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=====Utilities
Contents:
- Disk & File Related:
-----Archiving
-----Anti-Virus
-----Batch File Utilities
-----Disk & Drive Utilities
-----Directory Listers/Editors
-----File Changing, Copying, Deleting
-----File Cataloging
-----Hard Disk Utilities
-----Subdirectory Utilities
-----File Viewing, Comparing, Other
- System Utilities:
-----Desktop Programs
-----DOS Menu/Shell Programs
-----Keyboard/Mouse/Joystick
-----Operating System Utilities
-----System Set-Up, Testing & Control
-----Utility Sets
-----Video Utilities
-----OS/2 Programs
=====Disk & File Related Utilities
-----Archiving
LHA Command Line Referance Guide 1.0 [LGUIDE1] (Frostbyte Software, reg.
fee: $8) is a tutorial and quick reference guide for the beginner user of
the LHA Archiving Utility. Displays examples for all the LHA commands.
Shows you how to make, delete, add to, view, print, update LHA archives,
how to make your archives self-extracting and more. Includes LHA version
2.13. Requires CGA Monitor or better.
Stealth 2.1 [STLTH21] (David Smith, reg. fee: $15) is an archive converter.
It converts all compressed files to any other format. It supports ARJ, ARC,
LHA, HAP, SQZ, DWC, PAK, ZIP 1.1 and 2.0, ICE, LHARC, LARC, HYPER, SDN, and
ZOO. It also updates PKZip 1.1 and 2.0 normal files to 2.0.
Tron 1.06 [TRON] (Michael Bauder, reg. fee: $20DM) is a decompressor for
files packed by such archivers as PKLITE, DIET, LZEXE, TINY, EXEPACK,
PRO-PACK, COMPACK etc.
Zip Chunker Pro 3.0 [ZCP300] (Scott Johnson, reg. fee: $25) is a file
splitting utility for DOS and OS/2. It supports ARC, ARJ, HYP, LZH, and ZIP
files. The program splits to a size to fit a specific floppy format or a
user specified size. Files except archives can be rejoined. Archives can be
split so that they will extract to fit on a specific floppy size.
Zip20x 1.0 [ZIP20X] (The Info-Zip Group, reg. fee: $0) a file compressor
which creates ZIP files compatible with PKZIP 2.0.
---Updates: Archiving
(U1-01) The Norton Commander Archive Viewer 4.0 [AVIEW40] (Chris Buijs,
reg. fee: $0) is a utility to view, extract and manipulate ARC, ARJ, LZH,
PAK, ZIP and ZOO files. NEW: increased number of files per archive and
files in file-selector, more mouse control and updated documentation.
(U1-01) ExeMaster 4.1 [EXEMAS] (David Smith, reg. fee: $15) displays
information about EXE and COM files, including archiver used, whether it is
for DOS or Windows, whether it is a compiled batch file or self-displaying
text file and more. NEW: supports LARC (LZS), NOLZEXE, Protect EXE/COM 1.1
and 2.0, CryptCOM, COMVert, COM-PAK, DOCMaker, TSRMaker, TxtMaker, Cop 1.0
& 1.4, Show v2.0, Breeze v5.2, ICE encrypted COM files, GIFEXE resolutions,
BSA (Soviet archiver), PKARCK 3.5, TopSpeed C 3.0 Crunch, LH Archiver, LHA
2.10, PKLite version number, plus detection of extra compressed PKLites and
advanced Breeze algorithms.
(U1-01) EzCode 3.0 [EZCODE30] (Charles J. Hill, reg. fee: $30) is a
compression/decompression shell. NEW: improved archive reading and more
mouse control.
(U1-01) SHEZ 9.4 [SHEZ] (James Derr, reg. fee: $39) is a shell program to
make viewing and working with archive files user friendly. NEW: printing to
HPLaserJets in landscape compressed mode shading every other line.
(U1-01) Zip Chunker 3.0 [ZC300] (Scott Johnson, reg. fee: $0) will split a
large ZIP file into smaller ZIP files of a user-specified size. NEW: OS/2
2.x version.
(U1-01) ZDiff 1.3 [ZDIFF1] (Christophe Dubourg, reg. fee: $20) is an
archive/directory comparison program. NEW: more control over comparison
parameters.
-----Anti-Virus
Virex 2.9 [VIREX] (Datawatch Corporation, reg. fee: $50) is a virus
detector. It protects you from all viruses, known and unknown. It features
scanning, integrity checking, and disinfection.
---Updates: Anti-Virus
(U1-02) AVScan 1.23 [AVS123] (Tjark Auerbach, reg. fee: $0) is a virus scanner.
(U1-02) Clean-up ver. 1.08 [CLEAN108] (McAfee Associates, reg. fee: $15-35)
is a virus scanning program.
(U1-02) Net Shield 1.5 [NSHLD] (McAfee Associates, Inc. 3350 Scott
Boulevard, Building 14 Santa Clara, California 95054-3107, reg. fee: $25)
is the network part of McAfee's anti-virus utilities.
(U1-02) VShield 5.53v108 [VSHLD] (McAfee Associates, reg. fee: $18) is part
of the McAfee anti-virus package.
-----Batch File Utilities
Daily 1.0 [DAILY1] (Don W. Thurston, reg. fee: $0) allows you to run
selected programs on once per day on boot-up.
Freeboot 1.0 [FREEB] (Mike Edgerton, reg. fee: $0) allows you to specify
a warm boot, a cold boot and write all data that is currently cached by
SMARTDRV to disk before you reboot.
KwikMenu 3.0/A [KWKMNU] (John F. Cram, reg. fee: $10) helps you easily
create menu listings and batch files.
Message 2.0 [MSG] (Patrick R. Rygiel, reg. fee: $15) adds sound, messages,
and a graphic screen saver to batch files.
---Updates: Batch File Utilities
(U1-03) A Batch View Utility Set 1.1 [ABATVIEW] (Robin R. Latham, reg. fee:
$15) lets you add color pop-up menus, message windows, screen clearing
functions and more to batch files.
(U1-03) BatKit 5.4 [BATKIT] (Ken Hipple, reg. fee: $15) started out as a
nice way to get a keypress from a user in a batch file.
(U1-03) Ultra ToolBox 6.0 [ULTRA] (David Smith, reg. fee: $10) contains
200+ functions, primarily for use in batch files.
-----Disk & Drive Utilities
DF Utility 3.51 [DF351] (VitCom Int. Shareware Group, reg. fee: $20) is a
menu-driven disk formatting utility.
Double Check 1.0 [DS_TEST] (Blossom Software Corporation, reg. fee: $30)
tests the fragmentation and stability of a compressed drive. It gives
complete information about the status of a drive, warning of potential
trouble before it happens. Other features include reporting how much disk
space is really available, tells how much space is occupied by Sentry
"deleted" files, helps you recover damaged files and more.
DiskDup 1.05 [DSKDP105] (Roger K. Snyder, reg. fee: $10) copies floppy
disks using the hard drive for virtual memory. It eliminates the task of
disk swapping and allows multiple copies to be made with a single pass.
Fantom Frequently Asked Questions 1.0 [FANTOM] (Paul Reid, reg. fee: $0)
explains why you can sometimes get an incorrect directory listing after
changing floppies, and what to do about it.
FMT 1.0 [QFORMAT] (Scott Huish, reg. fee: $1) is a set of batch files which
aid in the formatting of disks.
---Updates: Disk & Drive Utilities
(U1-04) Disk Copy Fast 4.3 [DCF43] (DCF Software, reg. fee: $25) is a
one-pass disk duplicating utility.
(U1-04) Dupe 1.23 [DUPE123] (Best Technology, reg. fee: $16) allows you to
copy disks faster and easier then with DOS's DISKCOPY.
(U1-04) FDFormat 1.8 [FDFORM] (Christoph H. Hochstetter, reg. fee: $0) is a
disk formatter with many features.
(U1-04) VGA-Copy-Pro 5.2 [VGACOPY] (Thomas Moenkemeier, ASP; reg. fee: $45)
is a fast one-pass disk copier and formatter for up to 2.88MB floppies,
including special formats like 1.74MB. Requires EGA/VGA and mouse.
-----Directory Listers/Editors
Dexe 4.82 [DEXE482] (Sunil Sebastian, reg. fee: $0) is a multi-color sorted
directory lister.
PurgeDir 1.0 [PURGEDIR] (Strategy Software, reg. fee: $10) removes
directories, subdirectories and files.
---Updates: Directory Listers/Editors
(U1-05) Eddy 7e [EDDY7E] (John Scofield, ASP; reg. fee: $20) is a
full-screen directory editor and general purpose disk utility.
(U1-05) Handy Directory 2.9 [HD29] (James M Walters, reg. fee: $5) is a
color-coded sorted directory utility. NEW: improved edit command.
-----File Changing, Copying, Deleting
Clean List 1.0 [CLEANL] (Fernando Lacambra, reg. fee: $5) deletes duplicate
lines from a sorted text file.
CleanUp 1.0 [CLNUP] (Brian D. Catlin, reg. fee: $0) cleans up your hard
drive by deleting any BAK, $$$, TMP, SYD or OLD files. Also deletes files
with file length of zero.
DelEx 1.26 [DELEX126] (Samuel Kaplin, reg. fee: $6) allows deleting all
files except the patterns that you speci