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- Subject: Useful MSDOS Programs at SimTel and Garbo (Changes)
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- Summary: A list of recommended MSDOS Programs at SimTel and Garbo
- Keywords: SimTel,Oak,Garbo,sharewares,freewares,PD programs,ftp
- X-Last-Updated: 1993/11/11
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- Archive-name: msdos-archives/diff
- Last-modified: Nov 11 1993
- Version: 2.8
-
- Useful MSDOS Programs at SimTel and Garbo
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- **** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files ****
-
- Compiled by Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca, sko@wimsey.bc.ca)
-
- Note: This is an interim update to my useful-msdos-program list (available
- as useful27.zip in /pub/msdos/info at oak.oakland.edu or /pc/filelist
- at garbo.uwasa.fi). A new version will (I hope) come out soon.
-
- Please, if possible, forward any comments to the newsgroup
- comp.archives.msdos.d ...
-
- The following is a good selection of the "best" sharewares, freewares and
- public domain programs that are available from the new SimTel Software
- Repository (its files can be obtained from oak.oakland.edu and other mirror
- sites) and the Garbo ftp site (garbo.uwasa.fi).
-
- ** As most files listed here are zipped, you will need ...
- either pkunzip.exe v.2.04g in pkz204g.exe
- or unzip.exe v.5.0p1 in unz50p1.exe to unzip them.
- Please refer to Section B below to find where these can be obtained. **
-
- The list should be (more or less) accurate as of Nov 10, 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 :-) ]
-
- ## - Highly Recommended (by me :-)
-
- Part I
- ------
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section A: Application Programs
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## PC-Write Advanced Level Word-Processor - pcw41{a,b,c}.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/editor
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- AsEasyAs Spreadsheet - asa55c-{1,2}.zip
- Size: 409.045 bytes (total)
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/spreadsheet
- garbo: /pc/spreadsheet
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Buttonware's PC-File Database - pcf70{a,b,c,d}.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dbase
- Alternatives: RExL (rexl211{a,b,c}.zip in /pub/msdos/database)
- File expresss (fe51-{a,b,c}.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## EnVision Publisher - evp10{a,b}.zip (the latest version is 1.5* ?)
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/deskpub
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Draft Choice CAD - dc20.zip + dcfonts.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/cad
- garbo: /pc/cad
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- X(Plore) Mathematical Toolchest - cc4-9206.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/calculator
- garbo: /pc/math
- Alternatives: Symbolic Calculator (sm221a.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
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## PKWare pkzip, pkunzip, pkzipfix and zip2exe package - pkz204g.exe
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/archivers
- garbo: /pc/arcers (the old version (pkz110eu.zip ) is in /pc/goldies)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Info-Zip's Zip - zip20x.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/zip
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Info-Zip's Unzip - unz50p1.exe
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/zip
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## ARJ file archiver - arj241a.exe
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/archivers
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- If you just want to decompress *.arj files, get unarj241.zip ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- LZH archive make / extract program - lha213.exe
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/archivers
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- And you can get the new version 2.55b (lha255b.exe) from garbo ... But the
- enclosed documentation is in Japanese ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ARC file packer / unpacker - pk361.exe
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/archivers
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Dhesi's make/extract/view ZOO archiver - zoo210.exe
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/zoo
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- If you only want a *.zoo file extractor, get booz20.zip ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Hpack multisystem archiver - hpack078.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/archivers
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- And if you want another slow - but pretty efficient - archiver, get
- HA (ha098.zip) (garbo only) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- SQZ - SQUEEZE - sqz1083e.exe
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/archivers
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Buerg's archive files viewer - fv143.zip (a newer version is included
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/arcutils in list90c.zip)
- garbo: /pc/arcutil
- Alternative: RView (rv249.zip) - also RV-Shell (rvs110.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- General Unpack Shell - gus_170.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/arcutils
- garbo: /pc/arcutil
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ZZAP converter - zzap66a.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/zip
- garbo: /pc/arcutil
- Alternative: AC (ac300.zip - oak: /pub/msdos/arcutils) - 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")."
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Shez compression shell - shez95.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/arcutils
- garbo: /pc/arcutil
- Alternative: ArcMaster (am97.zip) - good
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Unix-compatible 16bit Compress/Uncompress/Zcat - comp430d.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/compress
- garbo: /pc/unix
- 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 ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## GNU zip - gzip124.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/compress
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- To uncompress *.z or *.gz (files compressed with gzip), type
- gzip -d *.z or gzip -d *.gz ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Tar (tape archiver) - tar4dos.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/filutl
- garbo: /pc/unix (as tar4dos.zoo)
- To untar a *.tar file ... enter tar xvf *.tar ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Pklite - Executable File Compressor - pklte115.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/execomp
- garbo: /pc/execomp
- 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 ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section C: Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 1: 4DOS
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## 4DOS command.com replacement - 4dos402p.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/4dos
- Documentation is in 4dos402d.zip ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 2: Disk Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Patriquin Copy - pcopy93.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/filecopy
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Disk Copy Fast - onepass "diskcopy" utility - dcf43.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/diskcopy
- Alternative: COPYQM (copyq310.zip), OnePass (1pass155.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/filutl/chop31.zip) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- MegaBack disk system backup - mback230.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/diskutil
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- FormatMaster - menu-driven format utility - fm55.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/format
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- FD-Format - fdform18.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/diskutil (as fdform18.lzh)
- Alternative: FMT (atfmt100.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- DOG - Disk OrGanizer - dog316.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/diskutil
- Do not use this on "compressed" drive ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- HDTEST - hdts535a.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/diskutil
- For analyzing "floppy" disks, get ANADISK (anad207.zip) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 3: Directory Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Another Change Directory - acd221.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl
- garbo: /pc/dirutil
- Alternative: CCD (ccd20.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Treeview - treevw11.arc
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/filutl
- garbo: not available
- Alternative: StupenDOS (sd-400.zip) - newer and supporting pkzip 2.04
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Vernon Buerg's file viewer and disk utility - list90c.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
- garbo: /pc/fileutil
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- The Director: Hard disk file/menu manager - directr5.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/menu
- garbo: /pc/dirutil
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Directory Scanner - ds421.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl
- garbo: /pc/dirutil (not the latest)
- Alternatives: Directory Freedom (df460.zip)
- EDDY (eddy7a.zip (garbo only))
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 4: File / Text Utilities
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Derr's FileFinder - fff44.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl
- garbo: /pc/filefind
- Alternatives: FastFileFind (ffff360.zip)
- Target (target15.zip) - a good file locator and manupulator
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Fgrep - text-searching utility - fgrep172.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
- garbo: /pc/fileutil
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Flip - Dos <-> Unix text-file translation - flip1exe.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
- garbo: /pc/unix (as flip1exe.zoo)
- Alternatives: crlf15b.zip, DOSCVT (doscvt24.zip)
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Binary Editor and Viewer - beav140.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/binedit
- garbo: /pc/binedit
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## R.E. Marks' UU/XX en/decoder - uuexe522.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/filutl
- garbo: /pc/decode
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Pretty Good Privacy - public key encryption program - pgp22.zip
- Where? garbo: /pc/crypt
- pgp23a.zip is available from ghost.dsi.unimi.it (in /pub/security)
- And there is a front-end shell program for PGP - get pgpshe22.zip (which can
- also be found in oak: /pub/msdos/security) ...
- Alternatives: Encrypt (encrypt.zip), Tangle (tangle.zip), Ncrypt (ncrypt31.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Dosnx - Unix-like utilities - dosnx20e.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl
- garbo: /pc/unix
- 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/txtutl/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/sysutl/ms_sh21b.zip (386+ preferred)
- perl - oak: /pub/msdos/perl/bperl2x.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/txtutl/gdiff22a.zip
- ispell - oak: /pub/msdos/gnuish/ispell40x.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 ...
-
- BTW3 ... If you need some suggestions regarding good books and documents on Unix
- and related areas (like the Interent), get my "A Concise Guide to UNIX Books"
- from rtfm.mit.edu (as /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/unix) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## CompuShow *.gif files viewer - cshw860a.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/gif
- garbo: /pc/gifutil
- Alternatives: ## VPIC (vpic60e.zip)
- GIFV (gifv412.zip)
-
- BTW ... a bit on jpeg files ...
- (most files below can be found in oak: /pub/msdos/graphics)
- viewers: HiView (hv12.zip)
- ColorView (dcview21.zip)
- ## DVPEG (dvpeg30.zip) - sunee.uwaterloo.ca: /pub/jpeg/viewers
- Convertors: jpeg <--> gif - jpeg4.zip / jpeg4386.zip
- gif2jpg2.zip
- Image Alchemy (alch17.zip) - this can convert files between
- many different graphics formats ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Ghostscript - gs261286.zip (for 286) or gs261386.zip (for 386+) and gs261ini.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/postscript
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- PCPS - pcps760.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/postscript
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- SbTeX - sb38tex.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/tex
- garbo: /pc/tex
- BTW ... Detex (hdetex25.zip) is good for TeX/LaTeX --> text only ...
- BiBTeX (bibdb13a.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)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ShareSpell - ss23.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
- garbo: /pc/spell
- Alternative: amSpell (amspel20.zip) - can spellcheck TeX/LaTeX files
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- PC-Proof - pc-pro18.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
- garbo: /pc/spell
- Alternative: Thelma's grammar/style checker (thlm5081.zip) - this can
- handle only WordPerfect files ... (oak: /pub/msdos/wordperf)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## View - word-processed file viewer - wpview86.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/wordperf
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- WordPerfect Password Decryption - wppass2.zip
- Where? garbo: /pc/crypt
- Version 3.0 is passwp.zip and is available from ftp.uwp.edu (in /pub/msdos/wp) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Part II
- -------
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 5: Screen Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Explosiv Screen Saver - explosv3.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/screen
- Alternative: ## DAZZLE (dazzle50.zip) - very impressive ... with evolving
- displays ... requires EGA/VGA
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## SCROLLit screen scroll-back utility - scrlit18.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/screen
- garbo: /pc/screen
- Alternative: BUFFIT (buffit30.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Snipper text-capture utility - snippr26.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/screen
- garbo: /pc/screen
- BTW, to capture text and graphics screen to gif,pcx,bmp,etc files, try
- Screen Theft (scthf101.zip) ...
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- THEDRAW - screen image generator/editor - tdraw462.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/screen
- garbo: /pc/screen
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 6: System Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- InfoPlus - screens of system info - ifp1p158.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/sysinfo
- garbo: /pc/sysinfo
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Secure System Login - login.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/security
- garbo: /pub/security
- 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) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## HyperDisk - disk caching utility - spkt465s.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/diskutil
- BTW ... Cache Test (ct50.zip) is good for evaluating your disk's cache
- performance ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- TSR Utilities - tsrcom34.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl
- garbo: /pc/memutil
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- File Completion - filec15.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl
- garbo: /pc/keyboard
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Shell Room - shroom2d.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl
- garbo: /pc/sysutil
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Hbreak - system crash recovery utility - hbreak52.zip
- Size: 7,031 bytes
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 7: Other Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- PC ReadMail - rmail41.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
- garbo: /pc/mail
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Cal (unix-like) - cal30.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/deskaccess
- garbo: /pc/unix/calendar
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Ample Notice - an300.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/deskaccess
- garbo: /pc/calendar
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- PCCLOCK - pcclk215.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/clock
- garbo: /pc/sysutil (as pccl215e.zip)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Ultimate Calculator - ucalc18.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/calculator
- garbo: /pc/math
- Alternative: MEC (mathfc23.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Thumb Print Software's Electric Typewriter - tp-et.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/education
- garbo: /pc/editor
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- TypeFast - typefast.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/education
- garbo: /pc/educgames
- Alternative: Typemate - typeen50.zip - a good typing tutor ...
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## The Animated Series - 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)
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/education
- garbo: /pc/educgames
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## SkyGlobe - skyglb36.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/astronomy
- garbo: /pc/astronomy
- Alternative: COSMOS (cosmos16.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ACCU Music System - ac33musc.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/music
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section D: Anti-Virus Programs
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Note: New versions for these programs are released pretty frequently ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## McAfee anti-virus utilities - scanv108.zip, clean108.zip, vshld108b.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/virus
- garbo: /pc/virus
- BTW ... McAfee's anti-virus utilities can also be obtained from
- /pub/antivirus at the ftp site mcafee.com ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- F-Prot anti-virus program - fp-209f.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/virus
- garbo: /pc/virus
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## ThunderByte anti-virus - tbav608.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/virus
- garbo: /pc/virus
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Integrity Master - i-m201.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/virus
- garbo: /pc/virus (not the latest)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- VIRx - virx28.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/virus
- garbo: /pc/virus
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section E: Editors
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## QEdit - qedit215.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/qedit
- garbo: /pc/editor
- QEdit Version 3.0 (with, e.g. spell-checking) is out!!!
-
- Alternatives: can be found in oak: /pub/msdos/editor
- Boxer (box500a.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 (tde3.zip) - a fine, public domain editor
- VDE (vde17.zip) - an efficient editor/quasi-word-processor
- Vision-Edit (vised35.zip) - can edit files up to 4 megabytes
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## Elvis - 99.9% vi clone - elv17exe.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/editor
- garbo: /pc/editor
- Alternatives: Calvin (calvin21.zip) - a partial vi clone
- XVi (xviexe.zip) - another vi clone
- vi imitation (vim127x.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)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- MicroEmacs - ue312ibm.zip and ue312cmd.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/uemacs
- 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) - another emacs-
- look-alike program
- JED (jed091.zip) - yet another emacs-look-alike ... obtainable
- from amy.tch.harvard.edu (in /pub/jed)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Ted (Tiny Editor) - ted.com as part of vol7n19.arc (oak) or vol7n19.zip (garbo)
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/pcmag
- garbo: /pc/pcmag
- A good rewrite of this program is Terse 1.4 which is obtainable from garbo
- as /pc/editor/trs140a.zip ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section F: Communication Programs
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- MS Kermit - msker313.zip + msr31312.pch
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/kermit
- Alternatives: COMMO (commo552.zip) (for oak: in /pub/msdos/modem)
- RBComm (rbcom341.zip) (ditto)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ## GSZ - X/Y/Zmodem file transfer program - gsz0503.zip
- Where? : oak: /pub/msdos/zmodem
- garbo: /pc/termutil
- Alternatives: DSZ (dsz0503.zip) - the non-graphical version of GSZ
- Texas Zmodem (txzm225.zip) - a _free_ Zmodem transfer program
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- ## Telemate - tm412-{1,2,3,4}.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/modem
- garbo: /pc/termprog
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- Telix - tlx321-{1,2,3,4}.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/telix
- garbo: /pc/termprog
- Alternatives: Terminate (ter99.zip) (garbo: /pc/termprog) - the latest is
- version 1.1 which should be on a BBS near you ...
- Odyssey (odysy150.zip) (oak: /pub/msdos/modem)
- COM-AND (ca29-{1,2,3,4}.zip) (ditto)
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- BGFT - Background File Transfer - bgft300{a,b}.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/modem
- garbo: /pc/termutil (not the latest)
- Alternative: SZModem (szmod200.zip) (for oak: in /pub/msdos/zmodem)
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- ZIP - fast file transfer utility - zip163.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/lan
- garbo: /pc/comm
- And to remotely control another PC, try TeleReplica (tr4-26.zip in oak:
- /pub/msdos/modem) ...
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- Modem Doctor - modemd52.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/modem
- garbo: /pc/comm
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- Section G: Miscellaneous Files
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- ## Master index file of oak: /pub/msdos - simindex.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/filedocs
- With ## simdir (simdir22.zip), one can easily look for msdos files ...
- Alternative: simlist.zip (plain text)
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- ## The master index file of garbo's pc directory - INDEX.ZIP
- Where? garbo: /pc
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- ## A list of MS-DOS FTP sites and their moderators - moder32.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/info
- garbo: /pc/pd2
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- Timo Salmi: Frequently asked questions & answers - tsfaqn37.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/info
- garbo: /pc/ts
- Also read the FAQ list for c.a.m.* groups (camfaq.zip - garbo: /pc/pd2) ...
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- There are also many other interesting stuffs in /pc/ts and /pc/pd2 ...
- e.g.tsbat43.zip - a collection of useful batch files and tricks ...
- author22.zip - SW & PD authors reachable on the Internet ...
- bestpr25b.zip - Timo's choice of 25 best MSDOS SW & PD program ...
- post*.zip - information e-mails & postings ...
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- Association of Shareware Professionals Catalog - asp7101.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/info
- garbo: /pc/doc-soft
- There is also a monthly update - upd7101.zip ...
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- The ShareWare Book - sharebk1.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/info
- garbo: /pc/doc-soft
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- "The Online World" book - online12.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/info
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- World Fact Book Reader - ccworld{1,2}.zip
- Where? oak: /pub/msdos/info
- garbo: /pc/education
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