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Computer Companies

This whole section is really work related stuff more or less.
See my internet page also.
See my companies page for other types of companies and organizations.



General

• Tomshardware.com Good place for reviews and info about computer hardware.
• AnandTech Your source for Hardware analysis and reviews
• cpubenchmark.net quick simple comparison, huge list
• insanehardware.com
• Sharky Extreme
• Gamespot Hardware reviews section
• epinions
• SysOpt.com by earthweb System Optimization Information. Has user comments on many products
• digit-life Industry news
• Karbo's Guide Great PC hardware reference
• Tech Support Alert See list of best freeware utilities

VGA / display

• Accel Graphics 3D card
• Appian Graphics Dual screen adaptors
• Artist Graphics
• ATI Technologies Inc.
• Boca Research Inc.
• Creative Labs, Inc. Maker of SoundBlaster, VideoBlaster etc.
• Diamond Multimedia The VGA card maker.
• Dynamic Pictures 3D card
• ELSA 3D card - check out ELSAMotion also
• Everex
• Hercules Computer Technology
• Intergraph 3D Graphics cards
• Jazz Multimedia
• Number Nine Visual Technologies.
• Media Vision
• Mirage Multimedia Computers
• OKI
• Omnicomp 3D card
• Orchid Technology
• Quantum Designs (QDI) Maker of QD6580 disk controller, QDI-CL5446 MPEG VGA card etc.
• SGS-Thompson Chip maker
• STB Systems Inc. Dual screen adaptors, NTSC output
• Symmetric 3D card
• Truevision Maker of Targa 1000, Targa 2000, Bravado 1000 (video editing)
• VideoLogic VMC product
• Western Digital Corp. Includes Paradise Graphics
• Willow
• Information Relevant to PC Computers

3D related

• PC 3D Graphics Accelerators FAQ - part 1 Get an update
• PC 3D Graphics Accelerators FAQ - part 2
• Biff's 3D Graphics Home Page
• Fujitsu 3D card
• Genoa Systems GVision DX, Stratos
• Multiwave Innovation MovieWave Studio
• ATI Technologies Inc. Video Basic?, 3D Expression, ATI TV

VGA / Display related chips

• Cirrus Logic VGA Card and chip manufacturer. Maker of Laguna chip.
• Oak Technology VGA graphics, MPEG, CD-ROM controllers.
• S3
• Trident Microsystems, Inc.
• ATI Technologies Inc. PC2TV
  
• Brooktree Corporation
• LSI Logic Corporation
• Music Semiconductors Magic card?
• Chrontel VGA Video mixer chip for video and graphics mixing (chroma key)
• NVIDIA
• 3DO Games manufacturer
• Philips Semiconductor audio, video, MPEG decode
• Rambus High speed DRAM standard
• Samsung
• Raytheon
• Harris Semiconductors

Monitors

• Samsung
• Viewsonic
• Komodo Sceptre Technologies subsidiary?
• Sceptre
• visionlabs Very minimal website
• LG (Goldstar)

Other display related

• ArtMedia Marketing Research VCO-2000 VGA to TV convertor
• Sigma Designs RealMagic
• VESA - Video Electronic Standards Association
• DisplayMate Monitor diagnositics

Processor

• Intel Corp
• Intel Corp MMX site
• Advanced Micro Devices Processor manufacturer.
• Compaq www.compaq.com
• Hewlett-Packard Home Page Including Colorado Memory Systems division.
• Texas Instruments
• Digital Equipment Corp.
• Cray Research
• Intergraph Corporation
• IBM Personal Computer Co.
• NEC
• Sun Microsystems
• Apple Computer
• Cyrix

Disk and related

• Acer Peripherals I have a CD-Rom from them.
• Adaptec, Roxio, also see CD-R Central
• Advansys
• BusLogic Inc.
• Ciprico
• Conner Peripherals, Inc. This is now part of Seagate.
• CMD Technology Disk controllers
• Cyranex (disks)
• Distributed Processing Technology (DPT) Disk controllers
• FWB Incorporated Makers of SledgeHammer, JackHammer disk subsytems etc.
• IBM
• MedeaCorp
• Megadrive Raid disk arrays
• Micropolis
• MountainGate removable disks, tape subsystems
• OPEN Storage Solutions They do hardware RAID disk sub-systems
• Panasonic Home Page Including Matsushita
• Rorke Data Maker of MaxArray products
• Quantum
• Seagate Technology
• Seagate Software
• StorageTek Home Page
• Western Digital Corp.
  
  
• Quantum Designs (QDI) Maker of QD6580 disk controller, QDI-CL5446 MPEG VGA card etc.
• Gainbery Computer Maker of mini RAID (IDE) etc.
• Executive Software International Maker of DISKEEPER - download utility to check Win NT fragmentation

CD-ROM and related

• Add: Plexstor, Teac, Sony
• Acer Peripherals I have a CD-Rom from them.
• Adaptec, Roxio, also see CD-R Central
• Hewlett-Packard Home Page Including Colorado Memory Systems division.
• Hewlett-Packard CD-Writer page
• Mitsumi
• Panasonic Home Page Including Matsushita
• Sanyo See multi-media, cd-rom. Japan page on CD-Rom
• The CD-ROM Shopper's Guide
• Adaptec Maker of Easy CD Creator and related software
  
  
• Andy McFadden's CD-Recordable FAQ
• cd-extra Sony sponsored, directed towards those purchasing comercial CD-Extra discs.
• Octave Systems CD-R sales specialist
• Nero software For CD-R recording, Germany?
• CD-DA (Compact Disk Digital Audio) Info
• http://www.goldenhawk.com The best information on DAO recording is provided by Jeff Arnold
• CD Media World
• CDPage
• Link World - cd links

DVD

• DVD demystified DVD FAQ
• videohelp.com Media and device compatibility lists

Motherboards

• American Megatrends BIOS and motherboard maker
• Asus Motherboard manufacturer, lots of stuff or Asus Taiwan
• Abit Taiwan or Abit USA
• AOpen
• First International Computer Motherboard manufacturer, made my 486-PVT board.
• First International Computer - FTP area
• Gigabyte
• Microstar
• U.S. Micro Motherboard manufacturer
• Houston Technologies
• Intel Corp
• Intel - Motherboards
• Intel - Advanced/ML Motherboard BIOS I have this one
• Intel - ATX motherboard
• Soyo
• Tyan
• Digital Equipment Corp.
• VIA Chipset manufacturer

  Information sites

• motherboards.org Good database!
• bxboards.com
• 4motherboards.com
• Sharky Extreme
• WebHQ Motherboard Manuals Data and More

Other Hardware

• Winbond Electronics Corp. Chip manufacturer
• AOC International Ltd.
• Altera Programmable logic
• Xilinx Programmable logic
• Elcom Technologies Home transceivers for video, audio etc.
  
  
• Toshiba
• Toshiba Manuals
• Toshiba Index of files

Communication

• Acer America/AOpen
• Archtek Telecom Corporation
• Boca Research Inc
• Deltacomm Maker of Telix and Telix for Windows
• Multi-Tech Systems Inc.
• Pacific Image Communications Maker of SuperVoice
• Rockwell Semiconductor Systems
• U.S. Robotics Home Page
• Maxtech
• Zoltrix

Printers

• See also under distribution for refills
• Brother International Corporation
• Lexmark
• Epson

Operating Systems

Microsoft / Windows

• Microsoft www.microsoft.com
• Microsoft Network www.msn.com
• Microsoft Canada Events
• Microsoft Canada Events Downloads from presentations
• Microsoft Canada Shelf Talk For Microsoft retailers
• Microsoft Canada - Personal Information Center Customized content for you.
• Microsoft www.microsoft.com - online search
• Microsoft Developers Network Includes the old sitebuilder. Old location: Microsoft Developers Network
• MSDN Online Special Training Offers
• Microsoft XML site
• Microsoft Exchange Appfarm
• Microsoft Data access site
• Microsoft Workshop Has sample images, tools, etc.
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Support
• Microsoft Outlook Support Has lots of support information.
• Microsoft Direct X
• Microsoft Research
• Digital's Windows NT Home Page
• Beverly Hills Software Windows NT resource center
• Ottawa PC User's Group
  
  
• Service Pack listings
• Microsoft DLL version listing tool Great way to find out what versions of a Microsoft DLL exist and which products contain the various updates.

Linux

• Ottawa-Carleton Linux User's Group
• Redhat Leading source for Linux
• Corel - Linux site
• Linux Applications Large distribution site.
• Linux Canada
• Slackware
• Linux Documentation Project Great source of documentation
  
  
• Floppix Linux on a floppy
• Slackware ZipSlack, linux that runs under Windows
• Floppix Floppy based linux, 2 disks
• Tom's Root Boot Floppy based linux, 1 disk, no hard disk access
• linuxnobis

Other Unix derivatives

• QNX Operating System
• LYNX Operating System

Android

• appszoom

Other

• Amiga
• Be Inc. BeOS. They also have a BeOS 5.0 free version

Programming

• See also the Operating Systems section above.
• See also the Internet services for the Webmaster section.
• Borland / Inprise
• PowerSoft Maker of Watcom C/C+
• Symantec Corporation Home Page
• developer.com Lots of information sorted by technology/language
• bugtoaster.com List of crashes in all sorts of applications, lists dll versions and details of crash
• Scratch Programming language suite to learning the basics of computer programming

  Java, JavaScript etc.

  • Sun's Java Page
  • Ottawa Java Users Group (OJUG)
  • PC Magazine Your Guide to Java for 1998 -- Online Java Resources
  • Microsoft Technologies for Java Home Page
  • The Free Site Javascript, Java, free Java applets, programmers
  • Netscape's developer site
  • Cut'n'paste Javascript
  • The Dynamic Duo A cross-browser API for Dynamic HTML.
  • The JavaScript Source
  • Ottawa Java Users Group (OJUG)
  • Danny Goodman's site Author of reference books. Book updates

  ASP

  • SharpDevelop Open Source Projects for the .NET Platform
  • ASP.NET Web Matrix ASP.NET Web Matrix is a community-supported, easy-to-use WYSIWYG application development tool for ASP.NET
  • asptoday.com

Virus detection

• Symantec - virus database, or symantec Maker of Norton antivirus
• Dr. Solomon (S&S International Ltd.) Virus scanning software
• McAfee Home Page Virus detection, system utilities. Virus Information Library
• ezAntivirus Computer Associates eTrust
• grisoft AVG Anti-Virus, they offer a free version also.
• Avast! antivirus Free version for home users
• Trend Micro Free online virus scan
• AVG Free version available
• Online malware scan Upload a file to have it scanned by all the popular virus scanners at one time.

Software

• Adobe Systems Incorporated Photoshop, PageMaker, FrameMaker, Acrobat, and many other titles. PDFzone.COM .PDF related web site.
• Allaire Maker of 'Cold Fusion', Homesite. Alternate address for Cold Fusion, also see The OTTAWA Chapter of the ColdFusion User Group
• ajax Launch.com Browser based applications
• Artisoft Home Page
• Buerg Computers Maker of LIST and other useful utilities.
• Broderbund Software Inc.
• Cheyenne Software Inc. Fax Server software
• Corel Corporation Home Page
• CorelNET Resources page
• Corel's Designer.com Information for graphics designers
• Creative Labs, Inc. Maker of SoundBlaster etc.
• Gibson Research Corporation Maker of the Spinrite disk utility.
• IBM FTP Site
• Interact Commerce Corporation ACT! contact management, Formerly Symantec
• Ipswitch Maker of WS_FTP
• Helios Software Solutions maker of textpad
• Intuit / Quicken Financial management
• Inso Maker of the QuickView program
• JASC Software Paint Shop Pro
• The Learning Company Language training CD-ROMs
• Macromedia Shockwave and other internet content software
• Netscape's Home Page
• Opera software Maker of the Opera WWW browser.
• Photonet Picture browser software used by Black's camera
• PKWare Maker of PKZIP etc.
• Power Quest Maker of Partition Magic
• Blue Sky Software RoboHelp maker
• Seagate Software
• Symantec Corporation Home Page Maker of Norton Utilities. (& Quarterdeck)
• Visio Corp. Drawing package
• WinZip
• WordPerfect Corp. Corel
• Wordperfect WPWIN 6.1 add-on for HTML 1.9mb
• Search Novell Information Assets
• Voice recognition software
• Beta Bites Site devoted to beta testing, lists betas available.
• Xequte Maker of EZ-Pix, an excellent program for viewing graphics
• Microsoft DLL version listing tool Great way to find out what versions of a Microsoft DLL exist and which products contain the various updates.
  
  

  Shareware, freeware, download sites etc.

• Oldapps nice collection of many older versions of popular software
• www.pcmag.com/utilities
• Shareware.com (CNET) Assorted stuff to download
• Simtel.Net - Keith Petersen's Shareware Distribution Network
• TUCOWS - lots of programs, has ratings for each - hmm, lots of averts now
• ZDNet
• Download Safari
• Garbo, A shareware programs distribution library
• SoftSource Netscape plug-ins for DXF viewing etc.
• updates.com Ziff-Davis, Good source for software downloads, Free service listing updates
• Walnut Creek CDROM (www.cdrom.com) Large shareware archieve
• Hitsquad Lots of music software for download
• WinDrivers.Com The World Wide Web's #1 Resource for Windows drivers.
• 32Bit Software
• Shareware Music Machine Music shareware
• openoffice.org free office software, downloads large tho!
• sysinternals.com utilities, wininternals.com Now incorporated into Microsoft
• cdburnerxp.se free cd/dvd burner software
• PDQ Library: Internet Software Good list of links for internet related software, mostly free: browser, ftp, virus, spyware etc.
• Giveaway of the Day One free software package each day. Or Game Giveaway of the Day

Distribution

• tigerdirect.ca Toronto?
• ncix
• Camelot-Info Inc. On-line computer bookstore, Canadian. Books, some software.
• CNET shopper.com Price comparision on computer hardware.
• auction4it On-line auctions. Toronto?
• Comdex Trade show
• Pricewatch.Com Lots of on-line price data, USA.
• btecanada Markham
• Modcom Electronics Outlet College St., Toronto

  In Ottawa

  • Computer Shops in Ottawa-Carleton
  • factorydirect.ca Canada's Computer Liquidator
  • Sprint Computer Has detailed technical info on website.
  • PC Cyber detailed products and prices on website
  • bewawa Was OEM Express.com Kanata
  • Orleans Computers Online prices only.
  • Canada Computers
  • Fedacom
  • Laurier Computer
  • Dell
  • shoprbc (RB Computing)
  • Northern Micro
  • Bloom MicroTech
  • Flat Planet
  • Futureshop (futureshop.ca)
  • The Source by Circuit City Formerly Radio Shack (Canada)
  • MDG
  • Everbest
  • Busat Computers includes some recycling
  • Used...
    • RefurbComputers.ca O'Connor St.
    • The pcroom Website not very useful
    • The Trailing Edge Surplus, used etc.
    • ottawalaptops.com
    • Computer Care Center Used equipment & repairs, laptops in particular
    • Right Stop Printers and supplies mainly.
  • Printer ink/toner...
    • Printwell Refills
    • Island Ink Jet Refills
    • Right Stop Printers and supplies mainly.
    • Nomi Computer Sense Ink-Jet refills GONE?
    • WISC services printer repairs

• Microsoft Terraserver Russian SPIN-2, USGS imagery.
• Earth Resource Mapping (ERM)
• NASA - J-Track 3D Satellite tracking - lets you see where they all are in real time.
• NASA Destination Earth
• NASA - mission to planet earth
• NASA - mission to planet earth (FTP)
• SPOT Image
• Earthwatch Distributor of SPOT data
• Photos from space
• Vysor Stewart Dibbs' company

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