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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 2 of 2) Supersedes: <msdos-archives/part2_738216004@GZA.COM> Followup-To: comp.archives.msdos.d Date: 13 Jun 1993 00:00:23 -0400 Organization: The Smart One Information Services, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 1018 Sender: faqserv@GZA.COM Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: 27 Jul 1993 04:00:07 GMT Message-ID: <msdos-archives/part2_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: 1993/06/13 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu comp.archives.msdos.d:2880 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted:12123 comp.os.msdos.apps:11358 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:42524 news.answers:9321 comp.answers:961 Archive-name: msdos-archives/part2 Last-modified: June 12, 1993 Version: 2.7.1 Useful MSDOS Programs at SIMTEL20 and Garbo (Part 2 of 2) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files **** Compiled by Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca, sko@wimsey.bc.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 (as expls210.zip) 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 DAZZLE (dazzle50.zip) - pretty impressive ... with evolving displays ... requires EGA/VGA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: SCROLLit Version: 1.7 Upload Date: 93/05/31 File: scrlit17.zip Size: 399,42 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen garbo: /pc/screen Status: Shareware Comment: A good screen scroll-back buffer utility ... Alternative: BUFFIT (buffit30.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... BTW, to capture graphics screen to pcx files, try PCXDUMP ( pcxdmp81.zip) - in /pub/msdos/graphics ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: THEDRAW Version: 4.6.1 Upload Date: 93/04/22 File: tdraw461.zip Size: 285,730 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen garbo: /pc/screen Status: Shareware Commment: A great colour and monochrome screen image generator/editor ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/sysinfo garbo: /pc/sysinfo Status: Freeware Comment: Good ... Alternatives: Comptest (ctest259.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/security Status: Shareware, Free for personal use Comment: Good ... unix-like ... login: ? Password: ? ... Alternative: CCP (ccp11.zip) - a more secure system control program BTW, a nice program to lock your keyboard is pestikid.exe (in the file tsutle22.zip (garbo: /pc/ts) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: HyperDisk Version: 4.60 Upload Date: 93/04/12 File: spkt460s.zip Size: 291,524 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/diskutil 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 ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Hbreak Version: 5.2 Upload Date: 93/05/25 File: hbreak52.zip Size: 7,031 bytes Directory: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl garbo: not available Status: Freeware Comment: A small tsr utility to abort the execution of program (during crash) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 2.6 Upload Date: 93/04/05 File: cal26.zip Size: 14,730 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskaccess garbo: /pc/unix/calendar 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 ... Alternative: APCAL (apcal320.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: PCCLOCK Version: 2.15e Upload Date: (to garbo) 93/04/15 File: pccl215e.zip Size: 70,617 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/systul (as pcclk215.zip) 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 ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. amem20.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 recent 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: 3.3 Upload Date: 93/04/28 File: ac33musc.zip Size: 276,475 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/music garbo: not available Status: Shareware Comment: Create, print, transpose and play music ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programs: MSDOS 5.0 updates (if you're still using 5.0 :-) 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 ... 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) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section D: Anti-Virus Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: New versions for these programs are released pretty frequently ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programs: McAfee anti-virus utilities Version: 9.15 V104 Upload Date: 93/05/06 Files: scanv104.zip(scanner), clean104.zip(removal), vshld104.zip(prevention) Size: scan(217,759 bytes), clean(234,141 bytes), vshield(136.798 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: 2.08a Upload Date: 93/05/07 File: fp-208a.zip Size: 330,169 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus Status: Shareware, Free for private use Comment: a MUST ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: ThunderByte anti-virus Version: 6.02 Upload Date: 93/05/28 File: tbav602.zip Size: 270,998 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus Status: Shareware Comment: A comprehensive package of anti-virus programs ... Very fast scanning!!! ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Integrity Master Version: 1.43 Upload Date: 93/03/10 File: i-m143.zip Size: 315,795 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus (not the latest) Status: Shareware Comment: A good anti-virus + data integrity system ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: VIRx Version: 2.8 Upload Date: 93/05/22 File: virx28.zip Size: 173,390 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus Status: Freeware Comment: A fine virus scanner ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: HyperText VSUM Version: 93.04 Upload Date: 93/04/28 File: vsumx304.zip Size: 861,486 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 Boxer (box500a.zip) - a good, fully functional editor BREEZE (breeze50.zip) - a good WP/editor with spell checker ... can convert text to text.exe E4 (e4v160.zip) - a nice, easy-to-use editor TDE (tde3.zip) - a fine, public domain editor VDE (vde17.zip) - an efficient editor/quasi-word-processor Vision-Edit (vised35.zip) - can edit files up to 4 megabytes -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 vi imitation (vim127x.zip) - a nice vi clone Oak Hill Vi (vi62a1.zoo) - a pretty good (but not-free) vi clone - obtainable from plains.nodak.edu (in /pub/pc/editors) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: MicroEmacs Version: 3.12 Upload Date: 93/05/06 Files: ue312ibm.zip and ue312cmd.zip Size: 123,958 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/uemacs garbo: /pc/memacs Status: Freeware Comment: This is a nice emacs clone ... Also, documentation: ue312doc.zip ansi version: ue312ans.zip protected mode (DMPI) version: ue31216m.zip MicroSpell: us20exe.zip + us20doc.zip 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 spaces 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 Mutt Editor (me_cd25.zip in /pub/msdos/editor) - another emacs- look-alike program JED (jed091.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 which is obtainable from garbo as /pc/editor/trs140a.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 (commo541.zip) (for oak: in /pub/msdos/modem) RBComm (rbcom341.zip) (ditto) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: GSZ - X/Y/Zmodem file transfer program Version: 0503 Upload Date: 93/05/10 File: gsz0503.zip Size: 112,762 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zmodem garbo: /pc/termutil Status: Shareware Comment: A very good external X/Y/Zmodem program ... Alternatives: DSZ (dsz0503.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 ... Alternatives: Terminate (ter99.zip) (garbo: /pc/termprog) Odyssey (odysy150.zip) (oak: /pub/msdos/modem) COM-AND (ca29-{1,2,3,4}.zip) (ditto) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: ZIP - fast file transfer utility Version: 1.62 Upload Date: 93/03/22 File: zip162.zip Size: 31,632 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/lan garbo: /pc/comm Status: Shareware Comment: For transferring files between 2 PCs with a serial cable ... And to remotely control another PC, try TeleReplica (tr4-26.zip in oak: /pub/msdos/modem) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) And from the file /pub/msdos/filedocs/cdrom.inf ... CD-ROM copies of the SIMTEL20 MS-DOS collection are available from Coyote Data, Ltd., 1142 N. Main, Rochester, MI 48307, USA, telephone (800) 451-7093 or (313) 656-8265, or FAX (313) 651-4071. E-mail: 71756.444@CompuServe.COM or CIS 71756,444. The consumer version of their Oasis Library CD-ROM re-catalogs the MS-DOS files of SIMTEL20, adds category and key-word search and retrieval utilities, and provides on-line file descriptions. Quarterly update subscriptions are available. CD-ROM copies of the SIMTEL20 MS-DOS, Macintosh and Unix-C collections are available from Walnut Creek CDROM, 1547 Palos Verdes, Suite 260, Walnut Creek, CA 94596-2228, USA, telephone (800) 786-9907 or (510) 947-5996, or FAX (510) 947-1644. E-mail: rab@cdrom.com. Quarterly update subscriptions are available. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... If you want to convert this to *.IDX format, get gidx2.zip in /pc/filelist and _dir.zip in /pc ... For the latest uploads, see the file _files.in ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: moder25.zip Version: 25 Size: 8,057 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: tsfaqn35.zip Version: 35 Size: 79,673 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 ... Also, the FAQ list for c.a.m.* groups (camfaq.zip - garbo: /pc/pd2) ... There are also many other interesting stuffs in /pc/ts and /pc/pd2 ... e.g.tsbat43.zip - a collection of useful batch files and tricks ... author17.zip - SW & PD authors reachable on the Internet ... bestpr25.zip - Timo's choice of 25 best MSDOS SW & PD program ... post*.zip - information e-mails & postings ... Also look for timo01e.gif/timo01v.gif in garbo: /pc/gif ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: asp6501.zip Version: 93/05 Size: 513,357 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 - upd6501.zip ... Also, read the monthly Hack Report (hack9306.zip) to be aware of hacked files that might be on BBSs ... 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 ... Also, for a short tutorial on using and enjoying sharewares, get sut56.zip ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... The latest version (2.9.12) is available from prep.ai.mit.edu (as /pub/gnu/jargon2912.txt.z) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: zen10.zip Version: 1.0 Size: 71,459 bytes Description: Zen and the Art of the Internet Location: oak: /pub/msdos/books ( moved to /pub/misc/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) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: ccworld{1,2}.zip Version: - Size: 746,529 bytes (total) Description: World Fact Book Reader Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/education Comment: A easy way to read the World Fact Book 1992 (which gives you all the essential info about every country in this world) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 archive.orst.edu 128.193.2.13 /pub/mirrors/simtel20/msdos 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 /PC-MsDos/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 ... rtfm.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 TRICKLE@AWIWUW11.WU-WIEN.AC.AT 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 you can 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) ---- e.g. to get pkz204g.exe from /pc/arcers at garbo.uwasa.fi, enter the following as the body of your e-mail message ... connect garbo.uwasa.fi binary uuencode chdir /pc/arcers get pkz204g.exe quit And you should get an uuencoded copy of pkz204g.exe in the mail one or two days later ... - For more detail, send an e-mail to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com (with help as the body of the letter) ... Other servers: European: ftpmail@grasp.insa-lyon.fr BITNET: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu or BITFTP@PUCC European: bitftp@vm.gmd.de or BITFTP@DEARN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 unz50p1.exe and gsz0503.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 2.1WU(2) Wed Apr 12 18:37:21 EDT 1 993) ready. Name (oak.oakland.edu: your_login_name): anonymous <enter> 331 Guest login ok, send e-mail address as password. Password: your e-mail 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- There are presently 20 users logged in out of a maximum of 100. 230- The current local time is Sun May 16 14:45:37 1993. 230- 230-Please read the file README 230- it was last modified on Tue Apr 20 04:01:25 1993 - 26 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 unz50p1.exe <enter> local: unz50p1.exe remote: unz50p1.exe 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for unz50p1.exe (40,062 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 40062 bytes received in 2.56 seconds (15.64 Kbytes/s) ftp> cd <enter> (or cd .. <enter> (remote directory) ../zmodem <enter> cd zmodem <enter> ) 250 CWD command successful. ftp> get gsz0503.zip <enter> local: gsz0503.zip remote: gsz0503.zip 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for gsz0503.zip (112762 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 112762 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) There is a UNIX shell script that can enable you to auto-ftp MSDOS files from oak.oakland.edu or any other SIMTEL20 mirror sites ... Get oak: /pub/msdos/filedocs/oakftp03.zip ... Also Jonathan Rice has written a better script that can auto-ftp files from any MSDOS ftp sites ... Get get12.zip (in /../filedocs) ... 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! | [-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-+=+-]