Path: sdcc12!network.ucsd.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!newsserver.sfu.ca!kko From: kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.archives,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted,comp.os.msdos.apps,news.answers Subject: [c.b.i.p.archives] The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel and Garbo Summary: A list of recommended MSDOS programs at major ftp sites. Keywords: Simtel, Garbo, MSDOS, sharewares, freewares, PD programs, ftp Message-ID: <1992Oct24.081911.12723@sfu.ca> Date: 24 Oct 92 08:19:11 GMT Sender: news@sfu.ca Followup-To: poster Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada Lines: 1289 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Xref: sdcc12 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.archives:5730 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted:8112 comp.os.msdos.apps:8131 news.answers:3165 Archive-name: msdos-archives Last-modified: Oct 24 1992 Version: 1.9 [c.b.i.p.archives] The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel and Garbo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files **** Version: 1.9 Oct 24 1992 Compiled by Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca) This is a good selection of the "best" sharewares and freewares that are available from Simtel (wsmr-simtel20.army.mil) - the largest depository of MSDOS files - and Garbo (garbo.uwasa.fi) - a good alternative to Simtel. 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.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. As it is more convenient to ftp files from Simtel's mirror sites than Simtel itself, so I use the directories of oak.oakland.edu (the most up-to-date mirror site) instead. If you want to use the parent site (Simtel) or other mirror sites (e.g. wuarchive.wustl.edu), please change the path name accordingly. Here is how to do it: (`whatever' is the name of subdirectory to be substituted) oak: /pub/msdos/whatever = Simtel: PD1: = wuarchive: /mirrors/msdos/whatever Please note that garbo is mirrored in N. America at wuarchive. Therefore garbo: /pc/whatever = wuarchive: /mirrors/garbo.uwasa.fi/whatever For info on other Simtel and Garbo mirror sites, please see Appendix 1. Thanks to all who have helped in improving the list. However, to save some bandwidth, I do not want to include a long list (over 100 names) of acknowledgment. I do sincerely thank each and every one of you who has contributed to this compilation in one way or the other. 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. I will usually update this list once a month. However, I will be pretty busy in the next couple of months, so the next issue will not be out until late December / early January. 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 Comment: My comment and supplementary info Alternative: Other similar program --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Contents: * Section A: Application Programs * Section B: Compression / Decompression Programs * Section C: Utilities Area 1: 4DOS Area 2: Disk Utilites Area 3: Directory Utilities Area 4: File / Text Utilities Area 5: Screen Utilities Area 6: System Utilites Area 7: Other Utilities * Section D: Anti-Virus Programs * Section E: Editors * Section F: Communication Programs * Section G: Miscellaneous Files ---- * Appendix 1: Mirror Sites * Appendix 2: Obtaining files by emails * Appendix 3: Getting upload announcements by emails * Appendix 4: How to do anonymous ftp? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section A: Application Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: PC-Write Advanced Level Word-Processor Version: 4.0 Upload Date: 92/07/24 Files: pcwal401.zip (Program), pcwal402.zip (Help/Spell) pcwal1403.zip (Conversion), pcwal404.zip (Printer) Size: 946,024 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/editor garbo: /pc/txtutil Status: Shareware Comment: PC-Write is undoubtedly one of the most sophisticated word-processor There is a simpler version - pcws201*.zip (oak only) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: AsEasyAs Spreadsheet Version: 5.01c Upload Date: 92/07/08 File: aea501c.zip Size: 338,568 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/spreadsheet garbo: /pc/spreadsheet Status: Shareware Comment: A powerful Lotus 123 clone ... There is a "lighter" version - alite1f.zip (oak only) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Buttonware's PC-File Database Version: 6.5 Upload Date: 92/08/11 Files: pcf65{a,b,c}.zip Size: 895,990 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dbase garbo: /pc/database Status: Shareware Comment: This database program is fine as long as you've got disk-space for it ... Alternative: RExL (rexl211{a,b,c}.zip in /pub/msdos/database) (oak only) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... Alternative: Symbolic Calculator (sm211a.zip) - doing symbolic math --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section B: Compression / Decompression Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Synopsis ~~~~~~~~ DOS UNIX --- ---- *.zip pkz110eu.exe (pkz193a.exe) zip10ex.tar-z (or .tar.Z) zip10exx.zip (zip19p1x.zip) zip19p1.tar-z (or .tar.Z) unzip50.exe unzip50.tar-z (or .tar.Z) *.arj arj230ng.exe (arj239a.exe) -- unarj230.zip unarj230.tar-z (or *.tar.Z) *.lzh lha213.exe lha-101u.tar.Z (oak only) *.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) *.sqz sqz1082e.exe -- *.tar tar4dos.zoo on your system *.Z comp430d.zip on your system *.exe/ pklte115.zip -- *.com diet144.zip lzexe91e.zip The Unix version of these compression/decompression programs are obtainable from Simtel: PD8:, oak: /pub/misc/unix or garbo: /unix/arcers ... Information on the DOS version is as follows ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: PKWare ZIP create / extract package Version: 1.10 (export (= no encryption)) Upload Date: 90/04/02 File: pkz110eu.exe (self extracting) Size: 140,116 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip garbo: /pc/arcers Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use Comment: Simply the best zip / unzip for PCs ... 200% a MUST ... pkz193a.zip, an alpha version, is obtainable from ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (in the directory /pc/exec-pc) ... BTW ... to split large zip files to smaller zip files, get zipsplit (zipspl12.zip) (oak only) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Info-Zip's Zip Version: 1.0 Upload Date: 92/04/23 File: zip10exx.zip Size: 45,383 bytes Version: 1.9 Upload Date: 92/08/30 File: zip19p1x.zip Size: 114,278 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip garbo: /pc/arcers Status: Freeware Comment: pkzip "clone" ... and this one is free ... zipinfo, zipnote, zipsplit are included with zip19p1x.zip ... Source codes (for many OS): zip19p1.zip ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Info-Zip's Unzip Version: 5.0 Upload Date: 92/08/30 File: unzip50.exe (self-extracting) Size: 37,211 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip garbo: /pc/arcers Status: Freeware Comment: unzip 5.0 is a superset of unzip 4.2 ... and it can handle files zipped with zip 1.0/1.9 and pkzip 1.1/1.93 ... Source codes (for many OS): unzip50.zip --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: ARJ file archiver Version: 2.3 (export) Upload Date: 92/01/31 File: arj230ng.exe (self-extracting) Size: 200,502 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr 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 unarj230.zip ... The beta version of ARJ version 2.4 is out ... You can get arj239a.exe from ftp.germany.eu.net (in /pub/comp/msdos/arcers) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: LZH archive make / extract program Version: 2.13 Upload Date: 91/08/07 File: lha213.exe (self-extracting) Size: 44,416 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr garbo: /pc/arcers Status: Freeware Comment: Good ... especially for creating self-extracting files ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: ARC file packer / unpacker Version: 3.61 Upload Date: 88/08/01 File: pk361.exe (self-extracting) Size: 119,598 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr 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 (self-extracting) 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: SQUEEZE Version: 1.082 Upload Date: 92/10/08 File: sqz1082e.exe (self-extracting) Size: 80,259 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr garbo: /pc/arcers Status: Freeware Comment: A new archiver from Sweden ... Try it ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Buerg's archive files viewer Version: 1.4 Upload Date: 92/06/22 File: fv140.zip Size: 9,149 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr 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 (rv247.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: General Unpack Shell Version: 1.60 Upload Date: 92/09/27 File: gus_160.zip Size: 31,515 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr garbo: /pc/arcutil Status: Freeware Comment: Interesting ... Can look for the right decompression program to extract a compressed file ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: ArcMaster Version: 8.1 Upload Date: 92/09/06 File: am81.zip Size: 218,797 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr garbo: /pc/arcutil Status: Shareware Comment: More sophisticated shell for manipulating different types of compressed files ... Alternative: Shez (shez81.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Tar (tape archiver) ... Version: - Upload Date: (to garbo) 90/03/21 File: tar4dos.zoo Size: 36,824 bytes Location: oak: /pc/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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Pklite - Executable File Compressor Version: 1.15 Upload Date: 92/08/10 File: pklte115.zip Size: 41,282 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl garbo: /pc/execomp Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use Comment: Can compress executable files (*.exe/*.com) ... Really Good ... Alternatives: Diet (diet144.zip) and Lzexe (lzexe91e.zip) - both are good --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Further reference: 1) The 2-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 pit-manager.mit.edu (in /pub/usenet/news.answers/compression-faq) ... 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. 3) If you're familiar with C programming, the book "The Data Compression Book" (written by Mark Nelson and published by M&T) should enable you have a good understanding on different compression techniques. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section C: Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 1: 4DOS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: 4DOS command.com replacement Version: 4.01 Upload Date: 92/06/15 File: 4dos401p.zip Size: 288,682 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/4dos garbo: /pc/cmd4dos Status: Shareware Comment: This gives you much more than MSDOS' command.com ... Documentation is in 4dos401d.zip ... Lots of accompanying utilities in the 4dos subdirectory ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 2: Disk Utilites --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Partiquin Copy Version: 9.2c Upload Date: 92/07/06 File: pcopy92c.zip Size: 111,566 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/filecopy Status: Shareware Comment: A good file copier ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: OnePass - single-pass floppy-disk copier Version: 1.55 Upload Date: 92/10/16 File: 1pass155.zip Size: 16,064 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/filecopy Status: Shareware Comment: A good replacement for DOS' diskcopy ... Alternative: COPYQM (copyq302.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: MegaBack disk system backup Version: 1.41 Upload Date: 92/08/17 File: mback141.zip Size: 212,653 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/diskutil Status: Shareware Comment: Probably the best backup program ... Alternative: Stowaway (stow191.zip) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: FormatMaster Version: 4.6 Upload Date: 92/05/30 File: fm46.zip Size: 87,323 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/format Status: Shareware Comment: I like it to be menu driven ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 disks to higher density ... 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 ... Alternative: ORG (org30sw.zip) (oak only) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 3: Directory Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Another Change Directory Version: 2.10 Upload Date: 92/08/04 File: acd210.zip Size: 55,296 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl garbo: /pc/dirutil Status: Freeware Comment: Good ... Alternative: CCD (ccd20.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Treeview Version: 1.1 Upload Date: 90/01/20 File: treeview.arc Size: 156,780 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl garbo: not available Status: Shareware Comment: A classic file manager ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Vernon Buerg's file viewer and disk utility Version: 7.6b Upload Date: 91/10/04 File: list76b.zip Size: 105,459 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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 4: File / Text Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Derr's FileFinder Version: 4.0 Upload Date: 92/08/25 File: fff40.zip Size: 110,274 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl garbo: /pc/filefind Status: Shareware Comment: Good ... Alternative: FastFileFind (fff360.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Dos <-> Unix text-file translation Version: 1.1 Upload Date: 92/01/08 File: lfcrlf11.zip Size: 16,331 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl garbo: not the latest Status: Shareware, Free for private use Comment: Probably the best utility to add/remove cr or lf ... Alternative: crlf15b.zip --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Binary Editor and Viewer Version: 1.33 Upload Date: 92/08/12 File: beav133.zip Size: 91,798 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl garbo: /pc/binedit Status: Freeware Comment: Good ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: R.E. Marks' UU/XX en/decoder Version: 5.15 Upload Date: 92/07/01 File: uuexe515.zip Size: 32,526 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl garbo: /pc/decode Status: Freeware Comment: Good and essential for encoding/decoding binary files ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Encrypt Version: 2.1 Upload Date: (to garbo) 90/08/13 File: encrypt.zip Size: 17,873 bytes Location: oak: not available garbo: /pc/fileutil Status: Freeware Comment: A good program to encrypt/decrypt files with passwords ... Alternatives: PGP (pgp10.zip) (version 2 is out ... it (pgp20.zip) is obtainable from ghost.dsi.unimi.it (in /pub/crypt) Tangle (tangle.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 (futil14.arc in /pub/msdos/gnuish) Rutils (rutils30.zoo from /pub at ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de) 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/sed106.arc sh - oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl/ms_sh200.zip (386+ preferred) (Bourne) garbo: /pc/unix/ms_sh200.zip: perl - oak: /pub/msdos/perl/perl4019.zip make - oak: /pub/msdos/c/dmake38e.zip or /pub/msdos/gnuish/make358.arc garbo: /pub/msdos/unix/dmak38e.zip gcc - take a look at oak: /pub/msdos/djgpp or garbo: /pc/djgpp rcs - oak: /pub/msdos/pgmutl/rcs55.zip wuarchive: /systems/msdos/gnuish/rcs55ax.zoo 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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: CompuShow *.gif files viewer Version: 8.50a Upload Date: 92/09/23 File: cshw850a.zip Size: 136,597 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/gif garbo: /pc/gifutil Status: Shareware Comment: Can work on any type of graphical display ... Alternatives: VPIC (vpic51.zip) (no Herc) (oak only) Naked Eye (naked110.zip) (requires SVGA) BTW ... a bit on jpeg files ... viewers: HiView (hv12.zip) - oak: /pub/msdos/graphics DVPEG (dvpeg2.zip) - sunee.uwaterloo.ca: /pub/jpeg/viewers convertor: jpeg <--> gif (gif2jpg5.zip) - oak: /pub/msdos/graphics BTW2 ... further info on these can be found in the 2-part FAQs for the alt.binaries.pictures newsgroups by Jim Howard (part I is general, part 2 is OS-dependent) ... Read them on news.answers or get them from pit-manager.mit.edu (in /pub/usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Ghostscript Version: 2.52 Upload Date: 92/09/23 Files: gs252286.zip (for 286-) or gs252386.zip (for 386+) and gs252ini.zip Size: 361,558 bytes (286) or 562,867 bytes (386) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/postscript garbo: not the latest Status: Freeware Comment: For pre-viewing and printing postscripts files (*.ps or *.eps) ... Look for additional/fonts files as well ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: SbTeX Version: 3.8 Upload Date: 92/06/15 File: sb38tex.zip Size: 275,035 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/tex garbo: /pc/tex Status: Freeware Comment: This is a good adaptation of Knuth's Tex ... BTW ... Detex (detex10.zip) is good for TeX/LaTeX --> text only ... 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/editor Status: Shareware Comment: A good text file spell-checker ... Alternative: amSpell (amspel20.zip) - can spellcheck TeX/LaTeX files (for garbo: in /pc/txtutil) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Thelma's grammar/style checker for WordPerfect 5.* files Version: 5.081 Upload Date: 92/10/03 File: thlm5081.zip Size: 514,049 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/wordperf garbo: /pc/linguistics Status: Shareware Comment: Good ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/util Status: Freeware Comment: The best password cracker for encrypted WordPerfect files ... Version 3.0 is passwp.zip and is available from cs.uwp.edu (in /pub/msdos/wp) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 5: Screen Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Explosiv Screen Saver (for DOS and Windows) Version: 2.10 Upload Date: 92/10/08 File: explo210.zip Size: 272,258 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen garbo: /pc/screen Status: Shareware Comment: Marvelous ... lots of displays ... Alternatives: Explod Fireworks (explo203.zip in /pc/graphics) (garbo only) Billboard (bilbd110.zip) (oak only) - will display message --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Buffit - tsr screen scrollback utility Version: 3.0 Upload Date: 91/05/21 File: buffit30.zip Size: 10,640 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen garbo: /pc/screen Status: Shareware Comment: Good ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Snipper Version: 2.5 Upload Date: 92/09/29 File: snippr25.zip Size: 18,689 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen garbo: /pc/screen Status: Freeware Comment: Marvelous ... Can capture a text screen to the printer, a file, or internal buffer ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 6: System Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: InfoPlus - screens of system info Version: 1.55 Upload Date: 92/08/21 File: inf1p155.zip Size: 119,991 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/sysinfo Status: Freeware Comment: Good ... Alternatives: Comptest (ctest257.zip) Microsoft Diagnostics (msd.zip) ... this one is available from ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (in /pub/os2/2.0/dos/sysutils) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Secure System Login Version: 1.0 Upload Date: 92/08/29 File: login.zip Size: 71,258 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/security garbo: /pub/sysutil Status: Shareware, Free for personal use Comment: Good ... unix-like ... login: ? Password: ? ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: HyperDisk Version: 4.32 Upload Date: 92/05/12 File: hydk432.zip Size: 278,817 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/sysutil Status: Shareware Comment: Disk caching utilities ... better than the RAM Disk ... BTW ... Cache Test (ct43c.zip) is good for evaluating your disk's cache performance ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: TSR Utilities Version: 3.4 Upload Date: 92/03/12 File: tsrcom34.zip Size: 75,275 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl garbo: /pc/memutil Status: Freeware Comment: Good ... Can remove TSRs from memory without rebooting ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: File Completion Version: 1.5 Upload Date: 92/08/07 File: filec15.zip Size: 19,564 bytes Directory: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl garbo: /pc/keyboard Status: Freeware Comment: A good TSR program to add filename completion ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Shell Room Version: 2.0a Upload Date: 92/08/19 File: shroom20.zip Size: 920819 Directory: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl garbo: /pc/sysutil Status: Shareware Comment: Can swap programs from memory to disk ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 7: Other Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: PC ReadMail Version: 4.01 Upload Date: 91/07/07 File: rmail401.zip Size: 68,981 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl garbo: /pc/mail Status: Freeware Comment: A very good program for reading Unix mails, netnews articles and Timo's FAQs OFFline ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Cal (unix-like) Version: 2.4 Upload Date: 92/07/11 File: cal24.zip Size: 20,730 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskaccess garbo: /pc/unix/calendar or /pc/unix Status: Freeware Comment: This program can have the current date highlighted on the monthly calendar and a list of important dates displayed ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Ample Notice Version: 3.0 Upload Date: 92/10/07 File: an300.zip Size: 192,263 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskaccess garbo: /pc/calendar Status: Shareware Comment: A good appointments calendar / alarm clock package ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Math. Expression Calculator Version: 2.3 Upload Date: 92/05/14 File: mathfc23.zip Size: 28,431 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/calculator garbo: /pc/math Status: Public Domain Comment: A calculator which you can operate at the command prompt ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Thumb Print Software's Electric Typewriter Version: 1.0 Upload Date: 91/02/09 File: tp-et.zip Size: 115,774 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/education garbo: /pc/editor Status: Shareware Comment: This program "emulates" an electronic type-writer ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: TypeFast Version: - Upload Date: 90/09/12 File: typefast.zip Size: 91,532 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/education garbo: /pc/educgames Status: Public Domain Comment: A game that can improve your typing speed ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: SkyGlobe Version: 3.52 Upload Date: 92/10/16 File: skygl352.zip Size: 297,105 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/astronomy garbo: /pc/astronomy Status: Shareware Comment: An easily accessible planetarium displaying stars ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section D: Anti-Virus Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programs: McAfee anti-virus utilities Version: 97 Upload Date: 92/10/16 Files: scanv97.zip(scanner), clean97.zip(removal), vshld97.zip(prevention) Size: scan(146,662 bytes), clean(160,850 bytes), vshield(120,516 bytes) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/trojan-pro garbo: /pc/virus Status: Sharewares Comment: Simply the BEST ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: F-Prot anti-virus program Version: 2.05 Upload Date: 92/08/27 File: fp-205.zip Size: 288,153 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/trojan-pro garbo: /pc/virus Status: Shareware, Free for private use Comment: a MUST ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: VIRx Version: 2.4 Upload Date: 92/08/30 File: virx24.zip Size: 93,911 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/trojan-pro garbo: /pc/virus Status: Freeware Comment: A fine virus scanner ... Alternative: TB Scan (tbscan43.zip + vsig9208.zip) - fast --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: HyperText VSUM Version: 9209 Upload Date: 92/09/27 File: vsumx209.zip Size: 636,924 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/trojan-pro garbo: /pc/virus Status: Shareware Comment: Organized in hypertext form, this program tells you everything you ever want to know about viruses ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section E: Editors --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: QEdit Version: 2.15 Upload Date: 91/09/09 File: qedit215.zip Size: 134,778 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/qedit garbo: /pc/editor Status: Shareware Comment: This one is very very good ... I'm using it now :) ... Alternatives: Vision-Edit (ved331.zip) - can edit files up to 4 megabytes. Video Display Editor (vde164.zip) - an efficient editor/quasi- word-processor. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Elvis Version: 1.6 Upload Date: 92/08/14 File: elv16exe.zip Size: 208,263 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/editor garbo: not the latest Status: Freeware Comment: a 99.99% vi clone ... Very good ... Alternatives: Calvin (calvin21.zip) - a partial vi clone (for garbo: /pc/editor) Oak Hill Vi (vi60a1.zoo) - a good (and not-free) vi clone - obtainable from plains.nodak.edu (in /pub/pc/editors) Vile (vi-like emacs) is obtainable from ftp.cayman.com (as /pub/vile/pcvile3.25.tar.Z) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: MicroEmacs Version: 3.11c Upload Date: 92/08/26 Files: 311c2ibm.zip and ue311cmd.zip Size: 128,508 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/uemacs garbo: /pc/memacs (/meibm.zip and ue311ibm.arc) Status: Freeware Comment: This is a nice emacs clone ... Alternatives: Freeamcs (emacs16d.zip in /pub/msdos/freemacs) - this one is more compatible with GNU emacs Demacs (dem120e.zip in /pub/msdos/demacs) - MSDOS implementation of GNU emacs - requires 386+ and lots of disk-space --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Ted (Tiny Editor) Version: 1.0 Upload Date: 88/10/21 File: as part of vol7n19.arc (oak) or vol7n19.zip (garbo) Size: 48,128 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/pcmag garbo: /pc/pcmag Status: Freeware Comment: A small and efficient editor ... A good rewrite of this program is Terse 1.4 (trs140a.zip) (garbo only: /pc/editor) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section F: Communication Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: MS Kermit Version: 3.11 Upload Date: 91/10/01 File: msker311.zip Size: 186,841 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/kermit garbo: /pc/termprog Status: Freeware Comment: A good communication program with the best vt100 emulation ... The latest Kermit 3.12 (msvibm.zip) is now available from watsun.cc.columbia.edu (in /kermit/bin) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: X/Y/Zmodem file transfer program Version: - Upload Date: 92/05/04 File: gsz0503.zip Size: 112,454 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zmodem garbo: /pc/termutil Status: Shareware Comment: Very good ... Alternatives: DSZ (dsz0503.zip) - the non-graphical version of GSZ Texas Zmodem (txzm220.zip) - a _free_ Zmodem transfer program --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Telemate Version: 3.10 Upload Date: 92/09 Files: tm310-{1,2,3}.zip Size: 594,572 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/modem garbo: /pc/termprog Status: Shareware Comment: A comprehensive and probably the best communication package ... With internal multitasking ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Telix Version: 3.15 Upload Date: 91/04/04 Files: tlx315-{1,2,3}.zip Size: 338,343 bytes (total) Location: oak: /pub/msdos/telix garbo: /pc/termprog Status: Shareware Comment: With a good script language and in-built Zmodem ... Exis has sold Telix to deltaComm ... see tlx-sold.zip ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: BGFT - Background File Transfer Version: 2.11 Upload Date: 91/07/05 File: bgft211.zip Size: 245,592 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/modem garbo: /pc/termutil Status: Shareware Comment: A program that allow you to do other things while transferring files... Alternative: SZModem (szmod200.zip) (for oak: in /pub/msdos/zmodem) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Quick-Dial Version: 1.0 Upload Date: 92/08/06 File: qdial10.zip Size: 17,300 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskaccess garbo: not available Status: Shareware Comment: An interesting program ... You can dial voice call in DOS prompt ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Program: Modem Doctor Version: 4.0S Upload Date: 92/01/31 File: modemd40.zip Size: 115,088 bytes Location: oak: /pub/msdos/modem garbo: /pc/comm Status: Shareware Comment: Testing your modem and serial ports ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section G: Miscellaneous Files --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: simibm.zip Version: updated frequently Description: Master index file of the MSDOS directory of Simtel20 and mirrors Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filedocs Comment: With simdir (simdir22.zip), one can easily look for msdos files ... For the latest uploads, get FILES.IDX from oak: /pub/msdos (or Simtel: PD1:) ... Use fgrep/grep to search for additions in the last few days ... Alternative: simlist.zip (plain text) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: INDEX.ZIP Version: updated almost daily Description: The master index file of garbo's pc directory ... Location: garbo: /pc Comment: This is a must ... For the latest uploads, see the file _files.in ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: moder16.zip Version: 16 Size: 8,978 bytes Description: A list of MS-DOS FTP sites and their moderators Location oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/pd2 Comment: A list of good ftp sites for PC materials by Timo Salmi and Rhys Weatherley ... For the comprehensive list of anon-ftp sites by Tom Czarnik, get ftplist.zip(oak: /pub/msdos/info) or ftpsites.lst(garbo: /pc/doc-net) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: tsfaq30.zip Version: 30 Size: 112,465 bytes Description: Timo Salmi: Frequently asked questions & answers Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/ts Comment: This has been the Bible of the comp.binaries.ibm.pc.* groups ... Informative and entertaining ... There are also many other interesting stuffs in /pc/ts and /pc/pd2 ... e.g.tsbat38.zip - a collection of useful batch files and tricks ... author11.zip - SW & PD authors reachable on the Internet ... bestpr24.zip - Timo's choice of 24 best MSDOS SW & PD program ... post*.zip - information emails & postings ... Also look for timo01e.gif/timo01v.gif in garbo: /pc/gif ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: jargon2910.zip Version: 2.9.10 Size: 505,474 bytes Description: Eric Raymond: Jargon file 2.9.10, hacker slang dictionary Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: not available Comment: A remarkable collection of computer slangs ... Informative and entertaining ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: zen10.zip Version: 1.0 Size: 71,459 bytes Description: Zen and the Art of the Internet Location: oak: /pub/msdos/books garbo: not available Comment: The beginners' guide to the Internet ... The 2nd edition is commercial, sold by Prentice Hall ... BTW ... If you're really interested to know more about the Internet, consider buying a copy of "The Whole Internet Users' Guide & Catalog" ... written by Ed Krol and published by O'Reilly ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: useful19.zip :) Version: 1.9 Size: 21,500+ bytes Description: The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel and Garbo Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/filelist Comment: This list + a list of major changes since last version (1.8) ... Uncompressed version of this list (msdos-archives) can be obtained from pit-manager.mit.edu (in /pub/usenet/news.answers) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix 1: Mirror Sites --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mirror Site IP Directory ----------- -- --------- I. Simtel Mirrors wsmr-simtel20.army.mil 192.88.110.20 PD1: oak.oakland.edu 141.210.10.117 /pub/msdos/whatever wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /mirror/msdos/whatever ftp.uu.net 137.39.1.9 /systems/simtel20/msdos/whatever nic.funet.fi 128.214.6.100 /pub/msdos/Simtel20-mirror/whatever src.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.3.7 /pub/ibmpc/simtel20/whatever nic.switch.ch 130.59.1.40 /mirror/msdos/whatever archie.au 139.130.4.6 /micros/pc/simtel-20/whatever nctuccca.edu.tw 140.111.3.21 /SIMTEL20/msdos/whatever II. Garbo Mirrors garbo.uwasa.fi 128.214.87.1 /pc/whatever wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /mirrors/garbo.uwasa.fi/whatever archie.au 139.130.4.6 /micros/pc/garbo/pc/whatever nctuccca.edu.tw 140.111.3.21 /Garbo/pc/whatever BTW ... please use a mirror site near you and preferably during off-peak hours (6:00 pm - 6:00 am) ... BTW2 ... best msdos Games site ... ftp.ulowell.edu (/msdos/Games) best Windows site ... ftp.cica.indiana.edu (/pub/pc/win3) best OS2 site ... ftp-os2.nmsu.edu (/pub/os2) best FAQs site ... pit-manager.mit.edu (/pub/usenet/news.answers) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix 2: Obtaining files by emails --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you do not have ftp access, you can obtain the files archived at Simtel and Garbo by emails (as long as your site has disk space set up for ftp-by-mail). To get more info ... For Simtel mail servers ... Send an email to LISTSERV@VMI.NODAK.EDU or LISTSERV@VM.ECS.RPI.EDU The body of the message should be: GET PDGET HELP Do not include your signature ... For garbo mail server ... Send an email to mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi The subject of the message should be: garbo-request The body of the message should be: send help Do not include your signature ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix 3: Getting upload announcements by emails ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: w8sdz@tacom-emh1.army.mil (Keith Petersen) Subject: Mailing list for MS-DOS file upload announcements MSDOS-Ann@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil is a ONE-WAY (moderated) mailing list which is used by the Internet MS-DOS archive managers to announce new additions to their collections. To add yourself to the mailing list send e-mail to listserv@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil with this command in the body of the message: subscribe msdos-ann To subscribe something other than the account the mail is coming from, such as a local redistribution list, then add that address to the "subscribe" command; for example, to subscribe "local-msdos-ann": subscribe local-msdos-ann@your.domain.net msdos-ann SIMTEL20 and Garbo information files, back issues of the digest, and programs to break the digest into individual messages are available. To receive a list, send a message to listserv@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil with this command in the body of the message: info Administrative mail may be sent to msdos-ann-request@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil but please use the mailing list server to add or delete yourself from the list. If you wish to unsubscribe, send mail (from the same address where you were when you subscribed) to listserv@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil with this command in the body of the message: unsubscribe msdos-ann Send mail with the word help in the body of the message to get a complete list of commands and their syntax. This server is only for mailing lists and information files. It will not send program files. Please do not include a signature because it may confuse the server. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appendix 4: How to do anonymous ftp? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ftp = file transfer protocol ... The following is a _typical_ ftp session (on a Unix machine) ... Suppose you want to get pkz110eu.exe and gsz0503.zip from oak.oakland.edu ... $ ftp ftp> open oak.oakland.edu or open 141.210.10.117 Connected to oak.oakland.edu. 220 rigel.acs.oakland.edu FTP server (Version 6.12 Tue May 5 08:59:31 EDT 1992) ready. Name (oak.oakland.edu: your_login_name): anonymous 331 Guest login ok, send e-mail address as password. Password: your email address 230- 230- Welcome to 230- THE OAK SOFTWARE REPOSITORY 230- A service of Oakland University, Rochester Michigan 230- 230- Welcome, archive user! This is an experimental FTP server. If 230- you have any unusual problems, please report them via e-mail to 230- admin@vela.acs.oakland.edu. If you do have problems, please 230- try using a dash (-) as the first character of your password -- 230- this will turn off the continuation messages that may be confusing 230- your ftp client. OAK is a Unix machine. Filenames are case sensitive. 230- 230-Please read the file README 230- it was last modified on Sun Aug 30 04:35:34 1992 - 41 days ago 230 Guest login ok, access restrictions apply. Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. ftp> cd pub/msdos/zip 250 CWD command successful. ftp> ls 200 PORT command successful ... You should see a list of files in this subdirectory ... ftp> get pkz110.exe local: pkz110eu.exe remote: pkz110eu.exe 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for pkz110eu.exe (140116 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 140116 bytes received in 8.75 seconds (15.64 Kbytes/s) ftp> cd (or cd .. (remote directory) ../zmodem cd zmodem ) 250 CWD command successful. ftp> get gsz0503.zip local: gsz0503.zip remote: gsz0503.zip 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for gsz0503.zip (112454 bytes). 226 Transfer complete. 112454 bytes received in 10.23 seconds (10.73 Kbytes/s) ftp> bye 221 Goodbye -- Command summary: ftp - start a ftp session open - connect to the named site close - end the ftp session with a partiular site bye - close all connection and exit ftp ascii - transfer text (ascii) files binary - transfer binary files tenex - transfer binary files (for wsmr-simtel20.army.mil only) cd - change directory of remote site lcd - change directory of your site get - get a file from the remote directory put - move a file to the remote directory (if allowed) mget - get mutiple files from the remote directory (mget *.*) mput - move multiple files to the remote directory del - delete a file in the remote directory (if allowed) mdel - delete multiple files in the remote directory ls - list files in the remote directory (or dir) help - print help information hash - print a pound sign (#) every time a block of data is transferred bell - sound a bell after each file transfer !cmd - execute a local command (e.g. !ls) Alternative ways to do anonymous ftp ... 1) I've got UNIX shell scripts that can enable you auto-ftp MSDOS files from any Simtel and Garbo mirror sites. If you want to get them, send me an email. 2) There are a couple of versatile programs that automate the ftp process ... a) autoftp - oak: /pub/misc/unix/autoftp30.tar-z - garbo: /unix/ftp/autoftp3.zoo b) batchftp - oak: /pub/misc/unix/batchftp102.tar-z - garbo: /unix/ftp/batchftp102.tar.Z (also batchftp.inf) batchftp requires the Berkeley Unix system (e.g. a SUN) ... =========================Thank You For Reading This ...======================= Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca) ... aka: The Smart One ... I've also compiled a list of the "best" Unix books / documentations ... And you can get it (unix) by anonymous ftp from pit-manager.mit.edu (in /pub/usenet/news.answers/books) ... .