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A word from John DeHaven, author of
DEHAVEN'S SHARP-EDGED TOOLS
This is a unique collection of small tools, some old, some new, that I
and some friends I've shared them with have found very useful over the
years. It is interesting that the originals of some of these were
written almost a decade ago and they still live in daily use. This
collection is selected because either they are tools that I use very
often or because they perform some special function very easily. If I
need that special function I usually REALLY need it.
Each tool is small and very specialized to do a certain job very well
indeed. That is why I call them "sharp-edged" tools. Something here
might help you. Some of these functions are unique so far as I know.
Others are by now performed by many other utilities. Nevertheless some
of these tools in this collection might have some special wrinkle that
will appeal to you.
Though this is an eclectic collection, they all share a common general
philosophy or style. This may or may not appeal to you. You'll probably
either love it or hate it.
These are minimalist tools. Each has a very sharp focus. In
particular, these utilities are generally very small which is still an
advantage in these days of giant programs. Small programs load and run
fast and are very useful if you are making a troubleshooting or rescue
diskette, where space is still of some concern. The information tools
here try to show you what is really there in your computer without
interpretation of it.
WYSIWYH - What You See Is What You HAVE
All of these tools are designed to be quickly and easily run from a
command line or in other ways with minimal hassle and learning curve.
On the other hand the operation of some of these may strike you as
unorthodox. Bear in mind that these were mostly conceived before what
is considered "orthodox" became traditional in DOS computing. I've not
been inspired to change this aspect of these tools because they are
still quicker and easier to use than more orthodox tools, or so they
seem to me and other long-time users.
If you like these tools or some of them, send us some shareware money
and we will register you and keep you notified about other BSA products
and services. You'll be entitled to free updates of these tools, and
your comments and suggestions will be, er, listened to more closely.
Try SHOW now to look at the rest of these documents.
You can read them all with the command SHO *.DOC.