Sunday, July 7, 2013

Silverwand Software

A collection of freely downloadable software developed by Brendan Bellina. This software is made available for download for individual usage only. It cannot be re-distributed, modified, or included in any distributed works without the express permission of the author.

Currently Active Software Locations

Silverwand Software (hosted at Google Drive) (all of my free software is available here)

Software Categories

Web Browser Enhancements (Bookmarklets)

All Macintosh Software
- AppleScripts
Apple Dashboard Widgets - A number of Apple Dashboard Widgets primarily for LDAP searches against public LDAP directories. These may no longer function.
 - HyperCard stacks including HyperBattleship! patched for Mac OS 9, MacBalloonMaker, and MacMerlin
- Kaleidoscope Themes (Mac OS 9) including Corwin of Amber
- Wineskin for CiderPress (added 5/27/20)

All Apple IIGS Software
- Hypercard IIGS stacks including:
  • BalloonMaker - Add Balloon Help to your HyperCard GS stacks
  • Color Click - An educational stack for learning colors
  • Extras v1.1 - Adds an Extras menu to your HyperCard Home stack
  • GSOS Splash Color - Modify the GSOS Splash page colors for GSOS 5.0.4, 6.0.0, 6.0.1, and 6.0.4 (added in v2)
  • HyperTalk Tutor 101 - Teaches the basics of HyperTalk. Used for A2-University in 1994. Includes both the lesson stacks and the transcripts from the online course.
  • Key Navigator - adds Keyboard Navigation to HyperCard GS stacks
  • Merlin GS - a simulator for the Merlin handheld toy
  • No Worries v1.4 - A program launcher HyperCard stack based on Apple's At Ease program.
  • Pyramid - A Pyramid solitaire stack
  • Word Scrambler - A stack that demonstrates scrambling letters in a word. Accompanied by an Applesoft BASIC program.
  • HCGS Extras
  • Script-Central Special Edition 2020 (v5n1)
  • Script-Central Special Edition 2021 (v6n1)
  • Script-Central Special Edition v7n1 (2022 #1)
- GS/OS Finder icons - The bbellina2020icns.2mg disk image includes a set of icons inspired by the Copland OS that was never released by Apple as well a number of custom icons for system files, disks, and the Finder trash can.

- Generic Drive Images - These 32MB ProDOS disk images include GSOS 6.0.1 and a variety of useful IIGS software.

Apple Users Group of Michiana (AUGM) newsletters - These newsletters from 1991-1993 were designed in GraphicWriter III and are available both as disk images and pdf.

Yahoo! Widgets - a large number of my Yahoo! Widgets for displaying icons, displaying weather maps for various states, an LDAP search client, and the Merlin 78 simulator. Requires the Yahoo! Widget Engine to be installed. This is software that is no longer provided or supported by Yahoo!

Baldur's Gate Enhancements - compatible with BG2 and BG1Tutu

Icewind Dale II Enhancements

Neverwinter Nights Mods and Documents

Neverwinter Nights 2 Enhancements


About this Page

I began publishing my software under the name "Silverwand Software" in 1982. I have always recognized that any success I have had writing software has depended greatly on the work and generosity of other software developers and engineers and so I have never charged anything for my work. Over the years I have used several distribution channels for my work, including, but not limited to: GEnie, America Online (AOL), personal websites hosted by various educational institutions I have attended and/or worked for, and public type-specific websites such as the Apple Widget Gallery, Yahoo! Widget Gallery, the Neverwinter Nights 2 Vault at IGN, and the NexusMod site. For various reasons most of these solutions have not withstood the test of time. My hope is to create a single publicly accessible repository for all of my work that will survive for the foreseeable future.

This blog post will serve as the launch page for my software. It will include links to more specific blog posts and those will include download links for the actual software. I will host the software sites that will not require accounts to download from. In the event that those services are retired I will try to relocate the software and then update the links on the blog pages.  One advantage of using the blog pages is that any comments or feedback people may have about a piece of software can be posted on the appropriate blog page.

Thank you for your interest.

Brendan Bellina
July, 2013

No comments:

Post a Comment