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JUNE Shareware: Time for Ten
Sandy Foderick
With thanks to Rick Curran of Coastal Mac!

With the newest version of Ten shipping two months ahead of schedule, seems like a good time to look at some shareware that takes advantage of Ten

Get away from it all with Relax 3.0
By June summer is under way and the things you meant to do are piling up. Ever want to get away for a few quiet minutes? Relax, by Software Perspectives, offers just such an escape, with the sounds of a forest stream, thunderstorm, swamp or even a city street. Relax is small in size, OSX ready, and the cheapest, quickest vacation you can take this summer. File under: OS System: OS Utility - Thanks to: Sandy Foderick, Shareware Manager for sending this in. File this one under: OS System: OS Utility Here's where you can get it: http://www.sperspect.com/download/products/relax301.hqx
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PowerCalc for OS X
PowerCalc is a powerful shareware calculator from John Mauro Software. It has dozens of useful mathematical functions and can store up to 1000 values in memory; PowerCalc's interface is completely customizable. Consider that it is built for the new OS, is inexpensive, and easy-to-use, it is the perfect shareware calculator. For folks who are using earlier versions of the MacOS, John offers PowerCalc downloads to match. Requires 1024K RAM. - Thanks to: Sandy Foderick, Shareware Managerfor sending this in. File this one under: Home and School: Education Here's where you can get it: ftp://cs.alfred.edu/pub/maurojc/powercalc_x.sit.hqx
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haXmanager for OS X 'Hacks'
A long-time Mac tradition is customization. Folks may enjoy OSX but think there are some areas they'd like to change. Arctic Software's haXmanager allows almost anyone to easily apply "hacks" to their system which allows them to do things like changing the window appearance or putting a trash can on the desktop. Better yet, for folks who are afraid of messing up their operating system, haXmanager takes away all the command-line interface mess and gives you a simple and friendly interface which is Aqua compliant. - Thanks to: Sandy Foderick, Shareware Managerfor sending this in. File this one under: OS System: OS Enhancements Here's where you can get it: http://www.arcticsw.com/haxmanager/haxmanager.sit
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Klondike for OS X
Originally written for the first Mac, the latest version of Klondike from Michael Casteel includes four different solitaire games and should run on any MacOS computer running System 6.x or later, including Mac OS X with Aqua - Thanks to: Sandy Foderick, Shareware Managerfor sending this in. File this one under: Home and School: Games, Puzzles, Strategy Here's where you can get it: http://www.casteel.org/ftpfiles/klondike/Klondike7.7.sea.bin
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Reckless Drivin', Rubber Burnin' in OS X
Of course, every desktop needs a time waster, and Reckless Drivin', an action game by Jonas Echterhoff, can offer diversions to spare. Reckless Drivin' is similar to it's predecessor, Burning Rubber but is completely re-written to take advantage of OSX. Reckless Drivin' employs a new graphics engine featuring smooth, dynamically zoomed, scrolling 16-bit graphics. The physics simulation has been redesigned to realistically resemble skidding and tire tracks on different road surfaces. time-eating pastime. - Thanks to: Sandy Foderick, Shareware Managerfor sending this in. File this one under: Home and School: Games, Puzzles, Strategy Here's where you can get it: ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/info-mac/game/reckless-drivin-13.hqx
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Have a great June!
Sandy Foderick
Shareware Manager

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