Path: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!pad-thai.aktis.com!pad-thai.aktis.com!not-for-mail From: sko@wimsey.bc.ca (Samuel Ko) Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d,comp.os.msdos.apps,comp.os.msdos.misc.comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.answers,news.answers Subject: Useful MSDOS Programs at SimTel and Garbo (Changes) Supersedes: Followup-To: comp.archives.msdos.d Date: 11 Nov 1993 00:00:40 -0500 Organization: The Smart One Information Services, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 619 Sender: faqserv@security.ov.com Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Expires: 10 Dec 1993 05:00:28 GMT Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: pad-thai.aktis.com Summary: A list of recommended MSDOS Programs at SimTel and Garbo Keywords: SimTel,Oak,Garbo,sharewares,freewares,PD programs,ftp X-Last-Updated: 1993/11/11 Xref: senator-bedfellow.mit.edu comp.archives.msdos.d:4578 comp.os.msdos.apps:13794 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:48479 comp.answers:2582 news.answers:14516 Archive-name: msdos-archives/diff Last-modified: Nov 11 1993 Version: 2.8 Useful MSDOS Programs at SimTel and Garbo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **** The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files **** Compiled by Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca, sko@wimsey.bc.ca) Note: This is an interim update to my useful-msdos-program list (available as useful27.zip in /pub/msdos/info at oak.oakland.edu or /pc/filelist at garbo.uwasa.fi). A new version will (I hope) come out soon. Please, if possible, forward any comments to the newsgroup comp.archives.msdos.d ... The following is a good selection of the "best" sharewares, freewares and public domain programs that are available from the new SimTel Software Repository (its files can be obtained from oak.oakland.edu and other mirror sites) and the Garbo ftp site (garbo.uwasa.fi). ** 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. ** The list should be (more or less) accurate as of Nov 10, 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 :-) ] ## - Highly Recommended (by me :-) Part I ------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section A: Application Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## PC-Write Advanced Level Word-Processor - pcw41{a,b,c}.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AsEasyAs Spreadsheet - asa55c-{1,2}.zip Size: 409.045 bytes (total) Where? oak: /pub/msdos/spreadsheet garbo: /pc/spreadsheet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Buttonware's PC-File Database - pcf70{a,b,c,d}.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dbase Alternatives: RExL (rexl211{a,b,c}.zip in /pub/msdos/database) File expresss (fe51-{a,b,c}.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## EnVision Publisher - evp10{a,b}.zip (the latest version is 1.5* ?) Where? oak: /pub/msdos/deskpub --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Draft Choice CAD - dc20.zip + dcfonts.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/cad garbo: /pc/cad --------------------------------------------------------------------------- X(Plore) Mathematical Toolchest - cc4-9206.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/calculator garbo: /pc/math Alternatives: Symbolic Calculator (sm221a.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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## PKWare pkzip, pkunzip, pkzipfix and zip2exe package - pkz204g.exe Where? oak: /pub/msdos/archivers garbo: /pc/arcers (the old version (pkz110eu.zip ) is in /pc/goldies) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Info-Zip's Zip - zip20x.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/zip garbo: /pc/arcers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Info-Zip's Unzip - unz50p1.exe Where? oak: /pub/msdos/zip garbo: /pc/arcers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## ARJ file archiver - arj241a.exe Where? oak: /pub/msdos/archivers garbo: /pc/arcers If you just want to decompress *.arj files, get unarj241.zip ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LZH archive make / extract program - lha213.exe Where? oak: /pub/msdos/archivers garbo: /pc/arcers And you can get the new version 2.55b (lha255b.exe) from garbo ... But the enclosed documentation is in Japanese ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ARC file packer / unpacker - pk361.exe Where? oak: /pub/msdos/archivers garbo: /pc/arcers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dhesi's make/extract/view ZOO archiver - zoo210.exe Where? oak: /pub/msdos/zoo garbo: /pc/arcers If you only want a *.zoo file extractor, get booz20.zip ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hpack multisystem archiver - hpack078.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/archivers garbo: /pc/arcers And if you want another slow - but pretty efficient - archiver, get HA (ha098.zip) (garbo only) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SQZ - SQUEEZE - sqz1083e.exe Where? oak: /pub/msdos/archivers garbo: /pc/arcers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Buerg's archive files viewer - fv143.zip (a newer version is included Where? oak: /pub/msdos/arcutils in list90c.zip) garbo: /pc/arcutil Alternative: RView (rv249.zip) - also RV-Shell (rvs110.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Unpack Shell - gus_170.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/arcutils garbo: /pc/arcutil -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZZAP converter - zzap66a.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/zip garbo: /pc/arcutil 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")." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Shez compression shell - shez95.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/arcutils garbo: /pc/arcutil Alternative: ArcMaster (am97.zip) - good --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unix-compatible 16bit Compress/Uncompress/Zcat - comp430d.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/compress garbo: /pc/unix 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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## GNU zip - gzip124.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/compress garbo: /pc/arcers To uncompress *.z or *.gz (files compressed with gzip), type gzip -d *.z or gzip -d *.gz ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tar (tape archiver) - tar4dos.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/filutl garbo: /pc/unix (as tar4dos.zoo) To untar a *.tar file ... enter tar xvf *.tar ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Pklite - Executable File Compressor - pklte115.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/execomp garbo: /pc/execomp 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 ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section C: Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 1: 4DOS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## 4DOS command.com replacement - 4dos402p.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/4dos Documentation is in 4dos402d.zip ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 2: Disk Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patriquin Copy - pcopy93.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/filecopy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Disk Copy Fast - onepass "diskcopy" utility - dcf43.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/diskcopy Alternative: COPYQM (copyq310.zip), OnePass (1pass155.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) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MegaBack disk system backup - mback230.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/diskutil --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FormatMaster - menu-driven format utility - fm55.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/format --------------------------------------------------------------------------- FD-Format - fdform18.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/diskutil (as fdform18.lzh) Alternative: FMT (atfmt100.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DOG - Disk OrGanizer - dog316.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/diskutil Do not use this on "compressed" drive ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDTEST - hdts535a.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/diskutil For analyzing "floppy" disks, get ANADISK (anad207.zip) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 3: Directory Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Another Change Directory - acd221.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl garbo: /pc/dirutil Alternative: CCD (ccd20.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Treeview - treevw11.arc Where? oak: /pub/msdos/filutl garbo: not available Alternative: StupenDOS (sd-400.zip) - newer and supporting pkzip 2.04 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Vernon Buerg's file viewer and disk utility - list90c.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl garbo: /pc/fileutil --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Director: Hard disk file/menu manager - directr5.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/menu garbo: /pc/dirutil --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Directory Scanner - ds421.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl garbo: /pc/dirutil (not the latest) Alternatives: Directory Freedom (df460.zip) EDDY (eddy7a.zip (garbo only)) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 4: File / Text Utilities -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Derr's FileFinder - fff44.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl garbo: /pc/filefind Alternatives: FastFileFind (ffff360.zip) Target (target15.zip) - a good file locator and manupulator -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Fgrep - text-searching utility - fgrep172.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl garbo: /pc/fileutil -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Flip - Dos <-> Unix text-file translation - flip1exe.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl garbo: /pc/unix (as flip1exe.zoo) Alternatives: crlf15b.zip, DOSCVT (doscvt24.zip) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Binary Editor and Viewer - beav140.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/binedit garbo: /pc/binedit -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## R.E. Marks' UU/XX en/decoder - uuexe522.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/filutl garbo: /pc/decode -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pretty Good Privacy - public key encryption program - pgp22.zip Where? garbo: /pc/crypt pgp23a.zip is available from ghost.dsi.unimi.it (in /pub/security) And there is a front-end 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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dosnx - Unix-like utilities - dosnx20e.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl garbo: /pc/unix 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 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 ispell - oak: /pub/msdos/gnuish/ispell40x.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 ... 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) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## CompuShow *.gif files viewer - cshw860a.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/gif garbo: /pc/gifutil Alternatives: ## VPIC (vpic60e.zip) 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 (dvpeg30.zip) - sunee.uwaterloo.ca: /pub/jpeg/viewers Convertors: jpeg <--> gif - jpeg4.zip / jpeg4386.zip gif2jpg2.zip Image Alchemy (alch17.zip) - this can convert files between many different graphics formats ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ghostscript - gs261286.zip (for 286) or gs261386.zip (for 386+) and gs261ini.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/postscript --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCPS - pcps760.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/postscript --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SbTeX - sb38tex.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/tex garbo: /pc/tex BTW ... Detex (hdetex25.zip) is good for TeX/LaTeX --> text only ... BiBTeX (bibdb13a.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) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ShareSpell - ss23.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl garbo: /pc/spell Alternative: amSpell (amspel20.zip) - can spellcheck TeX/LaTeX files --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PC-Proof - pc-pro18.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl garbo: /pc/spell Alternative: Thelma's grammar/style checker (thlm5081.zip) - this can handle only WordPerfect files ... (oak: /pub/msdos/wordperf) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## View - word-processed file viewer - wpview86.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/wordperf --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WordPerfect Password Decryption - wppass2.zip Where? garbo: /pc/crypt Version 3.0 is passwp.zip and is available from ftp.uwp.edu (in /pub/msdos/wp) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part II ------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 5: Screen Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Explosiv Screen Saver - explosv3.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/screen Alternative: ## DAZZLE (dazzle50.zip) - very impressive ... with evolving displays ... requires EGA/VGA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## SCROLLit screen scroll-back utility - scrlit18.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/screen garbo: /pc/screen Alternative: BUFFIT (buffit30.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Snipper text-capture utility - snippr26.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/screen garbo: /pc/screen BTW, to capture text and graphics screen to gif,pcx,bmp,etc files, try Screen Theft (scthf101.zip) ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- THEDRAW - screen image generator/editor - tdraw462.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/screen garbo: /pc/screen --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 6: System Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- InfoPlus - screens of system info - ifp1p158.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/sysinfo garbo: /pc/sysinfo --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Secure System Login - login.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/security garbo: /pub/security Alternative: CCP (ccp11.zip) - a more secure system control program BTW, a nice program to lock your keyboard is pestikid.exe (in the file tsutle22.zip (garbo: /pc/ts) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## HyperDisk - disk caching utility - spkt465s.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl garbo: /pc/diskutil BTW ... Cache Test (ct50.zip) is good for evaluating your disk's cache performance ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TSR Utilities - tsrcom34.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl garbo: /pc/memutil --------------------------------------------------------------------------- File Completion - filec15.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl garbo: /pc/keyboard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shell Room - shroom2d.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl garbo: /pc/sysutil -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Hbreak - system crash recovery utility - hbreak52.zip Size: 7,031 bytes Where? oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Area 7: Other Utilities --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PC ReadMail - rmail41.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl garbo: /pc/mail --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Cal (unix-like) - cal30.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/deskaccess garbo: /pc/unix/calendar --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ample Notice - an300.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/deskaccess garbo: /pc/calendar --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PCCLOCK - pcclk215.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/clock garbo: /pc/sysutil (as pccl215e.zip) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ultimate Calculator - ucalc18.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/calculator garbo: /pc/math Alternative: MEC (mathfc23.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thumb Print Software's Electric Typewriter - tp-et.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/education garbo: /pc/editor --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TypeFast - typefast.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/education garbo: /pc/educgames Alternative: Typemate - typeen50.zip - a good typing tutor ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## The Animated Series - aalpha.zip(Alphabet), aclockmp.zip(Clock), amath1.zip( Math), amdcm1{a,b}.zip(multi/division), amem20.zip(Memory), animshap.zip(Shapes) and awcmp{1,2}.zip(Words) Where? oak: /pub/msdos/education garbo: /pc/educgames --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## SkyGlobe - skyglb36.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/astronomy garbo: /pc/astronomy Alternative: COSMOS (cosmos16.zip) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCU Music System - ac33musc.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/music --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section D: Anti-Virus Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: New versions for these programs are released pretty frequently ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## McAfee anti-virus utilities - scanv108.zip, clean108.zip, vshld108b.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus BTW ... McAfee's anti-virus utilities can also be obtained from /pub/antivirus at the ftp site mcafee.com ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- F-Prot anti-virus program - fp-209f.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## ThunderByte anti-virus - tbav608.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Integrity Master - i-m201.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus (not the latest) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIRx - virx28.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/virus garbo: /pc/virus --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section E: Editors --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## QEdit - qedit215.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/qedit garbo: /pc/editor QEdit Version 3.0 (with, e.g. spell-checking) is out!!! Alternatives: can be found in oak: /pub/msdos/editor Boxer (box500a.zip) - a good, fully functional editor ## BREEZE (breeze50.zip) - a good WP/editor with spell checker ... can convert text to text.exe E4 (e4v160.zip) - a nice, easy-to-use editor TDE (tde3.zip) - a fine, public domain editor VDE (vde17.zip) - an efficient editor/quasi-word-processor Vision-Edit (vised35.zip) - can edit files up to 4 megabytes -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Elvis - 99.9% vi clone - elv17exe.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/editor garbo: /pc/editor Alternatives: Calvin (calvin21.zip) - a partial vi clone XVi (xviexe.zip) - another vi clone vi imitation (vim127x.zip) - a nice vi clone Oak Hill Vi (vi62a1.zoo) - a pretty good (but not-free) vi clone - obtainable from plains.nodak.edu (in /pub/pc/editors) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MicroEmacs - ue312ibm.zip and ue312cmd.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/uemacs Also, documentation: ue312doc.zip ansi version: ue312ans.zip protected mode (DMPI) version: ue31216m.zip MicroSpell: us20exe.zip + us20doc.zip 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 spaces Oemacs (oemacs{1,2,3,4}.zip in /pub/msdos/oemacs) - a version of GNU Emacs 18.59 ... which requires lots of disk space and memory Mutt Editor (me_cd25.zip in /pub/msdos/editor) - another emacs- look-alike program JED (jed091.zip) - yet another emacs-look-alike ... obtainable from amy.tch.harvard.edu (in /pub/jed) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ted (Tiny Editor) - ted.com as part of vol7n19.arc (oak) or vol7n19.zip (garbo) Where? oak: /pub/msdos/pcmag garbo: /pc/pcmag A good rewrite of this program is Terse 1.4 which is obtainable from garbo as /pc/editor/trs140a.zip ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section F: Communication Programs --------------------------------------------------------------------------- MS Kermit - msker313.zip + msr31312.pch Where? oak: /pub/msdos/kermit Alternatives: COMMO (commo552.zip) (for oak: in /pub/msdos/modem) RBComm (rbcom341.zip) (ditto) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## GSZ - X/Y/Zmodem file transfer program - gsz0503.zip Where? : oak: /pub/msdos/zmodem garbo: /pc/termutil Alternatives: DSZ (dsz0503.zip) - the non-graphical version of GSZ Texas Zmodem (txzm225.zip) - a _free_ Zmodem transfer program --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Telemate - tm412-{1,2,3,4}.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/modem garbo: /pc/termprog --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Telix - tlx321-{1,2,3,4}.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/telix garbo: /pc/termprog Alternatives: Terminate (ter99.zip) (garbo: /pc/termprog) - the latest is version 1.1 which should be on a BBS near you ... Odyssey (odysy150.zip) (oak: /pub/msdos/modem) COM-AND (ca29-{1,2,3,4}.zip) (ditto) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- BGFT - Background File Transfer - bgft300{a,b}.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/modem garbo: /pc/termutil (not the latest) Alternative: SZModem (szmod200.zip) (for oak: in /pub/msdos/zmodem) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ZIP - fast file transfer utility - zip163.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/lan garbo: /pc/comm And to remotely control another PC, try TeleReplica (tr4-26.zip in oak: /pub/msdos/modem) ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Modem Doctor - modemd52.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/modem garbo: /pc/comm --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section G: Miscellaneous Files --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## Master index file of oak: /pub/msdos - simindex.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/filedocs With ## simdir (simdir22.zip), one can easily look for msdos files ... Alternative: simlist.zip (plain text) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## The master index file of garbo's pc directory - INDEX.ZIP Where? garbo: /pc --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ## A list of MS-DOS FTP sites and their moderators - moder32.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/pd2 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timo Salmi: Frequently asked questions & answers - tsfaqn37.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/ts Also read the FAQ list for c.a.m.* groups (camfaq.zip - garbo: /pc/pd2) ... There are also many other interesting stuffs in /pc/ts and /pc/pd2 ... e.g.tsbat43.zip - a collection of useful batch files and tricks ... author22.zip - SW & PD authors reachable on the Internet ... bestpr25b.zip - Timo's choice of 25 best MSDOS SW & PD program ... post*.zip - information e-mails & postings ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Association of Shareware Professionals Catalog - asp7101.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/doc-soft There is also a monthly update - upd7101.zip ... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The ShareWare Book - sharebk1.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/doc-soft --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The Online World" book - online12.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/info --------------------------------------------------------------------------- World Fact Book Reader - ccworld{1,2}.zip Where? oak: /pub/msdos/info garbo: /pc/education --------------------------------------------------------------------------- =========================Thank You For Reading This ...======================= -- ><-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^-^->< | Samuel C. 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