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- From: kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko)
- Subject: [c.b.i.p.archives] The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel and Garbo
- Message-ID: <1992Oct24.081911.12723@sfu.ca>
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- Summary: A list of recommended MSDOS programs at major ftp sites.
- Keywords: Simtel, Garbo, MSDOS, sharewares, freewares, PD programs, ftp
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- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1992 08:19:11 GMT
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- Archive-name: msdos-archives
- Last-modified: Oct 24 1992
- Version: 1.9
-
- [c.b.i.p.archives] The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel and Garbo
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- **** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files ****
-
- Version: 1.9 Oct 24 1992
-
- Compiled by Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca)
-
- This is a good selection of the "best" sharewares and freewares that are
- available from Simtel (wsmr-simtel20.army.mil) - the largest depository
- of MSDOS files - and Garbo (garbo.uwasa.fi) - a good alternative to Simtel.
- 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.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.
-
- As it is more convenient to ftp files from Simtel's mirror sites than
- Simtel itself, so I use the directories of oak.oakland.edu (the most
- up-to-date mirror site) instead. If you want to use the parent site (Simtel)
- or other mirror sites (e.g. wuarchive.wustl.edu), please change the path name
- accordingly. Here is how to do it: (`whatever' is the name of subdirectory
- to be substituted)
-
- oak: /pub/msdos/whatever = Simtel: PD1:<MSDOS.WHATEVER>
- = wuarchive: /mirrors/msdos/whatever
-
- Please note that garbo is mirrored in N. America at wuarchive. Therefore
- garbo: /pc/whatever = wuarchive: /mirrors/garbo.uwasa.fi/whatever
-
- For info on other Simtel and Garbo mirror sites, please see Appendix 1.
-
- Thanks to all who have helped in improving the list. However, to save
- some bandwidth, I do not want to include a long list (over 100 names) of
- acknowledgment. I do sincerely thank each and every one of you who has
- contributed to this compilation in one way or the other.
-
- 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.
-
- I will usually update this list once a month. However, I will be pretty busy
- in the next couple of months, so the next issue will not be out until late
- December / early January.
-
- 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
- Comment: My comment and supplementary info
- Alternative: Other similar program
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ------
- Contents:
- * Section A: Application Programs
- * Section B: Compression / Decompression Programs
- * Section C: Utilities
- Area 1: 4DOS
- Area 2: Disk Utilites
- Area 3: Directory Utilities
- Area 4: File / Text Utilities
- Area 5: Screen 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
- ----
- * Appendix 1: Mirror Sites
- * Appendix 2: Obtaining files by emails
- * Appendix 3: Getting upload announcements by emails
- * Appendix 4: How to do anonymous ftp?
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section A: Application Programs
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: PC-Write Advanced Level Word-Processor
- Version: 4.0
- Upload Date: 92/07/24
- Files: pcwal401.zip (Program), pcwal402.zip (Help/Spell)
- pcwal1403.zip (Conversion), pcwal404.zip (Printer)
- Size: 946,024 bytes (total)
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/editor
- garbo: /pc/txtutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: PC-Write is undoubtedly one of the most sophisticated word-processor
- There is a simpler version - pcws201*.zip (oak only) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: AsEasyAs Spreadsheet
- Version: 5.01c
- Upload Date: 92/07/08
- File: aea501c.zip
- Size: 338,568 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/spreadsheet
- garbo: /pc/spreadsheet
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A powerful Lotus 123 clone ...
- There is a "lighter" version - alite1f.zip (oak only) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Buttonware's PC-File Database
- Version: 6.5
- Upload Date: 92/08/11
- Files: pcf65{a,b,c}.zip
- Size: 895,990 bytes (total)
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dbase
- garbo: /pc/database
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: This database program is fine as long as you've got disk-space
- for it ...
- Alternative: RExL (rexl211{a,b,c}.zip in /pub/msdos/database) (oak only)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 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 ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: X(Plore) Mathematical Toolchest
- Version: 4
- Upload Date: 92/06/08
- File: cc4-9206.zip
- Size: 417,716 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/calculator
- garbo: /pc/math
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A sophisticated calculus calculator ... doing numeric math ...
- Alternative: Symbolic Calculator (sm211a.zip) - doing symbolic math
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section B: Compression / Decompression Programs
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Synopsis
- ~~~~~~~~
- DOS UNIX
- --- ----
- *.zip pkz110eu.exe (pkz193a.exe) zip10ex.tar-z (or .tar.Z)
- zip10exx.zip (zip19p1x.zip) zip19p1.tar-z (or .tar.Z)
- unzip50.exe unzip50.tar-z (or .tar.Z)
-
- *.arj arj230ng.exe (arj239a.exe) --
- unarj230.zip unarj230.tar-z (or *.tar.Z)
-
- *.lzh lha213.exe lha-101u.tar.Z (oak only)
-
- *.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)
-
- *.sqz sqz1082e.exe --
-
- *.tar tar4dos.zoo on your system
-
- *.Z comp430d.zip on your system
-
- *.exe/ pklte115.zip --
- *.com diet144.zip
- lzexe91e.zip
-
- The Unix version of these compression/decompression programs are
- obtainable from Simtel: PD8:<MISC.UNIX>, oak: /pub/misc/unix
- or garbo: /unix/arcers ...
- Information on the DOS version is as follows ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: PKWare ZIP create / extract package
- Version: 1.10 (export (= no encryption))
- Upload Date: 90/04/02
- File: pkz110eu.exe (self extracting)
- Size: 140,116 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
- Comment: Simply the best zip / unzip for PCs ... 200% a MUST ...
- pkz193a.zip, an alpha version, is obtainable from ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
- (in the directory /pc/exec-pc) ...
- BTW ... to split large zip files to smaller zip files, get
- zipsplit (zipspl12.zip) (oak only) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Info-Zip's Zip
- Version: 1.0
- Upload Date: 92/04/23
- File: zip10exx.zip
- Size: 45,383 bytes
- Version: 1.9
- Upload Date: 92/08/30
- File: zip19p1x.zip
- Size: 114,278 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: pkzip "clone" ... and this one is free ...
- zipinfo, zipnote, zipsplit are included with zip19p1x.zip ...
- Source codes (for many OS): zip19p1.zip ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Info-Zip's Unzip
- Version: 5.0
- Upload Date: 92/08/30
- File: unzip50.exe (self-extracting)
- Size: 37,211 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: unzip 5.0 is a superset of unzip 4.2 ... and it can handle files
- zipped with zip 1.0/1.9 and pkzip 1.1/1.93 ...
- Source codes (for many OS): unzip50.zip
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: ARJ file archiver
- Version: 2.3 (export)
- Upload Date: 92/01/31
- File: arj230ng.exe (self-extracting)
- Size: 200,502 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr
- 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 unarj230.zip ...
- The beta version of ARJ version 2.4 is out ... You can get
- arj239a.exe from ftp.germany.eu.net (in /pub/comp/msdos/arcers) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: LZH archive make / extract program
- Version: 2.13
- Upload Date: 91/08/07
- File: lha213.exe (self-extracting)
- Size: 44,416 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: Good ... especially for creating self-extracting files ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: ARC file packer / unpacker
- Version: 3.61
- Upload Date: 88/08/01
- File: pk361.exe (self-extracting)
- Size: 119,598 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr
- 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 (self-extracting)
- 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: SQUEEZE
- Version: 1.082
- Upload Date: 92/10/08
- File: sqz1082e.exe (self-extracting)
- Size: 80,259 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr
- garbo: /pc/arcers
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: A new archiver from Sweden ... Try it ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Buerg's archive files viewer
- Version: 1.4
- Upload Date: 92/06/22
- File: fv140.zip
- Size: 9,149 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr
- 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 (rv247.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: General Unpack Shell
- Version: 1.60
- Upload Date: 92/09/27
- File: gus_160.zip
- Size: 31,515 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr
- garbo: /pc/arcutil
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: Interesting ... Can look for the right decompression program
- to extract a compressed file ...
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: ArcMaster
- Version: 8.1
- Upload Date: 92/09/06
- File: am81.zip
- Size: 218,797 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr
- garbo: /pc/arcutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: More sophisticated shell for manipulating different types
- of compressed files ...
- Alternative: Shez (shez81.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 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 ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Tar (tape archiver) ...
- Version: -
- Upload Date: (to garbo) 90/03/21
- File: tar4dos.zoo
- Size: 36,824 bytes
- Location: oak: /pc/filutl (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 ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Pklite - Executable File Compressor
- Version: 1.15
- Upload Date: 92/08/10
- File: pklte115.zip
- Size: 41,282 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl
- garbo: /pc/execomp
- Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
- Comment: Can compress executable files (*.exe/*.com) ... Really Good ...
- Alternatives: Diet (diet144.zip) and Lzexe (lzexe91e.zip) - both are good
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Further reference:
- 1) The 2-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 pit-manager.mit.edu
- (in /pub/usenet/news.answers/compression-faq) ...
-
- 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.
-
- 3) If you're familiar with C programming, the book "The Data Compression Book"
- (written by Mark Nelson and published by M&T) should enable you have a
- good understanding on different compression techniques.
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section C: Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 1: 4DOS
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: 4DOS command.com replacement
- Version: 4.01
- Upload Date: 92/06/15
- File: 4dos401p.zip
- Size: 288,682 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/4dos
- garbo: /pc/cmd4dos
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: This gives you much more than MSDOS' command.com ...
- Documentation is in 4dos401d.zip ...
- Lots of accompanying utilities in the 4dos subdirectory ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 2: Disk Utilites
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Partiquin Copy
- Version: 9.2c
- Upload Date: 92/07/06
- File: pcopy92c.zip
- Size: 111,566 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/filecopy
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A good file copier ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: OnePass - single-pass floppy-disk copier
- Version: 1.55
- Upload Date: 92/10/16
- File: 1pass155.zip
- Size: 16,064 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/filecopy
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A good replacement for DOS' diskcopy ...
- Alternative: COPYQM (copyq302.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: MegaBack disk system backup
- Version: 1.41
- Upload Date: 92/08/17
- File: mback141.zip
- Size: 212,653 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/diskutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Probably the best backup program ...
- Alternative: Stowaway (stow191.zip)
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: FormatMaster
- Version: 4.6
- Upload Date: 92/05/30
- File: fm46.zip
- Size: 87,323 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/format
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: I like it to be menu driven ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: FD-Format
- Version: 1.8
- Upload Date: 91/07/21
- File: fdform18.zip
- Size: 109056 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/diskutil (as fdform18.lzh)
- Status: Public Domain
- Comment: Can format disks to higher density ...
- Alternative: FMT (atfmt100.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: DOG - Disk OrGanizer
- Version: 3.16
- Upload Date: 92/03/31
- File: dog316.zip
- Size: 54,553 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/diskutil
- Status: Shareware, Free for personal use
- Comment: Can remove fragmentations and rearrange files ...
- Alternative: ORG (org30sw.zip) (oak only)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 3: Directory Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Another Change Directory
- Version: 2.10
- Upload Date: 92/08/04
- File: acd210.zip
- Size: 55,296 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl
- garbo: /pc/dirutil
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: Good ...
- Alternative: CCD (ccd20.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Treeview
- Version: 1.1
- Upload Date: 90/01/20
- File: treeview.arc
- Size: 156,780 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl
- garbo: not available
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A classic file manager ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Vernon Buerg's file viewer and disk utility
- Version: 7.6b
- Upload Date: 91/10/04
- File: list76b.zip
- Size: 105,459 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
- garbo: /pc/fileutil
- Status: Shareware, Free for personal/private use
- Comment: a MUST ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 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 ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 4: File / Text Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Derr's FileFinder
- Version: 4.0
- Upload Date: 92/08/25
- File: fff40.zip
- Size: 110,274 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl
- garbo: /pc/filefind
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Good ...
- Alternative: FastFileFind (fff360.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Fgrep
- Version: 1.72
- Upload Date: 90/05/10
- File: fgrep172.zip
- Size: 12,512 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
- garbo: /pc/fileutil
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: A good utility to search for file(s) with a string of text ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Dos <-> Unix text-file translation
- Version: 1.1
- Upload Date: 92/01/08
- File: lfcrlf11.zip
- Size: 16,331 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
- garbo: not the latest
- Status: Shareware, Free for private use
- Comment: Probably the best utility to add/remove cr or lf ...
- Alternative: crlf15b.zip
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Binary Editor and Viewer
- Version: 1.33
- Upload Date: 92/08/12
- File: beav133.zip
- Size: 91,798 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl
- garbo: /pc/binedit
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: Good ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: R.E. Marks' UU/XX en/decoder
- Version: 5.15
- Upload Date: 92/07/01
- File: uuexe515.zip
- Size: 32,526 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl
- garbo: /pc/decode
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: Good and essential for encoding/decoding binary files ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Encrypt
- Version: 2.1
- Upload Date: (to garbo) 90/08/13
- File: encrypt.zip
- Size: 17,873 bytes
- Location: oak: not available
- garbo: /pc/fileutil
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: A good program to encrypt/decrypt files with passwords ...
- Alternatives: PGP (pgp10.zip) (version 2 is out ... it (pgp20.zip) is
- obtainable from ghost.dsi.unimi.it (in /pub/crypt)
- Tangle (tangle.zip)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Dosnx - Unix-like utilities
- Version: 2.0e
- Upload Date: 92/09/26
- File: dosnx20e.zip
- Size: 175,162 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl
- garbo: /pc/unix
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A good assortment of basic Unix-like stuff ...
- Alternatives: GNU file/text utilities (futil14.arc in /pub/msdos/gnuish)
- Rutils (rutils30.zoo from /pub at ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de)
-
- 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/sed106.arc
- sh - oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl/ms_sh200.zip (386+ preferred)
- (Bourne) garbo: /pc/unix/ms_sh200.zip:
- perl - oak: /pub/msdos/perl/perl4019.zip
- make - oak: /pub/msdos/c/dmake38e.zip or /pub/msdos/gnuish/make358.arc
- garbo: /pub/msdos/unix/dmak38e.zip
- gcc - take a look at oak: /pub/msdos/djgpp or garbo: /pc/djgpp
- rcs - oak: /pub/msdos/pgmutl/rcs55.zip
- wuarchive: /systems/msdos/gnuish/rcs55ax.zoo
- 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 ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: CompuShow *.gif files viewer
- Version: 8.50a
- Upload Date: 92/09/23
- File: cshw850a.zip
- Size: 136,597 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/gif
- garbo: /pc/gifutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Can work on any type of graphical display ...
- Alternatives: VPIC (vpic51.zip) (no Herc) (oak only)
- Naked Eye (naked110.zip) (requires SVGA)
-
- BTW ... a bit on jpeg files ...
- viewers: HiView (hv12.zip) - oak: /pub/msdos/graphics
- DVPEG (dvpeg2.zip) - sunee.uwaterloo.ca: /pub/jpeg/viewers
- convertor: jpeg <--> gif (gif2jpg5.zip) - oak: /pub/msdos/graphics
-
- BTW2 ... further info on these can be found in the 2-part FAQs for the
- alt.binaries.pictures newsgroups by Jim Howard (part I is general,
- part 2 is OS-dependent) ... Read them on news.answers or get them
- from pit-manager.mit.edu (in /pub/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Ghostscript
- Version: 2.52
- Upload Date: 92/09/23
- Files: gs252286.zip (for 286-) or gs252386.zip (for 386+) and gs252ini.zip
- Size: 361,558 bytes (286) or 562,867 bytes (386)
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/postscript
- garbo: not the latest
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: For pre-viewing and printing postscripts files (*.ps or *.eps) ...
- Look for additional/fonts files as well ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: SbTeX
- Version: 3.8
- Upload Date: 92/06/15
- File: sb38tex.zip
- Size: 275,035 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/tex
- garbo: /pc/tex
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: This is a good adaptation of Knuth's Tex ...
- BTW ... Detex (detex10.zip) is good for TeX/LaTeX --> text only ...
- Alternative: emTeX is a comprehensive PD package of TeX, LaTeX, Metafont, etc.
- It is obtainable from archives.umich.edu (in /msdos/TeX/emTeX)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: ShareSpell
- Version: 2.3
- Upload Date: 91/04/21
- File: ss23.zip
- Size: 266,521 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
- garbo: /pc/editor
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A good text file spell-checker ...
- Alternative: amSpell (amspel20.zip) - can spellcheck TeX/LaTeX files
- (for garbo: in /pc/txtutil)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Thelma's grammar/style checker for WordPerfect 5.* files
- Version: 5.081
- Upload Date: 92/10/03
- File: thlm5081.zip
- Size: 514,049 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/wordperf
- garbo: /pc/linguistics
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Good ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 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/util
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: The best password cracker for encrypted WordPerfect files ...
- Version 3.0 is passwp.zip and is available from cs.uwp.edu
- (in /pub/msdos/wp) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 5: Screen Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Explosiv Screen Saver (for DOS and Windows)
- Version: 2.10
- Upload Date: 92/10/08
- File: explo210.zip
- Size: 272,258 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen
- garbo: /pc/screen
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Marvelous ... lots of displays ...
- Alternatives: Explod Fireworks (explo203.zip in /pc/graphics) (garbo only)
- Billboard (bilbd110.zip) (oak only) - will display message
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Buffit - tsr screen scrollback utility
- Version: 3.0
- Upload Date: 91/05/21
- File: buffit30.zip
- Size: 10,640 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen
- garbo: /pc/screen
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Good ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Snipper
- Version: 2.5
- Upload Date: 92/09/29
- File: snippr25.zip
- Size: 18,689 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 ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 6: System Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: InfoPlus - screens of system info
- Version: 1.55
- Upload Date: 92/08/21
- File: inf1p155.zip
- Size: 119,991 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info
- garbo: /pc/sysinfo
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: Good ...
- Alternatives: Comptest (ctest257.zip)
- Microsoft Diagnostics (msd.zip) ... this one is available
- from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (in /pub/os2/2.0/dos/sysutils) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 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/sysutil
- Status: Shareware, Free for personal use
- Comment: Good ... unix-like ... login: ? Password: ? ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: HyperDisk
- Version: 4.32
- Upload Date: 92/05/12
- File: hydk432.zip
- Size: 278,817 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
- garbo: /pc/sysutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Disk caching utilities ... better than the RAM Disk ...
- BTW ... Cache Test (ct43c.zip) is good for evaluating
- your disk's cache performance ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: TSR Utilities
- Version: 3.4
- Upload Date: 92/03/12
- File: tsrcom34.zip
- Size: 75,275 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl
- 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
- Directory: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl
- garbo: /pc/keyboard
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: A good TSR program to add filename completion ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Shell Room
- Version: 2.0a
- Upload Date: 92/08/19
- File: shroom20.zip
- Size: 920819
- Directory: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl
- garbo: /pc/sysutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Can swap programs from memory to disk ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Area 7: Other Utilities
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: PC ReadMail
- Version: 4.01
- Upload Date: 91/07/07
- File: rmail401.zip
- Size: 68,981 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
- garbo: /pc/mail
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: A very good program for reading Unix mails, netnews articles and
- Timo's FAQs OFFline ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Cal (unix-like)
- Version: 2.4
- Upload Date: 92/07/11
- File: cal24.zip
- Size: 20,730 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskaccess
- garbo: /pc/unix/calendar or /pc/unix
- 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/deskaccess
- garbo: /pc/calendar
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A good appointments calendar / alarm clock package ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Math. Expression Calculator
- Version: 2.3
- Upload Date: 92/05/14
- File: mathfc23.zip
- Size: 28,431 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/calculator
- garbo: /pc/math
- Status: Public Domain
- Comment: A calculator which you can operate at the command prompt ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Thumb Print Software's Electric Typewriter
- Version: 1.0
- Upload Date: 91/02/09
- File: tp-et.zip
- Size: 115,774 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/education
- garbo: /pc/editor
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: This program "emulates" an electronic type-writer ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: TypeFast
- Version: -
- Upload Date: 90/09/12
- File: typefast.zip
- Size: 91,532 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/education
- garbo: /pc/educgames
- Status: Public Domain
- Comment: A game that can improve your typing speed ...
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: SkyGlobe
- Version: 3.52
- Upload Date: 92/10/16
- File: skygl352.zip
- Size: 297,105 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/astronomy
- garbo: /pc/astronomy
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: An easily accessible planetarium displaying stars ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section D: Anti-Virus Programs
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Programs: McAfee anti-virus utilities
- Version: 97
- Upload Date: 92/10/16
- Files: scanv97.zip(scanner), clean97.zip(removal), vshld97.zip(prevention)
- Size: scan(146,662 bytes), clean(160,850 bytes), vshield(120,516 bytes)
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/trojan-pro
- garbo: /pc/virus
- Status: Sharewares
- Comment: Simply the BEST ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: F-Prot anti-virus program
- Version: 2.05
- Upload Date: 92/08/27
- File: fp-205.zip
- Size: 288,153 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/trojan-pro
- garbo: /pc/virus
- Status: Shareware, Free for private use
- Comment: a MUST ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: VIRx
- Version: 2.4
- Upload Date: 92/08/30
- File: virx24.zip
- Size: 93,911 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/trojan-pro
- garbo: /pc/virus
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: A fine virus scanner ...
- Alternative: TB Scan (tbscan43.zip + vsig9208.zip) - fast
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: HyperText VSUM
- Version: 9209
- Upload Date: 92/09/27
- File: vsumx209.zip
- Size: 636,924 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/trojan-pro
- garbo: /pc/virus
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Organized in hypertext form, this program tells you everything you
- ever want to know about viruses ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section E: Editors
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: QEdit
- Version: 2.15
- Upload Date: 91/09/09
- File: qedit215.zip
- Size: 134,778 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/qedit
- garbo: /pc/editor
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: This one is very very good ... I'm using it now :) ...
- Alternatives: Vision-Edit (ved331.zip) - can edit files up to 4 megabytes.
- Video Display Editor (vde164.zip) - an efficient editor/quasi-
- word-processor.
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Elvis
- Version: 1.6
- Upload Date: 92/08/14
- File: elv16exe.zip
- Size: 208,263 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/editor
- garbo: not the latest
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: a 99.99% vi clone ... Very good ...
- Alternatives: Calvin (calvin21.zip) - a partial vi clone (for garbo: /pc/editor)
- Oak Hill Vi (vi60a1.zoo) - a good (and not-free) vi clone -
- obtainable from plains.nodak.edu (in /pub/pc/editors)
- Vile (vi-like emacs) is obtainable from ftp.cayman.com (as
- /pub/vile/pcvile3.25.tar.Z)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: MicroEmacs
- Version: 3.11c
- Upload Date: 92/08/26
- Files: 311c2ibm.zip and ue311cmd.zip
- Size: 128,508 bytes (total)
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/uemacs
- garbo: /pc/memacs (/meibm.zip and ue311ibm.arc)
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: This is a nice emacs clone ...
- 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-space
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 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 small and efficient editor ...
- A good rewrite of this program is Terse 1.4 (trs140a.zip) (garbo
- only: /pc/editor) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section F: Communication Programs
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: MS Kermit
- Version: 3.11
- Upload Date: 91/10/01
- File: msker311.zip
- Size: 186,841 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/kermit
- garbo: /pc/termprog
- Status: Freeware
- Comment: A good communication program with the best vt100 emulation ...
- The latest Kermit 3.12 (msvibm.zip) is now available from
- watsun.cc.columbia.edu (in /kermit/bin) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: X/Y/Zmodem file transfer program
- Version: -
- Upload Date: 92/05/04
- File: gsz0503.zip
- Size: 112,454 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zmodem
- garbo: /pc/termutil
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Very good ...
- Alternatives: DSZ (dsz0503.zip) - the non-graphical version of GSZ
- Texas Zmodem (txzm220.zip) - a _free_ Zmodem transfer program
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Telemate
- Version: 3.10
- Upload Date: 92/09
- Files: tm310-{1,2,3}.zip
- Size: 594,572 bytes (total)
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/modem
- garbo: /pc/termprog
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: A comprehensive and probably the best communication package ...
- With internal multitasking ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Telix
- Version: 3.15
- Upload Date: 91/04/04
- Files: tlx315-{1,2,3}.zip
- Size: 338,343 bytes (total)
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/telix
- garbo: /pc/termprog
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: With a good script language and in-built Zmodem ...
- Exis has sold Telix to deltaComm ... see tlx-sold.zip ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: BGFT - Background File Transfer
- Version: 2.11
- Upload Date: 91/07/05
- File: bgft211.zip
- Size: 245,592 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/modem
- garbo: /pc/termutil
- 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: Quick-Dial
- Version: 1.0
- Upload Date: 92/08/06
- File: qdial10.zip
- Size: 17,300 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskaccess
- garbo: not available
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: An interesting program ... You can dial voice call in DOS prompt ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Program: Modem Doctor
- Version: 4.0S
- Upload Date: 92/01/31
- File: modemd40.zip
- Size: 115,088 bytes
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/modem
- garbo: /pc/comm
- Status: Shareware
- Comment: Testing your modem and serial ports ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Section G: Miscellaneous Files
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- File: simibm.zip
- Version: updated frequently
- Description: Master index file of the MSDOS directory of Simtel20 and mirrors
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filedocs
- Comment: With simdir (simdir22.zip), one can easily look for msdos files ...
- For the latest uploads, get FILES.IDX from oak: /pub/msdos (or
- Simtel: PD1:<msdos>) ... Use fgrep/grep to search for additions
- in the last few days ...
- 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 ...
- For the latest uploads, see the file _files.in ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- File: moder16.zip
- Version: 16
- Size: 8,978 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 ...
- For the comprehensive list of anon-ftp sites by Tom Czarnik, get
- ftplist.zip(oak: /pub/msdos/info) or ftpsites.lst(garbo: /pc/doc-net)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- File: tsfaq30.zip
- Version: 30
- Size: 112,465 bytes
- Description: Timo Salmi: Frequently asked questions & answers
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info
- garbo: /pc/ts
- Comment: This has been the Bible of the comp.binaries.ibm.pc.* groups ...
- Informative and entertaining ...
- There are also many other interesting stuffs in /pc/ts and /pc/pd2 ...
- e.g.tsbat38.zip - a collection of useful batch files and tricks ...
- author11.zip - SW & PD authors reachable on the Internet ...
- bestpr24.zip - Timo's choice of 24 best MSDOS SW & PD program ...
- post*.zip - information emails & postings ...
- Also look for timo01e.gif/timo01v.gif in garbo: /pc/gif ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- File: jargon2910.zip
- Version: 2.9.10
- Size: 505,474 bytes
- Description: Eric Raymond: Jargon file 2.9.10, hacker slang dictionary
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info
- garbo: not available
- Comment: A remarkable collection of computer slangs ... Informative and
- entertaining ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- File: zen10.zip
- Version: 1.0
- Size: 71,459 bytes
- Description: Zen and the Art of the Internet
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/books
- garbo: not available
- Comment: The beginners' guide to the Internet ...
- The 2nd edition is commercial, sold by Prentice Hall ...
-
- BTW ... If you're really interested to know more about the Internet, consider
- buying a copy of "The Whole Internet Users' Guide & Catalog" ... written
- by Ed Krol and published by O'Reilly ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- File: useful19.zip :)
- Version: 1.9
- Size: 21,500+ bytes
- Description: The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel and Garbo
- Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info
- garbo: /pc/filelist
- Comment: This list + a list of major changes since last version (1.8) ...
- Uncompressed version of this list (msdos-archives) can be obtained
- from pit-manager.mit.edu (in /pub/usenet/news.answers) ...
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Appendix 1: Mirror Sites
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Mirror Site IP Directory
- ----------- -- ---------
-
- I. Simtel Mirrors
- wsmr-simtel20.army.mil 192.88.110.20 PD1: <MSDOS.WHATEVER>
- oak.oakland.edu 141.210.10.117 /pub/msdos/whatever
- wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /mirror/msdos/whatever
- ftp.uu.net 137.39.1.9 /systems/simtel20/msdos/whatever
- nic.funet.fi 128.214.6.100 /pub/msdos/Simtel20-mirror/whatever
- src.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.3.7 /pub/ibmpc/simtel20/whatever
- nic.switch.ch 130.59.1.40 /mirror/msdos/whatever
- archie.au 139.130.4.6 /micros/pc/simtel-20/whatever
- nctuccca.edu.tw 140.111.3.21 /SIMTEL20/msdos/whatever
-
- II. Garbo Mirrors
- garbo.uwasa.fi 128.214.87.1 /pc/whatever
- wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /mirrors/garbo.uwasa.fi/whatever
- archie.au 139.130.4.6 /micros/pc/garbo/pc/whatever
- nctuccca.edu.tw 140.111.3.21 /Garbo/pc/whatever
-
- BTW ... please use a mirror site near you and preferably during off-peak
- hours (6:00 pm - 6:00 am) ...
-
- BTW2 ... best msdos Games site ... ftp.ulowell.edu (/msdos/Games)
- best Windows site ... ftp.cica.indiana.edu (/pub/pc/win3)
- best OS2 site ... ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (/pub/os2)
- best FAQs site ... pit-manager.mit.edu (/pub/usenet/news.answers)
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Appendix 2: Obtaining files by emails
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- If you do not have ftp access, you can obtain the files archived at Simtel
- and Garbo by emails (as long as your site has disk space set up for
- ftp-by-mail). To get more info ...
-
- For Simtel mail servers ...
- Send an email to LISTSERV@VMI.NODAK.EDU or LISTSERV@VM.ECS.RPI.EDU
- The body of the message should be: GET PDGET HELP
- Do not include your signature ...
-
- For garbo mail server ...
- Send an email to mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi
- The subject of the message should be: garbo-request
- The body of the message should be: send help
- Do not include your signature ...
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Appendix 3: Getting upload announcements by emails
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- From: w8sdz@tacom-emh1.army.mil (Keith Petersen)
- Subject: Mailing list for MS-DOS file upload announcements
-
- 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.
-
- 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
-
- SIMTEL20 and Garbo information files, 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 ...
-
- The following is a _typical_ ftp session (on a Unix machine) ...
- Suppose you want to get pkz110eu.exe and gsz0503.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 6.12 Tue May 5 08:59:31 EDT 1992)
- ready.
- Name (oak.oakland.edu: your_login_name): anonymous <enter>
-
- 331 Guest login ok, send e-mail address as password.
- Password: your email 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-Please read the file README
- 230- it was last modified on Sun Aug 30 04:35:34 1992 - 41 days ago
- 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 pkz110.exe <enter>
- local: pkz110eu.exe remote: pkz110eu.exe
- 200 PORT command successful.
- 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for pkz110eu.exe (140116 bytes).
- 226 Transfer complete.
- 140116 bytes received in 8.75 seconds (15.64 Kbytes/s)
-
- ftp> cd <enter> (or cd .. <enter>
- (remote directory) ../zmodem <enter> cd zmodem <enter> )
- 250 CWD command successful.
- ftp> get gsz0503.zip <enter>
- local: gsz0503.zip remote: gsz0503.zip
- 200 PORT command successful.
- 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for gsz0503.zip (112454 bytes).
- 226 Transfer complete.
- 112454 bytes received in 10.23 seconds (10.73 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
- tenex - transfer binary files (for wsmr-simtel20.army.mil only)
- 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)
-
- Alternative ways to do anonymous ftp ...
- 1) I've got UNIX shell scripts that can enable you auto-ftp MSDOS files
- from any Simtel and Garbo mirror sites. If you want to get them, send me an
- email.
-
- 2) There are a couple of versatile programs that automate the ftp process ...
- a) autoftp - oak: /pub/misc/unix/autoftp30.tar-z
- - garbo: /unix/ftp/autoftp3.zoo
- b) batchftp - oak: /pub/misc/unix/batchftp102.tar-z
- - garbo: /unix/ftp/batchftp102.tar.Z (also batchftp.inf)
- batchftp requires the Berkeley Unix system (e.g. a SUN) ...
-
-
- =========================Thank You For Reading This ...=======================
-
- Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca) ... aka: The Smart One ...
- I've also compiled a list of the "best" Unix books / documentations ...
- And you can get it (unix) by anonymous ftp from pit-manager.mit.edu
- (in /pub/usenet/news.answers/books) ...
-
-
-