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Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!biosci!CSC.FI!Rob.Harper From: Rob.Harper@CSC.FI (Rob Harper) Newsgroups: bionet.software Subject: Best of MSDOS (Part1) Message-ID: <199301021031.AA12529@csc.fi> Date: 2 Jan 93 10:31:26 GMT Sender: daemon@net.bio.net Distribution: bionet Lines: 755 >Xref: funic comp.archives.msdos.d:271 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted:8870 comp.os.msdos.apps:7769 news.answers:4580 >Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted,comp.os.msdos.apps,news.answers >Path: funic!fuug!mcsun!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!newsserver.sfu.ca!kko >From: kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko) >Subject: The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel20 and Garbo (Part I) >Message-ID: <1993Jan1.231418.2527@sfu.ca> >Followup-To: comp.archives.msdos.d >Summary: A list of recommended msdos programs at major ftp sites. >Keywords: Simtel20, Garbo, sharewares, freewares, PD programs, ftp >Sender: news@sfu.ca >Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada >Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 23:14:18 GMT >Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu >Lines: 739 Archive-name: msdos-archives/part1 Last-modified: Jan 1, 1993 Version: 2.0 The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel20 and Garbo (Part I) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files **** Version: 2.0 Jan 1, 1993 (so, Happy New Year!!!) Compiled by Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca) This is a good selection of the "best" sharewares and freewares that are available from Simtel20 (wsmr-simtel20.army.mil) - the largest depository of MSDOS files - and Garbo (garbo.uwasa.fi) - a good alternative to Simtel20. This list contains many commonly-and-frequently-wanted sharewares/freewares/ public domain programs. So before you post any requests for ftp'able MSDOS files in comp.archives.msdos.d, comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted or other msdos/pc newsgroups, please try to read the list first. This will help reduce the traffic in those groups a bit. Besides you might find some other interesting stuff here. As it is more convenient to ftp files from Simtel20's mirror sites than Simtel20 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 (Simtel20) 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 = Simtel20: 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 Simtel20 and Garbo mirror sites, please see Appendix 1. If you do not have ftp access, please read Appendix 2 for instructions on how to obtain most of the files listed below by e-mail. 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 150 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. So, the next issue will be out in early February. General format of an entry: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Name and/or Description Version: The latest release Upload Date: The date the program was uploaded to Simtel or Oak File: The name of the file that corresponds to the program Size: The size of the archive file Location: The directory from which the file can be found Status: Shareware / Freeware Info Shareware - copyrighted (or patented) programs distributed and sold on a "try before you buy" basis. Freeware - copyrighted programs which do not require compensation for use in most cases. Public Domain - free from copyrights; open to use by anyone without compensation. Comment: My comment and supplementary info Alternative: Other similar program --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contents: Part I ------ * 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 [ Part II ------- Area 5: Screen Utilites 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 e-mail * Appendix 3: Getting upload announcements by e-mail * 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) File expresss (fe51-{a,b,c}.zip) (ditto) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: EnVision Publisher Version: 1.0 Upload Date: 92/12/02 Files: evp10{a,b}.zip Size: 669,413 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskpub garbo: not available Status: Shareware Comment: Great! ... A WYSIWYG full-feature desktop publishing program ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Draft Choice CAD Version: 2.0 Upload Date: 92/07/15 File: dc20.zip Size: 314,791 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/cad garbo: /pc/cad Status: Shareware Comment: A good computer-assisted-design program ... Get dcfonts.zip ... BTW ... Data flow diagrams ... - Analyst's Toolkit (atk15ibm.zip in /pub/msdos/flowchart) - good - EasyCase (ezcase17.zip in /pub/msdos/case) - limited CASE Flow-Charts ... - FLODRAW (fdrw225{a,b}.zip - /pub/msdos/flowchart) (CGA only?) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... Alternatives: Symbolic Calculator (sm211a.zip) - doing symbolic math Mercury (mrcry209.zip) - solving equations (in /.../math for oak) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section B: Compression / Decompression Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis - DOS and UNIX ~~~~~~~~ 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) lha-1.00.tar.Z (garbo) *.arc pk361.exe arc521e.tar-z (oak) arc602.exe arc.tar.Z (garbo) *.zoo zoo210.exe zoo210.tar-z (or .tar.Z) booz20.zip booz20.tar-z (or .Z) *.hpk hpack78.zip hpack78src.tar.Z (garbo only) *.sqz sqz1082e.exe -- *.tar tar4dos.zoo on your system *.Z comp430d.zip on your system *.F -- freeze * *.z -- pack (on your system) -- gzip-0.5.tar.Z ** *.exe/ pklte115.zip -- *.com lzexe91e.zip diet144.zip * freeze is a new Unix compression program ... Get it from /usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume25/freeze at wuarchive ... ** gzip (GNU zip) is designed to replace Unix's compress (?) ... Get gzip from prep.ai.mit.edu (in /pub/gnu) ... 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 garbo ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Hpack multisystem archiver Version: 0.78 Upload Date: (to garbo) 92/11/20 File: hpack078.zip Size: 114,243 Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr (not the latest) garbo: /pc/arcers Status: Freeware Comment: yet another fine archiver ... but slow compression :( ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: SQZ - 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: 1.41 Upload Date: 92/11/08 File: fv141.zip Size: 8,859 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: 8.3 Upload Date: 92/11/08 File: am83.zip Size: 218,768 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 (shez83.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: /pub/msdos/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: Lzexe (lzexe91e.zip + unlzexe8.zip), Diet (diet144.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) or from garbo (as /pc/doc-net/faqc9212.zip) ... 2) Get the file compression from ftp.cso.uiuc.edu (in /doc/pcnet) ... Maintained by David Lemson, this file has additional info on different compression/decompression programs for many different operating systems. 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 revision d Upload Date: 92/10/31 File: 4dos401p.zip Size: 257,581 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/4dos garbo: /pc/cmd4dos (revision b) 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 ... Alternatives: COPYQM (copyq302.zip), WWScopyd (copyd11.zip) BTW ... A good program to break a large file up into pieces and copies it to floppies is slice (oak: /pub/msdos/pcmag/slice13.arc) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: MegaBack disk system backup Version: 2.1 Upload Date: 92/12/07 File: mback210.zip Size: 225,252 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: HDTEST Version: 5.35a Upload Date: 92/10/26 File: hdts535a.zip Size: 139,775 Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/diskutil (not the latest) Status: Shareware Comment: A good program for testing and maintaining disks ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 7.7a Upload Date: 92/10/26 File: list77a.zip Size: 92,388 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: 4.1 Upload Date: 92/11/14 File: fff41.zip Size: 112,172 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: /pc/unix (not the latest) Status: Shareware, Free for private use Comment: Probably the best utility to add/remove cr or lf ... Alternatives: crlf15b.zip, flip (flip1exe.arc) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Pretty Good Privacy Version: 2.1 Upload Date: (to garbo) 92/12/07 File: pgp21.zip Size: 187,758 bytes Location: oak: not available garbo: /pc/fileutil Status: Freeware Comment: This is a very popular but controversial (public key) encrytpion program ...also available from ghost.dsi.unimi.it (in /pub/security) Alternatives: Encrypt (encrypt.zip), 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 ksh - oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl/ms_sh21b.zip (386+ preferred) perl - oak: /pub/msdos/perl/perl4019.zip make - oak: /pub/msdos/c/dmake38e.zip or /pub/msdos/gnuish/make358.arc garbo: /pc/unix/dmak38e.zip gcc - take a look at oak: /pub/msdos/djgpp or garbo: /pc/djgpp rcs - oak: /pub/msdos/pgmutl/rcs56dos.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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) GIFV (gifv37.zip) BTW ... a bit on jpeg files ... viewers: HiView (hv12.zip) - oak: /pub/msdos/graphics ColorView (dcview20.zip) - oak: /pub/msdos/graphics DVPEG (dvpeg21.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 3-part FAQs for the alt.binaries.pictures newsgroups by Jim Howard (part 3 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: /pc/fileutil 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 ... 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- End of Part I ... please read Part II as well ... :) -- ><-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^->< | Samuel C. Ko (aka The Smart One / BOZO) <--> a celebrity & DOS/UNIX wizard :) :) kko@sfu.ca <--> Outspoken,Highly-talented,Charming... I post this for You! | [-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-]