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- Subject: Useful MSDOS Programs at SimTel and Garbo (Part 1 of 2)
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- Summary: A list of recommended msdos programs available from major ftp sites
- Keywords: SimTel, Garbo, Oak, sharewares, freewares, pd programs, ftp
- X-Last-Updated: 1994/04/04
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- Archive-name: msdos-archives/part1
- Last-modified: April 3, 1994
- Version: 3.3
-
- ** maintenance release **
-
- Useful MSDOS Programs at SimTel and Garbo (Part 1 of 2)
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- **** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files ****
-
- Compiled by Samuel Ko (sko@helix.net)
-
- This is a good selection of the "best" sharewares and freewares that are
- available mostly from the SimTel Software Repository (previously, the
- SIMTEL20 archive site) and the Garbo ftp site (garbo.uwasa.fi).
-
- This list contains many commonly-and-frequently-wanted sharewares/freewares/
- public domain programs. So, before you post any requests for ftp'able MSDOS
- files in comp.archives.msdos.d, comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted or other msdos/pc
- newsgroups, please try to read the list first. This will help reduce the
- traffic in those groups a bit. Besides you might find some other interesting
- stuff here.
-
- For security reasons the SimTel Software Repository is located on a host that
- is not accessible by Internet users, however its files are available by
- anonymous ftp from the primary mirror site Oak (oak.oakland.edu) and secondary
- mirror sites (a list of which can be found in Appendix 1). I, therefore, use
- the directories of Oak in this compilation.
-
- If you do not have ftp access, please read Appendix 2 for instructions
- on how to obtain most of the files listed below by e-mail.
-
- ** As most files listed here are zipped, you will need ...
- either pkunzip.exe v.2.04g in pkz204g.exe
- or unzip.exe v.5.1 in unz51x.exe to unzip them.
- Please refer to Section B below to find where these can be obtained. **
- (It's also important to remember to transfer the files in BINARY setting
- both from the ftp site to your host and from your host to your computer.)
-
- Thanks to all who have helped in improving the list. However, to save
- some bandwidth, I do not want to include a very very long list of
- acknowledgment. I do sincerely thank each and every one of you who has
- contributed to this compilation in one way or the other. So, this collection
- is the product of the combined wisdom of many netnews readers and archive
- users. (yes, errors and shortcomings are my responsibility :-)
-
- Any further comments and suggestions will be very much appreciated. I am
- particularly interested in any programs that you think are better than those
- listed below.
-
- The list should be (more or less) accurate as of April 2, 1993. However, as
- the world of archive files is rapidly changing, many entries here may be
- dated soon. So, please read the newsgroup comp.archives.msdos.announce or
- consult the index files of the archive sites to keep yourself informed of the
- latest uploads and changes. [ you may regard this as a disclaimer :-) ]
-
- I will try to update and post this regularly.
-
- General format of an entry:
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Name and/or Description
- Version: The latest release
- Upload Date: The date the program was uploaded to SimTel or Oak
- File: The name of the file that corresponds to the program
- Size: The size of the archive file
- Location: The directory from which the file can be found
- Status: Shareware / Freeware Info
- Shareware - copyrighted (or patented) programs distributed and sold
- on a "try before you buy" basis.
- Freeware - copyrighted programs which do not require compensation
- for use in most cases.
- Public Domain - free from copyrights; open to use by anyone
- without compensation.
- Comment: My comment and supplementary info
- Alternative: Other similar program
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Contents:
-
- Part I
- ------
- * Trivia ...
- * Section A: Application Programs
- * Section B: Compression / Decompression Programs
- * Section C: Utilities
- Area 1: 4DOS
- Area 2: Disk Utilities
- Area 3: Directory Utilities
- Area 4: File / Text Utilities
- Area 5: Screen Utilities
-
- [ Part II
- -------
- Area 6: System Utilities
- Area 7: Other Utilities
- * Section D: Anti-Virus Programs
- * Section E: Editors
- * Section F: Communication Programs
- * Section G: Miscellaneous Files
- * Section H: Windows Programs (experimental)
- --
- * Appendix 1: Mirror sites (and some best ftp sites)
- * Appendix 2: Obtaining files by e-mail
- * Appendix 3: Getting upload announcements by e-mail
- * Appendix 4: How to do anonymous ftp? ]
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Trivia ...
- 1) purposes ?
- This is a collection of many useful, common, and popular sharewares,
- freewares, and public domain programs ... It will (I hope) give you
- (especially those who are new to the world of archive files) a good idea
- on the range of files and programs you can obtain from major DOS ftp
- sites ...
- This list also aims to promote high-quality sharewares, freewares
- and public domain programs ... (see 3) below)
-
- 2) "useful" ?
- a) most of the programs listed below should enhance DOS in one way or
- another ...
- b) most of them should work on any DOS-based computers (from XTs to
- 486s, from monochrome to SVGA, etc ...)
- c) most of them can be run by intuition, i.e. you don't have to read
- the manuals pages after pages to get the programs started ...
- "If an experienced user who is not familiar with the particular
- program is still practically stuck after the first ten minutes, the
- user interface of a PD or a shareware program is unacceptable, however
- good and useful the application may otherwise be." - Timo Salmi
- d) most of them should be relatively bug-free ...
-
- 3) highly recommended items ...
- * PC Write * Explosiv - screen saver
- * AsEasyAs Spreadsheet * DAZZLE
- * Envision Publisher * SCROLLit - screen scroll-back
- * Draft Choice CAD * THEDRAW
- * PKWare pkzip/unzip * HyperDisk
- * ARJ file archiver * TSR Utilities
- * FV - archive file viewer * Hbreak
- * Shez - compression shell * Cal - unix-like
- * GNU zip * Geoclock
- * PKLite - executable compresor * The Animated Series
- * 4DOS - command.com replacement * Skyglobe
- * Disk Copy Fast * McAfee scan/clean/vshield
- * Another Change Directory (ACD) * F-Prot
- * StupenDOS * TBAV
- * List * QEDIT
- * Derr's FileFinder * GSZ - X/Y/Zmodem
- * Duplicate File Locator * Telemate
- * Fgrep - text searching * Telix
- * View - file viewer * Terminate
- * uuencode/decode * moder.lst
- * GNU diff * DOOM
- * CompuShow -
- * VPIC picture file
- * DVPEG viewers
- * QPEG -
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section A: Application Programs
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: PC-Write Advanced Level Word-Processor
- Version: 4.1
- Upload Date: 93/10/29
- Files: pcw41{a,b,c}.zip
- Size: 1,685,846 bytes (total)
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/editor
- garbo: /pc/txtutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: PC-Write is undoubtedly one of the most sophisticated word-processor
-
- Also, in /pub/msdos/editor,
- njs30*.zip - a good Chinese shareware word processor
- njj30*.zip - a good Japanese shareware word processor
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: AsEasyAs Spreadsheet
- Version: 5.5c
- Upload Date: 93/03/22
- Files: asa55c-{1,2}.zip
- Size: 409,045 bytes (total)
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/spredsht
- garbo: /pc/spreadsheet
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A powerful Lotus 123 clone ...
-
- Alternative: Spreadsheet Calculator (sc621.zip) - this is the PC port of
- a simple Unix spreadsheet program
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended ... but -------->
- Program: Buttonware's PC-File Database [ Removed from the archive sites
- Version: 7.0 due to the program's excessive
- Upload Date: 93/10/29 distribution restriction ... :-( ]
- Files: pcf70{a,b,c,d}.zip
- Size: 1,176,477 bytes (total)
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dbase
- garbo: /pc/database (not the latest)
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: This is definitely the most popular and powerful shareware
- database program ...
-
- Alternative: RExL (rexl211{a,b,c}.zip in /pub/msdos/database) (oak only)
- File expresss (fe51-{a,b,c}.zip) (ditto)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: EnVision Publisher
- Version: 1.54
- Upload Date: 93/11/27
- Files: evp154{a,b}.zip
- Size: 668,569 bytes (total)
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskpub
- garbo: not available
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Great! ... A WYSIWYG full-feature desktop publishing program ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: Draft Choice CAD
- Version: 2.0
- Upload Date: 92/07/15
- File: dc20.zip
- Size: 314,791 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/cad
- garbo: /pc/cad
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A good computer-assisted-design program ... Get dcfonts.zip ...
-
- BTW ...
- Data flow diagrams ...
- - Analyst's Toolkit (atk18ibm.zip in /pub/msdos/flowchrt) - good
- - EasyCase (ezcase17.zip in /pub/msdos/pgmutil) - a limited CASE
- Flow-Charts ...
- - FLODRAW (fdrw225{a,b}.zip - /pub/msdos/flowchrt) (CGA only)
- Project Management ...
- - Easy Project (ezprj402.zip - /pub/msdos/flowchrt)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: X(Plore) Mathematical Toolchest
- Version: 4
- Upload Date: 92/06/08
- File: cc4-9206.zip
- Size: 417,716 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/calculat
- garbo: /pc/math
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A sophisticated calculus calculator ... doing numeric math ...
-
- Alternatives: Symbolic Calculator (sm30a.zip) - doing symbolic math
- Mercury (mrcry209.zip) - solving equations (in /.../math for oak)
-
- BTW, a good plotting program is GNUPLOT (gpt35exe.zip in /pub/msdos/plot)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section B: Compression / Decompression Programs
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Synopsis - DOS and UNIX
- ~~~~~~~~
- DOS UNIX
- --- ----
- *.zip pkz204g.exe --
- zip20x.zip zip201.zip (or .tar.Z)
- unz51x.exe unzip51.zip (or .tar.Z)
-
- *.arj arj241a.exe --
- unarj241.zip unarj241.tar-z (or .tar.Z)
-
- *.lzh lha213.exe (lha255b.exe) lha-101u.tar-z (or .tar.Z)
- (*.lha)
-
- *.arc pk361.exe arc521e.tar-z (oak)
- arc602.exe arc.tar.Z (garbo)
-
- *.zoo zoo210.exe zoo210.tar-z (or .tar.Z)
- booz20.zip booz20.tar-z (or .Z)
-
- *.hpk hpack78.zip hpack78src.tar.Z (garbo only)
-
- *.ha ha098.zip --
-
- *.sqz sqz1083e.exe --
-
- *.uc2 uc2ins.exe --
-
- *.tar tar4dos.zoo on your system
-
- *.Z comp430d.zip on your system
-
- *.F -- freeze *
-
- *.z -- pack (on your system)
- (or *.gz) gzip124.zip gzip-1.2.4.tar-Z (or tar.Z)
-
- *.exe/ pklte115.zip --
- *.com lzexe91e.zip
- diet145f.zip
-
- * freeze is a new Unix compression program ... Get it from
- /usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume25/freeze at wuarchive ...
-
- The Unix version of these compression/decompression programs are
- obtainable from oak: /pub/misc/unix or garbo: /unix/arcers ...
-
- Information on the DOS version is as follows ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: PKWare pkzip, pkunzip, pkzipfix and zip2exe package
- Version: 2.04g
- Upload Date: (to garbo) 93/02/01
- File: pkz204g.exe
- Size: 202,574 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
- garbo: /pc/arcers (the old version (pkz110eu.zip) is in /pc/goldies)
- Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
- Comment: Simply the best zip / unzip for DOS ...
- **** THIS (pkz204g.exe) IS ABSOLUTELY AND POSITIVELY A MUST ****
-
- BTW ... to split large zip files to smaller zip files, get
- zipsplit (zipspl12.zip) ... And ZipView (zipvu124.zip) is a
- good program for viewing (and executing) files inside *.zip ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Info-Zip's Zip
- Version: 2.0
- Upload Date: 93/09/15
- File: zip20.zip
- Size: 176,302 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
- garbo: /pc/arcers (also, zcryp20x.zip, with encryption support)
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: pkzip "clone" ... and this one is free ...
- Source codes (for many OS): zip201.zip
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Info-Zip's Unzip
- Version: 5.1
- Upload Date: 94/02/21
- File: unz51x.exe
- Size: 87,745 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: unzip 5.1 can handle files zipped with zip 1.0/2.0 and pkzip
- 1.1/1.93/2.04 ...
- The faster 32-bit version can be found in unz51x3.exe ...
- Source codes (for many OS): unzip51.zip
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: ARJ file archiver
- Version: 2.41a
- Upload Date: 93/07/27
- File: arj241a.exe
- Size: 223,856 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
- Comment: Another major compression/archive program ... Good ...
- If you just want to decompress *.arj files, get unarj241.zip ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: LZH archive make / extract program
- Version: 2.13
- Upload Date: 91/08/07
- File: lha213.exe
- Size: 44,416 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: Good ... especially for creating self-extracting files ...
-
- And you can get the new version 2.55b (lha255b.exe) from garbo ...
- But the enclosed documentation is in Japanese ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: ARC file packer / unpacker
- Version: 3.61
- Upload Date: 88/08/01
- File: pk361.exe
- Size: 119,598 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
- Comment: A bit dated compression program ... but still essential ...
-
- Alternative: ARC (arc602.exe) (garbo only)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Dhesi's make/extract/view ZOO archiver
- Version: 2.10
- Upload Date: 91/07/12
- File: zoo210.exe
- Size: 55,721 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zoo
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Public Domain
- Comment: Good and essential ...
- If you only want a *.zoo file extractor, get booz20.zip ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Hpack multisystem archiver
- Version: 0.78
- Upload Date: 92/12/31
- File: hpack078.zip
- Size: 113,973 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: yet another fine archiver ... but slow compression :( ...
-
- And if you want another slow - but pretty efficient - archiver,
- get HA (ha098.zip) (garbo only) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: SQZ - SQUEEZE
- Version: 1.083
- Upload Date: 93/02/10
- File: sqz1083e.exe
- Size: 119,203 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: A nice archiver from Sweden ... Try it ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: UltraCompressor II
- Version: II
- Upload Date: 94/03/21
- File: uc2ins.exe
- Size: 170,696 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: This one compresses better than anything else :-)
- Ultracrypt (encryption) can be found in /pc/arcutil/crysaf.uc2)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: FV - Buerg's archive files viewer
- Version: 1.45
- Upload Date: 93/11/27
- File: fv145.zip
- Size: 8,843 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arcutil
- garbo: /pc/arcutil
- Status: Shareware, Free for personal/private use
- Comment: A very good utility for viewing and handling different types
- of compressed files ...
-
- Alternative: RView (rv249.zip) - also RV-Shell (rvs110.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: General Unpack Shell
- Version: 1.70
- Upload Date: 92/09/27
- File: gus_170.zip
- Size: 32,491 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arcutil
- garbo: /pc/arcutil
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: Interesting ... Can look for the right decompression program
- to extract a compressed file ...
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: ZZAP
- Version: 6.6a
- Upload Date: 93/01/10
- File: zzap66a.zip
- Size: 108,254 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
- garbo: /pc/arcutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A fine program that can convert compressed files from one format
- to another ...
-
- Alternative: AC (ac300.zip - oak: /pub/msdos/arcutil) - menu driven
-
- BTW, for a comparison of different compression programs, take a look at
- the file arctst02.zip (oak: /pub/info) ... And according to Greg Flint who
- did the tests: "In general, the fastest archiver and de-archiver were PKZIP
- 2.04g and its companion PKUNZIP. The greatest compression was achieved by
- ha 0.98 although it was the second slowest (trailed only by "scrnch")."
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: Shez
- Version: 9.8 (frequently updated)
- Upload Date: 94/03/31
- File: shez98.zip
- Size: 273,959 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arcutil
- garbo: /pc/arcutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: More sophisticated shell for manipulating different types
- of compressed files (including *.uc2 files) ... There is also a
- tutorial, get shezt.zip ...
-
- Alternative: ArcMaster (am101.zip) - good
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Unix-compatible 16bit Compress/Uncompress/Zcat
- Version: 4.30
- Upload Date: 90/10/13
- File: comp430d.zip
- Size: 20,241 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/compress
- garbo: /pc/unix
- Status: Public Domain
- Comment: For extracting/making Unix *.Z files ...
-
- The best thing to do is to copy comp430d.exe to compress.exe,
- uncompre.exe and zcat.exe ... To uncompress a *.Z file, simply
- type uncompre(ss) *.Z ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: GNU zip
- Version: 1.2.4
- Upload Date: 93/09/15
- File: gzip124.zip
- Size: 116,919 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/compress
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: GNU zip is designed to replace UNIX's Compress ... gzip uses the
- same algorithm as Info-Zip's zip, so it can compress better than
- Compress and is free of any patent disputes ...
-
- To uncompress *.z or *.gz (files compressed with gzip), type
- gzip -d *.z or gzip -d *.gz ...
- And gzip -d can also uncompress *.Z (files compressed with Compress)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Tar (tape archiver) ...
- Version: -
- Upload Date: (to garbo) 90/03/21
- File: tar4dos.zoo
- Size: 36,824 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/fileutil (as tar4dos.zip)
- garbo: /pc/unix
- Status: Public Domain
- Comment: This is the most Unix-compatible tar clone for DOS ...
- To untar a *.tar file ... enter tar xvf *.tar ...
-
- Alternative: tar314us.zip (supports compress and gzip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: Pklite - Executable File Compressor
- Version: 1.15
- Upload Date: 92/08/10
- File: pklte115.zip
- Size: 41,282 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/execomp
- garbo: /pc/execomp
- Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
- Comment: Can compress executable files (*.exe/*.com) ... Really Good ...
-
- Alternatives: Lzexe (lzexe91e.zip + unlzexe8.zip)
- Diet (diet145f.zip) - can compress not only executables, but
- also data files ... (for oak: in /pub/msdos/dsktul)
-
- BTW, Dirx (drx110.zip) can tell you which executables are compressed ...
- UNP (unp315.zip) can unpack all (?) types of compressed executables ...
- DISLITE (dislt115.zip) can uncompress "unextractible" executables ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Further reference:
- 1) The 3-part FAQs for the comp.compression newsgroups by Jean-loup Gailly ...
- (Part I: practical usage - Part II: how compression works) ...
- Read them on news.answers or get them from rtfm.mit.edu
- (as /pub/usenet/news.answers/compression-faq/part{1,2,3}) or oak (
- /pub/msdos/info) or garbo (/pc/doc-net) as faqc9403.zip ...
-
- 2) Get the file compression from ftp.cso.uiuc.edu (in /doc/pcnet) ...
- Maintained by David Lemson, this file has additional info on different
- compression/decompression programs for many different operating systems.
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section C: Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 1: 4DOS
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended **** (unless you've got Norton's NDOS)
- Program: 4DOS command.com replacement
- Version: 5.0 rev. d
- Upload Date: 94/02/21
- File: 4dos50{a,b}.zip
- Size: 500,756 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/4dos
- garbo: /pc/cmd4dos
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: This gives you much much more than MSDOS' command.com ...
- Documentation is in jp4ref.zip ...
- To update to rev. d from earlier 5.0 revisions, get the appropriate
- 4d50*.zip and 4dpatch.zip ...
-
- Lots of accompanying utilities (like 4file2u9.zip and ez-btm09.zip)
- in the 4dos subdirectory ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 2: Disk Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Patriquin Copy
- Version: 9.3
- Upload Date: 93/09/17
- File: pcopy93.zip
- Size: 112,423 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
- garbo: /pc/filecopy
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A good file copier ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: Disk Copy Fast
- Version: 4.6
- Upload Date: 94/04/01
- File: dcf46.zip
- Size: 102,225 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
- garbo: /pc/filecopy
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A good 1-pass "diskcopy" utility ...
-
- Alternatives: OnePass (1pass155.zip), COPYQM (copyq312.zip)
-
- BTW, to copy specified files to the least number of diskettes, get
- FFIT (ffit162.zip) ... Also, a good program to break a large file up into
- pieces and copy it to floppies is slice (oak: /pub/msdos/pcmag/slice13.arc)...
- And to simply break up a large file to pieces of a certain size, use chop (oak:
- /pub/msdos/fileutil/chop31.zip) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: MegaBack disk system backup
- Version: 2.3
- Upload Date: 93/10/31
- File: mback230.zip
- Size: 231,694 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
- garbo: /pc/diskutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Probably the best shareware backup program ...
-
- Alternatives: Stowaway (stow191.zip)
- Flexibak Plus (flexp250.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: FormatMaster
- Version: 5.5
- Upload Date: 93/10/31
- File: fm55.zip
- Size: 100,149 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
- garbo: /pc/format
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: It's a menu-driven "format" utility ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: FD-Format
- Version: 1.8
- Upload Date: 91/07/21
- File: fdform18.zip
- Size: 109056 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
- garbo: /pc/diskutil (as fdform18.lzh)
- Status: Public Domain
- Comment: Can format floppy disks to higher density/storage ...
-
- Alternative: FMT (atfmt100.zip)
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- Program: DOG - Disk OrGanizer
- Version: 3.16
- Upload Date: 92/03/31
- File: dog316.zip
- Size: 54,553 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
- garbo: /pc/diskutil
- Status: Shareware, Free for personal use
- Comment: Can remove fragmentations and rearrange files ...
- Not for **compressed** drive ...
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- Program: HDTEST
- Version: 5.35a
- Upload Date: 92/10/26
- File: hdts535a.zip
- Size: 139,775 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
- garbo: /pc/diskutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A good program for testing and maintaining disks ...
- For analyzing "floppy" disks, get ANADISK (anad207.zip) ...
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- Area 3: Directory Utilities
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- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: ACD - Another Change Directory
- Version: 2.21
- Upload Date: 93/05/27
- File: acd221.zip
- Size: 53,256 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutil
- garbo: /pc/dirutil
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: Good ...
-
- Alternative: CCD (ccd20.zip)
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- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: StupenDOS
- Version: 4.00
- Upload Date: 93/04/23
- File: sd-400.zip
- Size: 158,395 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/fileutil
- garbo: /pc/sysutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A very good file/directory management utility ... supporting
- pkzip 2.04
-
- Alternative: Treeview (treevw11.arc) - a classic file manager
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: List - Vernon Buerg's file viewer and disk utility
- Version: 9.0e
- Upload Date: 93/11/18
- File: list90e.zip
- Size: 106,614 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/textutil
- garbo: /pc/fileutil
- Status: Shareware, Free for personal/private use
- Comment: a MUST ...
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- Program: The Director: Hard disk file/menu manager
- Version: 5
- Upload Date: 92/04/30
- File: directr5.zip
- Size: 358,928 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/menu
- garbo: /pc/dirutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A good collection of programs for managing files and directories ...
-
- BTW, the "best" menu program is AUTOMENU (auto47.zip) (for garbo, in /pc/menu)
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- Program: Directory Scanner
- Version: 4.21b
- Upload Date: 93/11/16
- File: ds421b.zip
- Size: 178,902 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutil
- garbo: /pc/dirutil (not the latest)
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Another good file/directory management program ...
-
- Alternatives: Directory Freedom (df460.zip)
- EDDY (eddy7d.zip (garbo only))
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- Area 4: File / Text Utilities
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- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: Derr's FileFinder
- Version: 4.5
- Upload Date: 94/01/01
- File: fff45.zip
- Size: 192,080 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutil
- garbo: /pc/filefind
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Good ...
-
- Alternatives: FastFileFind (ffff360.zip)
- Target (target15.zip) - a good file locator and manupulator
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- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: Duplicate File Locator
- Version: 3.40
- Upload Date: 94/03/14
- File: dfl340.zip
- Size: 215,141 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutil
- garbo: /pc/filefind
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Looking for duplicates, with lots of options ...
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- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: Fgrep
- Version: 1.72
- Upload Date: 90/05/10
- File: fgrep172.zip
- Size: 12,512 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/textutil
- garbo: /pc/fileutil
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: A good utility to search for file(s) with a string of text ...
-
- Alternative: sgrep (located inside shez*.zip)
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- Program: Flip - Dos - Unix text-file translation
- Version: 1.0
- Upload Date: 89/07/31
- File: flip1exe.zip
- Size: 14,466 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/textutil
- garbo: /pc/unix (as flip1exe.zoo)
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: Probably the best utility to add/remove cr or lf ...
-
- Alternatives: crlf15b.zip, DOSCVT (doscvt27.zip)
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- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: View
- Version: 9.1
- Upload Date: 94/02/21
- File: wpview91.zip
- Size: 58,657 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/wordperf
- garbo: not available
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A very nice viewer for Wordperfect, Word, WinWord, WinWrite, etc files
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- Program: Binary Editor and Viewer
- Version: 1.40
- Upload Date: 93/04/16
- File: beav140.zip
- Size: 94,313 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/binedit
- garbo: /pc/binedit
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: Good ...
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- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: R.E. Marks' UU/XX en/decoder
- Version: 5.25
- Upload Date: 93/12/07
- File: uuexe525.zip
- Size: 32,073 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/decode
- garbo: /pc/decode (also, uuexe522.zip in /pc/goldies)
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: Good and essential for encoding/decoding binary files ...
-
- Alternative: UUDO (uudo13.zip) ... for uudecode only
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- Program: Pretty Good Privacy
- Version: 2.2
- Upload Date: (to garbo) 93/03/07
- File: pgp22.zip
- Size: 209,679 bytes
- Location: oak: not available
- garbo: /pc/crypt
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: This is a very popular but controversial (public key) encryption
- program ...
- The latest version (pgp23a.zip ?) should be available from
- ghost.dsi.unimi.it (in /pub/security)
-
- And there is a shell program for PGP - get pgpshe31.zip (which can
- also be found in oak: /pub/msdos/security) ...
-
- Alternatives: Encrypt (encrypt.zip), Tangle (tangle.zip), Ncrypt (ncrypt31.zip)
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- Program: Dosnx - Unix-like utilities
- Version: 2.2a
- Upload Date: 92/09/26
- File: dosnx22a.zip
- Size: 247,578 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutil
- garbo: /pc/unix
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A good assortment of basic Unix-like stuff ...
-
- Alternatives: GNU file/text utilities (futil14ax.zip in /pub/msdos/gnuish)
- Rutils (rutils40.zip from /pub at ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
- or as file10.zip, rfile10.zip, rtextu10.zip, and rpgmu10.zip
- in /pc/unix at garbo
-
- BTW ... Some other "common" Unix Tools for Dos:
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- less - oak: /pub/msdos/textutil/less177e.zip
- garbo: /pc/unix/less177e.zip
- awk - oak: /pub/msdos/awk/gawk211.zip or mawk10.zip
- sed - oak: /pub/msdos/gnuish/sed106ax.zip
- ksh - oak: /pub/msdos/sysutil/ms_sh22b.zip + uxutl22*.zip
- perl - oak: /pub/msdos/perl/bperl2x.zip (386+) or perl419x.zip
- make - oak: /pub/msdos/c/dmake38e.zip or /pub/msdos/gnuish/make358ax.zip
- garbo: /pc/unix/dmak38e.zip
- rcs - oak: /pub/msdos/gnuish/rcs55ax.zip
- diff - oak: /pub/msdos/textutil/gdiff22a.zip **** Highly Recommended ****
- ispell - oak: /pub/msdos/gnuish/ispel40x.zip
-
- For other Unix and Unix-like programs ... take a look at ...
- wuarchive: /systems/msdos/gnuish or oak: /pub/msdos/gnuish
- garbo: /pc/unix ...
-
- BTW2 ... linux is a freely distributable unix clone for 386+ ... The official
- site for linux is tsx-11.mit.edu (with mirrors around the world) ...
-
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- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: CompuShow 2000 *.gif, *.jpg, etc files viewer
- Version: 1.01
- Upload Date: 94/01/31
- File: cshw101a.zip
- Size: 182,560 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/gif
- garbo: /pc/gifutil (or the classic cshw860a.zip in /pc/goldies)
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Can work on any type of graphical display ...
-
- Alternatives: VPIC (vpic60e.zip) **** Highly Recommended ****
- GIFV (gifv412.zip)
- GIFEXE (gifexe41.zip) ... this makes *.gif self-displaying
-
- BTW ... a bit more on jpeg files ...
- (most files below can be found in oak: /pub/msdos/graphics)
- viewers: HiView (hv12.zip)
- ColorView (dcview21.zip)
- DVPEG (dvpeg30l.zip) - sunee.uwaterloo.ca: /pub/jpeg/viewers **
- ** Highly Recommended ****
- QPEG (qpeg13k.exe) ... a new, fast *.jpg viewer ... can be found
- in /pub/msdos/graphics at ftp.tu-clausthal.de ... **** Highly
- Recommended ****
-
- converters: jpeg <--> gif - jpeg4.zip / jpeg4386.zip
- gif2jpg2.zip
- Image Alchemy (alch17.zip) - this can convert files between
- many different graphics formats ...
-
- BTW2 ... further info on these can be found in the 3-part FAQs for the
- alt.binaries.pictures newsgroups by Jim Howard (part 3 is OS-dependent)
- and the JPEG image compression FAQ by Tom Lane ... Read them on news.answers
- or get them from rtfm.mit.edu (as /pub/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/
- part{1,2,3} and /pub/usenet/news.answers/jpeg-faq) ...
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- Program: Ghostscript
- Version: 2.61
- Upload Date: 93/06/12
- Files: gs261286.zip (for 286) or gs261386.zip (for 386+) and gs261ini.zip
- Size: 548,132 bytes (286) or 740,231 bytes (386)
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/postscrp
- garbo: /pc/fileutil
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: For pre-viewing and printing postscripts files (*.ps or *.eps) ...
- Look for additional/fonts files as well ...
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- Program: PCPS
- Version: 7.80
- Upload Date: 94/03/24
- File: pcps780.zip
- Size: 117,138 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/postscrp
- garbo: /pc/postscript
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: For printing text files on postscript printers ...
-
- And to print two reduced "pages" of plain text on a page (on a
- postscript printer), get 2-up111.zip ...
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- Program: SbTeX
- Version: 3.9
- Upload Date: 93/11/12
- File: sb39tex.zip
- Size: 262,865 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/tex
- garbo: /pc/tex
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: This is a good adaptation of Knuth's Tex ...
- BTW ... Detex (hdetex25.zip) is good for TeX/LaTeX --> text only ...
- BiBTeX (bibdb14d.zip) - a good bibliography manager ...
-
- Alternative: emTeX is a comprehensive PD package of TeX, LaTeX, Metafont, etc.
- It is obtainable from archives.umich.edu (in /msdos/TeX/emTeX)
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- Program: ShareSpell
- Version: 2.3
- Upload Date: 91/04/21
- File: ss23.zip
- Size: 266,521 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/textutil
- garbo: /pc/spell
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A good text file spell-checker ...
-
- Alternatives: amSpell (amspel20.zip) - can spellcheck TeX/LaTeX files
- jspell (jspel202.zip) - ditto
- ispell (ispel40x.zip) - in /pub/msdos/gnuish
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- Program: PC-Proof
- Version: 1.8
- Upload Date: 93/04/14
- File: pc-pro18.zip
- Size: 340,865 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/textutil
- garbo: /pc/spell
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A pretty good grammar checker for word-processed files ...
-
- Alternative: Thelma's grammar/style checker (thlm5081.zip) - this can
- handle only WordPerfect files ... (oak: /pub/msdos/wordperf)
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- Program: WordPerfect Password Decryption
- Version: 2.0
- Upload Date: (to garbo) 91/06/25
- File: wppass2.zip
- Size: 23,321 bytes
- Location: oak: not available
- garbo: /pc/crypt
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: The best password cracker for encrypted WordPerfect files ...
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- Area 5: Screen Utilities
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- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: Explosiv Screen Saver (for DOS and Windows)
- Version: 3.0
- Upload Date: 93/06/15
- File: explosv3.zip
- Size: 204,666 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen
- garbo: /pc/screen (not the latest)
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Marvelous ... lots of displays ...
-
- Alternative: **** Highly Recommended ****
- DAZZLE (dazzl51a.zip) - very impressive ... with evolving
- displays ... requires EGA/VGA
-
- BTW, if you're interested in fractals, get the Frantint fractal generator
- (frain182.zip) in /pub/msdos/grpahics ...
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- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: SCROLLit
- Version: 1.8
- Upload Date: 93/10/20
- File: scrlit18.zip
- Size: 42,426 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen
- garbo: /pc/screen
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A good screen scroll-back buffer utility ...
-
- Alternative: BUFFIT (buffit30.zip)
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- Program: Snipper
- Version: 2.6
- Upload Date: 92/10/28
- File: snippr26.zip
- Size: 20,881 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen
- garbo: /pc/screen
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: Marvelous ... Can capture a text screen to the printer, a file,
- or internal buffer ...
-
- BTW, to capture text or graphics screen to *.gif, *.pcx, etc files, try
- Screen Thief (scthf101.zip) ... and to dump screens to *.pcx files,
- get PCXDUMP (pcxdmp90.zip) ...
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- **** Highly Recommended ****
- Program: THEDRAW
- Version: 4.6.3
- Upload Date: 93/11/13
- File: tdraw463.zip
- Size: 287,754 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen
- garbo: /pc/screen
- Status: Shareware
- Commment: A great colour and monochrome screen image generator/editor ...
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