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=====PsL Monthly Additions Disks
The programs in this section are new small programs of different types.
Disks of new small programs specific to Windows, to Programming, to Games
and to Utilities are in those sections.
-----November 1993 Additions Disk #1
386 to 486 [386_486].
System Setup
Robert G. Brown; $0
tells how to upgrade a 386DX to a Cx486DLC and get a 50% performance
boost.
ASCIize 1.2 [ASCIIZE].
Communications
Mike Albert; $10
converts binary files to ASCII only so that they can be sent email.
Batlog .9 [BATLOG].
Computer Usage Log
Doug Darrow; $5
keeps track of the time you spend using specified programs.
CCIS 2.0 [CCIS].
System Testing
S. Demers; $0
tests your CPU's speed.
Compressed Digital Audio [CDA]
Sound File Compression
Steve Krenek; $18
can compress VOC files by a ratio of 4:1 using ADPCM. It
can also decompress the compressed files.
CRT40 [CRT40].
Video
Jack A. Orman; $20
lets you change screen colors for borders, background and foreground,
number of lines and columns and more.
DF 3.5 [DF]
Disk Copy Utilities
Mark Vitt; $20
creates an image of a floppy on your hard disk for production
copying. Also see the next program, Extract.
Extract 1.0 [EXTRACT]
Disk Copy Utilities
Gilles Vollant; $20
extracts a file from floppy disk images created on hard disk
by WinImage, DCF, DF, Sabdu, etc. These programs create
floppy disk image files for faster disk duplication, but the contents of image files cannot be accessed normally.
DrvSwp [DRVSWP]
Disk Drive Utility
$0
lets you reassign or swap drive letters, as well as write-protect hard drives.
EchoBlock 1.0 [ECHOBLOK].
System Start-up
R. N. Wisan; $0
enhances DOS 6's CONFIG.SYS menu system. It prints on screen just the
parts of a Config.Sys file that would be operative under a given menu
choice.
Err [ERR].
System Utilities
Wayne Robbins; $10
is a TSR which reports errorlevels returned by other programs.
FileC 1.06 [FILEC]
Keyboard Utility
Mike Morearty; $0
is a 2.5k TSR which allows you to type only the first few
characters of long file names in DOS and then it fills in the rest.
Grammar Online! [GRAMMAR].
Word Processing Utilities
David Harrill Roberts; $15
is a 115k TSR which you can pop up while in your word processor to
look up grammar rules. Most text-based word processors do not use a
lot of memory, so the 115k should not be a problem, but the author
should really use swap-to-disk or to EMS to reduce the RAM overhead.
Gun Clipart 1.0 [GUNS]
Clip-Art and Fonts
Gun Clipart; $20
is a collection of gun clipart in PCX format. <REDHAWK.PCX>
Jeopardy Detector 1.0 [JPRDY].
System Analysis
PC-Kwik Corporation; $0
monitors disk caches for periods when the disk structure is in
jeopardy. Many disk caches produce periods when directories point to
files which have not yet been allocated in the File Allocation Table
on the disk. If a crash occurs during these jeopardy periods,
cross-linked files can result.
-----November 1993 Additions Disk #2
Universal Find & Replace Utility 1.0 [FR]
Softechnics; $14
can do search and replace and make other changes to
files. It works with any format and size of file.
In The Beginning 1.2 [ITB12].
Keyboard Utility
Jim Hughen; $35
records/plays back key strokes used to start programs.
JSCroll 4.1 [JSCROLL].
Video Utility
Jeffrey Chasen; $15
is a TSR which lets you view text that has scrolled off the screen in
DOS.
JS-Not 1.0 [JS_NOT]
File Utility
Johnathan Mark Smith; $8
lets you specify files on which action should NOT be
taken. For example, you can delete or copy all files but those
specified.
Locate 1.0 [LOCATE]
File Finder
Terry Crandall; $0
searches for files on one or more drives. Options include
searching floppies and network drives; filtering by file attribute,
size, and date range; and executing commands on found files.
This has become our favorite file finder already. C source code is
included.
PSDriver 0.1 [PSDRIV]
PostScript Printer Utilities
Johannes Geenen; $0
is a device driver that allows direct printing of ASCII files
to a Postscript printer. It can also be used on network printers.
QuikFile 5.1 [QFILE51].
Address Book
James P. Guare; $10
is an address and telephone directory program. It includes a
full-featured text editor, phone dialing through a modem, mailing
label printing, and more.
SuperFind 4.7 [SF]
File Finder
David L. Dight; $0
is a different kind of file finder. It reads all your drives once,
then lets you interactively search for files based on name, attribute,
date, and size. It can also execute commands on found files.
Because it does not have to re-read the drives each time, it is
ideal when you are searching for more than one file. SF also lets
you shell to DOS so that you can return to SF later without having to
re-read the drives.
Tagaday 1.11 [TAD111].
Daily Quote Utility
Robert N. Payes; $0
selects a line at random from a text file and displays it. This lets
you create your own quote-of-the day files.
Volume and Serial Number 1.26 [VASN126].
Disk Utility
Samuel Kaplin; $6
allows changing the serial number and volume name on disks.
Wipe-Out. 1.06 [WIPEOUT]
System Setup & Control
Giles Rider; $25
de-installs programs and their related directories in DOS,
Windows and OS/2. It can also restore your original Config.Sys,
Autoexec.Bat and Environment. Requires DOS 6.0.
ZipDel 1.0 [ZIPDEL]
ZIP File Utility
Steven Barcus; $0
compares the time and date of files in a ZIP file with the
expanded files on a hard disk and reports if any changes have
been made. It optionally will delete files from the hard disk
which do match.
-----November 1993 Additions Disk #3
[AreaCode] 1.0 (Jeff Harrington; $0) finds the state, country and
large metropolitan areas when you type in the area code.
[Bells] (Jerry Whiting; $0) is a collection of beeps for use with
batch files.
Cipher 1.6 [CIPHER16] (Mike Albert; $40) is a file encryption program.
The Comic 1.0 [COMIC] (Owen Associates; $5) displays a different funny
one-liner each time you boot your computer.
[Compdir] (Davor Hrboka; $1) will compare the contents of any two
subdirectories or multiple pairs of subdirectories and produce a
listing of files that meet parameter criteria.
Days Off Calculators 1.0 [DAYSOFF] (David Grant; $0) is a route and
schedule planning system. The calculators allocate crew members among
the seven days of the week, allowing for different staffing levels on
different days and optimizing the off-days assigned to each crew
member. Two calculators are included: one for 4-day workweeks and the
other for 5-day workweeks.
Directory Commander Plus 2.0 [DOSUTIL] (Chuck Steenburgh; $14.95)
allows DOS 6.0 users to set and save (to a batch file) DIR switches
from a menu driven program. Then you can run the batch file instead of
trying to remember all the switch options.
[DR_Bak] (John De Palma; $0) is a batch file utility for storing the
current directory and changing back to it later. QB source included.
Also see PPPD on PsL disk #1993.
[DStroll] (Al Zermane; $0) allows the user to stroll through large
directories viewing entries, using various sorting criteria such as
date, file name, extension and size.
-----November 1993 Additions Disk #4
Emily'93 [EMILY] is an add-on file of Hurricane Emily to be used with
the MERLIN Hurricane Tracking Tool (which is on disk #4334).
Environ 3.1 [ENV31] (David E. Key; $any) allows direct manipulation of
the DOS environment, saving and restoring variables to/from files.
TSR Floating Point Calculator 3.0 [FCA30] (Bob Eyer; $20) is a oneline
TSR calculator able to perform complex math functions.
[FCBin] 1.2 (Mike Albert; $25) compares two files and lists the
differences between them byte by byte. Text or binary files can be
compared.
[FSort] 1.0 (Mike Albert; $25) can sort files of any size, optional