Archive-name: msdos-archives/part1
Last-modified: June 4, 1993
Version: 2.7

(Version 1.0 was released on July 21, 1992)

[ As there are many other interesting things to do here in the Summer than
  updating this almost-perfect list, you really won't see another update
  until the Fall ... Bye for now and I love you all ... :-)  sck ]


        Useful MSDOS Programs at SIMTEL20 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 from SIMTEL20 (wsmr-simtel20.army.mil) - the largest depository
of MSDOS files - and Garbo (garbo.uwasa.fi) - a good alternative to SIMTEL20.

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.

As it is more convenient to ftp files from SIMTEL20's mirror sites than
SIMTEL20 itself, so I use the directories of oak.oakland.edu (the most
up-to-date mirror site) instead. Besides, many other SIMTEL20's mirror sites
actually mirror files from oak.oakland.edu.

If you want to use the parent site (SIMTEL20) 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 = SIMTEL20: pd1:<msdos.whatever>
                         = 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 SIMTEL20 and Garbo mirror sites, please see Appendix 1.

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. **

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 200 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. 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 June 3, 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:
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Program:  Name and/or Description
Version:  The latest release
Upload Date:  The date the program was uploaded to SIMTEL20 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
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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
* Appendix 2:  Obtaining files by e-mail
* Appendix 3:  Getting upload announcements by e-mail
* Appendix 4:  How to do anonymous ftp?  ]

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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 ...

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 ...
   e) most of them are "scholarly" (i.e. no games or gif files) ...

3) to get this compilation ? ...
   a) you're reading it now ... so, save it ... :-)
   b) this compilation and a hypertext version are archived at SIMTEL20
      and Garbo (and, of course, their mirror sites) ...
      e.g.  oak.oakland.edu: /pub/msdos/info/useful26.zip
            garbo.uwasa.fi: /pc/filelist/useful26.zip
   c) the plain text version can also be obtained from the ftp sites
      archiving news.answers articles ...
      e.g. rtfm.mit.edu:  /pub/usenet/news.answers/msdos-archives/part1
           (18.70.0.226)  /pub/usenet/news.answers/msdos-archives/part2
                          /pub/usenet/news.answers/msdos-archives/diff

4) my top 20 ...
    1)  pkz204g.exe              11)  fff43.zip
    2)  qedit215.zip             12)  asa55c-{1,2}.zip
    3)  pklte115.zip             13)  arj230ng.exe (+ arj239*.exe)
    4)  list77a.zip              14)  pgp22.zip
    5)  fv143.zip                15)  simibm.zip (+ simdir22.zip)
    6)  tm400-{1,2,3,4}.zip      16)  explo210.zip
    7)  msker312.zip             17)  shez90a.zip
    8)  gsz0503.zip              18)  lha213.exe
    9)  scanv104.zip             19)  cal26.zip
   10)  4dos402p.zip             20)  fgrep172.zip

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Section A:  Application Programs
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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) ...
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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) ...
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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 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)
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Program: EnVision Publisher
Version: 1.0
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 ...
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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)
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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 (sm22a.zip) - doing symbolic math
              Mercury (mrcry209.zip) - solving equations (in /.../math for oak)

BTW, a good plotting program is GNUPLOT (gnuplt32.zip in /pub/msdos/plot)
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Section B:  Compression / Decompression Programs
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Synopsis - DOS and UNIX
~~~~~~~~
                  DOS                                UNIX
                  ---                                ----
*.zip          pkz204g.exe                        --
               zip19p1x.zip                       zip19p1.zip (or .tar.Z)
               unz50p1.exe                        unz50p1.zip (or .tar.Z)

*.arj          arj230ng.exe (arj239f.exe)         --
               unarj230.zip                       unarj230.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)      gzip111.zip                        gzip-1.1.1.tar-Z (or tar.Z)

*.exe/         pklte115.zip                       --
*.com          lzexe91e.zip
               diet144.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  SIMTEL20: PD8:<MISC.UNIX>, oak: /pub/misc/unix
or  garbo: /unix/arcers ...
Information on the DOS version is as follows ...
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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 (not on SIMTEL20)
          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 ...
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Program: Info-Zip's Zip
Version: 1.9 patch 1
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 ... and for encryption
         codes, get zcrypt19.zip (garbo: /pc/arcutil) ...
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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  (also, zcrypt19.zip) ...
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Program: ARJ file archiver
Version: 2.3
Upload Date: 92/01/31
File: arj230ng.exe
Size: 200,502 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 unarj230.zip ...

         The final (?) beta version of ARJ version 2.4 is out ... You can get
         arj239f.exe from garbo ...
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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 ...
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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)
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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 ...
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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) ...
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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 ...
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Program: Buerg's archive files viewer
Version: 1.43
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)
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Program: General Unpack Shell
Version: 1.60
Upload Date: 92/09/27
File: gus_160.zip
Size: 31,515 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 ...
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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")."
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Program: Shez
Version: 9.0a
Upload Date: 93/05/15
File: shez90a.zip
Size: 233,550 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 (am92.zip) - good
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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 ...
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Program: GNU zip
Version: 1.1.1
Upload Date: 93/06/2
File: gzip111.zip
Size: 49,324 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)
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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 ...
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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 (diet144.zip) - can compress not only executables, but
              also data files ... (for oak: in /pub/msdos/dsktul)

BTW, Dirx (drx109.zip) can tell you which executables are compressed ...
     UNP (unp310.zip) can unpack all (?) types of compressed executables ...
     DISLITE (dislt115.zip) can uncompress "unextractible" executables ...
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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/faqc9305.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.

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 to have a
   good understanding on different compression techniques.
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Section C:  Utilities
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   Area 1:  4DOS
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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
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 ...
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   Area 2:  Disk Utilities
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Program: Patriquin 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 ...

         BTW, to copy specified files to the least number of diskettes, get
         FFIT (ffit162.zip) ...
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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 ...
Alternatives: COPYQM (copyq305.zip), WWScopyd (copyd11.zip)

BTW ... 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) ...
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Program: MegaBack disk system backup
Version: 2.1
Upload Date: 92/12/07
File: mback210.zip
Size: 225,252 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
          garbo: /pc/diskutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: Probably the best backup program ...
Alternatives: Stowaway (stow191.zip)
              Flexibak Plus (flexp250.zip)
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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: It's menu driven ...
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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)
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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)
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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) ...
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   Area 3:  Directory Utilities
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Program: 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)
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Program: Treeview
Version: 1.1
Upload Date: 90/01/20
File: treevw11.arc
Size: 156,780 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl
          garbo: not available
Status: Shareware
Comment: A classic file manager ...
Alternative: StupenDOS (sd-400.zip) - newer and supporting pkzip 2.04
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Program: Vernon Buerg's file viewer and disk utility
Version: 7.7a
Upload Date: 92/10/26
File: list77a.zip
Size: 92,388 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
          garbo: /pc/fileutil
Status: Shareware, Free for personal/private use
Comment: a MUST ...
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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)
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Program: Directory Scanner
Version: 4.21
Upload Date: 92/03/19
File: ds421.zip
Size: 195,486 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))
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   Area 4:  File / Text Utilities
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Program: Derr's FileFinder
Version: 4.3
Upload Date: 93/04/23
File: fff42.zip
Size: 147,293 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl
          garbo: /pc/filefind
Status: Shareware
Comment: Good ...
Alternatives: FastFileFind (fff360.zip)
              Target (target15.zip) - a good file locator and manupulator
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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 ...
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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 (doscvt24.zip)
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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 ...
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Program: R.E. Marks' UU/XX en/decoder
Version: 5.21
Upload Date: 93/03/15
File: uuexe521.zip
Size: 32,185 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl
          garbo: /pc/decode
Status: Freeware
Comment: Good and essential for encoding/decoding binary files ...
         And UUDO (uudo12.zip) can handle multi-part uuencoded files ...
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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 ...also available from ghost.dsi.unimi.it (in /pub/security)

         And there is a shell program for PGP - get pgpshe21.zip (which can
         also be found in oak: /pub/msdos/security) ...

Alternatives: Encrypt (encrypt.zip), Tangle (tangle.zip), Ncrypt (ncrypt31.zip)
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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/perl4019.zip
 make    -  oak: /pub/msdos/c/dmake38e.zip  or  /pub/msdos/gnuish/make358ax.zip
            garbo: /pc/unix/dmak38e.zip
 gcc     -  take a look at  oak: /pub/msdos/djgpp or garbo: /pc/djgpp
 rcs     -  oak: /pub/msdos/gnuish/rcs55ax.zip
 diff    -  oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl/gdiff22a.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) ...
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Program: CompuShow *.gif files viewer
Version: 8.60a
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) (no Herc) (oak only)
              Naked Eye (naked110.zip) (requires SVGA)
              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 (dvpeg25.zip) - sunee.uwaterloo.ca: /pub/jpeg/viewers
Convertors: jpeg <--> gif - jpeg4.zip / jpeg4386.zip
                            gif2jpg2.zip
            Image Alchemy (alch162.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) ...
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Program: Ghostscript
Version: 2.6
Upload Date: 93/05/18
Files: gs26_286.zip (for 286) or gs26_386.zip (for 386+) and gs26_ini.zip
Size: 535,739 bytes (286)  or  727,485 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 ...

         Note also version 2.6.1 is out ... and it (both DOS and Unix
         versions) can be obtained from prep.ai.mit.edu (in /pub/gnu) ...
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Program: PCPS
Version: 7.40
Upload Date: 93/05/11
File: pcps740.zip
Size: 86,941 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 ...
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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 (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)
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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 ...
Alternative: amSpell (amspel20.zip) - can spellcheck TeX/LaTeX files
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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)
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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 ...
         Version 3.0 is passwp.zip and is available from ftp.uwp.edu
         (in /pub/msdos/wp) ...
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Archive-name: msdos-archives/part2
Last-modified: June 5, 1993
Version: 2.7

       Useful MSDOS Programs at SIMTEL20 and Garbo (Part 2 of 2)
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        ****   The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files   ****

Compiled by Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.ca, sko@wimsey.bc.ca)

Contents:

Part II
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* Section C  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 e-mail
* Appendix 3:  Getting upload announcements by e-mail
* Appendix 4:  How to do anonymous ftp?

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   Area 5:  Screen Utilities
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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 (as expls210.zip)
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
              DAZZLE (dazzle50.zip) - pretty impressive ... with evolving
              displays ... requires EGA/VGA
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Program: SCROLLit
Version: 1.7
Upload Date: 93/05/31
File: scrlit17.zip
Size: 399,42 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen
          garbo: /pc/screen
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good screen scroll-back buffer utility ...
Alternative: BUFFIT (buffit30.zip)
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Program: Snipper
Version: 2.6
Upload Date: 92/10/28
File: snippr26.zip
Size: 20,881 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 ...

         BTW, to capture graphics screen to pcx files, try PCXDUMP (
         pcxdmp81.zip) - in /pub/msdos/graphics  ...
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Program: THEDRAW
Version: 4.6.1
Upload Date: 93/04/22
File: tdraw461.zip
Size: 285,730 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/screen
          garbo: /pc/screen
Status: Shareware
Commment: A great colour and monochrome screen image generator/editor ...
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   Area 6:  System Utilities
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Program: InfoPlus - screens of system info
Version: 1.56
Upload Date: 92/12/30
File: ifp1p156.zip
Size: 127,580 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/sysinfo
          garbo: /pc/sysinfo
Status: Freeware
Comment: Good ...
Alternatives: Comptest (ctest258.zip)
              ASQ (asq130.zip)
              PC Mag Lab Benchmarks (pcben60{a,b,c}.zip; bench60.zip (garbo))
              Microsoft Diagnostics (ga0363.zip) in oak: /pub/msdos/microsoft
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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/security
Status: Shareware, Free for personal use
Comment: Good ... unix-like ... login: ?  Password: ? ...
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) ...
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Program: HyperDisk
Version: 4.60
Upload Date: 93/04/12
File: spkt460s.zip
Size: 291,524 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
          garbo: /pc/diskutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: Disk caching utilities ... better than the RAM Disk ... And
         other Speedkit's utilities (HyperKey and HyperScreen) included ...

         BTW ... Cache Test (ct43c.zip) is good for evaluating
         your disk's cache performance ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Program: Shell Room
Version: 2.0d
Upload Date: 93/01/23
File: shroom2d.zip
Size: 23,225
Directory: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl
           garbo: /pc/sysutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: Can swap programs from memory to disk ...
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Program: Hbreak
Version: 5.2
Upload Date: 93/05/25
File: hbreak52.zip
Size: 7,031 bytes
Directory: oak: /pub/msdos/sysutl
           garbo: not available
Status: Shareware
Comment: A small tsr utility to abort the execution of program (during crash)
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   Area 7:  Other Utilities
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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 ...
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Program: Cal (unix-like)
Version: 2.6
Upload Date: 93/04/05
File: cal26.zip
Size: 14,730 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/deskaccess
          garbo: /pc/unix/calendar
Status: Freeware
Comment: This program can have the current date highlighted on the monthly
         calendar and a list of important dates displayed ...
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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 ...
Alternative: APCAL (apcal320.zip)
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Program: PCCLOCK
Version: 2.15e
Upload Date: (to garbo) 93/04/15
File: pccl215e.zip
Size: 70,617 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/systul (as pcclk215.zip)
          garbo: /pc/sysutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: A fine digital clock with alarm ... can set the time by calling the
         time server at Boulder, Colorado, USA ...
         And if you want a simple program to call the time server and set
         the time on your PC, get settime.zip ... on the other hand, if you
         want a small digital clock program, get bclk.zip ...
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Program: Ultimate Calculator
Version: 1.2
Upload Date: 92/10/27
File: ucalc12.zip
Size: 53,551 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/calculator
          garbo: /pc/math
Status: Shareware
Comment: A high precision scientific calculator which you can operate
         at the command prompt ...
Alternative: MEC (mathfc23.zip)
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Program: The Animated Series
Version: 1.0
Upload Date: 92/11
Files: aalpha.zip, amath1.zip. amem20.zip, animshap.zip, awcmp{1,2}.zip ...
Size: various
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/education
          garbo: /pc/educgames
Status: Shareware
Comment: Animated programs to enhance learning for preschoolers ...

         These are just several examples of educational programs available
         from SIMTEL20 and Garbo ... There are many others in the above
         directories (and /../teaching at oak) ... My recent favorite is
         MathShop (mathsp11.zip) :) ...
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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 ...
Alternative: COSMOS (cosmos16.zip)
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Program: ACCU Music System
Version: 3.3
Upload Date: 93/04/28
File: ac33musc.zip
Size: 276,475 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/music
          garbo: not available
Status: Shareware
Comment: Create, print, transpose and play music ...
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Programs: MSDOS 5.0 updates (if you're still using 5.0 :-)
Version: -
Upload Date: 93/02/16
Files: pd0485.zip (dosswap.exe), pd0646.zip (chkdsk.exe, undelete.exe)
Size:  485(15,231 bytes), 646(21,888 bytes)
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/microsoft
          garbo: not available
Status: free updates to commerical O/S
Comment: Replacement files for MSDOS 5.0 ...
         Also, the file pd0445.zip there contains a list of DOS messages ...

         BTW, these and other MS stuff can be obtained from Microsoft
         Download Service / BBS (call 1-206-936-6735 (US) or
         1-416-507-3022 (Canada) or the number near you) ...
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Section D:  Anti-Virus Programs
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Note: New versions for these programs are released pretty frequently ...
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Programs: McAfee anti-virus utilities
Version: 9.15 V104
Upload Date: 93/05/06
Files: scanv104.zip(scanner), clean104.zip(removal), vshld104.zip(prevention)
Size: scan(217,759 bytes), clean(234,141 bytes), vshield(136.798 bytes)
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus
          garbo: /pc/virus
Status: Sharewares
Comment: Absolutely and positively the BEST ...

         BTW ... McAfee's anti-virus utilities can also be obtained from
         /pub/antivirus at the ftp site mcafee.com ...
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Program: F-Prot anti-virus program
Version: 2.08a
Upload Date: 93/05/07
File: fp-208a.zip
Size: 330,169 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus
          garbo: /pc/virus
Status: Shareware, Free for private use
Comment: a MUST ...
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Program: ThunderByte anti-virus
Version: 6.02
Upload Date: 93/05/28
File: tbav602.zip
Size: 270,998 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus
          garbo: /pc/virus
Status: Shareware
Comment: A comprehensive package of anti-virus programs ...
         Very fast scanning!!! ...
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Program: Integrity Master
Version: 1.43
Upload Date: 93/03/10
File: i-m143.zip
Size: 315,795 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus
          garbo: /pc/virus (not the latest)
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good anti-virus + data integrity system ...
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Program: VIRx
Version: 2.8
Upload Date: 93/05/22
File: virx28.zip
Size: 173,390 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus
          garbo: /pc/virus
Status: Freeware
Comment: A fine virus scanner  ...
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Program: HyperText VSUM
Version: 93.04
Upload Date: 93/04/28
File: vsumx304.zip
Size: 861,486 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/virus
          garbo: /pc/virus
Status: Shareware
Comment: Organized in hypertext form, this program tells you everything you
         ever want to know about viruses ... Also available at mcafee.com ...
         (in /pub/vsum) ...
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Section E:  Editors
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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: 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 (tde221.zip) - a fine, public domain editor
              VDE (vde165b.zip) - an efficient editor/quasi-word-processor
              Vision-Edit (vised35.zip)  - can edit files up to 4 megabytes
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Program: Elvis
Version: 1.7
Upload Date: 93/02/04
File: elv17exe.zip
Size: 208,271 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/editor
          garbo: /pc/editor
Status: Freeware
Comment: a 99.99% vi clone ... Very very good ...
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)
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Program: MicroEmacs
Version: 3.12
Upload Date: 93/05/06
Files: ue312ibm.zip and ue312cmd.zip
Size: 123,958 bytes (total)
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/uemacs
          garbo: /pc/memacs
Status: Freeware
Comment: This is a nice emacs clone ...
         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 megas 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 (jed090.zip) - yet another emacs-look-alike ... obtainable
              from amy.tch.harvard.edu (in /pub/jed)
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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 really small and efficient editor ...

         A good rewrite of this program is Terse 1.4 which is  obtainable
         from garbo as /pc/editor/trs140a.zip ...
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Section F:  Communication Programs
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Program: MS Kermit
Version: 3.12
Upload Date: 92/10/24
File: msker312.zip
Size: 205.077 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/kermit
          garbo: /pc/termprog
Status: Freeware
Comment: A good communication program with the best vt100 emulation ...
         Patches 1-12 are released (look for msr31212.pch (oak only)) ...
         Also, the offical site for Kermit is watsun.cc.columbia.edu ...
Alternatives: COMMO (commo541.zip) (for oak: in /pub/msdos/modem)
              RBComm (rbcom341.zip) (ditto)
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Program: GSZ - X/Y/Zmodem file transfer program
Version: 0503
Upload Date: 93/05/10
File: gsz0503.zip
Size: 112,762 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zmodem
          garbo: /pc/termutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: A very good external X/Y/Zmodem program ...
Alternatives: DSZ (dsz0503.zip) - the non-graphical version of GSZ
              Texas Zmodem (txzm220.zip) - a _free_ Zmodem transfer program
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Program: Telemate
Version: 4.0
Upload Date: 92/0
Files: tm400-{1,2,3,4}.zip
Size: 709,483 bytes (total)
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/modem
          garbo: /pc/termprog
Status: Shareware
Comment: A comprehensive and probably the best communication package ...
         With internal multitasking ...
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Program: Telix
Version: 3.21
Upload Date: 93/02/22
Files: tlx321-{1,2,3,4}.zip
Size: 667,725 bytes (total)
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/telix
          garbo: /pc/termprog
Status: Shareware
Comment: Another fully functional communication program ... with a good script
         language ...
Alternatives: Terminate (ter99.zip) (garbo: /pc/termprog)
              Odyssey (odysy150.zip)  (oak: /pub/msdos/modem)
              COM-AND (ca29-{1,2,3,4}.zip)  (ditto)
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Program: BGFT - Background File Transfer
Version: 3.00
Upload Date: 92/12/07
File: bgft300{a,b}.zip
Size: 411,166 bytes (total)
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/modem
          garbo: /pc/termutil (not the latest)
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)
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Program: ZIP - fast file transfer utility
Version: 1.62
Upload Date: 93/03/22
File: zip162.zip
Size: 31,632 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/lan
          garbo: /pc/comm
Status: Shareware
Comment: For transferring files between 2 PCs with a serial cable ...
         And to remotely control another PC, try TeleReplica (tr4-23.zip
         in oak: /pub/msdos/modem) ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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
         SIMTEL20: pd1:<msdos>) ... Use fgrep/grep to search for additions
         in the last few days ...
Alternative: simlist.zip (plain text)

And from the file /pub/msdos/filedocs/cdrom.inf ...

CD-ROM copies of the SIMTEL20 MS-DOS collection are available from
Coyote Data, Ltd., 1142 N. Main, Rochester, MI 48307, USA, telephone
(800) 451-7093 or (313) 656-8265, or FAX (313) 651-4071.  E-mail:
71756.444@CompuServe.COM  or  CIS 71756,444.  The consumer version of
their Oasis Library CD-ROM re-catalogs the MS-DOS files of SIMTEL20,
adds category and key-word search and retrieval utilities, and provides
on-line file descriptions.  Quarterly update subscriptions are available.

CD-ROM copies of the SIMTEL20 MS-DOS, Macintosh and Unix-C collections
are available from Walnut Creek CDROM, 1547 Palos Verdes, Suite 260,
Walnut Creek, CA 94596-2228, USA, telephone (800) 786-9907 or (510)
947-5996, or FAX (510) 947-1644.  E-mail: rab@cdrom.com.  Quarterly
update subscriptions are available.
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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 ...
         If you want to convert this to *.IDX format, get gidx2.zip in
         /pc/filelist and _dir.zip in /pc ...
         For the latest uploads, see the file  _files.in   ...
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File: moder25.zip
Version: 25
Size: 8,057 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 ftp-list.zip(garbo: /pc/doc-net)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
File: tsfaqn34.zip
Version: 34
Size: 78,811 bytes
Description: Timo Salmi: Frequently asked questions & answers
Location:  oak: /pub/msdos/info
           garbo: /pc/ts
Comment: This has been the Bible of comp.binaries.ibm.pc.* and the new
         comp.archives.msdos.* newsgroups ... Informative and entertaining ...
         Also, 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 ...
             author17.zip - SW & PD authors reachable on the Internet ...
             bestpr25.zip - Timo's choice of 25 best MSDOS SW & PD program ...
             post*.zip - information e-mails & postings ...
         Also
          look for timo01e.gif/timo01v.gif in garbo: /pc/gif ...
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File: asp6501.zip
Version: 93/05
Size: 513,357 bytes
Description: Association of Shareware Professionals Catalog
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info
          garbo: /pc/doc-soft
Comment: A (monthly) catalog of quality shareware programs for BBS users ...
         However, many of these sharewares should be available from SIMTEL20
         and Garbo ...(and SIMTEL20 is the only ASP-approved ftp site) ...
         There is also a monthly update - upd6501.zip ...

         Also, read the monthly Hack Report (hack9305.zip) to be aware of
         hacked files that might be on BBSs ...

         BTW ... if you want to get sharewares distributed by PC-SIG, take
         a look at /pc/pcsig at ftp.cso.uiuc.edu ... The index file is
         1_3018.upp ...
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File: sharebk1.zip
Version: 1
Size: 293,179 bytes
Description: The ShareWare Book
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info
          garbo: /pc/doc-soft
Comment: A good "book" on shareware development ...

         Also, for a short tutorial on using and enjoying sharewares, get
         sut56.zip ...
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File: jar_2911.zip
Version: 2.9.11
Size: 516,202 bytes
Description: Eric Raymond: Jargon file 2.9.11, hacker slang dictionary
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info
          garbo: not available
Comment: A remarkable collection of computer slangs ... Informative and
         entertaining ... The latest version (2.9.12) is available from
         prep.ai.mit.edu (as /pub/gnu/jargon2912.txt.z) ...
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File: zen10.zip
Version: 1.0
Size: 71,459 bytes
Description: Zen and the Art of the Internet
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/books ( moved to /pub/misc/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 ...

         BTW2 ... If you've internet access, you will also find Hytelnet (with
         lots of telnet addresses) useful ... Get hyteln63.zip from oak:
         /pub/msdos/hypertext or garbo: /pc/doc-net ... And the latest
         version of Hytelnet is available from the ftp site access.usask.ca
         (in /pub/hytelnet/pc) ...
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File: ccworld{1,2}.zip
Version: -
Size: 746,529 bytes (total)
Description: World Fact Book Reader
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/info
          garbo: /pc/education
Comment: A easy way to read the World Fact Book 1992 (which gives you all the
         essential info about every country in this world) ...
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Appendix 1: Mirror Sites
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mirror Site             IP                 Directory
-----------             --                 ---------
I. SIMTEL20 Mirrors
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil  192.88.110.20    pd1:<msdos.whatever>
oak.oakland.edu         141.210.10.117   /pub/msdos/whatever
wuarchive.wustl.edu     128.252.135.4    /mirror/msdos/whatever
archive.orst.edu        128.193.2.13     /pub/mirrors/simtel20/msdos
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/computing/systems/ibmpc/simtel20/
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     /PC-MsDos/SIMTEL-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     /PC-MsDos/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 uploads site ... wuarchive.wustl.edu (/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS)
         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 ... rtfm.mit.edu (/pub/usenet/news.answers)
         best UNIX sites ... oak (/pub/misc/unix and  /pub/unix-c)
                             garbo (/unix)
                             prep.ai.mit.edu (/pub/gnu - note that many files
                             in this directory are comprssed with gzip)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Appendix 2: Obtaining files by e-mail
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you do not have ftp access, you can obtain the files archived at
SIMTEL20 and Garbo by e-mail ...

Keith Petersen, the moderator of SIMTEL20, writes:

If you do not have FTP access to SIMTEL20 or its mirrors, files may be
ordered by e-mail from these servers:

Location        EARN/BITNET          Internet
--------------  ----------------     ----------------------------------
In USA:         LISTSERV@NDSUVM1     LISTSERV@VM1.NODAK.EDU
In USA:         LISTSERV@RPITSVM     LISTSERV@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU

In Turkey:      TRICKLE@TREARN       TRICKLE@EGE.EDU.TR
In Italy:       TRICKLE@IMIPOLI
In Belgium:     TRICKLE@BANUFS11     TRICKLE@CCS.UFSIA.AC.BE
In Austria:     TRICKLE@AWIWUW11
In Germany:     TRICKLE@DEARN        TRICKLE@VM.GMD.DE
In Israel:      TRICKLE@TAUNIVM      TRICKLE@VM.TAU.AC.IL
In Netherlands: TRICKLE@HEARN        TRICKLE@HEARN.NIC.SURFNET.NL
In France:      TRICKLE@FRMOP11      TRICKLE@FRMOP11.CNUSC.FR
In Colombia:    TRICKLE@UNALCOL      TRICKLE@UNALCOL.UNAL.EDU.CO
In Sweden:      TRICKLE@SEARN        TRICKLE@SEARN.SUNET.SE

If your mailer wants bang paths: uunet!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv
				 uunet!vm.its.rpi.edu!listserv

If you use bang paths, substitute your nearest neighbor which is also
on the Internet for uunet in the examples above.  Some examples are:
ames, decvax, decwrl, harvard, hplabs, nosc, rutgers, sharkey, sun,
ucbvax, ucsd, udel, uw-beaver, wuarchive.

Send these commands to the server to get its help files:

Use this command for LISTSERV:   GET PDGET HELP
 Use this command for TRICKLE:   /HELP

Sample command (which gets our catalog of MS-DOS files):

/PDGET MAIL PD:<MSDOS.FILEDOCS>SIMLIST.ZIP UUENCODE

These commands should be sent as the body of a regular email message.
Do not include a signature because it confuses the server.  If you
have xxdecode, you may wish to specify XXENCODE instead of UUENCODE to
avoid character translation problems.

SIMTEL20 does *not* run these servers.  Comments, questions, and
suggestions should be directed to the LISTSERV or TRICKLE manager at
one of these addresses, depending on which server you normally use:

                          Internet                  BITNET

        "John Fisher" <FISHER@VM.ITS.RPI.EDU>   <FISHER@RPITSVM>
         "Marty Hoag" <INFO@VM1.NODAK.EDU>      <INFO@NDSUVM1>
"TRICKLE Maintainers" <RED-BUG@EGE.EDU.TR>      <RED-BUG@TREARN>

Please do NOT send your comment or question about the servers to SIMTEL20.
However, if you wish to report a program bug or to request information
on how to upload files to SIMTEL20, you may send e-mail to me at one
of the addresses below.

   [Note: Do not use ftp-by-mail servers without the permission of your
   system administrator and (if fed via uucp) your uucp feed.  Thank
   you.  Justification: many sites simply don't have the disk space
   set up to do this without warning, and mail disruption may result.]

--
Keith Petersen
Maintainer of the MS-DOS archive at WSMR-SIMTEL20.Army.Mil [192.88.110.20]
Internet: w8sdz@TACOM-EMH1.Army.Mil     or      w8sdz@Vela.ACS.Oakland.Edu
Uucp: uunet!umich!vela!w8sdz                         BITNET: w8sdz@OAKLAND
----
Timo Salmi, the moderator of Garbo, writes:

To get files sent to you by email, please use our mail server.
To get more information write a message to mailserv@garbo.uwasa.fi.
The subject line of this message must be
   garbo-request
The message must contain just the following text (at the beginning
of the line):
   send help
Do not include a signature because it may confuse the server.

Our customary format for the file names when announcing programs for
ANONYMOUS FTP is e.g.
    garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/dirutil/dirmat20.zip  or
    /pc/dirutil/dirmat20.zip
IMPORTANT!!! The format for the MAIL SERVER is slightly different:
    send pc/dirutil/dirmat20.zip
In other words omit / from the path when using our mail server.

If you don't get any response to your mail server requests, under no
circumstances keep sending the same request over and over again.
Please ask your own site's system manager to construct a returnable
mail path for you.
..................................................................
Prof. Timo Salmi      Co-moderator of comp.archives.msdos.announce
Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous FTP archives 128.214.87.1
Faculty of Accounting & Industrial Management; University of Vaasa
Internet: ts@uwasa.fi Bitnet: salmi@finfun   ; SF-65101, Finland

----
Or you can use the FTP-by-Mail service provided by decwrl.dec.com ... With
FTP Mail, you can receive files from almost any ftp sites via e-mail ...

The commands are ...
----
        reply <MAILADDR>        set reply addr, since headers are usually wrong
        connect [HOST [USER [PASS [ACCT]]]]
                                defaults to gatekeeper.dec.com, anonymous
        ascii                   files grabbed are printable ascii
        binary                  files grabbed are compressed or tar or both
        chdir PLACE             "get" and "ls" commands are relative to PLACE
                                        (only one CHDIR per ftpmail session,
                                        and it executes before any LS/DIR/GETs)
        compress                compress binaries using Lempel-Ziv encoding
        compact                 compress binaries using Huffman encoding
        uuencode                binary files will be mailed in uuencode format
        btoa                    binary files will be mailed in btoa format
        chunksize SIZE          split files into SIZE-byte chunks (def: 64000)
        ls (or dir) PLACE       short (long) directory listing
        index THING             search for THING in ftp server's index
        get FILE                get a file and have it mailed to you
                                        (max 10 GET's per ftpmail session)
        quit                    terminate script, ignore rest of mail message
                                        (use if you have a .signature or
                                         are a VMSMAIL user)
----
e.g. to get pkz204g.exe from /pc/arcers at garbo.uwasa.fi, enter the following
     as the body of your e-mail message ...

     connect garbo.uwasa.fi
     binary
     uuencode
     chdir /pc/arcers
     get pkz204g.exe
     quit

     And you should get an uuencoded copy of pkz204g.exe in the mail
     one or two days later ...
-
For more detail, send an e-mail to ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com (with  help
as the body of the letter) ...

Other servers:
European: ftpmail@grasp.insa-lyon.fr
BITNET: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu or BITFTP@PUCC
        European: bitftp@vm.gmd.de or BITFTP@DEARN

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Appendix 3: Getting upload announcements by e-mail
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you have netnews access, you can read the upload announcements on the
(moderated) comp.archives.msdos.announce newsgroup, otherwise, you can
subscribe to the mailing list below and get announcements in the
digest format.

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 ...

Anonymous ftp ? ... a way of allowing you to sign on a computer on the
Internet and copy specific public files (softwares and various kind of
info) from it.

The following is a _typical_ ftp session (on a Unix machine) ...
Suppose you want to get unz50p1.exe and gsz0503.zip from oak.oakland.edu ...

$  ftp  <enter>
ftp> open oak.oakland.edu  <enter>    or   open 141.210.10.117  <enter>

Connected to oak.oakland.edu.
220 rigel.acs.oakland.edu FTP server (Version 2.1WU(2) Wed Apr 12 18:37:21 EDT 1
993) ready.
Name (oak.oakland.edu: your_login_name):  anonymous  <enter>

331 Guest login ok, send e-mail address as password.
Password: your e-mail address  <enter>

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-  There are presently 20 users logged in out of a maximum of 100.
230-  The current local time is Sun May 16 14:45:37 1993.
230-
230-Please read the file README
230-  it was last modified on Tue Apr 20 04:01:25 1993 - 26 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  <enter>
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> ls
200 PORT command successful
 ... You should see a list of files in this subdirectory ...
ftp> get unz50p1.exe  <enter>
local: unz50p1.exe remote: unz50p1.exe
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for unz50p1.exe (40,062 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
40062 bytes received in 2.56 seconds (15.64 Kbytes/s)

ftp> cd  <enter>                        (or cd ..  <enter>
(remote directory) ../zmodem  <enter>       cd zmodem  <enter> )
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> get gsz0503.zip  <enter>
local: gsz0503.zip remote: gsz0503.zip
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for gsz0503.zip (112762 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
112762 bytes received in 10.23 seconds (10.76 Kbytes/s)

ftp> bye  <enter>
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) There is a UNIX shell script that can enable you to auto-ftp MSDOS files
   from oak.oakland.edu or any other SIMTEL20 mirror sites ... Get
   oak: /pub/msdos/filedocs/oakftp03.zip ...

   Also Jonathan Rice has written a better script that can auto-ftp files
   from any MSDOS ftp sites ... Get get11.zip (in /../filedocs) ...

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) ...


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