From: Rob.Harper@CSC.FI (Rob Harper)
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Subject: Best of MSDOS (Part1)
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>Subject: The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel20 and Garbo (Part I)
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Archive-name: msdos-archives/part1
Last-modified: Jan 1, 1993
Version: 2.0

     The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel20 and Garbo (Part I)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       ****   The Ultimate Guide to MSDOS Archive Files   ****

Version: 2.0  Jan 1, 1993  (so, Happy New Year!!!)

Compiled by Samuel Ko (kko@sfu.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. 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.

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 150 names) of
acknowledgment. I do sincerely thank each and every one of you who has
contributed to this compilation in one way or the other.

Any further comments and suggestions will be very much appreciated. I am
particularly interested in any programs that you think are better than those
listed below.

I will usually update this list once a month. So, the next issue will be
out in early February.

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 Simtel or Oak
File:  The name of the file that corresponds to the program
Size:  The size of the archive file
Location:  The directory from which the file can be found
Status:  Shareware / Freeware Info
         Shareware - copyrighted (or patented) programs distributed and sold
         on a "try before you buy" basis.
         Freeware - copyrighted programs which do not require compensation
         for use in most cases.
         Public Domain - free from copyrights; open to use by anyone
         without compensation.
Comment:  My comment and supplementary info
Alternative:  Other similar program
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Contents:

Part I
------
* Section A:  Application Programs
* Section B:  Compression / Decompression Programs
* Section C:  Utilities
   Area 1:  4DOS
   Area 2:  Disk Utilites
   Area 3:  Directory Utilities
   Area 4:  File / Text Utilities

[ Part II
  -------
   Area 5:  Screen Utilites
   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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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: 5.01c
Upload Date: 92/07/08
File: aea501c.zip
Size: 338,568 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/spreadsheet
          garbo: /pc/spreadsheet
Status: Shareware
Comment: A powerful Lotus 123 clone ...
         There is a "lighter" version - alite1f.zip (oak only) ...
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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 database program is fine as long as you've got disk-space
         for it ...
Alternative: RExL (rexl211{a,b,c}.zip in /pub/msdos/database) (oak only)
             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) - limited CASE
        Flow-Charts ...
        - FLODRAW (fdrw225{a,b}.zip - /pub/msdos/flowchart) (CGA only?)
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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 (sm211a.zip) - doing symbolic math
              Mercury (mrcry209.zip) - solving equations (in /.../math for oak)
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Section B:  Compression / Decompression Programs
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Synopsis - DOS and UNIX
~~~~~~~~
                  DOS                                UNIX
                  ---                                ----
*.zip          pkz110eu.exe  (pkz193a.exe)        zip10ex.tar-z (or .tar.Z)
               zip10exx.zip  (zip19p1x.zip)       zip19p1.tar-z (or .tar.Z)
               unzip50.exe                        unzip50.tar-z (or .tar.Z)

*.arj          arj230ng.exe (arj239a.exe)         --
               unarj230.zip                       unarj230.tar-z (or *.tar.Z)

*.lzh          lha213.exe                         lha-101u.tar-z (oak)
                                                  lha-1.00.tar.Z (garbo)

*.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)

*.sqz          sqz1082e.exe                       --

*.tar          tar4dos.zoo                        on your system

*.Z            comp430d.zip                       on your system

*.F            --                                 freeze *

*.z            --                                 pack (on your system)
               --                                 gzip-0.5.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 ...

** gzip (GNU zip) is designed to replace Unix's compress (?) ... Get gzip
   from prep.ai.mit.edu (in /pub/gnu) ...

The Unix version of these compression/decompression programs are
obtainable from  Simtel: 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 ZIP create / extract package
Version: 1.10  (export (= no encryption))
Upload Date: 90/04/02
File: pkz110eu.exe (self extracting)
Size: 140,116 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
          garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
Comment: Simply the best zip / unzip for PCs ... 200% a MUST ...
         pkz193a.zip, an alpha version, is obtainable from ux1.cso.uiuc.edu
         (in the directory /pc/exec-pc) ...
         BTW ... to split large zip files to smaller zip files, get
         zipsplit (zipspl12.zip) (oak only) ...
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Program: Info-Zip's Zip
Version: 1.0
Upload Date: 92/04/23
File: zip10exx.zip
Size: 45,383 bytes
Version: 1.9
Upload Date: 92/08/30
File: zip19p1x.zip
Size: 114,278 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
          garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Freeware
Comment: pkzip "clone" ... and this one is free ...
         zipinfo, zipnote, zipsplit are included with zip19p1x.zip ...
         Source codes (for many OS): zip19p1.zip ...
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Program: Info-Zip's Unzip
Version: 5.0
Upload Date: 92/08/30
File: unzip50.exe  (self-extracting)
Size: 37,211 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zip
          garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Freeware
Comment: unzip 5.0 is a superset of unzip 4.2 ... and it can handle files
         zipped with zip 1.0/1.9 and pkzip 1.1/1.93 ...
         Source codes (for many OS): unzip50.zip
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Program: ARJ file archiver
Version: 2.3 (export)
Upload Date: 92/01/31
File: arj230ng.exe  (self-extracting)
Size: 200,502 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr
          garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
Comment: Another major compression/archive program ... Good ...
         If you just want to decompress *.arj files, get unarj230.zip ...
         The beta version of ARJ version 2.4 is out ... You can get
         arj239a.exe from garbo ...
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Program: LZH archive make / extract program
Version: 2.13
Upload Date: 91/08/07
File: lha213.exe  (self-extracting)
Size: 44,416 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr
          garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Freeware
Comment: Good ... especially for creating self-extracting files ...
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Program: ARC file packer / unpacker
Version: 3.61
Upload Date: 88/08/01
File: pk361.exe  (self-extracting)
Size: 119,598 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr
          garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Shareware, Free for non-commercial use
Comment: A bit dated compression program ... but still essential ...
Alternative: ARC (arc602.exe) (garbo only)
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Program: Dhesi's make/extract/view ZOO archiver
Version: 2.10
Upload Date: 91/07/12
File: zoo210.exe  (self-extracting)
Size: 55,721 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/zoo
          garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Public Domain
Comment: Good and essential ...
         If you only want a *.zoo file extractor, get booz20.zip ...
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Program: Hpack multisystem archiver
Version: 0.78
Upload Date: (to garbo) 92/11/20
File: hpack078.zip
Size: 114,243
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr (not the latest)
          garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Freeware
Comment: yet another fine archiver ... but slow compression :( ...
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Program: SQZ - SQUEEZE
Version: 1.082
Upload Date: 92/10/08
File: sqz1082e.exe (self-extracting)
Size: 80,259 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr
          garbo: /pc/arcers
Status: Freeware
Comment: A new archiver from Sweden ... Try it ...
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Program: Buerg's archive files viewer
Version: 1.41
Upload Date: 92/11/08
File: fv141.zip
Size: 8,859 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr
          garbo: /pc/arcutil
Status: Shareware, Free for personal/private use
Comment: A very good utility for viewing and handling different types
         of compressed files ...
Alternative: RView (rv247.zip)
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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/arc-lbr
          garbo: /pc/arcutil
Status: Freeware
Comment: Interesting ... Can look for the right decompression program
         to extract a compressed file ...
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Program: ArcMaster
Version: 8.3
Upload Date: 92/11/08
File: am83.zip
Size: 218,768 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/arc-lbr
          garbo: /pc/arcutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: More sophisticated shell for manipulating different types
         of compressed files ...
Alternative: Shez (shez83.zip)
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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: 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/filutl
          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)
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Further reference:
1) The 2-part FAQs for the comp.compression newsgroups by Jean-loup Gailly ...
   (Part I: practical usage  -  Part II: how compression works) ...
   Read them on news.answers or get them from pit-manager.mit.edu
   (in /pub/usenet/news.answers/compression-faq) or from garbo (as
   /pc/doc-net/faqc9212.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 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: 4.01 revision d
Upload Date: 92/10/31
File: 4dos401p.zip
Size: 257,581 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/4dos
          garbo: /pc/cmd4dos (revision b)
Status: Shareware
Comment: This gives you much more than MSDOS' command.com ...
         Documentation is in 4dos401d.zip ...
         Lots of accompanying utilities in the 4dos subdirectory ...
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   Area 2:  Disk Utilites
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Program: Partiquin Copy
Version: 9.2c
Upload Date: 92/07/06
File: pcopy92c.zip
Size: 111,566 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dskutl
          garbo: /pc/filecopy
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good file copier ...
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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 (copyq302.zip), WWScopyd (copyd11.zip)
BTW ... A good program to break a large file up into pieces and copies it to
floppies is  slice  (oak: /pub/msdos/pcmag/slice13.arc) ...
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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 ...
Alternative: Stowaway (stow191.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: I like it to be 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 (not the latest)
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good program for testing and maintaining disks ...
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   Area 3:  Directory Utilities
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Program: Another Change Directory
Version: 2.10
Upload Date: 92/08/04
File: acd210.zip
Size: 55,296 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl
          garbo: /pc/dirutil
Status: Freeware
Comment: Good ...
Alternative: CCD (ccd20.zip)
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Program: Treeview
Version: 1.1
Upload Date: 90/01/20
File: treeview.arc
Size: 156,780 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl
          garbo: not available
Status: Shareware
Comment: A classic file manager ...
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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 ...
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Area 4:  File / Text Utilities
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Program: Derr's FileFinder
Version: 4.1
Upload Date: 92/11/14
File: fff41.zip
Size: 112,172 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/dirutl
          garbo: /pc/filefind
Status: Shareware
Comment: Good ...
Alternative: FastFileFind (fff360.zip)
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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: Dos <-> Unix text-file translation
Version: 1.1
Upload Date: 92/01/08
File: lfcrlf11.zip
Size: 16,331 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl
          garbo: /pc/unix (not the latest)
Status: Shareware, Free for private use
Comment: Probably the best utility to add/remove cr or lf ...
Alternatives: crlf15b.zip, flip (flip1exe.arc)
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Program: Binary Editor and Viewer
Version: 1.33
Upload Date: 92/08/12
File: beav133.zip
Size: 91,798 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl
          garbo: /pc/binedit
Status: Freeware
Comment: Good ...
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Program: R.E. Marks' UU/XX en/decoder
Version: 5.15
Upload Date: 92/07/01
File: uuexe515.zip
Size: 32,526 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/filutl
          garbo: /pc/decode
Status: Freeware
Comment: Good and essential for encoding/decoding binary files ...
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Program: Pretty Good Privacy
Version: 2.1
Upload Date: (to garbo) 92/12/07
File: pgp21.zip
Size: 187,758 bytes
Location: oak: not available
          garbo: /pc/fileutil
Status: Freeware
Comment: This is a very popular but controversial (public key) encrytpion
         program ...also available from ghost.dsi.unimi.it (in /pub/security)
Alternatives: Encrypt (encrypt.zip), Tangle (tangle.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 (futil14.arc in /pub/msdos/gnuish)
              Rutils (rutils30.zoo from /pub at ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de)

BTW ... Some other "common" Unix Tools for Dos:
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 less    -  oak: /pub/msdos/txtutl/less177e.zip
            garbo: /pc/unix/less177e.zip
 awk     -  oak: /pub/msdos/awk/gawk211.zip  or  mawk10.zip
 sed     -  oak: /pub/msdos/gnuish/sed106.arc
 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/make358.arc
            garbo: /pc/unix/dmak38e.zip
 gcc     -  take a look at  oak: /pub/msdos/djgpp or garbo: /pc/djgpp
 rcs     -  oak: /pub/msdos/pgmutl/rcs56dos.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 ...
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Program: CompuShow *.gif files viewer
Version: 8.50a
Upload Date: 92/09/23
File: cshw850a.zip
Size: 136,597 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/gif
          garbo: /pc/gifutil
Status: Shareware
Comment: Can work on any type of graphical display ...
Alternatives: VPIC (vpic51.zip) (no Herc) (oak only)
              Naked Eye (naked110.zip) (requires SVGA)
              GIFV (gifv37.zip)

BTW ... a bit on jpeg files ...
viewers:  HiView (hv12.zip) - oak: /pub/msdos/graphics
          ColorView (dcview20.zip) - oak: /pub/msdos/graphics
          DVPEG (dvpeg21.zip) - sunee.uwaterloo.ca: /pub/jpeg/viewers
convertor: jpeg <--> gif (gif2jpg5.zip) - oak: /pub/msdos/graphics

BTW2 ... further info on these can be found in the 3-part FAQs for the
alt.binaries.pictures newsgroups by Jim Howard (part 3 is OS-dependent) ...
Read them on news.answers or get them from pit-manager.mit.edu (in /pub/
usenet/news.answers/pictures-faq) ...
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Program: Ghostscript
Version: 2.52
Upload Date: 92/09/23
Files: gs252286.zip (for 286-) or gs252386.zip (for 386+) and gs252ini.zip
Size: 361,558 bytes (286)  or  562,867 bytes (386)
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/postscript
          garbo: /pc/fileutil
Status: Freeware
Comment: For pre-viewing and printing postscripts files (*.ps or *.eps) ...
         Look for additional/fonts files as well ...
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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 (detex10.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/editor
Status: Shareware
Comment: A good text file spell-checker ...
Alternative: amSpell (amspel20.zip) - can spellcheck TeX/LaTeX files
             (for garbo: in /pc/txtutil)
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Program: Thelma's grammar/style checker for WordPerfect 5.* files
Version: 5.081
Upload Date: 92/10/03
File: thlm5081.zip
Size: 514,049 bytes
Location: oak: /pub/msdos/wordperf
          garbo: /pc/linguistics
Status: Shareware
Comment: Good ...
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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/util
Status: Freeware
Comment: The best password cracker for encrypted WordPerfect files ...
         Version 3.0 is passwp.zip and is available from cs.uwp.edu
         (in /pub/msdos/wp) ...
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End of Part I ... please read Part II as well ... :)
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