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Archive-name: msdos-archives/part2
Last-modified: April 29, 1993
Version: 2.6
Useful MSDOS Programs at SIMTEL20 and Garbo (Part 2 of 2)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files ****
Version: 2.6 April 29, 1993
Compiled by Samuel Ko (sko@wimsey.bc.ca)
Contents:
Part II
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* 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?
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Area 5: Screen Utilities
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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
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
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Program: BUFFIT
Version: 3.0
Upload Date: 91/03/21
File: buffit30.zip
Size: 10,646 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen
garbo: /pc/screen
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good screen scroll-back utility ...
Alternative: SCROLLit (scrlit16.zip)
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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 (
pcxdmp80.zip) - in /pub/msdos/graphics ...
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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 ...
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Area 6: System Utilities
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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 (ctest257.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
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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) ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Area 7: Other Utilities
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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)
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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) :) ...
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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)
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Program: ACCU Music System
Version: 3.2
Upload Date: 93/02/13
File: ac32musc.zip
Size: 270,428 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/music
garbo: not available
Status: Shareware
Comment: Create, print, transpose and play music ...
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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) ...
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Section D: Anti-Virus Programs
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Note: New versions for these programs are released pretty frequently ...
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Programs: McAfee anti-virus utilities
Version: 102 (104 should be out soon)
Upload Date: 93/03/01
Files: scanv102.zip(scanner), clean102.zip(removal), vshld102.zip(prevention)
Size: scan(208,894 bytes), clean(224,510 bytes), vshield(128,872 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 ...
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Program: F-Prot anti-virus program
Version: 2.08
Upload Date: 93/04/21
File: fp-208.zip
Size: 329,887 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus
garbo: /pc/virus
Status: Shareware, Free for private use
Comment: a MUST ...
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Program: ThunderByte anti-virus
Version: 6.00
Upload Date: 93/04/21
File: tbav600.zip
Size: 267,999 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: Integrity Master
Version: 1.41
Upload Date: 93/02/16
File: i-m141.zip
Size: 311,366 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus
garbo: /pc/virus (not the latest)
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good anti-virus + data integrity system ...
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Program: VIRx
Version: 2.7
Upload Date: 93/03/31
File: virx27.zip
Size: 169,695 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus
garbo: /pc/virus
Status: Freeware
Comment: A fine virus scanner ...
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Program: HyperText VSUM
Version: 93.03
Upload Date: 93/04/07
File: vsumx303.zip
Size: 837,117 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) ...
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Section E: Editors
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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 (e4v151.zip) - a nice, easy-to-use editor
TDE (tde221.zip) - a fine, public domain editor
VDE (vde165a.zip) - an efficient editor/quasi-word-processor
Vision-Edit (vised35.zip) - can edit files up to 4 megabytes
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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 imitator (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)
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Program: MicroEmacs
Version: 3.11c
Upload Date: 92/08/26
Files: 311c2ibm.zip and ue311cmd.zip
Size: 128,508 bytes (total)
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/uemacs
garbo: /pc/memacs (/meibm.zip and ue311ibm.arc)
Status: Freeware
Comment: This is a nice emacs clone ...
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 (jed090.zip) - yet another emacs-look-alike ... obtainable
from amy.tch.harvard.edu (in /pub/jed)
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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 or cs.ubc.ca (as /pub/pickup/
terse/ters143f.zip) ...
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Section F: Communication Programs
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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)
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Program: X/Y/Zmodem file transfer program
Version: 1109
Upload Date: 92/11/14
File: gsz1109.zip
Size: 112,752 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zmodem
garbo: /pc/termutil (as gsz1106.zip)
Status: Shareware
Comment: A very good external X/Y/Zmodem program ...
Alternatives: DSZ (dsz1109.zip) - the non-graphical version of GSZ
Texas Zmodem (txzm220.zip) - a _free_ Zmodem transfer program
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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 ...
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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: Odyssey (odysy150.zip) (oak: /pub/msdos/modem)
COM-AND (ca29-{1,2,3,4}.zip) (ditto)
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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)
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Section G: Miscellaneous Files
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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.
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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 ...
For the latest uploads, see the file _files.in ...
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File: moder22.zip
Version: 22
Size: 7,436 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)
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File: tsfaq33.zip
Version: 33
Size: 107,530 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 ...
There are also many other interesting stuffs in /pc/ts and /pc/pd2 ...
e.g.tsbat42.zip - a collection of useful batch files and tricks ...
author16.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 ...
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File: asp6402.zip
Version: 93/04
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ... Unix version is available from prep.ai.mit.edu
(as /pub/gnu/jargon2911.ascii.z) ...
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File: zen10.zip
Version: 1.0
Size: 71,459 bytes
Description: Zen and the Art of the Internet
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/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) ...
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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) ...
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Appendix 1: Mirror Sites
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Mirror Site IP Directory
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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)
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Appendix 2: Obtaining files by e-mail
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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
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)
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
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Appendix 3: Getting upload announcements by e-mail
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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.
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Appendix 4: How to do anonymous ftp?
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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 gsz1109.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 2.0WU(11) Thu Apr 8 17:58:21 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-Please read the file README
230- it was last modified on Sun Aug 30 04:35:34 1992 - 41 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.
140116 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 gsz1109.zip <enter>
local: gsz1109.zip remote: gsz1109.zip
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for gsz1109.zip (112752 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
112752 bytes received in 10.23 seconds (10.76 Kbytes/s)
ftp> bye <enter>
221 Goodbye
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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) I've got UNIX shell scripts that can enable you auto-ftp MSDOS files
from any SIMTEL20 and Garbo mirror sites. If you want to get them, send me
an e-mail.
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) ...
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