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From: jeffrey@carlyle.com (Jeffrey Carlyle)
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Subject: comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ part 5/5
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Subject: comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ part 5/5
For more information about this FAQ list please see Part 1.
FAQ updates can be found at
<http://www.premiernet.net/~carlyle>.
This is part 5 of the frequently asked question list for
the newsgroup comp.os.msdos.programmer.
Part 5:
Section 9. Downloading
Section 10. Vendors and products
------------------------------
Subject: comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ
Comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ Version 1997.08
Copyright 1997 by Jeffrey Carlyle. All rights reserved.
This article is not in the public domain, but it may be
redistributed so long as this notice, the acknowledgments,
and the information on obtaining the latest copy of this
list are retained and no fee is charged. The code fragments
may be used freely; credit to the FAQ would be polite. This
FAQ is not to be included in any static archive (e.g. CD-
ROM or book); however, a pointer to the FAQ may be
included.
=============================
TABLE OF CONTENTS
=============================
Part 1:
Section 1. General FAQ and Newsgroup Information
Section 2. General Reference
Part 2:
Section 3. Compile and Link
Section 4. Keyboard
Part 3:
Section 5. Disks and files
Section 6. Serial ports (COM ports)
Part 4:
Section 7. Other hardware questions and problems
Section 8. Other software questions and problems
Part 5:
Section 9. Downloading
Section 10. Vendors and products
------------------------------
Subject: Section 9. Downloading
<Q: 9.01> - How do I use ftp?
<Q: 9.02> - What are SimTel, Garbo, and Wustl?
<Q: 9.03> - I have no ftp access. How can I get files from
the archives?
<Q: 9.04> - Can I get archives on CD-ROM?
<Q: 9.05> - Where do I find program <mumble>?
<Q: 9.06> - How can I check SimTel or Garbo before I post a
request for a program?
<Q: 9.07> - How do I download and decode a program I found?
<Q: 9.08> - Where is UUDECODE?
<Q: 9.09> - Why do I get errors when extracting from a ZIP
file I downloaded?
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 9.01> - How do I use ftp?
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 97 21:15:58 CST
I was much impressed with {The Whole Internet User's Guide
and Catalog} by Ed Krol (O'Reilly & Associates, second
edition ISBN 1-56592-063-5). It gives lots of information
on using ftp, email, Telnet, Archie, etc. As a new user of
ftp (January 1993), I found the information made me
productive quickly. (Disclosure: Though I don't believe
it has biased my judgment, you should know that O'Reilly
sent me a free evaluation copy.)
You may also want to look at the "Anonymous FTP FAQ List".
You can get it from:
<ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/ftp-
list/faq>
<ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/doc-net/ftp-list.zip>
<ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/info/ftp-
list.zip>
When downloading a file by ftp, make sure you have write
access to your working directory on your local machine, and
that your disk has enough space to hold the files. Also
make sure that if it's a ZIP file or other binary file
type, you set the protocol to binary before downloading the
file.
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 9.02> - What are SimTel, Garbo, and Wustl?
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 97 21:15:43 CST
These are three of the most popular archive sites, with a
few bazillion files available for free downloading by ftp.
(For email access, see <Q: 9.03> - "I have no ftp access.
How can I get files from the archives?".) Many of the
files are shareware and you're expected to send a payment
directly to the authors if you use them regularly.
In comp.archives.msdos.d, Samuel Ko posts a two-part
"Useful MS-DOS Programs at SIMTEL20 and Garbo"; it's
downloadable as:
<ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/info/useful34.zip
>
<ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/filelist/useful34.zip>
<ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/msdos-
archives/part*>
For rtfm.mit.edu instructions, see <Q: 1.13> "Where are FAQ
lists archived?"
A few words about file names and versions: Many files at
the archive sites are updated from time to time. I
verified every filename in this FAQ as of 04 Aug 1997 by
ftp to the named sites, or by consulting their index files.
If you can't find a file given in these articles as
mumble12.zip, perhaps there's a newer version; try
mumble13.zip or mumble14.zip, or mumble*.zip if your ftp
program supports wildcards (most do so). Please let me
know of any out-of-date file names.
This FAQ should show both Garbo and SimTel directory and
file names, if available, for every file mentioned for
downloading. If you see a listing for only one of them, it
means that the file was not found at the other site, or
that the other site's catalog shows an old version.
Also remember that caps and lower case filenames are not
interchangeable at most archive sites.
Other Archives:
A comprehensive list of MS-DOS archive sites is
downloadable as:
<ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/moder*.zip>
<ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/info/moder*.zip>
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 9.03> - I have no ftp access. How can I get
files from the archives?
First, be sure that you have no ftp access before trying
email methods. (Ask your sysadmin, or a knowledgeable user
at your site.) FTP is better for you because it's faster,
and it uses less net resources too.
When using an email server, make sure the Reply-to path in
your message is valid. If it's not, you'll get no reply
from the server. Do wait a few days before assuming you're
not going to get a response; some servers have long pending
queues. After a suitable wait, get your sysadmin's help to
correct your reply-to, and send your message again.
Occasionally, a machine may go down for an extended period
which may prevent a timely reply to your message. If
you're sure your message bears a good reply path and you
haven't got a reply in a week or so, you might send your
message again, once. Don't post it as an article in a
newsgroup.
For files from SimTel, see "How to order SIMTEL20 files via
e-mail", posted monthly in comp.archives.msdos.announce; or
send email containing only the word "help" to
listserv@vm1.nodak.edu. For instructions on using Garbo's
email server, send a request to Timo Salmi at ts@uwasa.fi.
The DEC Western Research Labs server will get files from
any ftp site by ftp and then email them to you. Send email
containing "help" to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com.
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 9.04> - Can I get archives on CD-ROM?
Copies of the SimTel MS-DOS, Macintosh and Unix-C
collections (also of wuarchive, cica, and others) are
available from Walnut Creek CDROM, 1547 Palos Verdes, Suite
260, Walnut Creek, CA 94596-2228, telephone (800) 786-9907
or +1 510 674-0783, or FAX +1 510 674-0821, or email
rab@cdrom.com.
For a catalog of disks available, send email to
info@cdrom.com, or ftp the catalog as /cdrom/catalog from
cdrom.com.
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 9.05> - Where do I find program <mumble>?
You are asking about shareware, freeware, or public-domain
programs, right? Commercial software is not legally
distributed through the net, in general. (Occasionally
vendors will make patches available, but these are useful
only to upgrade software you already own.)
That said, the quickest way to find a program you are
looking for is to use a WWW search utility such as DEC's
AltaVista at <http://www.altavista.digital.com>.
There are also several newsgroups to help you find a
program. Comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted is generally the best
place to ask your question. Please review the guidelines
in <Q: 1.08> - "What other technical newsgroups should I
know about?"
Download and check the indexes from SimTel and Garbo (see
<Q: 9.06> - "How can I check SimTel or Garbo before I post
a request for a program?"). Unless what you're looking for
is commercial software, there's a good chance it will be at
one or both of those sites. The Archie servers maintain
directories of many (not all) ftp sites worldwide. You can
Telnet to a server or client to search for files, or
perform a search by email.
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 9.06> - How can I check SimTel or Garbo before
I post a request for a program?
SimTel and Garbo have indexes of their contents, which you
can download and then search off line.
Garbo's index file, /pc/INDEX.ZIP, contains an annotated
list, often updated, of the MS-DOS files there. The news
file /pc/pd2/news-pd2 contains selected news on all MS-DOS
directories at Garbo.
SimTel's index files, in /pub/msdos/filedocs, are updated
several times a month. simlist.zip contains a list in text
format. But you may prefer the file simindex.zip, which is
comma-delimited for easy use with any of these search
facilities:
- Two downloadable search programs are simtel35.zip and
simdir22.zip.
- dBASE III or IV users can load the index from
simindex.zi p using instructions in simibm.inf and
simibm.db3.
- PC-FILE users should get simibm.hdr, which tells how to
use simibm.ibm.
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 9.07> - How do I download and decode a program
I found?
See the "Starter kit" and "Beginner's guide to binaries" in
comp.binaries.ibm.pc, usually posted on the first and 15th
of every month. Please wait for these articles to come
around; don't post a request. They can be downloaded from
<ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-
group/comp.binaries.ibm.pc/>. The file names are quite
long; try look for names of the form *starter.kit* and
*bin.man*.
For rtfm.mit.edu instructions, see <Q: 1.13> "Where are FAQ
lists archived?"
Most binaries are posted and sent through email in
'uuencode' format. The starter kit contains a uudecode
program to turn this file back into binary. Since the
uuencoded file is bigger than the binary, you'll save
connect time if you can uudecode it and then download the
binary file. Remember to set file type to binary.
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 9.08> - Where is UUDECODE?
You can find it at SimTel and Garbo, but it's easier to
take it from the "starter kit" mentioned in the preceding
question. If you're logged in at a Unix site, there's
almost certainly a uudecode there: just type "uudecode"
followed by a space and the file name. The binary file is
25% smaller than the uuencoded file, so you'll save connect
time if you can uudecode it on the Unix host and then
download the binary file. Remember: set file type binary.
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 9.09> - Why do I get errors when extracting
from a ZIP file I downloaded?
There are many possible causes, but two of them probably
account for 95% of all problems.
1) File transmission: You must tell the archive site to
transfer ZIP files in binary mode. Depending on your
software, you may also need to set your local software to
receive files in binary mode.
2) Unzipping program: Make sure you aren't using an
obsolete version. Make sure you are using the latest version
of the unzipping program used by the site you downloaded
your file from.
------------------------------
Subject: Section 10. Vendors and products
<Q: 10.01> - How can I contact Borland?
<Q: 10.02> - How can I contact Microsoft?
<Q: 10.03> - What's the current version of UNZIP?
<Q: 10.04> - What is the phone number for a vendor's BBS?
<Q: 10.05> - What is the current version of DJGPP?
<Q: 10.06> - What and where is DJGPP?
<Q: 10.07> - Are there any good shareware/freeware
compilers?
<Q: 10.08> - Is the source code to MS-DOS available?
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 10.01> - How can I contact Borland?
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 95 15:34:00 CDT
Individual employees of Borland post here sometimes. Their
addresses all take the form person@borland.com.
On the Web:
Borland Online at <http://www.borland.com> contains a
wealth of information about Borland software.
Files from FTP:
Patches, examples, and product info can be found at
<ftp://ftp.borland.com/pub>.
Borland has setup a Borland C++ Newsletter mailing list
(BCPP).
To subscribe, send a mail message to:
listserv@borland.com
The subject of the message is not needed. The body of the
message must look like the following:
subscribe bcpp <your first name> <your last name>
Email tech support is available only through Compuserve (GO
BOR).
Telephone support is provided through separate phone
numbers for most products. If you're calling from the
U.S., dial (800) 841-8180 for a recorded list of toll
numbers to call. Borland's BBS is at +1 408 439 9096. The
surface-mail address is Technical Support Department,
Borland International, P.O. Box 660001, Scotts Valley CA
95067-0001, USA.
You'll need to give your product's name, version, and
serial number.
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 10.02> - How can I contact Microsoft?
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 95 15:34:00 CDT
Microsoft has stopped developing MS-DOS and most of the
programming information they now provide is focused more on
Windows development instead of MS-DOS programming.
Individual employees of Microsoft (not MicroSoft, please!)
post here sometimes. Their addresses all take the form
person@microsoft.com. However, Microsoft as a company does
not answer individual questions via email through the
Internet.
On the Web:
Microsoft's Web server <http://www.microsoft.com> contains
information on their products and allows users to search
the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
Via ftp:
Microsoft's anonymous FTP server <ftp://ftp.microsoft.com>
offers a variety of information for developers. This ftp
server is run using Windows NT, so it supports both UNIX-
like and DOS-like path names. For example
\SOFTLIB\INDEX.TXT and /SOFTLIB/INDEX.TXT are both valid.
Filenames are not case sensitive.
These files in the root directoy may be of interest:
index.txt Information about FTP.MICROSOFT.COM
dirmap.txt List of all directories at FTP.MICROSOFT.COM
ls-lr.zip FTP.MICROSOFT.COM file list. Compressed using
PKZip Version 2.04g
Information via U.S. Mail:
Microsoft Product Support is at 16011 NE 36th Way, Box
97017, Redmond WA 98073-9717, USA.
You can subscribe to the {Microsoft Developer News} by
mailing a request to Microsoft Developer Network, P.O. Box
51812, Boulder CO 80322-1812, U.S.A. This newsletter
appears to be free.
Via modem:
On Compuserve, GO MICROSOFT; or call Microsoft's BBS at +1
206 936-6735 in the U.S., or +1 416 507-3022 in Canada.
Via voice telephone:
If you want to place an order or get general pre-sales
information, call the appropriate sales and service
number:
U.S. end-user sales (800) 426-9400
U.S. corporate/gov't/reseller/
educational sales (800) 227-4679
Canadian sales (800) 568-3503
International sales +1 206 936-8661
For tech support you must make an ordinary long-distance
phone call. Microsoft has separate incoming phone numbers
for many products. Since it's your nickel, first check
your documentation to see if a phone number is listed.
Here are phone numbers (as of 1 June 1992) for a few
products of most interest to the readers of this group:
C/C++ (206) 635-7007
MASM (206) 646-5109
DOS Upgrade Users (206) 646-5104 (for 90 days after
first call)
Windows Users (206) 637-6098
If you can't find the direct number any other way, call
the "master" numbers below or the sales numbers a few
paragraphs above. You'll get the "voice mail phone tree
from h-ll" but you'll eventually get to the right
department. They don't provide technical assistance, but
a voice menu will help you find the current phone number
for the department you need.
U.S. end-user product support (206) 454-2030
U.S. languages support (206) 637-7096
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 10.03> - What's the current version of UNZIP?
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 97 21:17:50 CST
The current version of PKWare's PKZip is 2.04g.
The current version of InfoZip's ZIP is 2.0.1.
The current version of InfoZip's UNZIP is 5.12.
The primary source of the free Info-ZIP programs is at
ftp.uu.net, directory /pub/archiving/zip; or at
quest.jpl.nasa.gov, directory /pub. Files are in those
directories or in subdirectories as shown below. The DOS
executable for UNZIP is self extracting; all others require
UNZIP 5.0, 5.1, 5.11 or 5.12:
MSDOS/unzip512x.exe - DOS executable and doc, UNZIP 5.12
unzip512.zip - source code for UNZIP 5.12, all platforms
MSDOS/zip20x.zip - DOS exe and doc, ZIP without crypt
support
zip201.zip - source code for ZIP 2.0, all platforms
MSDOS/zcryp20x.zip - DOS exe and doc, ZIP with crypt
support
zcrypt21.zip - source code for ZIP crypt support
WINDOWS/wunz20x.zip - Windows 3.1 WIZUNZIP 2.0 exe and
help file
WINDOWS/wunz20sr.zip - Windows 3.1 WIZUNZIP 2.0 source
The essential files are also available at
<ftp://ftp.coast.net/pub/msdos/zip>.
PKZip and PKUNZIP are shareware products of PKWARE Inc.
The current version is 2.04g, which is the third official
version after 1.10. They are downloadable:
From <http://www.pkware.com>
From PKWare's bulletin board, +1 414 354 8670, or
From <ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/arcers/pkz204g.exe>
From
<ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/zip/pkz204g.exe>
By the way, if you want to develop your own utilities, you
will find the ZIP 2.0 data structures described in the
downloadable file
<ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/zip/appnote.zip>
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 10.04> - What is the phone number for a
vendor's BBS?
Robert Baker (rbakerpc@delphi.com) uploaded a list of 800
bulletin-board support numbers operated by software vendors
as of August 1993. It is downloadable as
<ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/bbslist/bbs_9308.
zip>.
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 10.05> - What is the current version of DJGPP?
See <Q: 10.06> - What and where is DJGPP?
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 10.06> - What and where is DJGPP?
DJGPP is a 32-bit C/C++/Ada95 development environment for
the MS-DOS environment, based on the GNU tools.
DJGPP can be retrieved from the following sites:
<ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp>
<ftp://oak.oakland.edu/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp>
<ftp://archie.au/micros/pc/oak/vendors/djgpp>
<ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/pc/SimTel/vendors/djgpp>
<ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/ofc>
<http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/dl/ofc/>
More information on DJGPP ca be found in the following
places:
The DJGPP FAQ:
<ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/vendors/djgpp/faq*.zip>
<ftp://oak.oakland.edu/SimTel/vendors/djgpp/faq*.zip>
<ftp://archie.au/micros/pc/oak/vendors/djgpp/faq*.zip>
<ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/pc/SimTel/vendors/djgpp/faq*.zip>
<ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/ofc/faq*.zip>
<http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/faq/>
WWW Home Page:
<http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/>
Newsgroup: (preferred over the mailing list)
<news:comp.os.msdos.djgpp>
Mailing lists:
Two DJGPP mailing lists have been setup. djgpp-announce is
for announcements relating to DJGPP, and djgpp is a mirror
of the comp.os.msdos.djgpp newsgroup.
To subscribe, send a mail message to:
<mailto:listserv@delorie.com>
The subject should either be "subscribe djgpp-announce" or
"subscribe djgpp" depending on which mailing list you are
subscribing to.
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 10.07> - Are there any good shareware/freeware
compilers?
There are several shareware/freeware compilers for MS-DOS,
here are just a couple.
DJGPP
See <Q: 10.06> - What and where is DJGPP?
Magic Assembler
Magic Assembler is a small easy-to-use x86 assembly
language compiler. It can produce .COM files as well as
boot sector programs. It can also print the source using
the correct addresses. (Public Domain)
<ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/asmutl/asm110.zi
p>
------------------------------
Subject: <Q: 10.08> - Is the source code to MS-DOS
available?
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 97 21:23:56 CST
No; however, source code to the Free-DOS project is
available at <http://www.freedos.org>.
------------------------------
Subject: End
(FAQ updates can be found at
<http://www.premiernet.net/~carlyle>.)
(End of comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ Version 1997.08 Part
5/5)
(This text is copyright 1997 by Jeffrey Carlyle. All rights
reserved.)
// Jeffrey Carlyle, Bowling Green, Kentucy USA
//
// comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ maintainer
// <http://www.premiernet.net/~carlyle>