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- Here is a list of some other freeware programs I have written
- which you may be interested in. The latest versions can always
- be found somewhere in the msdos directory of the Simtel archive
- on the internet. The primary site for this is oak.oakland.edu,
- but there are mirrors sites all over the world. In the
- following file names I have represented the version numbers by
- the string "nn" since they may change by the time you look for
- them.
-
- BIGTXTnn - This program takes its command line argument and
- magnifies the characters so that they are 4 to 8 or more times
- larger. It uses several font sources, including any screen
- font and can be used for batch files, text file headings and
- banners. If you remember bigecho, this does a similar function
- but has many more options and features. It can be found in
- directory msdos/textutil.
-
- NVLTFNTS - This archive contains a screen font loader and 12
- unusual screen fonts. The loader produces fonts which are
- persistant but which can be overridden any time you wish. The
- screen fonts are compatible with BIGTEXT. It can be found in
- directory msdos/screen. Here's a sample of using the Olde
- English font with BIGTEXT:
-
-
- ▄▀▀█▄ ▀█▄ ▀█▄
- ██ ██ ██ ██▄ ▄▄▄
- ██ ██ ██ ▄▀▀ ██ ▄█ ██
- ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██▀▀▀
- ▀█▄▄▀ ▀█▄ ▀█▄▄▀ ▄█▄▄▄▄
-
-
-
- ▄▀▀█▄ ▀█▄ ██ ▄█
- ██ ▀ ▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▄ ██ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄ ██
- ██▄▄▄ ██ ██ ▄█ ▀█▄ ██ ██ ▄█ ██▄▄██
- ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ██ ▀▀▀█▄▄ ██ ██
- ▄█▄▄▄▄▄ ▄█▄▄ ▀█▄▀█▄▀██▄ ▀█▄ ▀█▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▀ ▄█▄▄ ██
- ▄▄▄ █▀ ▀
- ▀▀▀
-
- FLPKITnn - This archive contains a set of 8 utilities to help
- you speed up and test your floppy disks and drives. It can
- be found in directory msdos/diskutil. In particular you get:
-
- FLOPPARM - Speeds up drive operation by modifying DOS
- parameters.
-
- TESTSTEP - Determines the maximum step rate which can be
- used with a particular drive.
-
- FLOPTEST - Tests drive for proper operation. Also does a
- quick readability check for every sector of a
- floppy disk.
-
- SEEKBNCH - Performs a seek benchmark for three different
- types of seeks.
-
- FLOPSKEW - Determines optimal skewing for proper formatting.
- By using the findings of this program and
- FDFORMAT you can speed up reading and writing
- by 30% every time you use a floppy disk.
- Formatting is faster, too.
-
- FLOPRPM - Checks a drive's rotation speed for accuracy and
- consistent operation.
-
- FLOPINFO - Displays a floppy disk's formatting parameters.
-
- FLOPSCRB - Used with a cleaning disk to clean a drive's head
-
- RUNTIMnn - This utility can measure the execution time of DOS
- programs, commands and batch files with a resolution better
- than one thousandth of a second. The measurement can be
- saved in a file or displayed on your screen. The output format
- and accompanying text can be specified. It can be found in
- directory msdos/sysutil.
-
- S48Vnn - S48 is a software simulator of the 8048/49/50 micro-
- processor. All registers, flags and RAM are visible contin-
- uously on the screen. Instructions are disassembled and
- displayed as they are simulated. Cheaper and more colorful
- than an MDS! It can be found in directory msdos/emulators.
-
- LJLPTnn - This program prints text in landscape oriented pages
- at 177 columns by 75 lines on a Laserjet. Great for getting
- fast, quiet, compact program listings. Initial banner page,
- page headers, line numbers, multiple copies and graybar row
- shading are available as options. Source included. It can be
- found in directory msdos/laserjet.
-
- WASTEDnn - This program shows you the effects of different
- cluster sizes on the efficiency of file storage on your system.
- If you're upgrading to a larger hard disk, the information
- displayed may affect the size of the partitions you choose for
- your hard disk and save you megabytes of wasted space. In
- directory msdos/diskutil.
-
- P5BUGnn - A simple test for the Pentium FDIV "flaw". Source
- included. In directory msdos/sysutil.
-
- In addition, here are some programs which I have made some
- contribution to, even though I'm not the original author.
-
- TODIRnn - Change to any subdirectory just by specifying the
- first few letters of its name, no matter which drive it is on
- or how deep it is in the subdirectory tree. An approximate
- string search is also available if you're really lost. Source
- included. In the directory msdos/dirutil.
-
- FIGLETnn - Make big letters rendered with ordinary ASCII char-
- acters, as seen in e-mail signatures, in seconds. I did the
- DOS port for version 2.1. In the directory msdos/textutil.
-
- UARTTYnn - This program identifies which type of UART chip is
- used by all of the COM ports in your system. Source included.
- It can be found in directory msdos/io_util.
-
- O-SYMB - This archive contains a TrueType symbol font useful
- for preparing orienteering clue sheets. If you're not an
- orienteer, just think of it as a collection of vaguely
- cartographic dingbats. I converted this from Macintosh Type 1
- format and spent a lot of time touching up the characters. In
- directory win3/font.
-
- BCF7713B - This is a really buggy Fortran compiler but it's the
- only public domain Fortran compiler that I'm aware of. It may
- be useful for some small jobs. I translated the documentation
- from German into English. It can be found in the directory
- msdos/fortran.
-
- Quite a mixed bag, eh? There should be something here you can
- use.
-
- You are encouraged to pick up these programs from a convenient
- Internet ftp site but if you don't have Internet access you can
- get a disk with the latest versions of all these programs plus
- other related freeware, like FDFORMAT and 2M, directly from me.
- Just send me $10 ($12 in US funds if you live outside the US).
- Inquiries and other correspondence which requires a reply
- should include a stamped, self-addressed envelope.
-
- William Luitje
- 2677 Wayside Drive
- Ann Arbor, MI 48103
- USA
-
- internet: luitje@m-net.arbornet.org (much preferred) or
- luitje@cyberspace.org
-