on
the Web.
www.compaq.com Compaqs presence on the Web.
www.diamondmm.com Diamond Multi Medias Web site.
www.gateway.com Gateways Web presence. They are
everywhere!
www.ibm.com Need we say more?
www.imation.com Imation has more products than
you might imagine.
www.iomega.com Iomega has been around a long time!
www.matrox.com If you can see it, Matrox must be
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www.maxtor.com Information storage is found here.

www.quantum.com A world of drives and storage technologies.
www.seagate.com Disk and tape drives and software are found here.
www.usr.com U. S. Robotics (modems and communications, no robots!
darn!)
www.wdc.com Western Digitals site for finding the drives you need.

Software companies
www.adobe.com Theyre everywhere but this is Adobes home. Do you have
Acrobat?
www.ami.com American Megatrends, Inc., provides more than BIOS chips!
www.award.com Phoenix and Award are the same company see it here.
www.netswitcher.com All about networking your portable all around!
www.checkit.com Touchstones latest diagnostic software suites are here.
www.eudora.com Qualcomms Eudora Web site. Get the latest e-mail
information.
www.firmware.com Your source for BIOS upgrades, motherboards, cables,
and much more.
www.ghostsoft.com Ghost software brings the fun back into real computing! Check it out!
www.grc.com The best place to try to keep up with Steve Gibson. (SpinRite,
TIP, and tons more!)
www.intuit.com Accounting made simple and complete. Quicken,
QuickBooks, and more.
www.microsoft.com Try home.microsoft.com, too. Customize your own

information center.
www.nai.com Network Associates (McAfee) Virus protection and more for
networks and PCs.
www.ontrack.com Data recovery help central! World headquarters for
keeping your data.
www.ora.com Tim OReilly and Associates. The worlds source for computing documentation.
www.phoenix.com Software developer for the worlds PCs and information
appliances.
www.quarterdeck.com CleanSweep, CrashDefender, VirusSweep, and
more! (Now on Symantecs site)

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www.quicken.com Another facet of Intuits Web sites, focusing on Quicken.

www.slonet.org/~doren Home of the Rosenthal Utilities
On the
CD-ROM

Rosenthal Utilities can be found on this books CD-ROM).

www.symantec.com Home of Norton Utilities, PC Anywhere, Visual Caf,

and much more!
www.ultraedit.com Home of IDM Computer Solutionss UltraEdit. Use it to
believe it.
www.unicore.com BIOS and PC upgrades, Y2K software, and much more
products and support!
www.ws.com Watergate Software, home of PC Doctor, used by IBM and more.
On the
CD-ROM

PC-Doctor is included on this books CD-ROM.

General PC hints, tips, and references

The following sites offer a vast array of tips, advice, reference material, and
much more.
www.apcug.org Association of PC User Groups. Get involved and connected!
www.ISOC.org Internet Society, International Organization that provides
organization to the activities that provide the Internet World-wide!
www.ISOC-LA.org Internet Society Los Angeles Chapter. Mike Todd is currently the President of this Chapter that is setting the example for Chapters
around the World.
www.CPCUG.org Capital PC User Group, Washington, DC. Mike Todd was the
founder and first President of this, still one of the largest PC User Groups
around the World.
www.w3.org World Wide Web Consortium. Leading the Web to its full
potential.
www.hwg.org HTML Writers Guild. Worlds largest organization of HTML
writers and those who are making the Web a better place to live.
www.w3.org/WAI/ Web Accessibility Initiative. Access by everyone regardless of disability or other challenges.
www.annoyances.org If you are annoyed by Windows (95, 98, and more),
go here!

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www.annoyances.org/win95 Annoying features of Windows 95 and ways

around most of them.
www.annoyances.org/win98 Installing, upgrading, customizing, tips, and
much more!
www.bugnet.com The worlds leading supplier of PC bug fixes. Many
subscribers.
www.currents.net Computer Currents magazine online! News, downloads,
help, and much more!
www.download.com c|nets online download libraries, with many suggestions and help.
www.drivershq.com Trouble finding a hardware or software driver for
your PC? Go here!
www.hardwaregroup.org Hardware reviews, information, and links.
www.idgbooks.com Looking for the best computer books? You can find us
here, too!
www.manageable.com Catch*UP provides online updates for your PC,
drivers and all!
www.motherboards.org Upgrading? Links to more sites than the law
allows!
pcmech.pair.com PC Mechanic (PCMech.com) for product reviews.
sysdoc.pair.com Toms Hardware Guide (www.tomshardware.com) has
tons of reviews!
www.pcwebopedia.com Computer acronyms and terms giving you problems? Learn them here!
www.ping.be/bios All about BIOS chips, settings, upgrades, flashes,
and more.
www.raisin.com/irq Jim Aspinwalls page dedicated to the second edition
of IRQ DMA and I/O.
www.raisin.com/typc Jim Aspinwalls page dedicated to the latest published edition of Troubleshooting Your PC!
www.sysopt.com System Optimization, the place to go when you need
more help.
www.shareware.com Need the latest shareware program for anything from
anywhere? Go here!
www.whatis.com At this site, learn all about the Internet, look up high-tech
terminology, find and buy products its a veritable cornucopia.
www.windrivers.com Windows Drivers, more than any other site! Utilities,
help, lost more.

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Year 2000/Date related challenges sites

The following sites continue to be invaluable resources for resolving any residual
year 2000 related problems

PC hardware and BIOS vendors

www.ami.com American Megatrends, Inc.
www.award.com Award Software
www.compaq.com/year2000 COMPAQ
www.ibm.com/year2000 IBM
www.mrbios.com Microid Research, Inc.
www.phoenix.com Phoenix Technologies, Inc.
www.resource800.com/ Resource 800 (PC Clock and other batteries)
www.unicore.com Unicore Software, Inc.

Y2K information and PC test software

www.bozemanlegg.com/y2kanalyzer.html Bozeman Legg Consulting and
Y2K solutions.
www.centennial.co.uk Centennial Ltd, year 2000 compliance software
solutions.
www.clicknet.com Download free demo of software to test systems, software, and data.
www.computerexperts.co.uk/ Download free demo of hardware/software
test utility.
www.epri.com/ Electric energy association with lots of information about
Y2K and embedded systems.
www.eurosoft-uk.com Site for Eurosofts PC-Check with Y2K features.
www.implement.co.uk/index.htm Implement Ltd. Fpro2000 demo
download.
www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayTC.pl?/y2k.overview.htm
InfoWorlds latest on Y2K.
www.netscapeworld.com/netscapeworld/nw-12-1996/nw-12year2000.html Netscapes help for Webmasters!
www.rightime.com Get Test2000.EXE to test your system. Retail program
fixes problems.
www.safetynet.com/yes2k/ Download Yes2K to test and fix your personal
PC. Retail version for the office.

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Y2K fixes for PCs and LANs

Please read the information and get at least one of the listed utility programs to test
your system (and in some cases to test your applications and data) to ensure your
system is not a part of the year 2000 problem. Some of these are free for personal
use and may even be used on small networks. If you need to test a lot of systems in
your business, please start here and get an idea of the capabilities you will need in
a commercial product. You may consider using the commercial version of one of
these systems in your office at work. Your best bet is to access each site on the
Internet and make your selection based on your system needs, work environment,
and personal taste. There is no one best utility.
www.bldrdoc.gov/timefreq/service FTP index with files containing
programs to set your clock.
www.nrc.gov/NRC/NEWS/year2000.html Nuclear Regulatory
Commissions assessment of Y2K.
www.schoolhs.demon.co.uk/ SchoolHouse Computers Ltd. Test2000
software.
www.slonet.org/~doren Home of the Rosenthal Utilities (included on our
CD-ROM). Check it out!
www.tecfacs.com/year2000/year2000.htm Small European Company
collecting info and offering help.
www.year2000.com Interesting articles and activities focused on Y2K.