Comparison Of Two DOS 'DIR' Replacement Programs


                                         DD v4.00         HotDir Plus v7.3
                                         --------         ----------------
-Max. Files Per Directory ................ 1000 .............. 1000

-RAM Required ............................. 98k (Approx.)...... 75k (Approx.)

-Disk Space Used By Program Files ......... 28k ............... 95k

-Commas In File Sizes ..................... YES ................ NO
                                         (Optional)

-File Sizes Shown In 'K' .................. YES ................ NO
                                         (Optional)

-# Columns In Display ................... 1,2,3,4,6 .......... 1,2,4,6

-Automatically Determine Optimum #
   Of Columns ............................. YES ................. NO

-Ability To Abort Listing At Any
   Pause Prompt ........................... YES ................. NO

-Display File Names In Upper Or
   Lower Case ............................. YES ................. NO

-Mulitple Date Formats .................... YES ................. NO

-12 Hour/24 Hour Time Option .............. YES ................. NO

-Display Sub-Directories Grouped
   Together or Mixed With Files ........... YES ................. NO

-43/50 Line Support ....................... YES ................ YES

-Auto-Detect Screen Length ................ YES ................. NO

-Hidden Files On/Off ...................... YES ................. NO

-Re-Directable Output ..................... YES ................ YES
                                                
-Filter Files By Attribute ................ YES ................. NO

-Sort Files By File Name .................. YES ................ YES

-Sort Files By Extension .................. YES ................ YES

-Sort Files By Size ....................... YES ................ YES

-Sort Files By Date ....................... YES ................ YES

-Sort Files Ascending or Descending ....... YES ................ NO

-User Friendly, Full-Screen
   Configuration .......................... YES ................. NO

-Configurable Colors For Different
   File-Types ............................. YES ................ YES
                                       (Through Pop-Up       (By Entering
                                        Color Lists)            Color #)

-# Configurable File-Types ................. 30 ................. 20

-Configurable Program Colors
   (Border Color, Etc.) ................... YES ................ YES
                                       (Through Pop-Up       (By Entering
                                        Color Lists)            Color #)

-Registration Fee ...................... $12 w/Disk ......... $20 w/Disk

-BBS Support Phone # ................. (919) 459-9084 ....... Compuserve
-Voice Support # ..................... (919) 442-8782 ..... (719) 471-8306