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- From: wtm@sheldev.shel.isc-br.com (Bill McGarry)
- Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d
- Subject: Re: Large Character Program
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 15:56:50 GMT
- References: <C16J1B.3J3@hkuxb.hku.hk>
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- In article <C16J1B.3J3@hkuxb.hku.hk> archana@hkusub (The HK Connection) writes:
- >
- >A couple of months ago there was a progam which enlarged the charcaters
- >that were typed on screen or from file. Me thinks it was posted in
- >c.b.i.p. If any one has that program can you mail it to me.
-
- Check out the anonymous ftp site at "handicap.shel.isc-br.com" which
- contains ONLY disability-related software and information. One
- of the over 50 directories is just for screen and print enlargers
- ("/pub/large"). There is an master index file in "/pub/index" and
- each directory contains an index file called "00-index.txt". This
- is the listing from the 00-index.txt file for /pub/large:
-
- (I have uploaded many of these to SIMTEL20 as well in the msdos.handicap
- directory.)
-
- Screen and Print Enlargers
-
-
- The following set of programs were all written
- by Bill Arendt of Hexagon Products. The files that
- are in ".EXE" format are self-extracting archive files.
-
- BDIR, BEDIT, BLOOK and BTYPE will all display
- from 10 to 60 characters per line
-
- BDIR2.ZIP 20512 08-28-91 DIR type command in large characters
- BEDIT20.ZIP 237465 03-13-91 Large character editor
- BEDICT20.ZIP 151890 07-18-91 60,000 word dictionary for BEDIT
- BLOOK2.ZIP 24980 08-28-91 Look at ascii files
- BTYPE2.ZIP 21270 08-28-91 DOS TYPE command in large characters
-
- BPOP (also by Bill Arendt) is a TSR (Terminate
- and Stay Resident program) that acts as a software
- magnifying glass. When needed, BPOP will pop up
- and enlarge any text that is being displayed.
-
- BPOP21.ZIP 56868 08-28-91 Pop up magnifying glass
-
- Some other programs to enlarge characters either on
- the screen or on the printer
-
- 20-20.ZIP 96298 10-31-91 Word processor enlarger for use in laptops
- BCDEMO.ZIP 55488 08-20-90 BigCalc, which works with large characters
- or with braille or with speech
- BIG10.ZIP 33255 04-09-91 Enlarger designed for Lotus 1 2 3
- BIG26.ZIP 142299 10-04-90 The BIG utilities-BIG, BIGMONE & TYPER, a
- typing tutor
- BIGCAL.ZIP 37456 03-05-90 Print large type calendar
- BIGECHO.ZIP 4823 06-30-89 Print large letters in batch files
- BIGPRINT.ZIP 22722 01-08-90 Program to print large letters
- BIGT.ZIP 4577 09-09-91 BigT - CGA TSR text enlarger
- BIG-TEXT.ZIP 44375 03-30-89 Enlarges text files to printer or screen
- BIGTIMER.ZIP 16073 02-05-90 Large character timer
- CGACLK2.ZIP 26419 10-03-90 Large letter clock/timer/stop watch (CGA)
- HVIEW.ZIP 84598 10-10-90 Demo of HandiVIEW screen magnifier (Vers 2.0)
- IN-FOCUS.ZIP 49686 07-20-91 Demo of In-focus screen magnifier
- LARGE.ZIP 34647 06-30-89 Another program to enlarge text on screen
- LENS101.ZIP 9221 03-19-92 Screen enlarger for Windows (1 to 20 times)
- LETENLRG.ZIP 36415 02-07-90 Put large characters into a file
- LPD-DELX.ZIP 78163 07-20-91 Demo of LP-Dos enlarger
- MAGAN.ZIP 12593 02-09-90 One more pop up text enlarger
- MAGH10.ZIP 41476 09-26-90 Text enlarger for a Hercules graphics card
- MAGIC127.ZIP 45163 01-29-92 Demo screen magnifier for VGA, XGA, SVGA
- MAGCD129.ZIP 162045 06-24-92 Deluxe version demo of MAGIC magnifier
- OLLY09.ZIP 99381 01-19-93 Large font offline QWK reader
- RELIEF.ZIP 65580 04-06-91 Demo of large letter word processor
- VERBVIEW.ZIP 27807 02-06-90 And yet another text enlarger
- VUDEMO.ZIP 31439 07-10-91 Large letter file reader
- WINSPY2.ZIP 10301 07-03-91 Screen enlarger within Windows 3.0
- ZOOMSHAR.ZIP 43240 04-09-91 Mouse based text enlarger
- ZOOMTEXT.ZIP 83237 07-18-91 Versatile screen enlarger (demo)
-
-
- Hope that this helps.
-
- Bill McGarry
- (203) 337-1518
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