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Archive-name: msdos-archives/diff
Last-modified: April 17, 1993
Version: 2.5.3
This is a list of major changes since version 2.5 (dated March 30, 1993) ...
...
Useful MSDOS Programs at SIMTEL20 and Garbo (Part 1 of 2)
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~~~~~~
**** The Ultimate Guid
to MSDOS Archive Files ****
Version: 2.5.3 Ap
il 17, 1993
The list should be (more or less) accurate as of April 16, 1993. However
as
the world of archive files is rapidly changing
many entries here may be
dated soon. So
please read the newsgroup comp.archives.msdos.announce or
consult the index files of the archive sites to keep yourself informed of the
latest uploads and changes.
[ you may treat this as a disclaimer :-) ]
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Contents:
Part I
------
* Trivia ... [ new ]
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Trivia ...
1) purposes ?
This is a collection of many useful, common, and popular sharewares,
freewares, and public domain programs ... It will (I hope) give you
(especially those who are new to the world of archive files) a good idea
on the range of files and programs you can obtain from major DOS ftp
sites ...
2) "useful" ?
a) most of the programs listed below should enhance DOS in one way or
another ...
b) most of them should work on any DOS-based computers (from XTs to
486s, from Hercules to SVGA, etc ...)
c) most of them can be run by intuition, i.e. you don't have to read
the manuals pages after pages to get the programs started ...
d) most of them should be relatively bug-free ...
e) most of them are "scholarly" (i.e. no games or gif files) ...
3) to get this compilation ? ...
a) you're reading it now ... so, save it ... :-)
b) this compilation, together with a hypertext version, are archived
at SIMTEL20 and Garbo (and, of courses, their mirror sites) ...
e.g. oak.oakland.edu: /pub/msdos/info/useful25.zip
garbo.uwasa.fi: /pc/filelist/useful25.zip
c) the plain text version can also be obtained from the ftp sites
archiving news.answers articles ...
e.g. pit-manager.mit.edu: /pub/usenet/news.answers/msdos-archive/part1
/pub/usenet/news.answers/msdos-archive/part2
/pub/usenet/news.answers/msdos-archive/diff
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Section B: Compression / Decompression Programs
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Program: Shez [ modified ]
Version: 8.9
Upload Date: 93/03/18
File: shez89.zip
Size: 224,529 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arcutils
garbo: /pc/arcutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: More sophisticated shell for manipulating different types
of compressed files ... There is also a tutorial (get shezt.zip) ...
Alternative: ArcMaster (am91.zip) - good
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Program: GNU zip [ added ]
Version: 1.0.7
Upload Date: 93/03/22
File: gzip107.zip
Size: 49,053 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/compress
garbo: /pc/arcers (as gzip107.exe)
Status: Freeware
Comment: GNU zip is designed to replace UNIX's Compress ... gzip uses the
same algorithm as Info-Zip's zip, so it can compress better than
Compress and is free of any patent disputes ...
To uncompress *.z (files compressed with gzip), type gzip -d *.z ...
And gzip -d can also uncompress *.Z (files compressed with Compress)
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Program: Pklite - Executable File Compressor
...
Alternatives: ...
Diet (diet144.zip) - can compress not only executables, but
also data files ... (for oak: in /pub/msdos/dsktul)
[ modified ]
BTW, ...
UNP (unp301.zip) can unpack all (?) types of compressed executables ...
DISLITE (dislt115.zip) can uncompress "unextractible" executables ...
[ updated ]
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Section C: Utilities
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Area 1: 4DOS
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Program: 4DOS command.com replacement
Version: 4.02 (MSDOS 6 - compatible) [ updated ]
Upload Date: 93/03/31
File: 4dos402p.zip
Size: 310,863 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/4dos
garbo: /pc/cmd4dos
Status: Shareware
Comment: This gives you much more than MSDOS' command.com ...
Documentation is in 4dos402d.zip ...
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Area 2: Disk Utilities
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Program: MegaBack disk system backup
...
Alternatives: ...
Flexibak Plus (flexp250.zip) [ added ]
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Area 4: File / Text Utilities
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Program: Derr's FileFinder
...
Alternatives: ...
Target (target15.zip) - a good file locator and manupulator
[ added ]
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Program: Flip - Dos <-> Unix text-file translation [ modified ]
Version: 1.0
Upload Date: 89/07/31
File: flip1exe.zip
Size: 14,466 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
garbo: /pc/unix (as flip1exe.zoo)
Status: Freeware
Comment: Probably the best utility to add/remove cr or lf ...
Alternatives: crlf15b.zip, DOSCVT (doscvt24.zip)
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Program: Binary Editor and Viewer
Version: 1.40 [ updated ]
Upload Date: 93/04/16
File: beav140.zip
Size: 94,313 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/binedit
garbo: /pc/binedit
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Program: R.E. Marks' UU/XX en/decoder
...
Comment: ...
And UUDO (uudo12.zip) can handle multi-part uuencoded files ...
[ added ]
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Program: Pretty Good Privacy
...
Comment: ...
And there is a shell program for PGP - get pgpshel1.zip (which can
also be found in oak: /pub/msdos/security) ... [ added ]
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Program: PC-Proof [ added ]
Version: 1.8
Upload Date: 93/04/14
File: pc-pro18.zip
Size: 340,865 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
garbo: /pc/spell
Status: Shareware
Comment: A pretty good grammar checker for word-processed files ...
Alternative: Thelma's grammar/style checker (thlm5081.zip) - this can
handle only WordPerfect files ... (oak: /pub/msdos/wordperf)
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...
Useful MSDOS Programs at SIMTEL20 and Garbo (Part 2 of 2)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files ****
Version: 2.5.3 April 17, 1993
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Area 5: Screen Utilities
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Program: BUFFIT
...
Alternative: SCROLLit (scrlit16.zip) [ updated ]
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Program: Snipper
...
Comment: ...
BTW, to capture graphics screen to pcx files, try PCXDUMP (
pcxdmp80.zip) - in /pub/msdos/graphics or /pc/graphics ... [ added ]
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Program: THEDRAW [ added ]
Version: 4.6
Upload Date: 93/02/24
File: tdraw460.zip
Size: 310,919 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen
garbo:
Status: Shareware
Commment: A great colour and monochrome screen image generator/editor ...
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Area 6: System Utilities
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Program: Secure System Login
...
BTW, a nice program to lock your keyboard is pestikid.exe (in the file
tsutle22.zip (garbo: /pc/ts) ... [ added ]
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Program: Cal (unix-like)
Version: 2.6 [ updated ]
Upload Date: 93/04/05
File: cal26.zip
Size: 14,730 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskaccess
garbo: /pc/unix/calendar
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Program: PCCLOCK [ added ]
Version: 2.15e
Upload Date: 93/04/15
File: pccl215e.zip
Size: 70,617 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/systul
garbo: /pc/sysutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: A fine digital clock with alarm ... can set the time by calling the
time server at Boulder, Colorado, USA ...
And if you want a simple program to call the time server and set
the time on your PC, get settime.zip ... on the other hand, if you
want a small digital clock program, get bclk.zip (or bc.zip (garbo))
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Programs: MSDOS 5.0 updates (if you're still using 5.0 :-)
...
Comment: ...
BTW, these and other MS stuff can be obtained from Microsoft
Download Service / BBS (call 1-206-936-6735 (US) or
1-416-507-3022 (Canada) or the number near you) ... [ added ]
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Section D: Anti-Virus Programs
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Program: Thunderbyte anti-virus [ added ]
Version: 5.04
Upload Date: 93/03/14
File: tbav504.zip
Size: 262,317 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus
garbo: /pc/virus
Status: Shareware
Comment: A comprehensive package of anti-virus programs ...
Very fast scanning!!! ...
Requires the virus signatures (vsig9303.zip) ...
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Program: HyperText VSUM
Version: 93.03 [ updated ]
Upload Date: 93/04/07
File: vsumx303.zip
Size: 837,117 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus
garbo: /pc/virus
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Section E: Editors
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Program: QEdit
...
Alternatives: can be found in oak: /pub/msdos/editor
Vision-Edit (vised35.zip) - can edit files up to 4 megabytes
TDE (tde221.zip) - a fine, public domain editor
[ updated ]
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Program: MicroEmacs
...
Alternatives: ...
Oemacs (oemacs{1,2,3,4}.zip in /pub/msdos/oemacs) - a version of
GNU Emacs 18.59 ... which requires lots of disk space and memory
[ added ]
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Section G: Miscellaneous Files
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File: tsfaq33.zip
...
There are also many other interesting stuffs in /pc/ts and /pc/pd2 ...
author16.zip - SW & PD authors reachable on the Internet ...
[ updated ]
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File: asp6402.zip
Version: 93/04 [ updated ]
Size: 546,229 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 - upd6402.zip ...
Also, read the monthly Hack Report (hack9304.zip) to be aware of
hacked files that might be on BBSs ... [ updated ]
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Appendix 1: Mirror Sites
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Mirror Site IP Directory
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I. SIMTEL20 Mirrors
...
archive.orst.edu 128.193.2.13 /pub/mirrors/simtel20/msdos
[ added ]
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Appendix 2: Obtaining files by e-mail
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Other servers:
European: ftpmail@grasp.insa-lyon.fr
BITNET: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu or BITFTP@PUCC
[ added ]
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