Chris HEATH: Programs and Utilities

The software is free to a good home except that, for the programs where the source code is not provided, I will ask that you don't disassemble or hack the program in any way.

If you have any suggestions for improvements or find any bugs, I would love you to e-mail me about them. If you like the programs and wish to tell me that, just send an e-card to me at chris@heathens.co.nz . :)

SciCalc

• Current version: 1.1.5
• Platform: Macintosh, systems 6.0 - 9.1
• Description: A scientific calculator with macros, constants (such as e, the charge on an electron), and conversions (such as inches to centimeters). Allows binary, octal, hexadecimal, and of course decimal numbers. Has a small help facility to get you started with some of the handy features.
  Currently you have to use ResEdit to define new macros and conversions, and I am not even thinking about writing an icon editor etc just for this.
• Download:
  • SciCalc.sit.hqx (61K)

• Next version: I'm not sure when I'll get around to this, but I'd like to port this program to Windows.

• Current Version: 2.0 (updated Sept '99)
  This version has a totally revised user interface.
• Previous Version: 1.2.5
• Platform:
  For V2.0: Macintosh PowerPC, Systems 8.0 - 9.1
  For V1.2.5: Macintosh, Systems 7.0 - 9.1
• Description: This is a simple program to change file creators and types. It provides a nice graphical interface for this rather technical side of the Mac System.
  It is especially useful for changing the icons of files you have downloaded off the Internet. Sometimes the browser recognizes the type of file it is downloading, but other times it appears with a blank icon. Use this program to give the file the correct icon so that you can double click on the file to open it.
• Download:
  • IconChanger2.sit.hqx (171K)
• Download old version (1.2.5):
  • IconChanger.sit.hqx (65K)

• Current Version: 1.2
• Platform: Macintosh, Systems 7.0 - 9.1
• Description: This is an improved Printer Driver for the StyleWriter printer (not the StyleWriter II or Color StyleWriter). You can choose whether to print directly to the printer, or to create a standard Macintosh picture (on the clipboard, in a PICT file or in an edition file) which is optimized for later printing to a StyleWriter. When you print the pictures later, for example after having pasted them into a word processor, you must still be using this enhanced printer driver otherwise the optimal quality of the pictures will be lost.
• Technical Info: It would not be that much work to make similar drivers for another type of printer, since it is a "parasite" - it does its extra processing and then calls the old printer driver. However, it would be much more difficult to make one version work for all printers. E-mail me if you would like a version for a different printer, although there is a limit to what I can do without a Mac.
• Download:
  • StylewriterPlus.sit.hqx (103K)

• Current Version: 2.1
• Platform: Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000
• Description: This is an improved version of my Java game Othello. It includes improved graphics, computer versus computer and human versus human modes, and online help.
• Download:
  • Othello.zip (65K, WinZip)
• Source Code: Othsrc.zip

Last changed 9 June 2001