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Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!faqserv From: sko@helix.net (Samuel Ko) Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.answers,news.answers Subject: Useful MSDOS Programs at SimTel and Garbo (Part 2 of 2) Supersedes: <msdos-archives/part2_765391177@rtfm.mit.edu> Followup-To: comp.archives.msdos.d Date: 4 Apr 1994 09:37:36 GMT Organization: The Smart One Info Services, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 1210 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: 28 Apr 1994 09:11:57 GMT Message-ID: <msdos-archives/part2_765450717@rtfm.mit.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: bloom-picayune.mit.edu 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 Originator: faqserv@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU Xref: bloom-beacon.mit.edu comp.archives.msdos.d:6534 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted:10090 comp.os.msdos.apps:8920 comp.os.msdos.misc:15423 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:22903 comp.answers:4579 news.answers:17452 Archive-name: msdos-archives/part2 Last-modified: April 3, 1994 Version: 3.3 Useful MSDOS Programs at SimTel and Garbo (Part 2 of 2) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files **** Compiled by Samuel Ko (sko@helix.net) Contents: Part II ------- * Section C Utilities Area 6: System Utilites Area 7: Other Utilities * Section D: Anti-Virus Programs * Section E: Editors * Section F: Communication Programs * Section G: Miscellaneous Files * Section H: Windows Programs -- * Appendix 1: Mirror Sites * Appendix 2: Obtaining files by e-mail * Appendix 3: Getting upload announcements by e-mail * Appendix 4: How to do anonymous ftp? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 6: System Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: InfoPlus - screens of system info Version: 1.58 Upload Date: 93/10/06 File: ifp1p158.zip Size: 114,149 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/sysinfo garbo: /pc/sysinfo Status: Freeware Comment: Good ... Alternatives: Comptest (ctest259.zip) ASQ (asq130.zip) PC Mag Lab Benchmarks (pcben60{a,b,c}.zip; bench60.zip (garbo)) Microsoft Diagnostics (ga0363.zip) in oak: /pub/msdos/microsoft --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Secure System Login Version: 1.0 Upload Date: 92/08/29 File: login.zip Size: 71,258 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/security garbo: /pub/security Status: Shareware, Free for personal use Comment: Good ... unix-like ... login: ? Password: ? ... Alternative: CCP (ccp11.zip) - a more secure system control program BTW, a nice program to lock your keyboard is pestikid.exe (in the file tsutle22.zip (garbo: /pc/ts) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: HyperDisk Version: 4.65 Upload Date: 93/09/07 File: spkt465s.zip Size: 399,242 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskuti garbo: /pc/diskutil Status: Shareware Comment: Disk caching utilities ... better than the RAM Disk ... And other Speedkit's utilities (HyperKey and HyperScreen) included ... BTW ... Cache Test (ct50.zip) is good for evaluating your disk's cache performance ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: TSR Utilities Version: 3.5 Upload Date: 92/11/24 File: tsrcom35.zip Size: 75,751 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutil garbo: /pc/memutil Status: Freeware Comment: Good ... Can remove TSRs from memory without rebooting ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: File Completion Version: 1.5 Upload Date: 92/08/07 File: filec15.zip Size: 19,564 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutil garbo: /pc/keyboard Status: Freeware Comment: A good TSR program to add filename completion ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Shell Room Version: 2.4b Upload Date: 94/01/11 File: shrom24b.zip Size: 18,145 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutil garbo: /pc/sysutil Status: Shareware Comment: Can swap programs from memory to disk ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: Hbreak system crash recovery utility Version: 5.2 Upload Date: 93/05/25 File: hbreak52.zip Size: 7,031 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutil garbo: not available Status: Freeware Comment: A small tsr utility to abort the execution of program (during crash) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: VMIX Version: 2.85 Upload Date: 93/09/07 File: vmix285.zip Size: 243.935 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutil garbo: not available Status: Shareware Comment: This is a pretty good multitasking/multiuser environment for 286+ And if simply want a multiple program swapper, try FastFlip (fflip218.zip) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 7: Other Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: PC ReadMail Version: 4.1 Upload Date: 93/08/19 File: rmail41.zip Size: 77,931 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/textutil garbo: /pc/mail Status: Freeware Comment: A very good program for reading Unix mails, netnews articles and Timo's FAQs OFFLINE ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: Cal (unix-like) Version: 3.0 Upload Date: 93/10/31 File: cal30.zip Size: 39,138 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskacss garbo: /pc/unix/calendar Status: Freeware Comment: This program can have the current date highlighted on the monthly calendar and a list of important dates displayed ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Ample Notice Version: 3.0 Upload Date: 92/10/07 File: an300.zip Size: 192,263 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskacss garbo: /pc/calendar Status: Shareware Comment: A good appointments calendar / alarm clock package ... Alternative: APCAL (apcal320.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: PCCLOCK Version: 2.15e Upload Date: (to garbo) 93/04/15 File: pccl214e.zip Size: 70,617 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/clock (as pcclk215.zip) garbo: /pc/sysutil Status: Shareware Comment: A fine digital clock with alarm ... can set the time by calling the time server at Boulder, Colorado, USA ... And if you want a simple program to call the time server and set the time on your PC, get settime.zip ... on the other hand, if you want a small digital clock program, get bclk.zip ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: GEOCLOCK Version: 5.1 Upload Date: 93/10/04 File: geoclk51.zip Size: 311,044 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/graphics garbo: /pc/ham Status: Shareware Comment: Giving you a very nice world map ... Requires EGA/VGA ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Ultimate Calculator Version: 1.8 Upload Date: 93/09/15 File: ucalc18.zip Size: 66,158 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/calculat garbo: /pc/math Status: Shareware Comment: A high precision scientific calculator which you can operate at the command prompt ... Alternative: MEC (mathfc23.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Phantom2 Version: 2.9i Upload Date: 94/02/15 File: ptm229i.zip Size: 252,051 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/keyboard garbo: /pc/keyboard Status: Shareware Comment: A good keystroke recording/playing-back utility ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: TypeFast Version: - Upload Date: 90/09/12 File: typefast.zip Size: 91,532 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/educatin garbo: /pc/educgames Status: Public Domain Comment: A game that can improve your typing speed ... Alternative: Typemate (typeen52.zip) - a good typing tutor BTW, if you want an electronic-typewriter emulator, get tp-et.zip ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: The Animated Series Version: 1.0 Upload Date: 92/11 Files: aalpha.zip(Alphabet), aclockmp.zip(Clock), amath1.zip( Math), amdcm1{a,b}.zip(multi/division), amem20.zip(Memory), animshap.zip(Shapes) and awcmp{1,2}.zip(Words) Size: various Location: oak: /pub/msdos/educatin garbo: /pc/educgames Status: Shareware Comment: Animated programs to enhance learning for preschoolers ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: SkyGlobe Version: 3.6 Upload Date: 93/10/16 File: skyglb36.zip Size: 362,704 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/astrnomy garbo: /pc/astronomy Status: Shareware Comment: An easily accessible planetarium displaying stars ... Alternative: COSMOS (cosmos16.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: ACCU Music System Version: 3.7 Upload Date: 94/02/15 File: ac37musd.zip Size: 218,904 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/music garbo: not available Status: Shareware Comment: Create, print, transpose and play music ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Xset - extended set Version: 4.02 Upload Date: 94/03/29 File: xset402.zip Size: 142,635 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/batutil garbo: /pc/envutil Status: Shareware Comment: Putting everything in environment variables ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: DiskUse Version: 1.5 Upload Date (to umich): 93/08/12 File: diskuse.zip Size: 71,062 bytes Location: not at oak or garbo archive.umich.edu: /msdos/util/disk Status: Freeware Comment: This can display your disk usage in a pie chart ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section D: Anti-Virus Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: New versions for these programs are released pretty frequently ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Programs: McAfee anti-virus utilities Version: 9.24 v.113 Upload Date: 94/03/22 Files: scanv113.zip(scanner), clean113.zip(removal), vshld113.zip(prevention) Size: scan(255,246 bytes), clean(274,380 bytes), vshield(146,331 bytes) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus Status: Sharewares Comment: Absolutely and positively the BEST ... BTW ... McAfee's anti-virus (and other) utilities can also be obtained from /pub/antivirus at the ftp site mcafee.com ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: F-Prot anti-virus program Version: 2.11 Upload Date: 94/02/09 File: fp-211.zip Size: 444,391 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus Status: Shareware, Free for private use Comment: a MUST ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: ThunderByte anti-virus Version: 6.12 Upload Date: 94/03/29 File: tbav612.zip Size: 264,268 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus Status: Shareware Comment: A comprehensive package of anti-virus programs ... Very fast scanning!!! ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Integrity Master Version: 2.21 Upload Date: 94/02/21 File: i-m221.zip Size: 326,833 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus (not the latest) Status: Shareware Comment: A good anti-virus + data integrity system ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: VIRx Version: 2.91 Upload Date: 93/11/07 File: virx291.zip Size: 190,064 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus Status: Freeware Comment: A fine virus scanner ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section E: Editors --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: QEdit Version: 3.0c Upload Date: 94/03/23 File: qedit3c.zip Size: 206,203 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/qedit garbo: /pc/editor Status: Shareware Comment: This one is very very good ... I'm using it now :) ... Alternatives: can be found in oak: /pub/msdos/editor Aurora (auror120.zip) - an advanced editor with huge capacity ... Boxer (boxer600.zip) - a good, fully functional editor BREEZE (breeze50.zip) - a good WP/editor with spell checker ... can convert text to text.exe E4 (e4v160.zip) - a nice, easy-to-use editor TDE (tde32a.zip) - a fine, public domain editor VDE (vde171a.zip) - an efficient editor/quasi-word-processor Vision-Edit (vised35.zip) - can edit files up to 4 megabytes -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Elvis Version: 1.8 Upload Date: 94/03/08 File: elv18exe.zip Size: 223,804 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/editor garbo: /pc/editor Status: Freeware Comment: a 99.99% vi clone ... Very very good ... Alternatives: Calvin (calvin22.zip) - a partial vi clone XVi (xviexe.zip) - another vi clone VI Improved (vim20bin.zip) - a nice vi clone Oak Hill Vi (vi62a1.zoo) - a pretty good (but not-free) vi clone - obtainable from plains.nodak.edu (in /pub/pc/editors) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: MicroEmacs Version: 3.12 Upload Date: 93/05/06 Files: ue312ibm.zip and ue312cmd.zip Size: 123,958 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/uemacs garbo: /pc/memacs Status: Freeware Comment: This is a nice emacs clone ... Also, documentation: ue312doc.zip ansi version: ue312ans.zip protected mode (DMPI) version: ue31216m.zip MicroSpell: us20exe.zip + us20doc.zip Alternatives: Freeamcs (emacs16d.zip in /pub/msdos/freemacs) - this one is more compatible with GNU emacs Demacs (dem120e.zip in /pub/msdos/demacs) - MSDOS implementation of GNU emacs - requires 386+ and lots of disk spaces Oemacs (oemacs{1,2,3,4}.zip in /pub/msdos/oemacs) - a version of GNU Emacs 18.59 ... which requires lots of disk space and memory Mutt Editor (me_cd25.zip in /pub/msdos/editor) NotGNU (xnot16.zip in ditto) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Ted (Tiny Editor) Version: 1.0 Upload Date: 88/10/21 File: as part of vol7n19.arc (oak) or vol7n19.zip (garbo) Size: 48,128 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/pcmag garbo: /pc/pcmag Status: Freeware Comment: A really small and efficient editor ... A good rewrite of this program is Terse 1.4 which is obtainable from garbo as /pc/editor/trs140a.zip ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section F: Communication Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: MS Kermit Version: 3.13 Upload Date: 93/10/04 File: msker313.zip Size: 336,286 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/kermit garbo: /pc/termprog Status: Freeware Comment: A good communication program with the best vt100 emulation ... Patches 1-12 are released (look for msr31312.pch (oak only)) ... Also, the offical site for Kermit is watsun.cc.columbia.edu ... Alternatives: COMMO (commo552.zip) (for oak: in /pub/msdos/modem) RBComm (rbcom341.zip) (ditto) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: GSZ - X/Y/Zmodem file transfer program Version: 94/02/03 Upload Date: 94/02/16 File: gsz0203.zip Size: 107,648 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zmodem garbo: /pc/termutil Status: Shareware Comment: A very good external X/Y/Zmodem program ... Alternatives: DSZ (dsz0203.zip) - the non-graphical version of GSZ Texas Zmodem (txzm225.zip) - a _free_ Zmodem transfer program --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: Telemate Version: 4.12 Upload Date: 93/07/25 Files: tm412-{1,2,3,4}.zip Size: 836,391 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/modem garbo: /pc/termprog Status: Shareware Comment: A comprehensive and probably the best communication package ... With internal multitasking ... Giflink (included in tm412-4.zip) can help you display *.gif files while downloading ... and this external protocol can work with most other communication program ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: Telix Version: 3.22 Upload Date: 94/02/09 Files: tlx322-{1,2,3,4}.zip Size: 624,406 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/telix garbo: /pc/termprog Status: Shareware Comment: Another fully functional communication program ... with a good script language ... Alternatives: Terminate (0141ter{1,2}.zip) **** Highly Recommended **** Odyssey (odys200{a,b}.zip) (oak: /pub/msdos/modem) COM-AND (ca29-{1,2,3,4}.zip) (ditto) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: BGFT - Background File Transfer Version: 3.00 Upload Date: 92/12/07 File: bgft300{a,b}.zip Size: 411,166 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/modem garbo: /pc/termutil (not the latest) Status: Shareware Comment: A program that allow you to do other things while transferring files... Alternative: SZModem (szmod200.zip) (for oak: in /pub/msdos/zmodem) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: ZIP - fast file transfer utility Version: 1.71 Upload Date: 94/01/11 File: zip171.zip Size: 34,445 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/lan garbo: /pc/comm Status: Shareware Comment: For transferring files between 2 PCs with a serial cable ... And to remotely control another PC, try TeleReplica (tr4-26.zip in oak: /pub/msdos/modem) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Modem Doctor Version: 5.2S Upload Date: 92/06/15 File: modemd52.zip Size: 132,181 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/modem garbo: /pc/comm Status: Shareware Comment: Testing your modem and serial ports ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section G: Miscellaneous Files --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: simindex.zip Version: updated frequently Description: Master index file of Oak's /pub/msdos directory ... Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filedocs Comment: With simdir (simdir22.zip), one can easily look for msdos files ... Alternative: simlist.zip (plain text) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: INDEX.ZIP Version: updated almost daily Description: The master index file of garbo's pc directory ... Location: garbo: /pc Comment: This is a must ... If you want to convert this to *.IDX format, get gidx22.zip in /pc/filelist and _dir.zip in /pc ... For the latest uploads, see the file _files.in ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** File: moder36.zip Version: 36 Size: 15,702 bytes Description: A list of MS-DOS FTP sites and their moderators Location oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/pd2 Comment: A list of good ftp sites for PC materials by Timo Salmi and Rhys Weatherley ... The file moder.lst can be easily read using Mview (mview.zip in /pc/pd2) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: tsfaqn40.zip Version: 40 Size: 87,819 bytes Description: Timo Salmi: Frequently asked questions & answers Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/ts Comment: This has been the Bible of comp.binaries.ibm.pc.* and the new comp.archives.msdos.* newsgroups ... Informative and entertaining ... Also, the FAQ list for c.a.m.* groups (camfaq.zip - garbo: /pc/pd2) ... There are also many other interesting stuffs in /pc/ts and /pc/pd2 ... e.g.tsbat44.zip - a collection of useful batch files and tricks ... author25.zip - SW & PD authors reachable on the Internet ... bestpr28.zip - Timo's choice of 28 best MSDOS SW & PD program ... post*.zip - information e-mails & postings ... Also look for timo01e.gif/timo01v.gif in garbo: /pc/gif ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: asp7501.zip Version: 94/03 Size: 483,421 bytes Description: Association of Shareware Professionals Catalog Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/doc-soft Comment: A (monthly) catalog of quality shareware programs for BBS users ... However, many of these sharewares should be available from SimTel and Garbo ... There is also a monthly update - upd7501.zip ... Also, read the monthly Hack Report (hack9401.zip) to be aware of hacked files that might be on BBSs ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: sharebk1.zip Version: 1 Size: 293,179 bytes Description: The ShareWare Book Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/doc-soft Comment: A good "book" on shareware development ... Also, for a short tutorial on using and enjoying sharewares, get sut56.zip ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: online14.zip Version: 1.4 Size: 284,031 bytes Description: "The Online World" Book Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info Comment: A pretty comprehensive overview on using the global online information resources ... And if you want a beginner's guide to the Internet, get bgi13a.zip ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: ccworld{1,2}.zip Version: - Size: 746,529 bytes (total) Description: World Fact Book Reader Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/education Comment: A easy way to read the World Fact Book 1992 (which gives you all the essential info about every country in this world) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section H: Windows Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** experimental **** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Almanac 3.1 ----------- - a very good appointment calendar - alm31.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/util - alternative: Above and Beyond (abv30.zip) #### Delta 2.4 --------- - reporting changes to drives and files after you install programs - delta2_4.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/util oak: /pub/msdos/windos3 #### Drag and View 2.0 ----------------- - an add-on to the File Manager for viewing many different types of files (word processor, spreadsheet, database, etc) - dragvu20.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/desktop #### Frequently Asked Questions 3.0 ------------------------------ - FAQs about Windows in winhelp format ... - faqwin03.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/misc #### Hunter 3.0 ---------- - a text and file search utzility - hnter30a.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/util #### IconWorks 5 ----------- - for creating, editing, and viewing icons - iconwk5.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/icon #### MicroLink 1.04 -------------- - a pretty good comm. program supporting Zmodem - mlk104.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/util oak: /pub/msdos/windows3 #### Paint Shop Pro 2.0 ------------------ - *.gif, *.jpg, *.bmp, etc viewer and convertor - pspro20.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/desktop oak: /pub/msdos/windows3 - alternative: Graphics Workship (gwswn11k.zip) #### Plug-In 1.3 ----------- - This enhances (not replaces) the Program Manager ... customizable group icons, memory and resource reporting, customs cursors, etc ... - plugin13.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/util #### PostIt Notes 3.2 ---------------- - 3M Post-it notes look-alike - wpost32b.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/desktop oak: /pub/msdos/windows3 #### Spell Sentry 1.2 ---------------- - a good spell-checker ... can even check *.wri and clipboard - spellsen.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/util garbo: /windows/util (as spells12.zip) #### SkyMap 2.0 ---------- - win planetarium showing stars, planets, objects, etc ... - skymp20{a,b}.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/util oak: /pub/msdos/astrnomy #### Statline 3.3 ------------ - displaying the disk space, memory, date, and time ... with a program launcher and mini notepad - stat33a.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/desktop - alternative: BarClock (barclk23.zip) - displays similiar info in the caption bar of active windows #### Visual Basic Runtime Library 3 ------------------------------ - some Windows sharewares/freewares require this runtime library (vbrun300.dll) - vbrun300.exe from cica: /pub/msdos/win3/util oak: /pub/msdos/windows3 (as vbrun300.zip) - you might have to get vbrun200.zip and vbrun100.zip as well as the runtime libraries are not downward-compatible #### WCL 7.3 ------- - Windows command line interface ... stimulating the c:\> prompt - wincmd73.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/util oak: /pub/msdos/windows3 #### WinEdit 3.0 ----------- - a full-featured programmar editor with 3 levels of functionality ... - we-30d.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/programr - alternatives: E! (ew120g-e.zip from oak: /pub/msdos/windows3) Mega Edit (medit210.zip - ditto) - a simple text editor #### WinTune 1.0 ----------- - tesing and tuning-up utility from Windows Magazine ... - wt{1,2,3}.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/util - alternatives: PC-Magazine Win Benchmark version 3.11 (winbn311.zip) or 4.0 (winben.exe) #### WinZip 5.0 ---------- - an intuitive point-and-click, drag-and-drop front-end to zip compression/ compression ... pkzip/unzip will not be needed for basic operations - winzip5b.zip from cica: /pub/pc/win3/util oak: /pub/msdos/windows3 - alternative: Drag and Zip (dragzp30.zip) #### WScan 113 --------- - the front end to McAfee Scan - wscan109.zip from oak: /pub/msdos/virus --------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================================================================== Appendix 1: Mirror sites (and some best ftp sites) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (for more info, refer to moder.lst in moder36.zip ...) Mirror Site IP Directory ----------- -- --------- I. SimTel Mirrors oak.oakland.edu 141.210.10.117 /pub/msdos wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /systems/ibmpc/msdos archive.orst.edu 128.193.2.13 /pub/mirrors/oak.oakland.edu/simtel20/msdos ftp.uu.net 192.48.96.9 /systems/ibmpc/msdos/simtel20 ftp.funet.fi 128.214.6.100 /pub/msdos/SimTel src.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.2.1 /pub/packages/simtel20 ftp.switch.ch 130.59.1.40 /mirror/msdos ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.2.32 /pcsoft/msdos ftp.technion.ac.il 132.68.1.10 /pub/unsupported/dos/simtel archie.au 139.130.4.6 /micros/pc/oak nctuccca.edu.tw 140.111.1.10 /PC/simtel ftp.nectec.or.th 130.59.1.40 /pub/mirrors/msdos (gopher: gopher.oakland.edu) II. Garbo Mirrors wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /systems/ibmpc/garbo archie.au 139.130.4.6 /micros/pc/garbo nctuccca.edu.tw 140.111.1.10 /PC/garbo BTW ... please use a mirror site near you and preferably during off-peak hours (6:00 pm - 6:00 am) ... Some Best Ftp Sites ------------------- 1) best msdos uploads site ... wuarchive.wustl.edu (/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS) ****** 2) best msdos Games site ... ftp.uml.edu (/msdos/Games) Currently the various sections of the archives include ... Apogee - Apogee-distributed games (official site) [where you can find Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3-D, Halloween Harry and the new Raptor ... ] BBSDoors - Games suitable for BBS Doors Cards - Various games based on playing cards Demos - Demos of commercial games (playable and unplayable) Editors - Game editors for FD and commercial games Epic - Epic MegaGames (official site) [where you can find Zone66, Pinball, etc] FltSim - MS Flight Simluator accessories Game_Bytes - Game Bytes Magazine (official site) MahJongg - Various MahJongg games Misc - Games not covered elsewhere Moraff - Moraff games Patches - Commercial patches Program - Game programmers accessories/libraries Sports - Sports-related games TextAd - Text Adventures Trivia - Trivia games Utils - Utilities for FD, commercial, and non-computer games Windows - Miscellaneous games for Windows 3.1 ---- DOOM **** Highly Recommended **** ++++ There is also the directory /msdos/Games/ID where you can find DOOM - a newly-released, 3-D, virtual-reality, Wolfenstein-like, action-oriented game from ID ... The latest version (at the time of writing) is 1.2 ... (BTW, the official site is /pub/msdos/games/id at ftp.uwp.edu ... and some unofficial editors/cheats can be found in /pub/msdos_uploads/games/doomstuff at ftp.wustl.edu ...). Read comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action for the latest info ... ---- The archives are currently maintained by Brian 'Doc' O'Neill (oneill@cs.uml.edu). ****** 3) best Windows site ... ftp.cica.indiana.edu (/pub/pc/win3) Area Directory ----------------------- --------------------- Microsoft Access Programs pub/pc/win3/access Various Windows Demo Programs pub/pc/win3/demo Desktop Image, Util, BMP Files pub/pc/win3/desktop Software Drivers/Printers pub/pc/win3/drivers/printer Software Drivers/Video pub/pc/win3/drivers/video Windows Soft Fonts pub/pc/win3/fonts Adobe Type Manager (ATM) Fonts pub/pc/win3/fonts/atm TrueType Fonts pub/pc/win3/fonts/truetype Windows Games and Diversions pub/pc/win3/games Windows Icons, Icon Editors, etc. pub/pc/win3/icons Miscellaneous Files (tips, etc.) pub/pc/win3/misc Windows NT Files pub/pc/win3/nt Windows Programming pub/pc/win3/programr Asymetrix ToolBook Applications pub/pc/win3/toolbook Borland C++ Windows Programs pub/pc/win3/programr/bcpp Program Listings from Publications pub/pc/win3/programr/listings Windows Turbo Pascal Programming pub/pc/win3/programr/tp Windows Visual Basic Programming pub/pc/win3/programr/vbasic Windows Sounds and Util Files pub/pc/win3/sounds Windows Supplemental Devlpmnt Lib pub/pc/win3/sdl General Windows Utilities pub/pc/win3/util Word for Windows Utilities, Files pub/pc/win3/winword Windows Resource Kit Files pub/pc/win3/wrk WordPerfect for Windows Utils pub/pc/win3/wpwin BTW, other places to find Windows programs ... Oak: /pub/msdos/windows Garbo: /windows ****** 4) best OS2 site ... ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (/os2) ****** 5) best FAQs site ... rtfm.mit.edu (/pub/usenet/news.answers) ****** 6) best UNIX sites ... oak (/pub/misc/unix and /pub/unix-c) garbo (/unix) prep.ai.mit.edu (/pub/gnu - note that many files in this directory are comprssed with gzip) BTW ... anonymous ftp sites maintained by commercial-product vendors ... Microsoft - ftp.microsoft.com WordPerfect - ftp.wordperfect.com (?) Quarterdeck - qdeck.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix 2: Obtaining files by e-mail --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you do not have ftp access, you can obtain the files archived at SimTel (Oak) and Garbo by e-mail ... ** Keith Petersen of SimTel and Oak writes: If you do not have FTP access to the mirrors of the SimTel Software Repository, FTP may be performed through the mail by various ftp-mail servers. For Internet sites: ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com For uucp sites: ...!decwrl!ftpmail For BITNET/EARN sites ONLY: BITFTP@PUCC Send mail with the word "help" in it for information on how to use them. SimTel files may also be ordered by mail from these servers: Location EARN/BITNET Internet -------------- ---------------- ---------------------------------- In U.S.A.: LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU In U.S.A.: LISTSERV@RPITSVM LISTSERV@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU In Austria: TRICKLE@AWIWUW11 TRICKLE@AWIWUW11.WU-WIEN.AC.AT In Colombia: TRICKLE@UNALCOL TRICKLE@UNALCOL.UNAL.EDU.CO In France: TRICKLE@FRMOP11 TRICKLE@FRMOP11.CNUSC.FR In Germany: TRICKLE@DEARN TRICKLE@VM.GMD.DE In Israel: TRICKLE@TAUNIVM TRICKLE@VM.TAU.AC.IL In Italy: TRICKLE@IMIPOLI TRICKLE@IMIPOLI.CDC.POLIMI.IT In Netherlands: TRICKLE@HEARN TRICKLE@HEARN.NIC.SURFNET.NL In Poland: TRICKLE@PLEARN TRICKLE@PLEARN.EDU.PL In Sweden: TRICKLE@SEARN TRICKLE@SEARN.SUNET.SE In Turkey: TRICKLE@TREARN TRICKLE@VM3090.EGE.EDU.TR In Turkey: TRICKLE@TRMETU TRICKLE@3090.CC.METU.EDU.TR Send this command to LISTSERV to get its help file: GET PDGET HELP Send this command to TRICKLE to get its help file: /HELP Sample command (which gets our catalog of MS-DOS files): /pdget mail /pub/msdos/filedocs/simlist.zip uuencode The SimTel Software Repository does *not* run these servers. Comments, questions, and suggestions should be directed to the manager of the server you are using. The manager's address, or information on how to get it, should be listed in the server's help file. [Note: Do not use ftp-by-mail servers without the permission of your system administrator and (if fed via uucp) your uucp feed. Thank you. Justification: many sites simply don't have the disk space set up to do this without warning, and mail disruption may result.] Keith Petersen, General Manager of the SimTel Software Repository, a service mark of Coast to Coast Telecommunications, Clarkston, MI, U.S.A. Internet: w8sdz@SimTel.Coast.NET or w8sdz@Vela.ACS.Oakland.Edu Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND If your mailer wants bang paths: uunet!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv uunet!vm.its.rpi.edu!listserv ---- ** Timo Salmi, the moderator of Garbo, writes: To get files sent to you by email, please use our mail server. To get more information write a message to mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi. The subject line of this message must be garbo-request The message must contain just the following text (at the beginning of the line): send help Do not include a signature because it may confuse the server. Our customary format for the file names when announcing programs for ANONYMOUS FTP is e.g. garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/dirutil/dirmat20.zip or /pc/dirutil/dirmat20.zip IMPORTANT!!! The format for the MAIL SERVER is slightly different: send pc/dirutil/dirmat20.zip In other words omit / from the path when using our mail server. If you don't get any response to your mail server requests, under no circumstances keep sending the same request over and over again. Please ask your own site's system manager to construct a returnable mail path for you. .................................................................. Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1 Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa Internet: ts@uwasa.fi Bitnet: salmi@finfun ; SF-65101, Finland ==== Or you can use the FTP-by-Mail service provided by decwrl.dec.com ... With FTP Mail, you can receive files from almost any ftp sites via e-mail ... The commands are ... ---- reply <MAILADDR> set reply addr, since headers are usually wrong connect [HOST [USER [PASS [ACCT]]]] defaults to gatekeeper.dec.com, anonymous ascii files grabbed are printable ascii binary files grabbed are compressed or tar or both chdir PLACE "get" and "ls" commands are relative to PLACE (only one CHDIR per ftpmail session, and it executes before any LS/DIR/GETs) compress compress binaries using Lempel-Ziv encoding compact compress binaries using Huffman encoding uuencode binary files will be mailed in uuencode format btoa binary files will be mailed in btoa format chunksize SIZE split files into SIZE-byte chunks (def: 64000) ls (or dir) PLACE short (long) directory listing index THING search for THING in ftp server's index get FILE get a file and have it mailed to you (max 10 GET's per ftpmail session) quit terminate script, ignore rest of mail message (use if you have a .signature or are a VMSMAIL user) ---- e.g. to get pkz204g.exe from /pc/arcers at oak.oakland.edu, enter the following as the body of your e-mail message ... connect oak.oakland.edu binary uuencode chdir /pub/msdos/archiver get pkz204g.exe quit And you should get an uuencoded copy of pkz204g.exe in the mail one or two days later ... - For more detail, send an e-mail to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com (with help as the body of the letter) ... Other servers: European: ftpmail@grasp.insa-lyon.fr BITNET: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu or BITFTP@PUCC European: bitftp@vm.gmd.de or BITFTP@DEARN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix 3: Getting upload announcements by e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have netnews access, you can read the upload announcements on the (moderated) comp.archives.msdos.announce newsgroup, otherwise, you can subscribe to the mailing list below and get announcements in the digest format. Keith Petersen writes: MSDOS-Ann@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil is a ONE-WAY (moderated) mailing list which is used by the Internet MS-DOS archive managers to announce new additions to their collections. The announcements posted to this mailing list are also posted to Usenet newsgroup comp.archives.msdos.announce. If your host has Usenet News please do not subscribe to MSDOS-Ann. (This does not apply to internal TACOM users who are on the local area network). To add yourself to the mailing list send e-mail to listserv@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil with this command in the body of the message: subscribe msdos-ann To subscribe something other than the account the mail is coming from, such as a local redistribution list, then add that address to the "subscribe" command; for example, to subscribe "local-msdos-ann": subscribe local-msdos-ann@your.domain.net msdos-ann Archive site information files, recent back issues of the digest, and programs to break the digest into individual messages are available. To receive a list, send a message to listserv@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil with this command in the body of the message: info Administrative mail may be sent to msdos-ann-request@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil but please use the mailing list server to add or delete yourself from the list. If you wish to unsubscribe, send mail (from the same address where you were when you subscribed) to listserv@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil with this command in the body of the message: unsubscribe msdos-ann Send mail with the word help in the body of the message to get a complete list of commands and their syntax. This server is only for mailing lists and information files. It will not send program files. Please do not include a signature because it may confuse the server. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix 4: How to do anonymous ftp? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ftp = file transfer protocol ... Anonymous ftp ? ... a way of allowing you to sign on a computer on the Internet and copy specific public files (softwares and various kind of info) from it. The following is a _typical_ ftp session (on a Unix machine) ... Suppose you want to get unz51x.exe and gsz0203.zip from oak.oakland.edu ... $ ftp <enter> ftp> open oak.oakland.edu <enter> or open 141.210.10.117 <enter> Connected to oak.oakland.edu. 220 rigel.acs.oakland.edu FTP server (Version 2.1WU(2) Wed Apr 12 18:37:21 EDT 1 993) ready. Name (oak.oakland.edu: your_login_name): anonymous <enter> 331 Guest login ok, send e-mail address as password. Password: your e-mail address <enter> 230- 230- Welcome to 230- THE OAK SOFTWARE REPOSITORY 230- A service of Oakland University, Rochester Michigan 230- 230- Welcome, archive user! This is an experimental FTP server. If 230- you have any unusual problems, please report them via e-mail to 230- admin@vela.acs.oakland.edu. If you do have problems, please 230- try using a dash (-) as the first character of your password -- 230- this will turn off the continuation messages that may be confusing 230- your ftp client. OAK is a Unix machine. Filenames are case sensitive. 230- 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> cd pub/msdos/zip <enter> 250 CWD command successful. ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful ... You should see a list of files in this subdirectory ... ftp> get unz51x.exe <enter> local: unz51x.exe remote: unz51x.exe 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for unz51x.exe (87,745 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 87745 bytes received in 5.61 seconds (15.64 Kbytes/s) ftp> cd <enter> (or cd .. <enter> (remote directory) ../zmodem <enter> cd zmodem <enter> ) 250 CWD command successful. ftp> get gsz0203.zip <enter> local: gsz0203.zip remote: gsz0203.zip 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for gsz0203.zip (107,648 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 107648 bytes received in 10.05 seconds (10.71 Kbytes/s) ftp> bye <enter> 221 Goodbye -- Command summary: ftp - start a ftp session open - connect to the named site close - end the ftp session with a partiular site bye - close all connection and exit ftp ascii - transfer text (ascii) files binary - transfer binary files cd - change directory of remote site lcd - change directory of your site get - get a file from the remote directory put - move a file to the remote directory (if allowed) mget - get mutiple files from the remote directory (mget *.*) mput - move multiple files to the remote directory del - delete a file in the remote directory (if allowed) mdel - delete multiple files in the remote directory ls - list files in the remote directory (or dir) help - print help information hash - print a pound sign (#) every time a block of data is transferred bell - sound a bell after each file transfer !cmd - execute a local command (e.g. !ls) =========================Thank You For Reading This ...======================= -- ><-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^->< | Samuel C. 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