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Path: bloom-beacon.mit.edu!senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!faqserv
From: sko@helix.net (Samuel Ko)
Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.answers,news.answers
Subject: Useful MSDOS Programs at SimTel and Garbo (Part 1 of 2)
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Summary: A list of recommended msdos programs available from major ftp sites
Keywords: SimTel, Garbo, Oak, sharewares, freewares, pd programs, ftp
X-Last-Updated: 1994/04/04
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Archive-name: msdos-archives/part1
Last-modified: April 3, 1994
Version: 3.3
** maintenance release **
Useful MSDOS Programs at SimTel and Garbo (Part 1 of 2)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files ****
Compiled by Samuel Ko (sko@helix.net)
This is a good selection of the "best" sharewares and freewares that are
available mostly from the SimTel Software Repository (previously, the
SIMTEL20 archive site) and the Garbo ftp site (garbo.uwasa.fi).
This list contains many commonly-and-frequently-wanted sharewares/freewares/
public domain programs. So, before you post any requests for ftp'able MSDOS
files in comp.archives.msdos.d, comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted or other msdos/pc
newsgroups, please try to read the list first. This will help reduce the
traffic in those groups a bit. Besides you might find some other interesting
stuff here.
For security reasons the SimTel Software Repository is located on a host that
is not accessible by Internet users, however its files are available by
anonymous ftp from the primary mirror site Oak (oak.oakland.edu) and secondary
mirror sites (a list of which can be found in Appendix 1). I, therefore, use
the directories of Oak in this compilation.
If you do not have ftp access, please read Appendix 2 for instructions
on how to obtain most of the files listed below by e-mail.
** As most files listed here are zipped, you will need ...
either pkunzip.exe v.2.04g in pkz204g.exe
or unzip.exe v.5.1 in unz51x.exe to unzip them.
Please refer to Section B below to find where these can be obtained. **
(It's also important to remember to transfer the files in BINARY setting
both from the ftp site to your host and from your host to your computer.)
Thanks to all who have helped in improving the list. However, to save
some bandwidth, I do not want to include a very very long list of
acknowledgment. I do sincerely thank each and every one of you who has
contributed to this compilation in one way or the other. So, this collection
is the product of the combined wisdom of many netnews readers and archive
users. (yes, errors and shortcomings are my responsibility :-)
Any further comments and suggestions will be very much appreciated. I am
particularly interested in any programs that you think are better than those
listed below.
The list should be (more or less) accurate as of April 2, 1993. However, as
the world of archive files is rapidly changing, many entries here may be
dated soon. So, please read the newsgroup comp.archives.msdos.announce or
consult the index files of the archive sites to keep yourself informed of the
latest uploads and changes. [ you may regard this as a disclaimer :-) ]
I will try to update and post this regularly.
General format of an entry:
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Program: Name and/or Description
Version: The latest release
Upload Date: The date the program was uploaded to SimTel or Oak
File: The name of the file that corresponds to the program
Size: The size of the archive file
Location: The directory from which the file can be found
Status: Shareware / Freeware Info
Shareware - copyrighted (or patented) programs distributed and sold
on a "try before you buy" basis.
Freeware - copyrighted programs which do not require compensation
for use in most cases.
Public Domain - free from copyrights; open to use by anyone
without compensation.
Comment: My comment and supplementary info
Alternative: Other similar program
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contents:
Part I
------
* Trivia ...
* Section A: Application Programs
* Section B: Compression / Decompression Programs
* Section C: Utilities
Area 1: 4DOS
Area 2: Disk Utilities
Area 3: Directory Utilities
Area 4: File / Text Utilities
Area 5: Screen Utilities
[ Part II
-------
Area 6: System Utilities
Area 7: Other Utilities
* Section D: Anti-Virus Programs
* Section E: Editors
* Section F: Communication Programs
* Section G: Miscellaneous Files
* Section H: Windows Programs (experimental)
--
* Appendix 1: Mirror sites (and some best ftp 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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Trivia ...
1) purposes ?
This is a collection of many useful, common, and popular sharewares,
freewares, and public domain programs ... It will (I hope) give you
(especially those who are new to the world of archive files) a good idea
on the range of files and programs you can obtain from major DOS ftp
sites ...
This list also aims to promote high-quality sharewares, freewares
and public domain programs ... (see 3) below)
2) "useful" ?
a) most of the programs listed below should enhance DOS in one way or
another ...
b) most of them should work on any DOS-based computers (from XTs to
486s, from monochrome to SVGA, etc ...)
c) most of them can be run by intuition, i.e. you don't have to read
the manuals pages after pages to get the programs started ...
"If an experienced user who is not familiar with the particular
program is still practically stuck after the first ten minutes, the
user interface of a PD or a shareware program is unacceptable, however
good and useful the application may otherwise be." - Timo Salmi
d) most of them should be relatively bug-free ...
3) highly recommended items ...
* PC Write * Explosiv - screen saver
* AsEasyAs Spreadsheet * DAZZLE
* Envision Publisher * SCROLLit - screen scroll-back
* Draft Choice CAD * THEDRAW
* PKWare pkzip/unzip * HyperDisk
* ARJ file archiver * TSR Utilities
* FV - archive file viewer * Hbreak
* Shez - compression shell * Cal - unix-like
* GNU zip * Geoclock
* PKLite - executable compresor * The Animated Series
* 4DOS - command.com replacement * Skyglobe
* Disk Copy Fast * McAfee scan/clean/vshield
* Another Change Directory (ACD) * F-Prot
* StupenDOS * TBAV
* List * QEDIT
* Derr's FileFinder * GSZ - X/Y/Zmodem
* Duplicate File Locator * Telemate
* Fgrep - text searching * Telix
* View - file viewer * Terminate
* uuencode/decode * moder.lst
* GNU diff * DOOM
* CompuShow -
* VPIC picture file
* DVPEG viewers
* QPEG -
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Section A: Application Programs
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: PC-Write Advanced Level Word-Processor
Version: 4.1
Upload Date: 93/10/29
Files: pcw41{a,b,c}.zip
Size: 1,685,846 bytes (total)
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/editor
garbo: /pc/txtutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: PC-Write is undoubtedly one of the most sophisticated word-processor
Also, in /pub/msdos/editor,
njs30*.zip - a good Chinese shareware word processor
njj30*.zip - a good Japanese shareware word processor
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: AsEasyAs Spreadsheet
Version: 5.5c
Upload Date: 93/03/22
Files: asa55c-{1,2}.zip
Size: 409,045 bytes (total)
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/spredsht
garbo: /pc/spreadsheet
Status: Shareware
Comment: A powerful Lotus 123 clone ...
Alternative: Spreadsheet Calculator (sc621.zip) - this is the PC port of
a simple Unix spreadsheet program
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**** Highly Recommended ... but -------->
Program: Buttonware's PC-File Database [ Removed from the archive sites
Version: 7.0 due to the program's excessive
Upload Date: 93/10/29 distribution restriction ... :-( ]
Files: pcf70{a,b,c,d}.zip
Size: 1,176,477 bytes (total)
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dbase
garbo: /pc/database (not the latest)
Status: Shareware
Comment: This is definitely the most popular and powerful shareware
database program ...
Alternative: RExL (rexl211{a,b,c}.zip in /pub/msdos/database) (oak only)
File expresss (fe51-{a,b,c}.zip) (ditto)
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: EnVision Publisher
Version: 1.54
Upload Date: 93/11/27
Files: evp154{a,b}.zip
Size: 668,569 bytes (total)
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskpub
garbo: not available
Status: Shareware
Comment: Great! ... A WYSIWYG full-feature desktop publishing program ...
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: Draft Choice CAD
Version: 2.0
Upload Date: 92/07/15
File: dc20.zip
Size: 314,791 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/cad
garbo: /pc/cad
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good computer-assisted-design program ... Get dcfonts.zip ...
BTW ...
Data flow diagrams ...
- Analyst's Toolkit (atk18ibm.zip in /pub/msdos/flowchrt) - good
- EasyCase (ezcase17.zip in /pub/msdos/pgmutil) - a limited CASE
Flow-Charts ...
- FLODRAW (fdrw225{a,b}.zip - /pub/msdos/flowchrt) (CGA only)
Project Management ...
- Easy Project (ezprj402.zip - /pub/msdos/flowchrt)
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Program: X(Plore) Mathematical Toolchest
Version: 4
Upload Date: 92/06/08
File: cc4-9206.zip
Size: 417,716 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/calculat
garbo: /pc/math
Status: Shareware
Comment: A sophisticated calculus calculator ... doing numeric math ...
Alternatives: Symbolic Calculator (sm30a.zip) - doing symbolic math
Mercury (mrcry209.zip) - solving equations (in /.../math for oak)
BTW, a good plotting program is GNUPLOT (gpt35exe.zip in /pub/msdos/plot)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Section B: Compression / Decompression Programs
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Synopsis - DOS and UNIX
~~~~~~~~
DOS UNIX
--- ----
*.zip pkz204g.exe --
zip20x.zip zip201.zip (or .tar.Z)
unz51x.exe unzip51.zip (or .tar.Z)
*.arj arj241a.exe --
unarj241.zip unarj241.tar-z (or .tar.Z)
*.lzh lha213.exe (lha255b.exe) lha-101u.tar-z (or .tar.Z)
(*.lha)
*.arc pk361.exe arc521e.tar-z (oak)
arc602.exe arc.tar.Z (garbo)
*.zoo zoo210.exe zoo210.tar-z (or .tar.Z)
booz20.zip booz20.tar-z (or .Z)
*.hpk hpack78.zip hpack78src.tar.Z (garbo only)
*.ha ha098.zip --
*.sqz sqz1083e.exe --
*.uc2 uc2ins.exe --
*.tar tar4dos.zoo on your system
*.Z comp430d.zip on your system
*.F -- freeze *
*.z -- pack (on your system)
(or *.gz) gzip124.zip gzip-1.2.4.tar-Z (or tar.Z)
*.exe/ pklte115.zip --
*.com lzexe91e.zip
diet145f.zip
* freeze is a new Unix compression program ... Get it from
/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume25/freeze at wuarchive ...
The Unix version of these compression/decompression programs are
obtainable from oak: /pub/misc/unix or garbo: /unix/arcers ...
Information on the DOS version is as follows ...
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: PKWare pkzip, pkunzip, pkzipfix and zip2exe package
Version: 2.04g
Upload Date: (to garbo) 93/02/01
File: pkz204g.exe
Size: 202,574 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
garbo: /pc/arcers (the old version (pkz110eu.zip) is in /pc/goldies)
Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
Comment: Simply the best zip / unzip for DOS ...
**** THIS (pkz204g.exe) IS ABSOLUTELY AND POSITIVELY A MUST ****
BTW ... to split large zip files to smaller zip files, get
zipsplit (zipspl12.zip) ... And ZipView (zipvu124.zip) is a
good program for viewing (and executing) files inside *.zip ...
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Program: Info-Zip's Zip
Version: 2.0
Upload Date: 93/09/15
File: zip20.zip
Size: 176,302 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
garbo: /pc/arcers (also, zcryp20x.zip, with encryption support)
Status: Freeware
Comment: pkzip "clone" ... and this one is free ...
Source codes (for many OS): zip201.zip
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Program: Info-Zip's Unzip
Version: 5.1
Upload Date: 94/02/21
File: unz51x.exe
Size: 87,745 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Freeware
Comment: unzip 5.1 can handle files zipped with zip 1.0/2.0 and pkzip
1.1/1.93/2.04 ...
The faster 32-bit version can be found in unz51x3.exe ...
Source codes (for many OS): unzip51.zip
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: ARJ file archiver
Version: 2.41a
Upload Date: 93/07/27
File: arj241a.exe
Size: 223,856 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
Comment: Another major compression/archive program ... Good ...
If you just want to decompress *.arj files, get unarj241.zip ...
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Program: LZH archive make / extract program
Version: 2.13
Upload Date: 91/08/07
File: lha213.exe
Size: 44,416 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Freeware
Comment: Good ... especially for creating self-extracting files ...
And you can get the new version 2.55b (lha255b.exe) from garbo ...
But the enclosed documentation is in Japanese ...
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Program: ARC file packer / unpacker
Version: 3.61
Upload Date: 88/08/01
File: pk361.exe
Size: 119,598 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
Comment: A bit dated compression program ... but still essential ...
Alternative: ARC (arc602.exe) (garbo only)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Program: Dhesi's make/extract/view ZOO archiver
Version: 2.10
Upload Date: 91/07/12
File: zoo210.exe
Size: 55,721 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zoo
garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Public Domain
Comment: Good and essential ...
If you only want a *.zoo file extractor, get booz20.zip ...
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Program: Hpack multisystem archiver
Version: 0.78
Upload Date: 92/12/31
File: hpack078.zip
Size: 113,973 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Freeware
Comment: yet another fine archiver ... but slow compression :( ...
And if you want another slow - but pretty efficient - archiver,
get HA (ha098.zip) (garbo only) ...
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Program: SQZ - SQUEEZE
Version: 1.083
Upload Date: 93/02/10
File: sqz1083e.exe
Size: 119,203 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Freeware
Comment: A nice archiver from Sweden ... Try it ...
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Program: UltraCompressor II
Version: II
Upload Date: 94/03/21
File: uc2ins.exe
Size: 170,696 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archiver
garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Freeware
Comment: This one compresses better than anything else :-)
Ultracrypt (encryption) can be found in /pc/arcutil/crysaf.uc2)
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: FV - Buerg's archive files viewer
Version: 1.45
Upload Date: 93/11/27
File: fv145.zip
Size: 8,843 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arcutil
garbo: /pc/arcutil
Status: Shareware, Free for personal/private use
Comment: A very good utility for viewing and handling different types
of compressed files ...
Alternative: RView (rv249.zip) - also RV-Shell (rvs110.zip)
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Program: General Unpack Shell
Version: 1.70
Upload Date: 92/09/27
File: gus_170.zip
Size: 32,491 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arcutil
garbo: /pc/arcutil
Status: Freeware
Comment: Interesting ... Can look for the right decompression program
to extract a compressed file ...
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Program: ZZAP
Version: 6.6a
Upload Date: 93/01/10
File: zzap66a.zip
Size: 108,254 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
garbo: /pc/arcutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: A fine program that can convert compressed files from one format
to another ...
Alternative: AC (ac300.zip - oak: /pub/msdos/arcutil) - menu driven
BTW, for a comparison of different compression programs, take a look at
the file arctst02.zip (oak: /pub/info) ... And according to Greg Flint who
did the tests: "In general, the fastest archiver and de-archiver were PKZIP
2.04g and its companion PKUNZIP. The greatest compression was achieved by
ha 0.98 although it was the second slowest (trailed only by "scrnch")."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: Shez
Version: 9.8 (frequently updated)
Upload Date: 94/03/31
File: shez98.zip
Size: 273,959 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arcutil
garbo: /pc/arcutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: More sophisticated shell for manipulating different types
of compressed files (including *.uc2 files) ... There is also a
tutorial, get shezt.zip ...
Alternative: ArcMaster (am101.zip) - good
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Program: Unix-compatible 16bit Compress/Uncompress/Zcat
Version: 4.30
Upload Date: 90/10/13
File: comp430d.zip
Size: 20,241 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/compress
garbo: /pc/unix
Status: Public Domain
Comment: For extracting/making Unix *.Z files ...
The best thing to do is to copy comp430d.exe to compress.exe,
uncompre.exe and zcat.exe ... To uncompress a *.Z file, simply
type uncompre(ss) *.Z ...
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: GNU zip
Version: 1.2.4
Upload Date: 93/09/15
File: gzip124.zip
Size: 116,919 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/compress
garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Freeware
Comment: GNU zip is designed to replace UNIX's Compress ... gzip uses the
same algorithm as Info-Zip's zip, so it can compress better than
Compress and is free of any patent disputes ...
To uncompress *.z or *.gz (files compressed with gzip), type
gzip -d *.z or gzip -d *.gz ...
And gzip -d can also uncompress *.Z (files compressed with Compress)
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Program: Tar (tape archiver) ...
Version: -
Upload Date: (to garbo) 90/03/21
File: tar4dos.zoo
Size: 36,824 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/fileutil (as tar4dos.zip)
garbo: /pc/unix
Status: Public Domain
Comment: This is the most Unix-compatible tar clone for DOS ...
To untar a *.tar file ... enter tar xvf *.tar ...
Alternative: tar314us.zip (supports compress and gzip)
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: Pklite - Executable File Compressor
Version: 1.15
Upload Date: 92/08/10
File: pklte115.zip
Size: 41,282 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/execomp
garbo: /pc/execomp
Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
Comment: Can compress executable files (*.exe/*.com) ... Really Good ...
Alternatives: Lzexe (lzexe91e.zip + unlzexe8.zip)
Diet (diet145f.zip) - can compress not only executables, but
also data files ... (for oak: in /pub/msdos/dsktul)
BTW, Dirx (drx110.zip) can tell you which executables are compressed ...
UNP (unp315.zip) can unpack all (?) types of compressed executables ...
DISLITE (dislt115.zip) can uncompress "unextractible" executables ...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Further reference:
1) The 3-part FAQs for the comp.compression newsgroups by Jean-loup Gailly ...
(Part I: practical usage - Part II: how compression works) ...
Read them on news.answers or get them from rtfm.mit.edu
(as /pub/usenet/news.answers/compression-faq/part{1,2,3}) or oak (
/pub/msdos/info) or garbo (/pc/doc-net) as faqc9403.zip ...
2) Get the file compression from ftp.cso.uiuc.edu (in /doc/pcnet) ...
Maintained by David Lemson, this file has additional info on different
compression/decompression programs for many different operating systems.
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Section C: Utilities
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Area 1: 4DOS
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**** Highly Recommended **** (unless you've got Norton's NDOS)
Program: 4DOS command.com replacement
Version: 5.0 rev. d
Upload Date: 94/02/21
File: 4dos50{a,b}.zip
Size: 500,756 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/4dos
garbo: /pc/cmd4dos
Status: Shareware
Comment: This gives you much much more than MSDOS' command.com ...
Documentation is in jp4ref.zip ...
To update to rev. d from earlier 5.0 revisions, get the appropriate
4d50*.zip and 4dpatch.zip ...
Lots of accompanying utilities (like 4file2u9.zip and ez-btm09.zip)
in the 4dos subdirectory ...
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Area 2: Disk Utilities
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Program: Patriquin Copy
Version: 9.3
Upload Date: 93/09/17
File: pcopy93.zip
Size: 112,423 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
garbo: /pc/filecopy
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good file copier ...
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: Disk Copy Fast
Version: 4.6
Upload Date: 94/04/01
File: dcf46.zip
Size: 102,225 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
garbo: /pc/filecopy
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good 1-pass "diskcopy" utility ...
Alternatives: OnePass (1pass155.zip), COPYQM (copyq312.zip)
BTW, to copy specified files to the least number of diskettes, get
FFIT (ffit162.zip) ... Also, a good program to break a large file up into
pieces and copy it to floppies is slice (oak: /pub/msdos/pcmag/slice13.arc)...
And to simply break up a large file to pieces of a certain size, use chop (oak:
/pub/msdos/fileutil/chop31.zip) ...
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Program: MegaBack disk system backup
Version: 2.3
Upload Date: 93/10/31
File: mback230.zip
Size: 231,694 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
garbo: /pc/diskutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: Probably the best shareware backup program ...
Alternatives: Stowaway (stow191.zip)
Flexibak Plus (flexp250.zip)
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Program: FormatMaster
Version: 5.5
Upload Date: 93/10/31
File: fm55.zip
Size: 100,149 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
garbo: /pc/format
Status: Shareware
Comment: It's a menu-driven "format" utility ...
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Program: FD-Format
Version: 1.8
Upload Date: 91/07/21
File: fdform18.zip
Size: 109056 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
garbo: /pc/diskutil (as fdform18.lzh)
Status: Public Domain
Comment: Can format floppy disks to higher density/storage ...
Alternative: FMT (atfmt100.zip)
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Program: DOG - Disk OrGanizer
Version: 3.16
Upload Date: 92/03/31
File: dog316.zip
Size: 54,553 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
garbo: /pc/diskutil
Status: Shareware, Free for personal use
Comment: Can remove fragmentations and rearrange files ...
Not for **compressed** drive ...
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Program: HDTEST
Version: 5.35a
Upload Date: 92/10/26
File: hdts535a.zip
Size: 139,775 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/diskutil
garbo: /pc/diskutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good program for testing and maintaining disks ...
For analyzing "floppy" disks, get ANADISK (anad207.zip) ...
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Area 3: Directory Utilities
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: ACD - Another Change Directory
Version: 2.21
Upload Date: 93/05/27
File: acd221.zip
Size: 53,256 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutil
garbo: /pc/dirutil
Status: Freeware
Comment: Good ...
Alternative: CCD (ccd20.zip)
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: StupenDOS
Version: 4.00
Upload Date: 93/04/23
File: sd-400.zip
Size: 158,395 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/fileutil
garbo: /pc/sysutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: A very good file/directory management utility ... supporting
pkzip 2.04
Alternative: Treeview (treevw11.arc) - a classic file manager
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: List - Vernon Buerg's file viewer and disk utility
Version: 9.0e
Upload Date: 93/11/18
File: list90e.zip
Size: 106,614 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/textutil
garbo: /pc/fileutil
Status: Shareware, Free for personal/private use
Comment: a MUST ...
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Program: The Director: Hard disk file/menu manager
Version: 5
Upload Date: 92/04/30
File: directr5.zip
Size: 358,928 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/menu
garbo: /pc/dirutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good collection of programs for managing files and directories ...
BTW, the "best" menu program is AUTOMENU (auto47.zip) (for garbo, in /pc/menu)
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Program: Directory Scanner
Version: 4.21b
Upload Date: 93/11/16
File: ds421b.zip
Size: 178,902 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutil
garbo: /pc/dirutil (not the latest)
Status: Shareware
Comment: Another good file/directory management program ...
Alternatives: Directory Freedom (df460.zip)
EDDY (eddy7d.zip (garbo only))
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Area 4: File / Text Utilities
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: Derr's FileFinder
Version: 4.5
Upload Date: 94/01/01
File: fff45.zip
Size: 192,080 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutil
garbo: /pc/filefind
Status: Shareware
Comment: Good ...
Alternatives: FastFileFind (ffff360.zip)
Target (target15.zip) - a good file locator and manupulator
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: Duplicate File Locator
Version: 3.40
Upload Date: 94/03/14
File: dfl340.zip
Size: 215,141 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutil
garbo: /pc/filefind
Status: Shareware
Comment: Looking for duplicates, with lots of options ...
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: Fgrep
Version: 1.72
Upload Date: 90/05/10
File: fgrep172.zip
Size: 12,512 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/textutil
garbo: /pc/fileutil
Status: Freeware
Comment: A good utility to search for file(s) with a string of text ...
Alternative: sgrep (located inside shez*.zip)
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Program: Flip - Dos - Unix text-file translation
Version: 1.0
Upload Date: 89/07/31
File: flip1exe.zip
Size: 14,466 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/textutil
garbo: /pc/unix (as flip1exe.zoo)
Status: Freeware
Comment: Probably the best utility to add/remove cr or lf ...
Alternatives: crlf15b.zip, DOSCVT (doscvt27.zip)
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: View
Version: 9.1
Upload Date: 94/02/21
File: wpview91.zip
Size: 58,657 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/wordperf
garbo: not available
Status: Shareware
Comment: A very nice viewer for Wordperfect, Word, WinWord, WinWrite, etc files
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Program: Binary Editor and Viewer
Version: 1.40
Upload Date: 93/04/16
File: beav140.zip
Size: 94,313 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/binedit
garbo: /pc/binedit
Status: Freeware
Comment: Good ...
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: R.E. Marks' UU/XX en/decoder
Version: 5.25
Upload Date: 93/12/07
File: uuexe525.zip
Size: 32,073 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/decode
garbo: /pc/decode (also, uuexe522.zip in /pc/goldies)
Status: Freeware
Comment: Good and essential for encoding/decoding binary files ...
Alternative: UUDO (uudo13.zip) ... for uudecode only
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Program: Pretty Good Privacy
Version: 2.2
Upload Date: (to garbo) 93/03/07
File: pgp22.zip
Size: 209,679 bytes
Location: oak: not available
garbo: /pc/crypt
Status: Freeware
Comment: This is a very popular but controversial (public key) encryption
program ...
The latest version (pgp23a.zip ?) should be available from
ghost.dsi.unimi.it (in /pub/security)
And there is a shell program for PGP - get pgpshe31.zip (which can
also be found in oak: /pub/msdos/security) ...
Alternatives: Encrypt (encrypt.zip), Tangle (tangle.zip), Ncrypt (ncrypt31.zip)
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Program: Dosnx - Unix-like utilities
Version: 2.2a
Upload Date: 92/09/26
File: dosnx22a.zip
Size: 247,578 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutil
garbo: /pc/unix
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good assortment of basic Unix-like stuff ...
Alternatives: GNU file/text utilities (futil14ax.zip in /pub/msdos/gnuish)
Rutils (rutils40.zip from /pub at ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
or as file10.zip, rfile10.zip, rtextu10.zip, and rpgmu10.zip
in /pc/unix at garbo
BTW ... Some other "common" Unix Tools for Dos:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
less - oak: /pub/msdos/textutil/less177e.zip
garbo: /pc/unix/less177e.zip
awk - oak: /pub/msdos/awk/gawk211.zip or mawk10.zip
sed - oak: /pub/msdos/gnuish/sed106ax.zip
ksh - oak: /pub/msdos/sysutil/ms_sh22b.zip + uxutl22*.zip
perl - oak: /pub/msdos/perl/bperl2x.zip (386+) or perl419x.zip
make - oak: /pub/msdos/c/dmake38e.zip or /pub/msdos/gnuish/make358ax.zip
garbo: /pc/unix/dmak38e.zip
rcs - oak: /pub/msdos/gnuish/rcs55ax.zip
diff - oak: /pub/msdos/textutil/gdiff22a.zip **** Highly Recommended ****
ispell - oak: /pub/msdos/gnuish/ispel40x.zip
For other Unix and Unix-like programs ... take a look at ...
wuarchive: /systems/msdos/gnuish or oak: /pub/msdos/gnuish
garbo: /pc/unix ...
BTW2 ... linux is a freely distributable unix clone for 386+ ... The official
site for linux is tsx-11.mit.edu (with mirrors around the world) ...
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: CompuShow 2000 *.gif, *.jpg, etc files viewer
Version: 1.01
Upload Date: 94/01/31
File: cshw101a.zip
Size: 182,560 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/gif
garbo: /pc/gifutil (or the classic cshw860a.zip in /pc/goldies)
Status: Shareware
Comment: Can work on any type of graphical display ...
Alternatives: VPIC (vpic60e.zip) **** Highly Recommended ****
GIFV (gifv412.zip)
GIFEXE (gifexe41.zip) ... this makes *.gif self-displaying
BTW ... a bit more on jpeg files ...
(most files below can be found in oak: /pub/msdos/graphics)
viewers: HiView (hv12.zip)
ColorView (dcview21.zip)
DVPEG (dvpeg30l.zip) - sunee.uwaterloo.ca: /pub/jpeg/viewers **
** Highly Recommended ****
QPEG (qpeg13k.exe) ... a new, fast *.jpg viewer ... can be found
in /pub/msdos/graphics at ftp.tu-clausthal.de ... **** Highly
Recommended ****
converters: jpeg <--> gif - jpeg4.zip / jpeg4386.zip
gif2jpg2.zip
Image Alchemy (alch17.zip) - this can convert files between
many different graphics formats ...
BTW2 ... further info on these can be found in the 3-part FAQs for the
alt.binaries.pictures newsgroups by Jim Howard (part 3 is OS-dependent)
and the JPEG image compression FAQ by Tom Lane ... Read them on news.answers
or get them from rtfm.mit.edu (as /pub/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq/
part{1,2,3} and /pub/usenet/news.answers/jpeg-faq) ...
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Program: Ghostscript
Version: 2.61
Upload Date: 93/06/12
Files: gs261286.zip (for 286) or gs261386.zip (for 386+) and gs261ini.zip
Size: 548,132 bytes (286) or 740,231 bytes (386)
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/postscrp
garbo: /pc/fileutil
Status: Freeware
Comment: For pre-viewing and printing postscripts files (*.ps or *.eps) ...
Look for additional/fonts files as well ...
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Program: PCPS
Version: 7.80
Upload Date: 94/03/24
File: pcps780.zip
Size: 117,138 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/postscrp
garbo: /pc/postscript
Status: Shareware
Comment: For printing text files on postscript printers ...
And to print two reduced "pages" of plain text on a page (on a
postscript printer), get 2-up111.zip ...
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Program: SbTeX
Version: 3.9
Upload Date: 93/11/12
File: sb39tex.zip
Size: 262,865 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/tex
garbo: /pc/tex
Status: Freeware
Comment: This is a good adaptation of Knuth's Tex ...
BTW ... Detex (hdetex25.zip) is good for TeX/LaTeX --> text only ...
BiBTeX (bibdb14d.zip) - a good bibliography manager ...
Alternative: emTeX is a comprehensive PD package of TeX, LaTeX, Metafont, etc.
It is obtainable from archives.umich.edu (in /msdos/TeX/emTeX)
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Program: ShareSpell
Version: 2.3
Upload Date: 91/04/21
File: ss23.zip
Size: 266,521 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/textutil
garbo: /pc/spell
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good text file spell-checker ...
Alternatives: amSpell (amspel20.zip) - can spellcheck TeX/LaTeX files
jspell (jspel202.zip) - ditto
ispell (ispel40x.zip) - in /pub/msdos/gnuish
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Program: PC-Proof
Version: 1.8
Upload Date: 93/04/14
File: pc-pro18.zip
Size: 340,865 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/textutil
garbo: /pc/spell
Status: Shareware
Comment: A pretty good grammar checker for word-processed files ...
Alternative: Thelma's grammar/style checker (thlm5081.zip) - this can
handle only WordPerfect files ... (oak: /pub/msdos/wordperf)
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Program: WordPerfect Password Decryption
Version: 2.0
Upload Date: (to garbo) 91/06/25
File: wppass2.zip
Size: 23,321 bytes
Location: oak: not available
garbo: /pc/crypt
Status: Freeware
Comment: The best password cracker for encrypted WordPerfect files ...
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Area 5: Screen Utilities
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: Explosiv Screen Saver (for DOS and Windows)
Version: 3.0
Upload Date: 93/06/15
File: explosv3.zip
Size: 204,666 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen
garbo: /pc/screen (not the latest)
Status: Shareware
Comment: Marvelous ... lots of displays ...
Alternative: **** Highly Recommended ****
DAZZLE (dazzl51a.zip) - very impressive ... with evolving
displays ... requires EGA/VGA
BTW, if you're interested in fractals, get the Frantint fractal generator
(frain182.zip) in /pub/msdos/grpahics ...
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: SCROLLit
Version: 1.8
Upload Date: 93/10/20
File: scrlit18.zip
Size: 42,426 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen
garbo: /pc/screen
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good screen scroll-back buffer utility ...
Alternative: BUFFIT (buffit30.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 text or graphics screen to *.gif, *.pcx, etc files, try
Screen Thief (scthf101.zip) ... and to dump screens to *.pcx files,
get PCXDUMP (pcxdmp90.zip) ...
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**** Highly Recommended ****
Program: THEDRAW
Version: 4.6.3
Upload Date: 93/11/13
File: tdraw463.zip
Size: 287,754 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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