Date: 26 Nov 1993 00:00:23 -0500 From: sko@wimsey.bc.ca (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 Program at SimTel and Garbo (Part 1 of 2) Archive-name: msdos-archives/part1 Last-modified: Nov 25, 1993 Version: 3.1 (Version 1.0 was released on July 21, 1992) ## If you have got any comments/suggestions regarding any items in this list, ## please post them to the newsgroup comp.archives.msdos.d whenever possible ... ## (as many of the comments I've received are very useful to other readers, ## and I usually cannot incorporate all of these good stuffs in the list ...) Useful MSDOS Programs at SimTel and Garbo (Part 1 of 2) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files **** Compiled by Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca, sko@wimsey.bc.ca) 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.5.0p1 in unz50p1.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 Nov 24, 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: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [ Part II ------- Area 5: Screen Utilities Area 6: System Utilities Area 7: Other Utilities * Section D: Anti-Virus Programs * Section E: Editors * Section F: Communication Programs * Section G: Miscellaneous Files -- * 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? ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [1] * SCROLLit - screen scroll-back * Draft Choice CAD [2] * THEDRAW * PKWare pkzip/unzip [3] * 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 * Telemate * Fgrep - text searching * Telix * View - file viewer * Terminate * uuencode/decode * moder.lst * GNU diff * CompuShow - * VPIC picture file * DVPEG viewers * QPEG - [1] Envision Publisher is the winner of the 1993 Shareware Industry Awards in the categories of "Best of Major Applications" and "Best MS-DOS Program", etc ... [2] Draft Choice is the winner of "Best of Graphical Applications and Utilities" award ... [3] PKzip/unzip is the winner of "Best of Utilities" award ... BTW, the "Best of Entertainment and Games" program is Wolfenstein 3-D, the "Best of Education" program is Math Rescue (these two are available from ftp.uml.edu in /msdos/Games/Apogee) and the "Best Windows Program" is Almanac (available from ftp.cica.indiana.edu (as /pub/pc/win3/alm31.zip). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section A: Application Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** 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 (not the latest) Status: Shareware Comment: PC-Write is undoubtedly one of the most sophisticated word-processor Also, in /pub/msdos/editor, njs210-{1,2,3}.zip - a good Chinese shareware word processor njj210-{1,2}.zip - a good Japanese shareware word processor --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** 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/spreadsheet garbo: /pc/spreadsheet Status: Shareware Comment: A powerful Lotus 123 clone ... There is a "lighter" version - Alite - alite1f.zip (oak only) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: EnVision Publisher Version: 1.0 (the latest version released is 1.5*) Upload Date: 92/12/02 Files: evp10{a,b}.zip Size: 669,413 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskpub garbo: not available Status: Shareware Comment: Great! ... A WYSIWYG full-feature desktop publishing program ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** 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 (atk15ibm.zip in /pub/msdos/flowchart) - good - EasyCase (ezcase17.zip in /pub/msdos/case) - a limited CASE Flow-Charts ... - FLODRAW (fdrw225{a,b}.zip - /pub/msdos/flowchart) (CGA only) Project Management ... - Easy Project (ezprj402.zip - /pub/msdos/flowchart) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: X(Plore) Mathematical Toolchest Version: 4 Upload Date: 92/06/08 File: cc4-9206.zip Size: 417,716 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/calculator 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) unz50p1.exe unz50p1.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 -- *.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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** 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 Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archivers 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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Info-Zip's Unzip Version: 5.0 patch 1 Upload Date: 93/01/19 File: unz50p1.exe Size: 40,062 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip garbo: /pc/arcers Status: Freeware Comment: unzip 5.0p1 can handle files zipped with zip 1.0/1.9 and pkzip 1.1/1.93/2.04 ... Source codes (for many OS): unz50p1.zip --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: ARJ file archiver Version: 2.41 Upload Date: 93/07/27 File: arj241a.exe Size: 223,856 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archivers 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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/archivers 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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: ARC file packer / unpacker Version: 3.61 Upload Date: 88/08/01 File: pk361.exe Size: 119,598 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archivers 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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Hpack multisystem archiver Version: 0.78 Upload Date: 92/12/31 File: hpack078.zip Size: 113,973 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archivers 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) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: SQZ - SQUEEZE Version: 1.083 Upload Date: 93/02/10 File: sqz1083e.exe Size: 119,203 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/archivers garbo: /pc/arcers Status: Freeware Comment: A nice archiver from Sweden ... Try it ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: FV - Buerg's archive files viewer Version: 1.43 (ver. 1.45 is included with list90c.zip) Upload Date: 93/02/18 File: fv143.zip Size: 9,058 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arcutils 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: General Unpack Shell Version: 1.70 Upload Date: 92/09/27 File: gus_170.zip Size: 32,491 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arcutils garbo: /pc/arcutil Status: Freeware Comment: Interesting ... Can look for the right decompression program to extract a compressed file ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/arcutils) - 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: 9.5 (frequently updated) Upload Date: 93/10/30 File: shez95.zip Size: 236,368 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arcutils garbo: /pc/arcutil Status: Shareware Comment: More sophisticated shell for manipulating different types of compressed files ... There is also a tutorial, get shezt.zip ... Alternative: ArcMaster (am98.zip) - good --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** 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 (as gzip111.exe) 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Tar (tape archiver) ... Version: - Upload Date: (to garbo) 90/03/21 File: tar4dos.zoo Size: 36,824 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl (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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** 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 from garbo (as /pc/doc-net/faqc9311.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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section C: Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 1: 4DOS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** (unless you've got Norton's NDOS) Program: 4DOS command.com replacement Version: 4.02 (MSDOS 6 - compatible) Upload Date: 93/03/31 File: 4dos402p.zip Size: 310,863 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/4dos garbo: /pc/cmd4dos (not the latest) Status: Shareware Comment: This gives you much more than MSDOS' command.com ... Documentation is in 4dos402d.zip ... Lots of accompanying utilities (like 4file2u9.zip and ez-btm06.zip) in the 4dos subdirectory ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 2: Disk Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Patriquin Copy Version: 9.3 Upload Date: 93/09/17 File: pcopy93.zip Size: 112,423 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/filecopy Status: Shareware Comment: A good file copier ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: Disk Copy Fast Version: 4.3 Upload Date: 93/10/31 File: dcf43.zip Size: 105,913 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/filecopy Status: Shareware Comment: A good 1-pass "diskcopy" utility ... Alternatives: OnePass (1pass155.zip), COPYQM (copyq311.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/filutl/chop31.zip) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: MegaBack disk system backup Version: 2.3 Upload Date: 93/10/31 File: mback230.zip Size: 231,694 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/diskutil Status: Shareware Comment: Probably the best shareware backup program ... Alternatives: Stowaway (stow191.zip) Flexibak Plus (flexp250.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: FormatMaster Version: 5.5 Upload Date: 93/10/31 File: fm55.zip Size: 100,149 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/format Status: Shareware Comment: It's a menu-driven "format" utility ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: FD-Format Version: 1.8 Upload Date: 91/07/21 File: fdform18.zip Size: 109056 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/diskutil (as fdform18.lzh) Status: Public Domain Comment: Can format floppy disks to higher density/storage ... Alternative: FMT (atfmt100.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: DOG - Disk OrGanizer Version: 3.16 Upload Date: 92/03/31 File: dog316.zip Size: 54,553 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/diskutil Status: Shareware, Free for personal use Comment: Can remove fragmentations and rearrange files ... Not for **compressed** drive ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: HDTEST Version: 5.35a Upload Date: 92/10/26 File: hdts535a.zip Size: 139,775 Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/diskutil Status: Shareware Comment: A good program for testing and maintaining disks ... For analyzing "floppy" disks, get ANADISK (anad207.zip) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 3: Directory Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** 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/dirutl garbo: /pc/dirutil Status: Freeware Comment: Good ... Alternative: CCD (ccd20.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: StupenDOS Version: 4.00 Upload Date: 93/04/23 File: sd-400.zip Size: 158,395 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** 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/txtutl garbo: /pc/fileutil Status: Shareware, Free for personal/private use Comment: a MUST ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Directory Scanner Version: 4.21b Upload Date: 93/11/16 File: ds421b.zip Size: 178,902 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl garbo: /pc/dirutil (not the latest) Status: Shareware Comment: Another good file/directory management program ... Alternatives: Directory Freedom (df460.zip) EDDY (eddy7a.zip (garbo only)) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 4: File / Text Utilities -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: Derr's FileFinder Version: 4.4 Upload Date: 93/10/06 File: fff44.zip Size: 162,192 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl garbo: /pc/filefind Status: Shareware Comment: Good ... Alternatives: FastFileFind (ffff360.zip) Target (target15.zip) - a good file locator and manupulator -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: Fgrep Version: 1.72 Upload Date: 90/05/10 File: fgrep172.zip Size: 12,512 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl garbo: /pc/fileutil Status: Freeware Comment: A good utility to search for file(s) with a string of text ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/txtutl 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) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: View Version: 8.6 Upload Date: 93/10/31 File: wpview86.zip Size: 52,270 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/wordperf garbo: not available Status: Shareware Comment: A very nice viewer for Wordperfect, Word, WinWord, WinWrite, etc files --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: R.E. Marks' UU/XX en/decoder Version: 5.24 Upload Date: 93/11/23 File: uuexe524.zip Size: 32,039 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/decode garbo: /pc/decode Status: Freeware Comment: Good and essential for encoding/decoding binary files ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 pgpshe22.zip (which can also be found in oak: /pub/msdos/security) ... Alternatives: Encrypt (encrypt.zip), Tangle (tangle.zip), Ncrypt (ncrypt31.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Dosnx - Unix-like utilities Version: 2.0e Upload Date: 92/09/26 File: dosnx20e.zip Size: 175,162 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl 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/txtutl/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/sysutl/ms_sh21b.zip (386+ preferred) 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/txtutl/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) ... BTW3 ... If you need some suggestions regarding good books and documents on Unix and related areas (like the Interent), get my "A Concise Guide to UNIX Books" from rtfm.mit.edu (as /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/unix) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** Highly Recommended **** Program: CompuShow *.gif, *.jpg, etc files viewer Version: 8.60a (the latest is ver. 8.61a* ?) Upload Date: 93/02/08 File: cshw860a.zip Size: 150,746 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/gif garbo: /pc/gifutil Status: Shareware Comment: Can work on any type of graphical display ... Alternatives: VPIC (vpic60e.zip) **** Highly Recommended **** GIFV (gifv412.zip) BTW ... a bit on jpeg files ... (most files below can be found in oak: /pub/msdos/graphics) viewers: HiView (hv12.zip) ColorView (dcview21.zip) DVPEG (dvpeg30d.zip) - sunee.uwaterloo.ca: /pub/jpeg/viewers ** ** Highly Recommended **** QPEG (qpeg10f.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) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/postscript garbo: /pc/fileutil Status: Freeware Comment: For pre-viewing and printing postscripts files (*.ps or *.eps) ... Look for additional/fonts files as well ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: PCPS Version: 7.70 Upload Date: 93/11/25 File: pcps770.zip Size: 112,931 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/postscript 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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 (bibdb13b.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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: ShareSpell Version: 2.3 Upload Date: 91/04/21 File: ss23.zip Size: 266,521 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl garbo: /pc/spell Status: Shareware Comment: A good text file spell-checker ... Alternatives: amSpell (amspel20.zip) - can spellcheck TeX/LaTeX files ispell (ispel40x.zip) - in /pub/msdos/gnuish --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: PC-Proof Version: 1.8 Upload Date: 93/04/14 File: pc-pro18.zip Size: 340,865 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------