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=====Utilities - Disk & File Related
-----Archiving
EzZip 1.0c [EZZIP1] (David A. Roman, reg. fee: $25) is a fairly simple
menu-driven interface for PKZip and PKUnzip.
---Updates: Archiving
(U1-01) ArcMaster 10.0 [AM100] (John J. Newlin, reg. fee: $35) is designed
to make it easier to work with archive files. NEW: ability to retain tags
after operations, dropped all support for PAK and included support for the
new UC2 compression system, pop-up menus with most used items activated by
the right mouse button, improved error checking, and more.
(U1-01) Norton Commander Archive Viewe 4.51 [AVIEW451] (Chris Buijs, reg.
fee: $0) is a utility to view, extract and manipulate ARC, ARJ, LZH, PAK,
ZIP and ZOO files. NEW: UC2 (Ultra-Compressor II) support.
(U1-01) Stealth 3.0 [STLTH30] (David Smith, reg. fee: $15) is an archive
converter. NEW: supports UC2 archiver.
(U1-01) ZDiff 1.99 [ZDIFF19] (Christophe Dubourg, reg. fee: $20) is an
archive/directory comparison program. NEW: Turbo Vision visual interface,
eXclude and filters, and side-by-side output, for screen and/or file output.
---Updates: Anti-Virus
(U1-02) AVScan 1.35 [AVSCAN] (H+BEDV GmbH, reg. fee: $0) is a virus
scanner. NEW: fixed false alarm with Piter signature
(U1-02) Clean Up Virus Remover 9.21v111 [CLEANUP] (McAfee Associates, reg.
fee: $15-30) is a utility include in McAfee's Anti-Virus package which
kills and removes computer viruses. NEW: added disinfection of six
additional viruses.
(U1-02) Integrity Master 2.21a [I_M221] (Stiller Research, reg. fee: $40)
is an anti-virus and data integrity system. NEW: identifies over 350 new
viruses.
(U1-02) Net Shield 1.56 [NSHIELD3] (McAfee Associates, Inc, reg. fee: $25)
is the network part of McAfee's anti-virus utilities for Novell NetWare
v3.11, v3.12 and SFT-III v3.11.
(U1-02) Net Shield 1.56 [NSHIELD4] (McAfee Associates, reg. fee: $25) is
the network part of McAfee's anti-virus utilities for Novell NetWare v4.01
and NetWare for OS/2 V4.01.
(U1-02) Viruscan 9.21V111 [SCAN] (McAfee Associates, Inc., reg. fee: $25)
scans diskettes or entire systems and identifies any pre-existing PC virus
infection. NEW: added detection of 45 new viruses and 61 variants, bringing
the total number of known viruses to 2,738.
(U1-02) VShield 5.56V111 [VSHIELD] (McAfee Associates, reg. fee: $25) scans
programs as they are run for virus signatures and validation codes added by
ViruScan.
-----Batch File Utilities
What_Drv 1.0 [2DRIVE] (John De Palma, reg. fee: $0) sets errorlevel to
indicate what the current drive is. This allows you to change drives and
then change back, among other uses.
DOSVer [DOSVER] (John De Palma, reg. fee: $0) set errorlevel to indicate
the version of DOS being run. QB source code is included.
GetSet 1.24 [GETSET] (Bob Lafleur, reg. fee: $10) allows user input to be
entered upon batch file execution. In addition, input can be saved and
reused as default.
LOGit 3.0 [LOGIT30] (George Spafford, reg. fee: $5) allows you to insert a
command in a batch file which will log the activity to a file with a
comment, the date and time.
Magic Bootup Program 1.0 [MBP] (It's Magic! PC Potions, reg. fee: $15) will
allow you to run programs, such as memory test, virus scan, backup, once a
day on boot-up. This version only supports running two programs.
Run Time Menu 1.0 [RTM] (Michael Meron, reg. fee: $12) is a DOS menu
program which creates a menu from the names of batch (.BAT) files found in
your PATH under the assumption that most programs are started by batch
files. If this is not the case, you can create batch files for the program
to use. This makes it easy to add and remove from the menu by simply adding
or deleting the batch files.
S3 Directory Storage 1.00b [S3DS10B] (George Spafford, reg. fee: $5) stores
the current drive and directory names to a file and restores them later.
Video Effects 3.0 [VID_FX2] (David Smith, reg. fee: $15) lets you add
VGA/EGA graphic effects to batch files.ore. <VID_FX2A.PCX> <VID_FX2B.PCX>
---Updates: Batch File Utilities
(U1-03) DskChk 3.0 [DSKCHK3] (Richard N. Wisan, reg. fee: $0) lets you
check from within a batch file to see if a drive is available, if the drive
door is closed, and optionally, if the disk in the drive can be written to
(ie: not write-protected or full).
(U1-03) Input 3.2 [INPUTX] (Tay-Jee Software, ASP; reg. fee: $20-30) allows
you to insert prompts into your batch files.
(U1-03) Steenburgh's Stuff 3.0 [KLSXXX] (Chuck Steenburgh, reg. fee: $20)
contains many useful utilities for batch files. NEW: added switches for
EGA/SVGA memory reporting and SVGA chipset detection.
-----Disk & Drive Utilities
All Drive Info 1.0 [ADI10] (George Spafford, reg. fee: $5) identifies all
drives on a system and displays relevant information about each drive.
CompuSafe 1.0 [COMPUSAF] (Bill Wilson, reg. fee: $0) is supposed to be a
bootup password program, but is easily bypassed. It might be useful if you
want something just to make a log of people booting up the computer.
DFat 2.6 [DFAT] (Bob Eyer, reg. fee: $25) reports file fragmentation in
directory format. NEW: added map-view function.
DiskLeft 2.8 [DISKLEFT] (FunStuff Software, ASP; reg. fee: $0-) displays a
disk usage summary for all logical drives A-Z.
Double 1.0 [DOUBLE] (John De Palma, reg. fee: $0) tells you if a drive is
DoubleSpaced.
---Updates: Disk & Drive Utilities
(U1-04) Combi-Disk 1.13 [CMB113] (Inst. for Nuclear Research of Russian
Acad. Sci., reg. fee: $30) provides RAM disk and cache capabilities. NEW: a
configurable amount of the memory can be loaned to a program that requests XMS.
(U1-04) Edit! 1.1 [EDIT] (Steve Yates, reg. fee: $25) is a replacement for
DOS's EDIT command. NEW: ability to save the state of the desktop and all
open files, added options to use grayscale and start program in 43/50 line
VGA mode, warns user if the same file is opened twice in one session, and more.
(U1-04) MegJr 1.4 [MEGJR] (Jim Tolliver, reg. fee: $8) displays a two line
message from the DOS prompt which reports the amount of disk space,
percentage of free space, CPU type, and DOS version.
-----Directory Listers/Editors
FileGraph 1.0 [FG100] (Paul Mitchell, reg. fee: $0) presents a tree of the
files on your hard drive, along with a graphic representation of the
percentage of space each file uses. It includes modules for DOS and OS/2.
S3's Sloppy Directory Program 1.1 [S11] (George Spafford, reg. fee: $0) is
a sorted directory utility.
-----File Changing, Copying, Deleting
A-Zap [AZAP] (Computer Advice, reg. fee: $?) changes data in files by
matching user input data and replacing the found data with new data.
Blankit 2.0 [BLANK20] (George Spafford, reg. fee: $5) analyzes ASCII data
files and if desired, removes blank lines.
DeadWood 1.0 [DEAD100] (Christopher B. Eckles, reg. fee: $29) is a set of
two TSRs (19k total) which track file usage, including date files were
created, when executed or opened, etc. It will create a listing from this
information and prompt you to delete or move files that are not being used.
Encrypt-It 2.10 [EID210] (MaeDae Enterprises, reg. fee: $64) allows you to
encrypt and decrypt a file or groups of files using the Data Encryption
Standard encryption.
L2R 1.0 [L2R10] (George Spafford, reg. fee: $5) converts 1-line:1-field
data to either fixed length or delimitted format.
Line Data 1.0 [LDAT10] (George Spafford, reg. fee: $5) takes data that is
stored with one DOS text line equivalent to one data field and converts it
to a delimitted record format where one DOS text line equates to 1 record
composed of multiple fields.
LineFix Package 2.1 [LINEFX21] (George Spafford, reg. fee: $5) repairs
CR/LF line delimitters in text files which are missing either the ASCII 10
or ASCII 13 at the end of a line.
PadIt 3.0 [PADIT30] (George Spafford, reg. fee: $5) converts variable
length record formats to fixed length record formats.
Show 2.0 [SHOWV20] (Gary M. Raymond, reg. fee: $5) allows you to create
self