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ANTI VIRUS UTILITIES.

  1. F-Prot- Anti-virus scanner and disinfectant.
  2. AVPLite- Anti-virus scanner and disinfectant.
  3. NAVC- Norton command-line AV scanner.
  4. RHBVS- Heuristic virus scanner.
  5. ADinf- Anti-viral, disk integrity checker.
  6. DISKSECURE- Protects basic disk files from Viruses.
  7. MD5SUM- Calculate and verify MD5 hash values for files.
  8. CHKSUM- Calculates 32 bit CRC and 16 bit checksums.

ARCHIVE UTILITIES- 1 of 2.

  1. Aview (NCAV)- Multi-archive shell with pack, convert, unpack, file view functions.
  2. AinViewer- Multi-archive shell supports numerous archive formats. Unpack/ file view functions.
  3. RVS- Multi-archive shell with directory browser, unpack, and file view functions.
  4. LGFV- Small and fast multi-archive viewer; support for 80+ archives.
  5. ZIEW- Multi-archive viewer lists contents of two archives side by side.
  6. QAZ- Multi-archive viewer supports numerous formats.
  7. RV- Archive viewer can add/strip arc comments, reset arc dates, more.
  8. UU- Command line archive unpacker and identifier; Win9x LFN support.
  9. JUP- Command line archive identifier, file lister, unpacker.
  10. MUP- Command line archive identifier, lister and unpacker with easy configuration.
  11. FASTI- Easy ZIP, ARJ, LZH unpacker creates directories for contents of each archive.
  12. Shaid (Archid)- Command line archive identifier.
  13. IDArc- Identifies ~160 different archive formats; Win9x LFN support.
ARCHIVE UTILITIES- 2 of 2
  1. FACT- Command line archive format conversion utility.
  2. ARC2ARC- Convert among PKZIP LZH ARJ and RAR archives.
  3. FileID- Create description list of zip/arj/lha archives -with many options.
  4. CDesc- Creates BBS-style description list of archive/ image files.
  5. FiD- FILES.BBS creator with flexible formatting.
BATCH UTILITIES- 1 of 2.
  1. FORTUNE- Enhanced FOR. Translate var. into drive, path, or filename root-ext-chars.
  2. ADVSET- SET enhancer.
  3. ASET- SET enhancer.
  4. STRINGS- SET enhancer.
  5. ERR2ENV- Set current errorlevel to an env. parameter.
  6. TESTIF- Test for system, disk, time, and file cond. in batch files.
  7. TEST- Test for file/directory status in batch files.
  8. INPUT- Get console input from within a batch file.
  9. XECHO- Echo replacement useful for batch generation and logfiles.
  10. SEND- ECHO enhancer.
  11. FDATE (2)- Multi-purpose date manipulation/format utility for batch files.
  12. HoldIt- PAUSE replacement time-outs after specified time.
  13. Press- PAUSE substitute with OK button box, mouse support, time-out option.
  14. MPause- PAUSE replacement uses mouse or keys to answer prompt.
BATCH UTILITIES- 2 of 2.
  1. BATCHMAN- Multi-function batch program.
  2. HORST- Excellent batch utility collection.
  3. Batpower- Old but useful batch util collection (do, no, sweep, pushdir, popdir).
  4. BatLite- Batch file to COM converter.
  5. Bat2Exec- Batch file to COM converter.
  6. RAMBAT- Stores batch files in one file, use in RAM disk.
  7. SLEEP- Batch util sleeps until event occurrence.
  8. COUNTDN- Launch program after elapsed time -with keypress abort option.
  9. LMOD- Line and list modification.(batch util)
  10. REXX (REGINA, BREXX)- Powerful alternative to DOS batch.
BOOT MANAGERS AND UTILS.
  1. XOSL- Graphics mode multi-OS boot manager.
  2. SyMon- Small boot manager for multiple OS's.
  3. Autocon- Dos boot manager.
  4. ONBOOT- Run programs only during warm, cold, or daily boot.
  5. Reboot- Warm or cold boot PC, with cache flushing.
CALCULATORS, STATS.
  1. Addit- TSR addition-only calculator.
  2. ScrCalc- TSR calculator.
  3. 2Calc- TSR calc with tape and paste result.
  4. CALC (3)- Small programmer's TSR calculator.
  5. EE- Programmer's expression evaluator with TSR option.
  6. Math- Non-TSR, command-line calculator with memory registers.
  7. TCalc- Non-TSR, command-line calculator.
  8. EVAL- Advanced variable precision command-line calculator.
  9. Eval- Command line calculator.
  10. CALC387- Tiny 1K command line calculator (requires FPU).
  11. Fraction- Fraction calculator.
  12. CALC (2)- Simple full screen calculator with file logging.
  13. VpCalc- Expression calculator with many options.
  14. RPN30- Advanced scientific RPN calculator (HP-29c) with file logging.
  15. SIM41- Programmable calculator emulates HP41c model.
  16. JKCalc- Full screen, advanced RPN calculator program is mouse and menu-driven.
  17. CONVERT (1)- Command line units conversion program.
  18. Convert (2)- Menu-driven units conversion program.
  19. UNIT- Full screen units converter supports over 900 conversions.
  20. PEPI- Statistical package for epidemiological and other contexts.
  21. NPS- Small mouse/menu driven non-parametric stats package.
  22. STATS- Basic statistical program.
  23. HISTO- Calculates descriptive statistics, generates histograms.
  24. SST- Parametric/ non-parametric stats program can output results/graphs to text file.
  25. ISU- Advanced statistical package.
  26. STATistics- User friendly, interactive statistics programs.
  27. T - Statistical tables program.
CALENDARS, CLOCKS, PIM.
  1. CAL(1)- Mouse compatible calendar with holidays.
  2. Calendar- 620 byte interactive calendar.
  3. Cal (2)- Displays months to standard output, with appointment notes.
  4. Cal (3)- Displays calendar to standard output
  5. CALPAGE - Displays boxed calendar to standard output.
  6. Journal- Appointment calendar and expense account program with TSR option.
  7. Schedule- Appointment calendar with TSR option.
  8. INTERMEM- Non-TSR event reminder and scheduler (VGA).
  9. Dates- Date reminder (non-tsr).
  10. DirTel- Address book can also save data to RTF and HTML formats.
  11. ShareCon- Phone number/ address manager for individual or group use.
  12. LPhone- Address and Phone database.
  13. Friends- Basic address book with phone dialing function.
  14. AutoChk- Checkbook program.
  15. CLOCK- Reliable memory resident, real time clock with alarms.
  16. CDAY- Calendar Almanac.
  17. CALCONV- Performs date to day-of week conversions, calculates date differences, more.
  18. Dtime- Simple time-date program (12 hour format).
  19. DateTime- Time-date program (24 hour format).
COMMUNICATION UTILITIES.
  1. QMODEM Test Drive- Excellent terminal program with script language, host mode.
  2. BananaCom- Easy to use terminal, z-modem transfers; now freeware.
  3. RBcomm- Small, memory efficient comm program with script support; uses external transfer protocols.
  4. Panther- Full featured terminal with script support.
  5. FreeComm- Full featured Delrina term with script support.
  6. Conex- Small terminal program with Zmodem-TCP/IP support.
  7. Cyclone- Comm program with VT100 emulation, script support, Zmodem.
  8. Texas Zmodem- A small terminal emulator with Zmodem file transfer support.
  9. COMTOOL- Tiny (3.6K) terminal program -no file transfer.
  10. NFX- Offline Qwk and Soup Mail Reader.
  11. SLMR- Offline Qwk Mail reader with mouse support.
  12. OLX21td- Offline Qwk Mail reader with mouse support.
  13. ReadMail- Offline multi-format message reader/ creator.
  14. PDZM- Public domain Zmodem protocol.
  15. CE-XYZ- File transfer protocol module (X, Y, Zmodem, and variants).
  16. ZEST- Zmodem protocol module for EGA/VGA displays.
  17. Renegade BBS- A free and relatively easy-to-use BBS.
  18. Maximus- Full-featured BBS; free for non-commercial use.
  19. Telegard- Full-featured BBS.
  20. Oblivion/2- BBS with powerful menuing system.
  21. Synchronet- Multi-node BBS.
  22. BGFAX- FAX program (DOS, OS/2, Win32 versions).
  23. ADF- FOSSIL driver for BBS and FidoNet programs.
  24. SERIAL- TSR serial port monitor, adjustable on-screen display.
COMPRESSION, ENCODING, ENCRYPTION UTILITIES.
  1. InfoZip- (UNZIP and ZIP) PKZip compatible archiver.
  2. RK- High performance 32-bit archiver.
  3. UC2- Archiver compresses files tighter than PKZIP.
  4. X1- Super tight file archiver can also compress to common archive formats.
  5. LHA- Archiver also creates freely distributable self extracting archives.
  6. LHARK- LHA variant, faster and tighter.
  7. UnRAR- Unpacks RAR-compressed archives.
  8. ARJ- Popular shareware archiver, free for private use only.
  9. ERI- High performance 32-bit multimedia archiver.
  10. BOA- Super-tight, option-limited flexible/solid archiver.
  11. SKY- Freeware archiver, auto disk spanning as with ARJ, good compression, sfx creation, single exe.
  12. ESP- Freeware archiver, small, fast, tight, sfx, file split and easy to handle.
  13. GZIP- port of Unix GZIP.
  14. TAR- (3.2X) Versatile TAR supports both UNIX and DOS media.
  15. TAR- (GNU) Create, unpack, manipulate TAR archives..
  16. UNTAR- UNTAR handles Win9x LFN's.
  17. QFC- TAR-like util with v. small headers.
  18. ZOO- Old archiver for unpacking ZOO files.
  19. UPX- Tight and versatile DOS and Win32 exe compressor.
  20. 32LiTE- Tight and versatile 32-bit DOS exe compressor.
  21. aPACK- Super tight EXE and COM compressor.
  22. LzExe- Compresses many executables (*.exe) into smaller, functional programs.
  23. Diet - Compresses executables (including overlays) and com files.
  24. UNP- Unpacks compressed executables.
  25. CUP- Unpacks many compressed executables.
  26. ComToExe- Converts com files to exe.
  27. UUdeview- UUE, XX, Base 64 (MIME), encoder, decoder.
  28. Z-Crypt- Fast, small, "anonymous" file encryption program.
  29. Tiny IDEA- secure file encryptor and decryptor.
  30. TinyFish- 5K Blowfish file encryptor.
  31. Blowfish-CBC- Blowfish file encryptor.
  32. SNOW- Conceal text message in an ASCII file.
  33. KeyGen- Auto-generates multiple passphrases; saves to file; configurable.
DATABASE, GENEALOGY, AND SPREADSHEET.
  1. DataPerfect- Relational Database.
  2. InMagic- Database program for textual information.
  3. DBM- Database for DOS.
  4. PC-File- Award-winning flat file database manager.
  5. Nanobase- xBASE, DBF compatible database.
  6. Freebase- Simple database uses plain text files.
  7. Trilogy- Note retrieval system.
  8. REFERENCES- Bibliographic database program.
  9. DBV- dBASE (*.dbf) file viewer and editor.
  10. VFPVIEW- (V)FoxPro, DBF table viewer and editor, Win9x LFN's.
  11. CLUT- Powerful DBF viewer, editor, and manipulator.
  12. Titanic- Rescue/ repair damaged DBF files.
  13. Convert- Convert among dBASE, delimited text, fixed text, Lotus 1-2-3 formats.
  14. dg- Search for complete records based on search phrase.
  15. Roots Master- Genealogy database with GEDCOM import/export.
  16. Matrix- DOS spreadsheet supports range selection with mouse.
  17. Rebel- Key-driven spreadsheet for DOS.
  18. SC- Spreadsheet Calculator.
  19. SLSC- Enhanced 386 (DJGPP) version of Spreadsheet Calculator (SC).
  20. Account Pro- Professional accounting program.
DESKTOPS and GUI's.
  1. GEM- GUI for low resource PC's.
  2. DESKTOP2- GUI desktop shell with program and file managers, text editor, more.
  3. SEAL- 32-bit GUI project; Win9x LFN support.
DIRECTORY UTILITIES- 1 of 2.
  1. ACD- Quickly change to any directory; ; Win9x LFN compatible.
  2. CCD- Enhanced directory changer and directory tool.
  3. WCD- Excellent enhanced directory changer; available for multiple platforms; Win9x LFN compatible.
  4. CDX- Small, enhanced CHDIR doesn't use data file.
  5. DDIFF- (aka DIFF) Log changes in directory tree.
  6. DEDIT- Create and maintain 4DOS compatible file descriptions.
  7. Csap- Sorts directories and files on disk.
  8. Directory Delete- (aka DD) Directory remover; Win9x LFN compatible.
  9. XRD- Directory remover with enhanced wildcards; Win9x LFN compatible.
  10. DELTREE- Enhanced DELTREE clone.
DIRECTORY UTILITIES- 2 of 2.
  1. NewDIR- Colorized directory lister with configuration program; Win9x LFN support.
  2. OneDIR-(1Dir) Option-rich directory lister; Win9x LFN compatible.
  3. WDIR- DIR clone; file type color-coding; archive/ image descriptions; Win9x LFN compatible.
  4. MDIR- Enhanced MS-DOS 5(+) DIR clone.
  5. ADir- Hybrid DIR clone and file identifier.
  6. XDIR- Color coded directory lister with multi-language support.
  7. DL- Scrolling directory lister. Unix ls-like output.
  8. IMD- Dir lister displays image properties, 4DOS descriptions, id's archives.
  9. LSD- (formerly LSR) Directory lister, file finder, and disk & system information tool.
  10. DDR- Versatile directory lister also finds files in archives.
  11. STREE- Enhanced TREE replacement.
  12. Space Map- Enhanced TREE replacement.
  13. Dirtotal- Document drive contents to report.
DISK UTILITIES- 1 of 2.
  1. 2M- Formats floppies to higher capacities.
  2. Fdformat- Format floppies to higher capacities.
  3. HD-COPY- Very fast diskette copier and formatter.
  4. D2D- Floppy copier uses conv, ems, (ram)disk and/or xms memory.
  5. IMG- Create/ restore floppy image, add-extract files to/ from image.
  6. FIRM- Read / write raw floppy disk images.
  7. DiskImager- 1.44MB floppy disk imager can also create self-extracting (EXE) images.
  8. QUIKCOPY- Copies floppies in one pass using extended memory.
  9. Floppy Tool Kit- Floppy drive analyzer, tuner, cleaner utilities.
  10. RESQFLPY and FIXBOOT- Generates clone(s) of damaged or unreadable floppy disks for recovery purposes.
  11. CD Navigator- Floppy, HD, and CD cataloger.
  12. Defrag- Defragments FAT-16 Disks.
  13. Disk OrGanizer- Defragments FAT-16 disks.
  14. IDEATA -Displays detailed IDE-ATA drive identity information.
  15. ATAHD- IDE-ATA drive identifier and analyzer.
  16. ATAPICD -Displays detailed ATAPI CD-ROM drive identity information.
  17. JAM- Disk compression package.
  18. Free FDISK- Disk partition management utility.
  19. Partition Manager- Disk partition and boot manager, FAT16/32.
  20. PRESIZER- Non-destructively resize disk partitions, FAT16/32.
  21. FIPS- Non-destructive partition splitting program, FAT16/32.
  22. ZPart- compresses/ restores IDE disk partitions on multiple computers.
  23. TestDisk- Checks partition and boot sectors, recover lost partition.
  24. GDisk- Command line alternative to MS-DOS's FDISK and FORMAT (for fixed disks).
  25. Disk Utils- Misc. c-line disk partition and sector utils for experts.
  26. STBFP- Save and/or restore Boot Record, Partition Table, and FAT Table.
  27. PTS DiskEditor- Disk editor and viewer (FAT16/32 HD's).
  28. DiskEditor- Disk editor and viewer (FAT16).
  29. Zap-It- Hex and disk editor.
DISK UTILITIES- 2 of 2.
  1. CD Recording Utilities (Golden Hawk)
  2. CD-BENCH - Benchmark program for CD-ROM drives.
  3. XMSDSK & EMSDSK- RAM disk (ramdisk) can be created, resized, destroyed from c-line.
  4. NTFSDOS- NTFS File System Driver for DOS/Windows.
  5. DFSee- Disk analysis and repair utility ([V]FAT[32], HPFS, NTFS).
  6. WIPEM- Enhanced disk shredder overwrites unused disk space, Win swap files.
  7. WipeFree- Wipe over free disk space (DOS and Win32 versions).
  8. SleepHDD- Power-saving hard disk spindown (sleep) tool.
FILE FINDERS AND IDENTIFIERS.
  1. Locate- Small, very fast file finder transcends DOS wildcard limitations.
  2. SNiF- Versatile file finder.
  3. XFF- File finder with enhanced wildcards and options to perform move, copy, del actions.
  4. FArc- System & archive file finder: 60+ archive formats, enhanced wildcards, Win9x LFN's.
  5. Archive Finder- Finds files in Arj, PkZip, Lha, and other archives.
  6. LGAFIND- Small fast file finder searches in arcs too; enhanced wildcards.
  7. SFF- File finder can also search in arcs (including RAR and EXE's).
  8. DDup- multi-drv dup file finder with delete/rename prompting.
  9. ShowDupe- Multi-drive duplicate file finder with compare, view, and delete options.
  10. Repeats- Find duplicate file names.
  11. Flarge- Find largest files on single drive.
  12. TODAY- Find files by date.
  13. Filex- File identification based on extensions.
  14. Analyzer- File identification based on signature.
  15. GetTyp- File identification based on signature.
  16. Typ- Full screen file identifier (reads file signatures).
  17. FileInfo- Executable file identifier w/ graphical characterization.
FILE MANAGEMENT- 1 of 2 (Win9x LFN support)
  1. FW- (File Wizard) Feature-packed file manager with WIN9x LFN support.
  2. NDN- A DOS Navigator-derived file manager with Win9x LFN support, other enhancements.
  3. DN OSP- DOS Navigator Open Source Project- a DOS Navigator file manager with Win9x LFN support, other enhancements.
  4. Connect- ("IBM Handshaker") Integrated shell with impressive NC style file manager. WIN9x LFN support
  5. Archive Lister- Multi-panel (incl. FTP panels) file manager; Win9x compatible.
  6. UFO- Norton Commander style file manager; Win9x support.
  7. Tutordo- File manager/shell with mouse support. WIN9x LFN support.
  8. PMS (2)- Small program launcher/ file manager with built-in editor. WIN9x LFN support
FILE MANAGEMENT- 2 of 2 (DOS 8+3 only)
  1. DOS Controller (DC-SK)- FAST file manager/menu for DOS, Norton Commander clone.
  2. DOS Navigator- Excellent multi dual-panel file manager; now freeware.
  3. HFM- Powerful file manager for DOS, with many features- now free.
  4. File Maven- File manager with PC-to-PC file transfer capabilities.
  5. Directory Freedom- Comprehensive directory utility/ file manager; Small, fast, configurable.
  6. Terminate Commander- Good file manager tuned for use with comm programs.
  7. Pinco's Commander- Dual pane file manager with fast XMS copy, RAR archive support.
  8. PC Valet- Small file manager with hex editor and more.
  9. Tree86 Lite- Directory tree and file management utility.
  10. GVFM- Graphic mode, multi-window file manager.
  11. DirMatch- Compare directories with file actions.

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