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Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!pad-thai.aktis.com!pad-thai.aktis.com!not-for-mail From: sko@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Ko) Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,news.answers,comp.answers Subject: Useful MSDOS Programs at SIMTEL20 and Garbo (Part 1 of 2) Supersedes: <msdos-archives/part1_738216004@GZA.COM> Followup-To: comp.archives.msdos.d Date: 13 Jun 1993 00:00:19 -0400 Organization: The Smart One Information Services, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 918 Sender: faqserv@GZA.COM Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: 27 Jul 1993 04:00:07 GMT Message-ID: <msdos-archives/part1_739944007@GZA.COM> NNTP-Posting-Host: pad-thai.aktis.com Summary: A list of recommended msdos programs available from major ftp sites Keywords: SIMTEL20, Garbo, ftp, sharewares, freewares, PD programs X-Last-Updated: 1993/06/12 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu comp.archives.msdos.d:2879 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted:12122 comp.os.msdos.apps:11356 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:42523 news.answers:9320 comp.answers:960 Archive-name: msdos-archives/part1 Last-modified: June 12, 1993 Version: 2.7.1 (Version 1.0 was released on July 21, 1992) [ As there are many other interesting things to do here in the Summer than updating this almost-perfect list, you _really_ won't see another update until the Fall ... Bye for now and I love you all ... :-) sck ] Useful MSDOS Programs at SIMTEL20 and Garbo (Part 1 of 2) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files **** Compiled by Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca, sko@wimsey.bc.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. ** As most files listed here are zipped, you will need ... either pkunzip.exe v.2.04g in pkz204g.exe or unzip.exe v.5.0p1 in unz50p1.exe to unzip them. Please refer to Section B below to find where these can be obtained. ** 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. So, this collection is the product of the combined wisdom of many netnews readers and archive users. (yes, errors and shortcomings are my responsibility :-) 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. The list should be (more or less) accurate as of June 11, 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 regard this as a disclaimer :-) ] I will try to update and post this regularly. 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 ------ * Trivia ... * 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? ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 monochrome 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 ... "If an experienced user who is not familiar with the particular program is still practically stuck after the first ten minutes, the user interface of a PD or a shareware program is unacceptable, however good and useful the application may otherwise be." - Timo Salmi 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 and (occasionally) a hypertext version are archived at SIMTEL20 and Garbo (and, of course, their mirror sites) ... e.g. oak.oakland.edu: /pub/msdos/info/useful27.zip garbo.uwasa.fi: /pc/filelist/useful27.zip c) the plain text version can also be obtained from the ftp sites archiving news.answers articles ... e.g. rtfm.mit.edu: /pub/usenet/news.answers/msdos-archives/part1 (18.70.0.226) /pub/usenet/news.answers/msdos-archives/part2 /pub/usenet/news.answers/msdos-archives/diff 4) my top 20 ... 1) pkz204g.exe 11) fff43.zip 2) qedit215.zip 12) asa55c-{1,2}.zip 3) pklte115.zip 13) arj230ng.exe (+ arj239*.exe) 4) list77a.zip 14) pgp22.zip 5) fv143.zip 15) simibm.zip (+ simdir22.zip) 6) tm400-{1,2,3,4}.zip 16) explo210.zip 7) msker312.zip 17) shez90a.zip 8) gsz0503.zip 18) lha213.exe 9) scanv104.zip 19) cal26.zip 10) 4dos402p.zip 20) fgrep172.zip --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 5.5c Upload Date: 93/03/22 Files: asa55c-{1,2}.zip Size: 409.045 bytes (total) 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 is definitely the most popular and powerful shareware database program ... 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 (sm22a.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 -- zip19p1x.zip zip19p1.zip (or .tar.Z) unz50p1.exe unz50p1.zip (or .tar.Z) *.arj arj230ng.exe (arj239f.exe) -- unarj230.zip unarj230.tar-z (or .tar.Z) *.lzh lha213.exe (lha255b.exe) lha-101u.tar-z (or .tar.Z) (*.lha) *.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) *.ha ha098.zip -- *.sqz sqz1083e.exe -- *.tar tar4dos.zoo on your system *.Z comp430d.zip on your system *.F -- freeze * *.z -- pack (on your system) (or *.gz) gzip111.zip gzip-1.1.1.tar-Z (or 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 ... 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 Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archivers (not on SIMTEL20) garbo: /pc/arcers (the old version (pkz110eu.zip ) is in /pc/goldies) Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use Comment: Simply the best zip / unzip for DOS ... **** THIS (pkz204g.exe) IS ABSOLUTELY AND POSITIVELY A MUST **** BTW ... to split large zip files to smaller zip files, get zipsplit (zipspl12.zip) ... And ZipView (zipvu124.zip) is a good program for viewing (and executing) files inside *.zip ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Info-Zip's Zip Version: 1.9 patch 1 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 ... 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: unz50p1.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): unz50p1.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 arj239f.exe 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 ... And you can get the new version 2.55b (lha255b.exe) from garbo ... But the enclosed documentation is in Japanese ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 :( ... And if you want another slow - but pretty efficient - archiver, get HA (ha098.zip) (garbo only) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/arcutils 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 (rv249.zip) - also RV-Shell (rvs110.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/arcutils 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 convert compressed files from one format to another ... Alternative: AC (ac300.zip - oak: /pub/msdos/arcutils) - menu driven BTW, for a comparison of different compression programs, take a look at the file arctst02.zip (oak: /pub/info) ... And according to Greg Flint who did the tests: "In general, the fastest archiver and de-archiver were PKZIP 2.04g and its companion PKUNZIP. The greatest compression was achieved by ha 0.98 although it was the second slowest (trailed only by "scrnch")." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Shez Version: 9.0a Upload Date: 93/05/15 File: shez90a.zip Size: 233,550 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 (am92.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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: GNU zip Version: 1.1.1 Upload Date: 93/06/2 File: gzip111.zip Size: 49,324 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/compress garbo: /pc/arcers (as gzip111.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 or *.gz (files compressed with gzip), type gzip -d *.z or gzip -d *.gz ... And gzip -d can also uncompress *.Z (files compressed with Compress) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/execomp 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) - can compress not only executables, but also data files ... (for oak: in /pub/msdos/dsktul) BTW, Dirx (drx109.zip) can tell you which executables are compressed ... UNP (unp310.zip) can unpack all (?) types of compressed executables ... DISLITE (dislt115.zip) can uncompress "unextractible" 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 rtfm.mit.edu (as /pub/usenet/news.answers/compression-faq/part{1,2,3}) or from garbo (as /pc/doc-net/faqc9306.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 to have a good understanding on different compression techniques. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section C: Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 1: 4DOS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: 4DOS command.com replacement Version: 4.02 (MSDOS 6 - compatible) 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 ... Lots of accompanying utilities (like 4file2u9.zip and ez-btm06.zip) 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 (copyq305.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 ... Alternatives: Stowaway (stow191.zip) Flexibak Plus (flexp250.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: It's 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 ... For analyzing "floppy" disks, get ANADISK (anad207.zip) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 3: Directory Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Another Change Directory Version: 2.21 Upload Date: 93/05/27 File: acd221.zip Size: 53,256 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 ... Alternative: StupenDOS (sd-400.zip) - newer and supporting pkzip 2.04 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... Alternatives: Directory Freedom (df460.zip) EDDY (eddy7a.zip (garbo only)) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 4: File / Text Utilities -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Derr's FileFinder Version: 4.3 Upload Date: 93/04/23 File: fff42.zip Size: 147,293 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl garbo: /pc/filefind Status: Shareware Comment: Good ... Alternatives: FastFileFind (fff360.zip) Target (target15.zip) - a good file locator and manupulator -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Flip - Dos - Unix text-file translation 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Binary Editor and Viewer Version: 1.40 Upload Date: 93/04/16 File: beav140.zip Size: 94,313 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/binedit garbo: /pc/binedit Status: Freeware Comment: Good ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: R.E. Marks' UU/XX en/decoder Version: 5.21 Upload Date: 93/03/15 File: uuexe521.zip Size: 32,185 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl garbo: /pc/decode Status: Freeware Comment: Good and essential for encoding/decoding binary files ... And UUDO (uudo12.zip) can handle multi-part uuencoded 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/crypt Status: Freeware Comment: This is a very popular but controversial (public key) encryption program ...also available from ghost.dsi.unimi.it (in /pub/security) And there is a shell program for PGP - get pgpshe21.zip (which can also be found in oak: /pub/msdos/security) ... Alternatives: Encrypt (encrypt.zip), Tangle (tangle.zip), Ncrypt (ncrypt31.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 (rutils40.zip from /pub at ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de or as file10.zip, rfile10.zip, rtextu10.zip, and rpgmu10.zip in /pc/unix at garbo 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/gnuish/rcs55ax.zip diff - oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl/gdiff22a.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 ... BTW3 ... If you need some suggestions regarding good books and documents on Unix and related areas (like the Interent), get my "A Concise Guide to UNIX Books" from rtfm.mit.edu (as /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/unix) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (vpic60e.zip) (no Herc) (oak only) Naked Eye (naked110.zip) (requires SVGA) GIFV (gifv412.zip) BTW ... a bit on jpeg files ... (most files below can be found in oak: /pub/msdos/graphics) viewers: HiView (hv12.zip) ColorView (dcview21.zip) DVPEG (dvpeg25.zip) - sunee.uwaterloo.ca: /pub/jpeg/viewers Convertors: jpeg <--> gif - jpeg4.zip / jpeg4386.zip gif2jpg2.zip Image Alchemy (alch162.zip) - 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) and the JPEG image compression FAQ by Tom Lane ... Read them on news.answers or get them from rtfm.mit.edu (as /pub/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/ part{1,2,3} and /pub/usenet/news.answers/jpeg-faq) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Ghostscript Version: 2.6 Upload Date: 93/05/18 Files: gs26_286.zip (for 286) or gs26_386.zip (for 386+) and gs26_ini.zip Size: 535,739 bytes (286) or 727,485 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 ... Note also version 2.6.1 is out ... and it (both DOS and Unix versions) can be obtained from prep.ai.mit.edu (in /pub/gnu) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: PCPS Version: 7.40 Upload Date: 93/05/11 File: pcps740.zip Size: 86,941 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/spell Status: Shareware Comment: A good text file spell-checker ... Alternative: amSpell (amspel20.zip) - can spellcheck TeX/LaTeX files --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: PC-Proof 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/crypt Status: Freeware Comment: The best password cracker for encrypted WordPerfect files ... Version 3.0 is passwp.zip and is available from ftp.uwp.edu (in /pub/msdos/wp) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ><-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^->< | 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! | [-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-]