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- Resident programs and drivers: Some programs let you detect and get
- information from them.
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- 4DOS: A shareware program that replaces COMMAND.COM. It offers many
- enhancements and reduced memory requirements. 4DOS 4.01 reports
- itself as 4.00.
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- KSTACK.COM: Part of 4DOS 4.0 and newer. A utility to fake keystrokes.
-
- NDOS: A licensed version of 4DOS that is part of Norton Utilities 6.
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- WildUnix: A resident program that lets you use things like DEL *X.* to
- delete any filename ending in X. (DOS would delete everything!)
-
- ANARKEY: A program that lets you re-define the keyboard.
-
- DOS/16M: A protected mode interface that lets DOS programs access more than
- 1Meg of memory on AT's and 386/486s. Used by many major
- programs.
-
- Phar Lap DOS Extender: Similar to DOS/16M.
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- QEMM: Quarterdeck's memory manager.
-
- Manifest: A system analyzer by Quarterdeck. It has a resident mode that
- let's you get information while a program is running.
-
- VIDRAM: A program by Quarterdeck that lets you use some of the EGA/VGA
- display memory for DOS. This comes at the expense of graphics
- modes, except for CGA level graphics.
-
- 386^MAX: A memory manager by Qualitas.
-
- MICEMM: Micronics Memory Manager. Comes with many computers that use the
- Micronics motherboard. Gateway 2000 is a big customer.
- NOTE: I have version 4F, and the detection does NOT work.
-
- EMM386: Microsoft's memory manager. Comes as part of DOS 5 or Windows. OK
- for being 'FREE', but it isn't very efficient. It slows computer
- performance much more than QEMM or 386^Max. EMM386 must be
- providing EMS memory for it to be found.
-
- VDS: Virtual DMA Specification is a controlled way for programs to transfer
- memory to and from some hardware devices. SCSI controllers are one
- example that need to use VDS under memory managers or Windows.
-
- Desqview: Quarterdeck's multi-tasking program. If found, information about
- available memory and screen modes/size is given.
-
- DOS 5 task switcher: DOS 5's DOSSHELL has a task switching option. You can
- can run several programs at once, but only one at a
- time. It is swapped in and out of memory. The switcher
- also is detected as Windows in real/standard mode.
-
- DRDOS TaskMax: A task switcher that comes with DR-DOS 6. It's equivalent to
- DOS 5's DOSSHELL.
-
- TAME: A shareware program that monitors DOS programs when running under
- multi-tasking programs. If a program is doing nothing, it forces the
- program to give up it's time slice, giving more to other programs.
-
- Windows: This is the program by Microsoft. When version 3.x is in enhanced
- mode, alot of extra information is given. The number of colors
- given is what Windows itself it using. You'll typically see either
- 16 or 20. To find out the real number of colors, you need to look
- at the bits/pixel and bit planes numbers.
-
- Norton NCACHE: Disk Cache. Part of Nortons version 5 or newer.
-
- Norton Diskreet: An encoded/secure 'drive'. Part of Nortons version 5 or
- newer.
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- Norton DiskMon: Monitors disk activity. Part of Nortons version 5 or newer.
-
- Norton FileSave/EraseProtect: Places deleted files in a safe place. Part of
- Nortons version 5 or newer.
-
- F-PROT: F-PROT is a shareware package of programs by Fridrik Skulason used
- to protect a computer from viruses.
-
- TBScanX: A resident virus scanner. Usable by other programs to check
- themselves.
-
- Flu_Shot+: A commerical virus protection program.
-
- CAM-SCSI: A SCSI interface standard.
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- CMC Int. SCSI driver: A SCSI driver.
-
- SMARTDRV: Microsoft's disk cache. Some other cache programs may also use
- this interface.
- If you use Super PCKwik's PCKWIN.SYS program, the IOCTL read will
- fail under DOS, but work under Windows 3 enhanced.
-
- HyperDisk: A shareware disk cache program. The Internal Data Version number
- is not the same as the program version number.
-
- Stacker: A program that automatically compresses data, pretending it's
- a disk drive.
-
- pcAnywhere: A program that lets you operate a computer via the serial port.
-
- Disk Spool II: A printer spooling program.
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- Microsoft/LANtastic: The network programs.
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- PC/TCP: A packet driver interface standard.
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- Inset: A program that integrates text and graphics.
-
- Microsoft CD-ROM extensions: A standard for accessing CD-ROMs under DOS.
-
- Fossil: A TSR or device driver for using the serial ports. Many BBS
- programs use them.
-
- Video Fossil: An extension of Fossil for working with video.
-
- Advanced Power Management Spec.: Used for checking and controlling the
- power usage of many laptops and portables.
-
- Norton Guides: A TSR that pops up screens of information related to various
- programs.
-
- After Dark for DOS: A screen blanker that comes with After Dark for
- Windows.
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