Dr. Lex' Software page

Here's a collection of various stuff I've made for various platforms. Some if it is updated regularly, but other stuff is getting pretty old and may only be useful if you're some kind of software antiquarian. Therefore, I more or less sorted the items in each category from least to most obsolete. Of course, the whole "Classic Mac OS" category is obsolete by itself.

If you want to link to a software download, you must link to the download page, not the file itself. Due to misbehaving crawlers and bots, I had to prohibit access to large files if the download doesn't originate from within this site. This means you will also get a 403 error if you use a browser that leaves the 'HTTP referrer' blank.

Fonts & Sounds • Mac OS X software • Cross-Platform & Scripts • Marathon • Classic Mac OS software • Linux software

Fonts & Sounds

• MP3 Test Files
  MP3 files with pure sine wave sounds and frequency sweeps.
• Fonts
  TrueType fonts (for both Classic Mac OS and OS X/Windows/Linux.)

Mac OS X software

• SpectroGraph
  A visual plug-in for iTunes.
• iTunes Metadata and ReplayGain importer scripts
  Allows to use ReplayGain with Ogg files in iTunes, and imports some missing info fields. This webpage also contains an explanation of why more recent music generally sounds louder and why this is a bad thing.
• Radio Paradise Widget
  A widget for OS X Dashboard (introduced in 10.4 'Tiger'), which displays the last 4 songs from Radio Paradise's playlist in real-time.
• OS X Screen Savers
  A few simple, but effective, screensavers for Mac OS X, including the incredible Black Screen!
• CM6206 Enabler
  A program that activates the analog outputs and optical S/PDIF on USB 5.1 audio cards that use the C-Media CM6206 chip.
• ROTT for OS X
  An OS X port of the 1995 DOS game 'Rise Of The Triad' from Apogee. Ludicrous gibs!

Cross-Platform & Scripts

• AutoStereo2Depth
  Automatically extracts depth (3D shapes) from autostereograms, the kind of images where you need to stare and force your eyes in an unnatural pose until a 3D image appears. It can also convert an autostereogram to an anaglyph to make viewing easier.
• Id3Gain
  Calculates ReplayGain for MP3 files and stores the gain information in ID3 tags, for use by media players like Rockbox. Can also upgrade iTunes' Sound Check adjustment to ReplayGain.
• CGI Form Mail script
  A basic script that allows to send e-mail from within your website without using spam-attracting 'mailto:'-links.
• Contypesux
  A CGI script to use in combination with htaccess, to prevent huge bandwidth space waste by Internet Explorer visitors.
• mirc2irssi
  A Perl script that converts mIRC logs to irssi format.

Marathon

• Dr. Lex' Marathon Page
  Marathon was one of the most successful, if not the most successful, first-person shooters in the early days of Mac gaming. The game has now been made open source so it can be played on several platforms. This page is an ode to the quality of the game, and includes some downloads like custom maps.

Classic Mac OS software

• HTML TagWriter
  A text-based HTML editor, with pop-up menu tag editing, Cascading Style Sheet editor and some special tools to automate otherwise time-consuming tasks.
• 3D Utilities
  HyperCard stacks which can generate or manipulate 3D files that can also be used in the freeWare program "Rotater".
• HyperCard Stuff
  A collection of various HyperCard stacks, ranging from useful to totally useless.
• MACAST Skins
  Two totally antiquated but still original skins for the equally antiquated MACAST (formerly MacAmp).

Linux software

• Speaker Simulator Plugin
  A plug-in for XMMS which makes listening with headphones more enjoyable.