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From news.funet.fi!sunic!pipex!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!agate!deep.rsoft.bc.ca!mindlink!a8570 Sat Mar 20 07:54:16 EET 1993 Article: 1680 of comp.archives.msdos.d Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d Path: uwasa.fi!news.funet.fi!sunic!pipex!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!agate!deep.rsoft.bc.ca!mindlink!a8570 From: Samuel_Ko@mindlink.bc.ca (Samuel Ko) Subject: Useful MSDOS Programs at SIMTEL20 and Garbo ... Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1993 04:27:46 GMT Message-ID: <22225@mindlink.bc.ca> Sender: news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Usenet News at rsoft.bc.ca) Lines: 1724 As this is likely the last update of this useful-program-list from me, if you would like to keep a copy, please *save* this article ... Samuel ---- Archive-name: msdos-archives/part1 Last-modified: March 19, 1993 Version: 2.4 Useful MSDOS Programs at SIMTEL20 and Garbo (Part 1 of 2) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files **** Version: 2.4 March 19, 1993 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. Besides, many other SIMTEL20's mirror sites actually mirror files from oak.oakland.edu. 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 200 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. General format of an entry: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Name and/or Description Version: The latest release Upload Date: The date the program was uploaded to SIMTEL20 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 Utilities Area 3: Directory Utilities Area 4: File / Text Utilities [ Part II ------- Area 5: Screen Utilities Area 6: System Utilities 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: 5.5b Upload Date: 92/03/11 File: aea550b.zip Size: 407,211 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/spreadsheet garbo: /pc/spreadsheet Status: Shareware Comment: A powerful Lotus 123 clone ... There is a "lighter" version - Alite - 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) - a limited CASE Flow-Charts ... - FLODRAW (fdrw225{a,b}.zip - /pub/msdos/flowchart) (CGA only?) Project Management ... - Easy Project (ezprj402.zip - /pub/msdos/flowchart) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) BTW, a good plotting program is GNUPLOT (gnuplt32.zip in /pub/msdos/plot) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section B: Compression / Decompression Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis - DOS and UNIX ~~~~~~~~ DOS UNIX --- ---- *.zip pkz204g.exe (pkz110eu.exe) -- zip19p1x.zip zip19p1.zip (or .tar.Z) unzip50p1.exe unzip50p1.zip (or .tar.Z) *.arj arj230ng.exe (arj239d.exe) -- unarj230.zip unarj230.tar-z (or .tar.Z) *.lzh lha213.exe lha-101u.tar-z (or .tar.Z) *.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 sqz1083e.exe -- *.tar tar4dos.zoo on your system *.Z comp430d.zip on your system *.F -- freeze * *.z -- pack (on your system) gzip-msdos-1.0.6.exe gzip-1.0.6.tar ** *.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 - where most GNU files there are now compressed with gzip) ... The MSDOS binary is also obtainable from oak: /pub/msdos/compress as gzip106.zip ... The Unix version of these compression/decompression programs are obtainable from SIMTEL20: PD8:<MISC.UNIX>, oak: /pub/misc/unix or garbo: /unix/arcers ... Information on the DOS version is as follows ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: PKWare pkzip, pkunzip, pkzipfix and zip2exe package ... Version: 2.04g Upload Date: (to garbo) 93/02/01 File: pkz204g.exe Size: 202,574 ... Version: 1.10 Upload Date: 90/04/02 File: pkz110eu.exe Size: 140,116 bytes ... Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip (ver. 1.1 only) garbo: /pc/arcers Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use Comment: Simply the best zip / unzip for DOS ... absolutely a MUST ... BTW ... to split large zip files to smaller zip files, get zipsplit (zipspl12.zip) (oak only) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Info-Zip's Zip ... Version: 1.9 patch 1 Upload Date: 92/08/30 File: zip19p1x.zip Size: 114,278 bytes .... Version: 1.0 Upload Date: 92/04/23 File: zip10exx.zip Size: 45,383 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 ... and for encryption codes, get zcrypt19.zip (garbo: /pc/arcutil) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Info-Zip's Unzip Version: 5.0 patch 1 Upload Date: 93/01/19 File: unzip50p1.exe Size: 40,062 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip garbo: /pc/arcers Status: Freeware Comment: unzip 5.0p1 can handle files zipped with zip 1.0/1.9 and pkzip 1.1/1.93/2.04 ... Source codes (for many OS): unzip50p1.zip (also, zcrypt19.zip) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: ARJ file archiver Version: 2.3 Upload Date: 92/01/31 File: arj230ng.exe Size: 200,502 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archivers 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 final (?) beta version of ARJ version 2.4 is out ... You can get arj239d.exe (and arju239d.arj) from garbo ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: LZH archive make / extract program Version: 2.13 Upload Date: 91/08/07 File: lha213.exe Size: 44,416 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archivers 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 Size: 119,598 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archivers 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 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: 92/12/31 File: hpack078.zip Size: 113,973 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archivers garbo: /pc/arcers Status: Freeware Comment: yet another fine archiver ... but slow compression :( ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: SQZ - SQUEEZE Version: 1.083 Upload Date: 93/02/10 File: sqz1083e.exe Size: 119,203 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archivers garbo: /pc/arcers Status: Freeware Comment: A nice archiver from Sweden ... Try it ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Buerg's archive files viewer Version: 1.43 Upload Date: 93/02/18 File: fv143.zip Size: 9,058 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archivers 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 (rv248.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/archivers garbo: /pc/arcutil Status: Freeware Comment: Interesting ... Can look for the right decompression program to extract a compressed file ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: ZZAP Version: 6.6a Upload Date: 93/01/10 File: zzap66a.zip Size: 108,254 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip garbo: /pc/arcutil Status: Shareware Comment: A fine program that can covert compressed files from one format to another ... BTW, for a comparision of different compression programs, take a look at the file arctst01.zip (oak: /pub/info) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: ArcMaster Version: 8.4 Upload Date: 93/01/24 File: am84.zip Size: 220,334 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archivers garbo: /pc/arcutil Status: Shareware Comment: More sophisticated shell for manipulating different types of compressed files ... Alternative: Shez (shez88.zip) - good --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... Also see the reference to GNU zip above ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) BTW, Dirx (drx109.zip) can tell you which executables are compressed ... and UNP (unp213.zip) can unpack all (?) types of compressed executables ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Further reference: 1) The 3-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/faqc9303.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 Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Patriquin 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 ... BTW, to copy specified files to the least number of diskettes, get FFIT (ffit162.zip) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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: treevw11.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 ... BTW, the "best" menu program is AUTOMENU (auto47.zip) (for garbo, in /pc/menu) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Directory Scanner Version: 4.21 Upload Date: 92/03/19 File: ds421.zip Size: 195,486 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl garbo: /pc/dirutil (not the latest) Status: Shareware Comment: Another good file/directory management program ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 5.21 Upload Date: 93/03/15 File: uuexe520.zip Size: 32,185 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: 2.2 Upload Date: (to garbo) 93/03/07 File: pgp22.zip Size: 209,679 bytes Location: oak: not available garbo: /pc/fileutil Status: Freeware Comment: This is a very popular but controversial (public key) encryption 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 (futil14ax.zip 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/sed106ax.zip 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/make358ax.zip 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: 8.60a Upload Date: 93/02/08 File: cshw860a.zip Size: 150,746 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 (gifv412.zip) BTW ... a bit on jpeg files ... viewers: HiView (hv12.zip) - oak: /pub/msdos/graphics ColorView (dcview21.zip) - oak: /pub/msdos/graphics DVPEG (dvpeg24.zip) - sunee.uwaterloo.ca: /pub/jpeg/viewers convertors: jpeg <--> gif (gif2jpg2.zip) - oak: /pub/msdos/graphics Image Alchemy (alch161.zip) - oak: /pub/msdos/graphics - this can convert files between many different graphics formats ... 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: PCPS Version: 7.30 Upload Date: 93/02/25 File: pcps730.zip Size: 93,127 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/postscript garbo: /pc/postscript Status: Shareware Comment: For printing text files on postscript printers ... And to print two reduced "pages" of plain text on a page (on a postscript printer), get 2-up111.zip ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive-name: msdos-archives/part2 Last-modified: March 19 1993 Version: 2.4 Useful MSDOS Programs at SIMTEL20 and Garbo (Part 2 of 2) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files **** Version: 2.4 March 19, 1993 Compiled by Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca) Contents: Part II ------- * Section C 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 e-mail * Appendix 3: Getting upload announcements by e-mail * Appendix 4: How to do anonymous ftp? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... Alternative: Scrollit (scrlit15.zip) - good --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Snipper Version: 2.6 Upload Date: 92/10/28 File: snippr26.zip Size: 20,881 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: 1.56 Upload Date: 92/12/30 File: ifp1p156.zip Size: 127,580 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/sysinfo Status: Freeware Comment: Good ... Alternatives: Comptest (ctest257.zip) ASQ (asq130.zip) PC Mag Lab Benchmarks (pcben60{a,b,c}.zip; bench60.zip (garbo)) Microsoft Diagnostics (ga0363.zip) in oak: /pub/msdos/microsoft --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Secure System Login Version: 1.0 Upload Date: 92/08/29 File: login.zip Size: 71,258 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/security garbo: /pub/sysutil Status: Shareware, Free for personal use Comment: Good ... unix-like ... login: ? Password: ? ... Alternative: CCP (ccp11.zip) - a more secure system control program --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: HyperDisk Version: 4.52 Upload Date: 93/01/24 File: spkt452s.zip Size: 292,780 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/sysutil (not the latest) Status: Shareware Comment: Disk caching utilities ... better than the RAM Disk ... And other Speedkit's utilities (HyperKey and HyperScreen) included ... 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: 2.0d Upload Date: 93/01/23 File: shroom2d.zip Size: 23,225 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: Ultimate Calculator Version: 1.2 Upload Date: 92/10/27 File: ucalc12.zip Size: 53,551 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/calculator garbo: /pc/math Status: Shareware Comment: A high precision scientific calculator which you can operate at the command prompt ... Alternative: MEC (mathfc23.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: The Animated Series Version: 1.0 Upload Date: 92/11 Files: aalpha.zip, amath1.zip. amem10.zip, animshap.zip, awcmp{1,2}.zip Size: various Location: oak: /pub/msdos/education garbo: /pc/educgames Status: Shareware Comment: Animated programs to enhance learning for preschoolers ... These are just several examples of educational programs available from SIMTEL20 and Garbo ... There are many others in the above directories (and /../teaching at oak) ... My latest favorite is MathShop (mathsp11.zip) :) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... Alternative: COSMOS (cosmos16.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: ACCU Music System Version: 3.2 Upload Date: 93/02/13 File: ac32musc.zip Size: 270,428 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/music garbo: not available Status: Shareware Comment: Create, print, transpose and play music ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programs: MSDOS 5.0 updates Version: - Upload Date: 93/02/16 Files: pd0485.zip (dosswap.exe), pd0646.zip (chkdsk.exe, undelete.exe) Size: 485(15,231 bytes), 646(21,888 bytes) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/microsoft garbo: not available Status: free updates to commerical O/S Comment: Replacement files for MSDOS 5.0 ... Also, the file pd0445.zip there contains a list of DOS messages ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section D: Anti-Virus Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: New versions for these programs are released pretty frequently ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programs: McAfee anti-virus utilities Version: 102 Upload Date: 93/03/01 Files: scanv102.zip(scanner), clean102.zip(removal), vshld102.zip(prevention) Size: scan(208,894 bytes), clean(224,510 bytes), vshield(128,872 bytes) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus Status: Sharewares Comment: Absolutely and positively the BEST ... BTW ... McAfee's anti-virus utilities can also be obtained from /pub/antivirus at the ftp site mcafee.com ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: F-Prot anti-virus program Version: 2.07 Upload Date: 93/02/04 File: fp-207.zip Size: 323,837 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus Status: Shareware, Free for private use Comment: a MUST ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Integrity Master Version: 1.41 Upload Date: 93/02/16 File: i-m141.zip Size: 311,366 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus (not the latest) Status: Shareware Comment: A good anti-virus + data integrity system ... Alternative: Thunderbyte (tbav504.zip + vsig9301.zip + asig9301.zip) - fast! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: VIRx Version: 2.6d Upload Date: 93/02/16 File: virx26d.zip Size: 107,708 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus Status: Freeware Comment: A fine virus scanner ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: HyperText VSUM Version: 93.01 Upload Date: 93/2/13 File: vsumx301.zip Size: 789,378 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus Status: Shareware Comment: Organized in hypertext form, this program tells you everything you ever want to know about viruses ... Also available at mcafee.com ... (in /pub/vsum) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: can be found in oak: /pub/msdos/editor Vision-Edit (ved331.zip) - can edit files up to 4 megabytes Video Display Editor (vde164.zip) - an efficient editor/quasi- word-processor Boxer (box500a.zip) - a good, fully functional editor TDE (tde210.zip) - a fine, public domain editor E4 (e4v151.zip) - a nice, easy-to-use editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Elvis Version: 1.7 Upload Date: 93/02/04 File: elv17exe.zip Size: 208,271 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/editor garbo: /pc/editor Status: Freeware Comment: a 99.99% vi clone ... Very very good ... Alternatives: Calvin (calvin21.zip) - a partial vi clone XVi (xviexe.zip) - another vi clone Oak Hill Vi (vi62a1.zoo) - a pretty good (but 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 Mutt Editor (me_cd25.zip in /pub/msdos/editor) - another emacs- look-alike program JED (jed083.zip) - yet another emacs-look-alike ... obtainable from amy.tch.harvard.edu (in /pub/jed) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Ted (Tiny Editor) Version: 1.0 Upload Date: 88/10/21 File: as part of vol7n19.arc (oak) or vol7n19.zip (garbo) Size: 48,128 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/pcmag garbo: /pc/pcmag Status: Freeware Comment: A really small and efficient editor ... A good rewrite of this program is Terse 1.4 (trs140a.zip) obtainable from garbo as /pc/editor/trs140a.zip or cs.ubc.ca (as /pub/pickup/ terse/ters143f.zip) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section F: Communication Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: MS Kermit Version: 3.12 Upload Date: 92/10/24 File: msker312.zip Size: 205.077 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/kermit garbo: /pc/termprog Status: Freeware Comment: A good communication program with the best vt100 emulation ... Patches 1-12 are released (look for msr31212.pch (oak only)) ... Also, the offical site for Kermit is watsun.cc.columbia.edu ... Alternatives: COMMO (commo54.zip) (for oak, in /pub/msdos/modem) RBComm (rbcom341.zip) (ditto) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: X/Y/Zmodem file transfer program Version: 1109 Upload Date: 92/11/14 File: gsz1109.zip Size: 112,752 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zmodem garbo: /pc/termutil (as gsz1106.zip) Status: Shareware Comment: A very good external X/Y/Zmodem program ... Alternatives: DSZ (dsz1109.zip) - the non-graphical version of GSZ Texas Zmodem (txzm220.zip) - a _free_ Zmodem transfer program --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Telemate Version: 4.0 Upload Date: 92/0 Files: tm400-{1,2,3,4}.zip Size: 709,483 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: 3.21 Upload Date: 93/02/22 Files: tlx321-{1,2,3,4}.zip Size: 667,725 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/telix garbo: /pc/termprog Status: Shareware Comment: Another fully functional communication program ... with a good script language ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: BGFT - Background File Transfer Version: 3.00 Upload Date: 92/12/07 File: bgft300{a,b}.zip Size: 411,166 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/modem garbo: /pc/termutil (not the latest) Status: Shareware Comment: A program that allow you to do other things while transferring files... Alternative: SZModem (szmod200.zip) (for oak: in /pub/msdos/zmodem) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: 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 SIMTEL20: 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: moder21.zip Version: 21 Size: 7,249 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 ftp-list.zip(garbo: /pc/doc-net) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: tsfaq32.zip Version: 32 Size: 93,127 bytes Description: Timo Salmi: Frequently asked questions & answers Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/ts Comment: This has been the Bible of comp.binaries.ibm.pc.* and the new comp.archives.msdos.* newsgroups ... Informative and entertaining ... There are also many other interesting stuffs in /pc/ts and /pc/pd2 ... e.g.tsbat42.zip - a collection of useful batch files and tricks ... author15.zip - SW & PD authors reachable on the Internet ... bestpr25.zip - Timo's choice of 25 best MSDOS SW & PD program ... post*.zip - information emails & postings ... Also look for timo01e.gif/timo01v.gif in garbo: /pc/gif ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: asp6302.zip Version: 93/03 Size: 532,493 bytes Description: Association of Shareware Professionals Catalog Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/doc-soft Comment: A (monthly) catalog of quality shareware programs for BBS users ... However, many of these sharewares should be available from SIMTEL20 and Garbo ...(and SIMTEL20 is the only ASP-approved ftp site) ... There is also a monthly update - upd6303.zip ... Also, read the monthly Hack Report (hack9303.zip) to be aware of hacked files that might be on BBS's ... BTW ... if you want to get sharewares distributed by PC-SIG, take a look at /pc/pcsig at ftp.cso.uiuc.edu ... The index file is 1_3018.upp ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: sharebk1.zip Version: 1 Size: 293,179 bytes Description: The ShareWare Book Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/doc-soft Comment: A good "book" on shareware development ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: jar_2911.zip Version: 2.9.11 Size: 516,202 bytes Description: Eric Raymond: Jargon file 2.9.11, hacker slang dictionary Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: not available Comment: A remarkable collection of computer slangs ... Informative and entertaining ... Unix version is available from prep.ai.mit.edu (as /pub/gnu/jargon2911.ascii.z) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... BTW2 ... If you've internet access, you will also find Hytelnet (with lots of telnet addresses) useful ... Get hyteln63.zip from oak: /pub/msdos/hypertext or garbo: /pc/doc-net ... And the latest version of Hytelnet is available from the ftp site access.usask.ca (in /pub/hytelnet/pc) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix 1: Mirror Sites --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mirror Site IP Directory ----------- -- --------- I. SIMTEL20 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/computing/systems/ibmpc/simtel20/ 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 /PC-MsDos/SIMTEL-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 /PcMsDos/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 uploads site ... wuarchive.wustl.edu (/pub/msdos_uploads) 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) best UNIX sites ... oak (/pub/misc/unix and /pub/unix-c) garbo (/unix) prep.ai.mit.edu (/pub/gnu - note that many files in this directory are comprssed with gzip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix 2: Obtaining files by e-mail --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you do not have ftp access, you can obtain the files archived at SIMTEL20 and Garbo by e-mail ... Keith Petersen, the moderator of SIMTEL20, writes: If you do not have FTP access to SIMTEL20 or its mirrors, files may be ordered by e-mail from these servers: Location EARN/BITNET Internet -------------- ---------------- ---------------------------------- In USA: LISTSERV@NDSUVM1 LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU In USA: LISTSERV@RPITSVM LISTSERV@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU In Turkey: TRICKLE@TREARN TRICKLE@EGE.EDU.TR In Italy: TRICKLE@IMIPOLI In Belgium: TRICKLE@BANUFS11 TRICKLE@CCS.UFSIA.AC.BE In Austria: TRICKLE@AWIWUW11 In Germany: TRICKLE@DEARN TRICKLE@VM.GMD.DE In Israel: TRICKLE@TAUNIVM TRICKLE@VM.TAU.AC.IL In Netherlands: TRICKLE@HEARN TRICKLE@HEARN.NIC.SURFNET.NL In France: TRICKLE@FRMOP11 TRICKLE@FRMOP11.CNUSC.FR In Colombia: TRICKLE@UNALCOL TRICKLE@UNALCOL.UNAL.EDU.CO In Sweden: TRICKLE@SEARN TRICKLE@SEARN.SUNET.SE If your mailer wants bang paths: uunet!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv uunet!vm.its.rpi.edu!listserv If you use bang paths, substitute your nearest neighbor which is also on the Internet for uunet in the examples above. Some examples are: ames, decvax, decwrl, harvard, hplabs, nosc, rutgers, sharkey, sun, ucbvax, ucsd, udel, uw-beaver, wuarchive. Send these commands to the server to get its help files: Use this command for LISTSERV: GET PDGET HELP Use this command for TRICKLE: /HELP Sample command (which gets our catalog of MS-DOS files): /PDGET MAIL PD:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>SIMLIST.ZIP UUENCODE These commands should be sent as the body of a regular email message. Do not include a signature because it confuses the server. If you have xxdecode, you may wish to specify XXENCODE instead of UUENCODE to avoid character translation problems. SIMTEL20 does *not* run these servers. Comments, questions, and suggestions should be directed to the LISTSERV or TRICKLE manager at one of these addresses, depending on which server you normally use: Internet BITNET "John Fisher" <FISHER@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU> <FISHER@RPITSVM> "Marty Hoag" <INFO@VM1.NODAK.EDU> <INFO@NDSUVM1> "TRICKLE Maintainers" <RED-BUG@EGE.EDU.TR> <RED-BUG@TREARN> Please do NOT send your comment or question about the servers to SIMTEL20. However, if you wish to report a program bug or to request information on how to upload files to SIMTEL20, you may send e-mail to me at one of the addresses below. [Note: Do not use ftp-by-mail servers without the permission of your system administrator and (if fed via uucp) your uucp feed. Thank you. Justification: many sites simply don't have the disk space set up to do this without warning, and mail disruption may result.] -- Keith Petersen Maintainer of the MS-DOS archive at WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil [192.88.110.20] Internet: w8sdz@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil or w8sdz@Vela.ACS.Oakland.Edu Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND ---- Timo Salmi, the moderator of Garbo, writes: To get files sent to you by email, please use our mail server. To get more information write a message to mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi. The subject line of this message must be garbo-request The message must contain just the following text (at the beginning of the line): send help Do not include a signature because it may confuse the server. Our customary format for the file names when announcing programs for ANONYMOUS FTP is e.g. garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/dirutil/dirmat20.zip or /pc/dirutil/dirmat20.zip IMPORTANT!!! The format for the MAIL SERVER is slightly different: send pc/dirutil/dirmat20.zip In other words omit / from the path when using our mail server. If you don't get any response to your mail server requests, under no circumstances keep sending the same request over and over again. Please ask your own site's system manager to construct a returnable mail path for you. .................................................................. Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1 Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa Internet: ts@uwasa.fi Bitnet: salmi@finfun ; SF-65101, Finland ---- Or use the FTP-by-Mail service provided by decwrl.dec.com ... With FTP Mail, you can receive files from almost any ftp sites via e-mail ... The commands are ... reply <MAILADDR> set reply addr, since headers are usually wrong connect [HOST [USER [PASS [ACCT]]]] defaults to gatekeeper.dec.com, anonymous ascii files grabbed are printable ascii binary files grabbed are compressed or tar or both chdir PLACE "get" and "ls" commands are relative to PLACE (only one CHDIR per ftpmail session, and it executes before any LS/DIR/GETs) compress compress binaries using Lempel-Ziv encoding compact compress binaries using Huffman encoding uuencode binary files will be mailed in uuencode format btoa binary files will be mailed in btoa format chunksize SIZE split files into SIZE-byte chunks (def: 64000) ls (or dir) PLACE short (long) directory listing index THING search for THING in ftp server's index get FILE get a file and have it mailed to you (max 10 GET's per ftpmail session) quit terminate script, ignore rest of mail message (use if you have a .signature or are a VMSMAIL user) For more detail, send an email to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com (with help as the body of the letter) ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix 3: Getting upload announcements by e-mail ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have netnews access, you can read the upload announcements on the (moderated) comp.archives.msdos.announce newsgroup, otherwise, you can subscribe to the mailing list below and get announcements in the digest format. 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 ... Anonymous ftp ? ... a way of allowing you to sign on a computer on the Internet and copy specific public files (softwares and various kind of info) from it. The following is a _typical_ ftp session (on a Unix machine) ... Suppose you want to get pkz110eu.exe and gsz1109.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 gsz1109.zip <enter> local: gsz1109.zip remote: gsz1109.zip 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for gsz1109.zip (112752 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 112752 bytes received in 10.23 seconds (10.76 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 SIMTEL20 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 C. Ko (aka The Smart One / BOZO) <--> a celebrity & DOS/UNIX wizard :) :) kko@sfu.ca <--> Outspoken,Highly-talented,Charming... I post this for You! | [-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+- ]