FREEWARE HALL OF FAME FILE DIRECTORIES - File descriptions edited by FreeHOF - Area Description Files File Sizes ------ ------------------------------------ -------- --------------- 1 Free DOS/WIN utilities 469 24,176,926 2 . . $hare DOS/WIN utilities . . . . . . . . . .49 . . . .8,111,909 3 Free BBS, modem & FAX programs 563 39,409,745 4 . . $hare BBS,.modem.&.FAX.programs . . . . . 152 . . . 25,859,627 5 Free PC diagnostic & tech tools 217 20,843,991 6 . . $hare PC.diagnostic & tech.tools. . . . . .49 . . . .8,379,784 7 Free databases (ZIP codes, etc.) 117 20,796,637 8 . . $hare databases (ZIP.codes, etc.) . . . . .37 . . . .7,078,243 9 Free programming utilities 166 13,057,232 10 . . $hare programming utilities . . . . . . . .35 . . . .3,837,890 11 Free education & recreation 103 13,578,925 12 . . $hare education & recreation. . . . . . . .71 . . . 28,100,981 13 Free network utilities 57 7,452,957 14 . . $hare network utilities . . . . . . . . . .21 . . . .2,569,363 15 Free esoteric programs 178 26,689,279 16 . . $hare esoteric.programs . . . . . . . . . .76 . . . 23,026,328 17 Free graphics & sound 198 33,429,498 18 . . $hare graphics.&.sound. . . . . . . . . . .82 . . . 30,673,881 19 Free printer utilities 35 2,760,898 20 . . $hare printer utilities . . . . . . . . . .24 . . . .3,407,582 21 Free WINdows/NT/95 utilities 351 48,065,769 22 . . $hare WINdows/NT/95 utilities . . . . . . .74 . . . 15,594,023 23 OS/2 Freeware (for now) 53 5,500,800 24 . . Aviation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 . . . .1,589,073 25 Free anti-virus programs 24 1,653,478 26 . . $hare anti-virus.programs . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . 17,307,230 27 Free archive & compaction programs 96 11,582,380 28 . . $hare archive & compaction.programs . . . .36 . . . 11,757,313 29 Free word proc, editors & readers 216 34,552,559 30 . . $hare word.proc,.editors.&.readers. . . . .63 . . . 17,016,796 31 Text files+Food\Drink, Free & Share 158 15,159,794 32 . . Stage & Screen.files, Free.&.Share. . . . .43 . . . .3,626,589 33 Business & finance, Free & Share 201 44,478,645 34 . . FreeHOF created files - by.date . . . . . .13 . . . 37,564,344 35 OLHOF files for next packet 17 4,489,579 36 . . INET/MAVV/COMP.CLUBS, Free.&.Share. . . . 398 . . .106,227,398 37 Latest verified uploads, by date 4 3,773,320 -------- --------------- Overall Totals 4,472 723,180,766 Main Board: 1) Free DOS/WIN utilities ===================================== FREEWARE HALL OF FAME FILE DIRECTORIES Free DOS/WIN utilities 469 files using 24,176,926 bytes File Name Size Date File Description ============ ======= ======== ============================================= 1MBF.ZIP 39847 03-13-95 1MBFORT WIN "Out of Memory" fix when there is plenty of memory but not enough conventional (under 1MB) left. Req Vbrun300.dll (available here) as who of us does not. Free w/source. 2-21-95. 2M30.ZIP 256900 05-12-95 2M is a high capacity diskette formatter and is very serious about this. Can take 3.5 & 5.25s to new heights of storage capacity. Chart in FILE_ID.DIZ shows the numbers. Free but serious Postcardware. Sending a card to the author is required for a license to use the program. Author charts where the cards come from, and several related things. Bi-lingual Spanish/English Docs. 3/6/95. Uploaded by: Cal Clark 32CRCFCK.ZIP 67273 01-07-96 [HOF] - FILECRC does a Cyclic Redundancy check on 32-bit files. Diagnostic tool to make sure a copy is identical to the original. Free w/src. 01-03-96. 3CT4.ZIP 8703 04-17-91 [HOF] Count all your files w/sizes & totals. 4DC_V091.ZIP 50080 12-09-96 4DC v0.91 4DOS configuration program lets you configure most things in 4DOS.ini an easy way. Free. 12-01-96. 4DERR220.ZIP 6808 12-06-94 4DERR220 v2.20. 4DOS BTM for command line error handling the 4DOS command processor can't resolve. For 4DOS 5.0+ Free. 10-15-94. 4FILL302.ZIP 4746 04-18-97 [HOF] 4FILL v3.02 4DOS/NDOS routine to "best fit" files from a source DIR to a target disk. Copy, Move, Xcopy, Format & Description support. Free w/source :) 06-05-96 4HIST111.ZIP 12700 03-17-96 4HIST v1.11 - 4DOS utility: duplicate history deleter. NEW: 4H.BTM fixed. Free w/Pascal src New:03-10-1996 Old:03-10-1996 Uploaded by author David Daniel Anderson 4HPATB.ZIP 10777 12-05-93 4DOS help revision B update. Requires both the original 4DOS revision B (here) and a version of patch.exe (here also). Free. 12-02-1993. 4PATCH.ZIP 46927 12-05-93 4DOS Patching program v4.01 to update older 4DOS editions to new. Free. 4RUN100.ZIP 6630 02-26-95 4Run v1.0 Executes 4DOS commands via COMSPEC For use with programs which only allow assigning EXE and COM programs to hotkeys. Free. w/Pas source. New:02-24-1995 Old:02-24-1995 Uploaded by author David Daniel Anderson 4SIGHT40.ZIP 83706 01-03-97 4DOS utilities - file name completion and a file viewer. Free. 01-13-97 4TOUCH4.ZIP 4872 10-01-94 TOUCH.BTM for 4DOS v5 only. Touch the time and date of files. Completely written in 4DOS BTM-language. NEW: more easily resets to current date. Shows graphical progress. Free. 7/19/94. From the Netherlands. 4UTILS86.ZIP 156339 08-22-95 Utilities for 4DOS/NDOS. Includes 4DESC 1.75. Full-screen 4DOS file description editor with mouse support and cut and paste capability. 4FF 1.86 4DOS-aware file finder. Looks inside .ZIP, .ARJ, and .LZH files. Displays desc of found files. Includes Turbo Pascal 7.0 source code. Free. 07-09-95. 62ENVPAT.ZIP 2444 12-17-93 Text file explaining how to patch COMMAND.COM (DOS 6.2 and below) to generate 512 bytes of ENVIRONMENT space. 11/9/93 65TRAC10.ZIP 4253 01-04-96 [HOF] Device driver automatically enables the trackball of an NP6500 notebook if the notebook is not docked. If it's docked, the trackball is disabled so you can use the mouse on the serial port of the docking station. May well work with other notebooks. Versions for DOS & OS/2. Free. 1-04-96. ACD300.ZIP 57982 01-20-98 [HOF] Another Change Directory v3.0 WIN/DOS quick directory changer. First update in 3 years is to recognize WIN 95 (not NT) long filenames. Free. Uploaded by: Mark Unhjem ACTIVA.ZIP 2165 10-21-90 [HOF] ACTIVATE displays the partition table of the 1st hard disk drive and, with suitable command-line argument, changes the active (i.e. bootable) partition. Given a /B command-line option, ACTIVATE also does a cold boot. Use ACTIVATE with care. ACTIVATE cannot verify that the partition you make active actually has a bootable system on it. YOU have to make certain the system is there. Always keep an emergency boot diskette for DOS handy just in case. ADCLK100.ZIP 25087 05-20-94 ADJCLOCK - Adjusts inaccurate PC-clocks. Keeps a file of time passed plus number of seconds a PC clock is off, and corrects the clock whenever the pgm is run. Can be used at boot-up. Free. 6/29/93. ADDCL101.ZIP 11641 01-14-96 [HOF] ADDCOL v1.01 This gem adds a column of numbers in a text file. From two to 1000s. Not bothered by intervening graphic lines. Requires only an input file name, the column number to begin reading, and the width of the column to be added. We regularly use it to total the columns in Bulletin 19 here. Takes under 1 second to total 1000 2-digit entries. Free w/Pascal source. Uploaded by author David Daniel Anderson ADDHLP.ZIP 23490 12-03-94 ADDHELP v1. Modify COM files so they display display a help message when run with the standard /? switch. Free. 9/3/94. Uploaded by: Dan Koch ADM210.ZIP 58275 07-19-94 DOS menu program, net-aware. Free. New:04-23-1994 Old:04-23-1994 Uploaded by: Lance Albert AF126.ZIP 75060 08-23-93 Archive Finder 1.26 File finder w/options including searching inside archive files. Complete TP source code and explanation of archive structures. Free. New:08-14-1993 Old:08-14-1993 Uploaded by: Joern Knechtel ALFIND.ZIP 10692 03-15-96 ALFIND DOS File Search Utility v1.21. What files did you create/update today? Since the first of the month? How many files larger than 500 KB do you have? Between 530 & 2 mb? Some WIN shells can tell you but this works from the command line. Originally designed to allow searches not possible in DOS, such ALFIND -f*ENAM*" to find both FREENAME.ZIP and ENAMEL.DOC. Free. 03-15-96. Uploaded by: Brandon Olk ALIAS11B.ZIP 8284 11-26-94 TSR enables DOS command line editing and recall of previously issued commands using up arrow; permits aliases. Like CED which is an industry standard improvement to DOS if you don't run 4DOS or NDOS. This and CED are both free. 11-20-94. ALLBUT10.ZIP 2786 07-13-93 [HOF] ALLBUT v1.0 File-deletion utility. Deletes all files in the present subdirectory EXCEPT those specified on command-line. Free 06-26-1993. AMYC11N.ZIP 54647 09-04-97 About My Cache 1.1 for WIN - Dutch only, no English. FHOF would appreciate a translation of this. Een cache bekijker voor Netscape, Haalt titel uit html bestanden in, de cache. Toont type, url en titel van je cache bestanden. Sorteert ze. Nederlandse versie - Free. 07-30-97. ANSI13L.ZIP 43338 12-22-93 ANSI v1.3l - PC Magazine's ANSI driver. This version supports 20 new variables for PCBoard 15.1. Free. 11-17-1993. ANSIV20.ZIP 29007 05-25-97 Ansi-viewing utility. Free 02-09-1999. ANSI_RET.ZIP 14067 10-19-94 Ansi Return v1. Restore normal color to DOS prompt. If you are tired of programs that change the color of your screen, run this at the end of a bat file. Type RETURN and your screen will be back to its normal color. Seems free but may be hacked. 10-04-94. ARCOPY16.ZIP 9424 06-01-90 [HOF] ARCOPY (ARchive COPY) v1.6 small, fast disk file copy utility. Geared toward backing up files and multiple copies. Can also make file copying, moving and renaming easier. For command line aficionados. Can copy groups of files at once; backup files by time stamp or archive flag; select files to copy by existence on destination directory or user prompt; do sophisticated renaming; and more. 04/16/91 ARGUS161.ZIP 34762 05-06-95 Argus v1.61: Logs DOS activities to a text file; works in the background. English and German versions. Removable w/o re-booting. Great options: Log ALL activities or Log only: access to directories; use of EMS; use of EMS and mapping; access to files; access to files and transfered bytes; modifications of the INT table; access to drives; memory managment. Complete error messages. Permanent saving of the log file. Redirect the printer output to the print file. Free w/source. 4/3/95. ASCIITSR.ZIP 6449 01-13-95 [HOF] ASCII-TSR displays ASCII chart. Can set the key to call up the chart. Free, w/TP src. 01-05-95. ASCII_2.ZIP 11938 08-20-93 [[HOF]] ASCII v2.0 Shows ASCII & extended ASC codes of a key in decimal & HEX notation. ASCII table included. Free and nice. 1/31/93. ASPICHK.ZIP 29870 08-30-97 ASPICHK - WIN95/NT util detects the current version of the "ASPI layer" on your system. Relates to the ASPI driver for the CD-ROM. Supports several languages. Free. 08-25-97 ATAB10.ZIP 6005 03-09-94 [HOF] Display ASCII table. Free. ATCOMP16.ZIP 23790 04-06-95 COMPARE. A better text comparer. Full screen color. Lists two files side by side where differences are encountered and pauses at each screenful. Keeps a running total of how many differences. Send a Postcard. 1-26-94. ATOMTM14.ZIP 105148 03-01-97 [HOF] ATOMIC CLOCK v1.4 for WIN 95. Automatically sets correct PC time by calling an atomic clock. Free. 02-10-97. ATTRMENU.ZIP 17269 01-25-96 ATTRMENU. WIN 95 shell extension to access file attributes from its context menu (opened when clicking on the filename with the right mouse button.) Add toggles to set archive, read-only, system, and hidden. Free. 1-14-96. AUTOCAPS.ZIP 1365 03-18-91 [HOF] TSR that controls CAPS Lock errors. Whe Shift key is pressed and released with CAPS Lock on, CAPS Lock turns off. Just like typewriters. eLIMINATES tHIS pROBLEM AUTOCMOS.ZIP 4095 11-26-94 AUTOCMOS backup and restore CMOS. Valuable. Can be used to copy, compare, and restore the CMOS from a batch file. Potential livesaver. Public domain freeware. 9/22/94. Uploaded by: Dan Koch AZLAN.ZIP 129655 03-26-89 [HOF] Nice collection of UNIX-like utils for DOS From Azlan Corp. See CONTENTS.DOC. Free. BACKUPJD.ZIP 19723 08-28-95 BackUp 1.0 Batch file back-up for all newly modified files on your hard drive to multiple floppy diskettes. Free. 06-11-95. BAT4PKZ.ZIP 4386 02-20-94 Three helpful bat files to use with Pkzip Ver 2.04g. They recognize sub-directories. Also serve as a tutorial for how to handle ZIP in a BAT. Free. 2-14-1994. BDC.ZIP 18367 08-20-93 [HOF] Bulk Disk Copier. Copies from memory for speed on multi-copies. Free w/src. 6-21-1993. BEEPER11.ZIP 5213 02-16-93 [HOF] DOS BEEP handler. Replaces BIOS beep with a beep that does not slow down a running program. Also lets you change the beep sound. NEW: now as many as 10 pending beeps, making it of use to multi-node BBS operators. Free w ASM source. 2/16/93 BFIND709.ZIP 83458 09-17-97 [HOF] BFIND v7.08 For Boolean searches. For example, find any line with one string _and_ another, or any line with one string _or_ another. Allows wildcard input file names. Free. 03-30-97 BGTM31.ZIP 21362 10-03-94 Countdown timer & alarm, with event log. Free 8-27-1994 Uploaded by: Lance Albert BHCLOCK1.ZIP 13562 01-08-95 The Binary Hex Clock screen saver. NEW: fix for previous version. Free. 01-03-95. BLACKHOL.ZIP 27323 03-07-95 Black Hole is a Windows file deletion program to erase files or directories you drag to it including those marked "read-only." Immediate deletion - no holding pens - but will not override a desktop which automatically saves deleted files someplace. Free. 1/13/93. BLINKOFF.ZIP 7006 12-01-92 Stop VGA/XGA cursor from blinking. TSR 80286+ Converted to .ZIP from .DSK from IBM NSC. Free. 12-01-1992. BOING.ZIP 11191 11-25-92 [HOF] BOING v1.00: Delete CURRENT directory a all files in it unless r/o, hid, sys or subdir files are found. Free w/src. BOOT2C.ZIP 8773 03-02-93 [HOF] PC Mag util to bypass floppy disk when left in the boot drive and boot from drive C anyway. A must-have. Free. 03-02-93 Uploaded by: Loren Quiring BOOTLG10.ZIP 9719 09-05-90 [HOF] Date & Time stamp a hidden file when computer is booted. Has option for paswrd. BOOTPA20.ZIP 21553 10-13-96 BOOTPART 2.0 Boot Partitition for WinNT. Easy tool to add a partition to the Windows NT multi-boot menu. For example, OS/2 boot manager or Linux partition. NEW: Easy addition of DOS 6.22 and WIN/95 in WIN/NT menu; repair the WIN/NT boot sector. Free. 09-24-96 BOOTV_10.ZIP 26804 10-13-92 [HOF] Configure multiple bootup set-ups. BOPDIR2.ZIP 18848 09-27-90 [HOF] The ultimate recursive directory delete Fast, deletes a directory, any sub-dirs and files found in the dirs. McNamara. BOTLOG12.ZIP 13129 09-04-96 Writes (appends) the current Date & Time to a text file each time it is run. Perfect for use in AUTOEXEC or other batch files. Free. New:02-16-1991 Old:02-16-1991 Uploaded by: Mark Unhjem BRNOUT23.ZIP 15364 04-13-89 [HOF] C.Dunford's great screen blanker v2.31 Supports all monitors. 2k. Loads high with both SYS and COM versions. User settable time wait before automatic blanking or manual on/off when you don't want a visitor to see your screen. Can be temporarily disabled when running pgms that you don't want to blank. A wonderful anti-burnout pgm. Free. BT108.ZIP 6589 02-06-94 BT108.ZIP Boot "through" the floppy disk. Modifys the boot sector of a floppy disk (but not a 1.44 diskette) so the machine boots from the harddrive even when a diskette is in drive A. Note: when used on some copy-protected disks it will over-write copy protection. A case where a simple utility has an unintended secondary usefullness. Free. Public Domain. 1-25-1994. BYTESWAP.ZIP 7354 01-21-93 Swap each pair of bytes in a file. C9OUT01.ZIP 37853 01-21-93 C9out Version 00.01à Produce a file list from comparing two other file lists. Shows files not in -both- the original lists. Formerly C9SORT. Free. 1/21/93. CBOOT11.ZIP 26284 09-16-89 [HOF] Select from many autoexec and config files to load. All the configuration information is contained in two files. NOT in Basic or a BAT file kludge. CDD.ZIP 6886 01-01-92 [HOF] Change drive and dir, GREAT in BATs. Legendary shortcut utility. A must-have. CDPATH12.ZIP 18943 08-19-93 Program to generate CDPATH environmental variable used by 4DOS CD command. Also, a simple Change Directory program similar to CD in 4DOS, but will also change to directories specified with only a partial name. Free. 08-07-1993. CDX.ZIP 5721 01-11-94 Shortcut DIR changer. A PC-Mag freebie. 7/1/92. Uploaded by: Nancy Roberts CED10E.ZIP 29974 07-24-91 [HOF] CED--Dunford's Command EDitor. Comes after food, shelter & clothing as vital if you're not running 4DOS or NDOS. Recalls previously issued commands; allows command synonyms and chaining a series of commands; "Parameterization" of synonym commands; recalls parameters for previously issued commands. User-settable buffer sizes for all functions. For programmers, a facility to add "resident" commands to the DOS shell. Free. CEDIT104.ZIP 37702 02-15-96 CONFIGEDIT v1.04 Put all your secondary AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files in a library and call them up as needed. Free. 02-03-96. CFG231.ZIP 63271 10-03-95 CFG v2.31. PC customizer. Change DOS defaults always or temporarily. Need to do math in base 2, 8, 16? Want DOS to put commas in long numbers like we do? This pgm lets you control most of the things only DOS controls now. Screen color, conditional pausing, math, etc. The entire environment. Multiple changes allowed per command. Can run at boot-up in CONFIG.SYS as a non-resident device driver or from the command line or a BAT file after boot-up to provide an alternate environment. Free, but more enhanced versions are $25. See the later CFGxxx.ZIP. 5/21/94. CHECK63A.ZIP 4801 10-02-94 [HOF] CHECKEL v6.3a Find current errorlevel from either the DOS prompt or from within a batch file. Free. 8-10-94. CHGINT.ZIP 13173 11-20-92 [HOF] CHGINT v1.0. Change internal DOS comman This program will allow you to quickly modify many of the internal DOS commands by editing your COMMAND.COM file. Works great under DOS 5.0 (IBM DOS and MS-DOS 5.0 ONLY). Free. CHGNAM11.ZIP 144482 01-22-97 CHGNAME v1.1 Renames & sequentially numbers the filenames you put in a list. This is a WIN 32 bit program and I can't test it. If you do let me know if you can *tag the files to put them on a list, or must type them in. If you have to type them in, this is junk. Free. 01-17-97. CHGNAME.ZIP 140580 12-20-96 CHANGENAME v1.0. WIN 32 utility to rename groups of related files to related filenames. Free. 12-12-96. CLOCK100.ZIP 13893 05-16-95 Displays an on-screen clock. 4k TSR w/alarm. Free. 11-10-1994 Uploaded by author Bret Johnson CLONE210.ZIP 19830 02-17-94 [HOF] Clone v2.10 - Disk duplicator dups high capacity disks without swapping. Create multiple target disks without re-reading source disk. Will format unformatted disks on the fly. Many nice options. Free. 8-4-93. CLPMON30.ZIP 76980 09-11-94 [HOF] ClipMono v3.0: WIN & DOS pgms to captur data to a 2nd monochrome monitor. Free. 9-8-94. CMOS92CD.ZIP 11348 08-26-96 [HOF] CMOS save and restore program. Saves an restores all 128 CMOS bytes to a file and optionally verifies the CMOS settings or restores the CMOS to the file readings. A program to do this is a -must have- on every PC. Like the others FHOF carries, this one can be run in autoexec with the /VERIFY switch so you always know the CMOS is as it should be. You really appreciate it after changing the CMOS battery, which wipes CMOS settings. Can save lots of work if you customize your settings. Free. 08-02-96. CMOSTD.ZIP 3485 11-30-93 Display date and time. Free. CMOS_SAH.ZIP 11122 07-08-95 CMOS v1.0 to save, compare, & restore CMOS settings should they be lost. Self-contained. No other files are used. Free. 1-6-95. COLORS12.ZIP 40029 01-03-94 COLORS v1.2 for DOS. EGA/VGA Color Selection Program to set a default color screen. You are presented with a visual display of standard foreground & background colors, which you adjust & shade as you choose. Free. 10/5/93 COMPARE.ZIP 20592 01-01-92 [HOF] Compare two files, display any differen Marvelous utility. A must-have. COMPARE2.ZIP 4290 10-19-94 CMP.BTM 4dos v5.5 utility to compare 2 files Extremely fast for BIN & ASCII. Free. New:10-18-1994 Old:01-01-1980 Uploaded by: Bruce Johnson COMPFL10.ZIP 14881 02-07-95 COMPare FILEs v 1.0. Compares contents and size, time and CRC32. Optional errorlevel report. Free. 12/30/94. Uploaded by: George Davis COMT010.ZIP 35085 04-07-93 [HOF] COMT. ASCII encoder & bootstrap loader. Encodes a COM into a text file which remains executable! Must be seen to be understood, an you probably won't believe it until you see it. Free 06-18-1992. CONCPY15.ZIP 6752 07-09-93 [HOF] CONCOPY v1.50: simple pgm that copies t a disk file any data that is sent to DOS's CONsole device, which is normally the screen; similar in concept to redirecting pgm output to a disk file, except that it continues to work until you end it & you can still see the data being sent to the screen. Free. Christopher J. Dunford/Cove Software Group. COPYROW1.ZIP 10135 10-25-92 [HOF] Copy part of a text file to another. COREV101.ZIP 16562 01-01-92 [HOF] CoreView 1.01 Full-screen display/searc of PC memory, including BIOS. Nicely done. CORRT100.ZIP 6254 04-29-97 CORRTIME makes the PC clock run correctly by calculating how large the error is and making periodic corrections. Free. 02-05-97 COUNT93R.ZIP 10618 11-04-95 Boot Counter. Ever wonder how many times your computer was used while you were out? How much disk space was used? Now you can, so long as you boot from C because that's all this program looks at. But that's enough. Free. 10-22-95. CPDSK195.ZIP 23752 05-30-95 Disk duplication program. Easily duplicate diskettes with or w/o formatting. Free. (Public Domain) 5-1-95. CPORT.ZIP 6629 01-02-92 [HOF] Swap COM ports, TSR CRAZY5.ZIP 28428 07-04-94 Crazy v1.5. DOS screen saver with changing displays. Req 286+ & VGA. Free. 7/4/94. Uploaded by author Dustin Cook CRC120.ZIP 8369 01-16-96 CRC v1.20 - Cyclic Redundancy Checker Displays 16 and 32 bit CRC's of files or directory contents. Free. 2-92. Uploaded by: David Daniel Anderson CSTARS20.ZIP 14628 08-21-95 C_Stars v2.0. DOS screen saver with realistic starfield. New and improved with mouse detection. Free. 7/2/95. Uploaded by: Steven Deleno CTMOUS10.ZIP 6844 10-18-96 [HOF] Cute Mouse Driver v1.0. DOS mouse drive for Microsoft & Logitech (only) rodents. 7K TSR. Free. 07-16-96. CTRLALT.ZIP 50033 04-12-86 [HOF] TSR multi-purpose utility very popular with many users. CURSGONE.ZIP 7903 11-26-93 From Bob-O-Matic Software of Free Union, VA CURSOR-BE-GONE removes the cursor and a companion pgm brings it back. 11/26/93 Uploaded by author David Jaquith CURSOR15.ZIP 9282 06-03-94 [HOF] Very tiny TSR forces your cursor to a block at all times. NEW: caps lock support. With source. Free. 5-26-94. CWEEP231.ZIP 44101 02-02-98 SWEEP v2.31 - DOS util to sweep across file DIRs executing any command(s) on your choice of files. Free. 01-18-88 CWHERE.ZIP 100477 02-19-94 Colorado Utilities Where - A very fast File Find Program that collects the files found and displays them. Pre-release Version. Reqs color monitor and leaves log files when it's done. Should get better in time. Free. 02-14-1994. DATFIL12.ZIP 8445 09-17-94 DATEFILE generates incremental filenames that contain today's date. Wildcards not allowed. Recognizes errorlevels. Free. 6-14-94. DATS400.ZIP 56767 02-16-95 Date Check v4 System maintenance automation. Perform maintenance on a Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Yearly, or special schedule. Put in AUTOEXEC. Free. 1-15-95. DAY010.ZIP 33297 05-20-93 DAY runs commands that only take place on certain days of the week. DAY accepts a command line argument of a day name, and exits with an errorlevel 2 if the system date returns the corresponding day of the week. Free. 3 files - New:05/20/1993 Old:05/20/1993 DBLDIR.ZIP 3308 06-04-96 [HOF] Double Directory, v1.1. Compares contents of 2 directories side-by-side and allows scrolling each one up and down. Old, tiny program does the job better than newer, larger programs. Can include hidden and R/O files. Recalled from history by the Freeware Hall of Fame. Free. Uploaded by: Rey Barry DC106F.ZIP 13454 09-02-89 [HOF] v1.06f of Directory Control. The best file handler around for its size. Uploaded by: Lance Albert DCOM.ZIP 75900 06-30-93 DCOM is a sort of catch-all DOS utility. It color-codes directories and files, has a small editor, supports printing, does visual directory trees, allows file attribute changes, displays hidden files, moves files, has an alarm clock, and an automatic screen-blanker as well as many other little goodies. It's a TSR that takes up about 35K. 11 files - New:06/30/1993 Old:01/30/1989 Free? Can't tell. Uploaded by: Mike Williams DDARP13.ZIP 9192 04-14-93 DDARP v1.3: pgm that can display the installed device drivers in memory and/or rename a driver in memory; Free 04/14/93. DDIFF32.ZIP 48437 07-28-92 DDIFF v3.2: reports differences in files between time periods - create a benchmark today and check your files for changes tomorrow; many options include CRCs, multiple paths, automatic infobase creation for use w/Folio VIEWS or NFOLIO & more; 07/28/92; Doug McKay. DDP112.ZIP 120457 07-26-93 [HOF] Formatting and diskette duplicating program has better features than many others. Hundreds of formatting combinations possible. Duplicates any size diskette (except 2.88) in one pass. Copies often read/write faster than original diskettes. Complete user interface provided or run totally from command line. Free. 07-19-1993. DDUP13A.ZIP 20088 01-31-94 [HOF] Duplicate file finder. DDup looks for similar files and prompts for deletion or renaming of duplicated files. This is a terrific utility for the purpose. Easy to use r*ght out of the box. DDup /? tells how. Older pgm but none better. Deskview and WIN support. Free. DEL0_110.ZIP 8848 10-01-95 DEL0 v1.10 - DOS utility: Zero byte file deletion program. Free w/TP src. 9/29/95. Uploaded by author David Daniel Anderson DELAYS.ZIP 2238 11-30-93 3 ways to create delays. W/ASM Free. DELDIR27.ZIP 25622 01-01-94 DELDIR v2.7: removes several non-empty dirs (and their subdirs); interactive and batch modes; handles exclusion masks, hardware faults, and break requests. Free. 12/20/93. DEVIC104.ZIP 7953 05-31-91 DEVICE -- Load/unload a DOS TSR character device driver subsequent to system boot. Compatible with all known versions of DOS 3.10 and newer and with most 100% compatible DOS versions as DR-DOS and OS/2 and 4DOS. Not for "block" type device drivers like VDISK & CD-ROM drives or disk partitioners. Free DF302.ZIP 41187 12-23-92 Diskette to File Image Utility v3.02: will make an image of your 360K, 1.2MB and 1.44MB diskettes (from its boot area forward) and place it in a file on your hard disk; diskette track/sector testing, manual and automatic data compression. V3.02 is Free. Uploaded by: Valentin Grecu DF461.ZIP 220780 02-07-98 [HOF] Directory Freedom v4.61 - Industry standard DOS & WIN dosbox small/fast DIR manager. Move/copy files, create archives, change time/date/attributes, much more. Advanced user-defined commands and Smart Viewers; includes archive viewers. Maint release w/system info screen enhancements, PKZIP support in archive viewer, range of bug fixes, more. From Bit Masons. Shareware for years is now Free. 06-06-93 DFREE110.ZIP 27835 12-02-93 [HOF] Disk-FREE v1.10: shows drive, volume label, capacity, used, free and free percentages of all your hdrive partitions; Free. 10/22/93 DIFFBEEP.ZIP 1610 01-03-92 TSR that changes default "BEEP" of computer. DIRCMP13.ZIP 6279 10-16-92 [HOF] DIRectory CoMPare v1.3: Fast directory utility that compares two directories, listing files common to both, files in one but not the other, modified files, or all the above; 10/16/92; Eric Meyer. DIRCO703.ZIP 139368 05-25-97 [HOF] DIRCOMP v5.09. Updates files in one DIR based on files in another directory. Similar to DOS's REPLACE command but adds delete extra files in the destination directory, copy hidden and system files, and prepare a report showing inconsistencies. Good tool for network administrators to update workstation files. NEW: Bruce Guthrie never updates unless he makes worth-while improvements, as he did here. See the DOC file. Free. 4-01-97 DIRDEL12.ZIP 10994 07-15-89 [HOF] Delete subdirs and all files including H/S/R files. From Kaya DIRMAGC2.ZIP 27872 01-01-92 [HOF] Dirmagic, a splended file shell for all the DOS housekeeping chores. Can sort largest to smallest and xfer what fits, a boon when copying a hdrive directory to diskettes. DIRSIZ25.ZIP 16164 05-25-97 [HOF] Directory Size Information v1.1 by Keit Ledbetter. Find total size in files and bytes of any DIR. Free. 06-23-96 DIRSPACE.ZIP 32984 02-26-94 [HOF] See all of the directory structure on each disk - including network drives. List DIR name, # of files, and number of bytes per DIR. At the end of each drive, the total of used space is shown. Good tool when you're using someone else's computer, or trying out a used one to see what goodies come with it. Free. 6-8-92. DIRTO703.ZIP 147916 12-10-97 DIRTOTAL v7.03 Prepares report showing files in subdirectory or drive. Allows restricting search based on date, size, attributes, etc. Works on networked and CD-ROM drives. Produces more formalized report than some utilities do. Also allows you to look for duplicate file names. Free. 04-01-97 DISK-USE.ZIP 9096 03-02-88 [HOF] Program to quickly report what's on a disk partition. By DIR it shows the number of files, filebytes and diskbytes, plus totals. Alas, it cannot handle as many Directories as DOS allows, and locks up on large partitions. Free. 03-02-88 DISKCHK1.ZIP 8237 06-06-91 Very simple, yet elegant DOS free disk list utility. Free DISKFR21.ZIP 8152 06-08-95 DISKFREE hdrive manager displays volume-name, maximum free/used space, % of free diskspace of each drive. Summerizes the data of all listed drives. NEW: bug-fix. Free. 5-31-95. DISKPR10.ZIP 6211 02-19-93 Transfer files to diskettes with different formats. Write the author to find out the cost of this pgm, as there is no mention of cost in the packet. 2/18/93. DISKSTAT.ZIP 7638 06-06-95 DISKSTAT V1.0 WIN GUI display of used and free space on all non-removable drives. This is all hdrives, network drives & RAM disks. Req VBRUN.EXE and DISKSTAT.DLL. Free 10/21/91 DLT2.ZIP 7264 09-18-93 DLT 1.6 Enhanced file deletion utility. Free. 11-19-1992. DLTDIR10.ZIP 11606 01-02-93 [HOF] DLTDIR v1.0/2.0 Delete an entire DOS DIR tree structure & its contents; 01/02/93. DLXDR280.ZIP 66311 03-20-96 [HOF] DELUXE DIR v2.8 1st rate DIR improvemen Does what DIR does plus sorted file searches inside ARC ARJ LZH RAR ZIP ZOO. Also a file viewer and much more. Well supported pgm with 23 upgrades so far. NEW: 9 more improvements. Free. 03-03-96. DM13.ZIP 58503 10-15-95 DOS MODE for WIN 95 supports multiple configurations under WIN 95. Control whether you want to run DOS or WIN for the session, and you can run specific command lines. Registry files are not altered. NEW: fixed minor timer problem involving midnight. Free. 10-10-95. DM30.ZIP 82237 01-01-92 [HOF] Excellent directory manager, very different in feel from Dirmagic. DMAP12.ZIP 6102 01-15-95 DRIVEMAP v1.2 Display disk drive info. Identifies floppy, fixed, network, removable, Stacker and COMpanion drives, ASSIGN, JOIN and SUBST drive mappings. Works under DV. For use with COMpanion v1.2 but works also as a strandalone. Free. 8/7/94. Uploaded by: Curtis Ballard DMAV12.ZIP 27043 02-15-95 [HOF] DIRECTORY MAVEN v1.2. Change Directory. Combines the best features of Ledbetter's LCD and Norton's NCD programs. Quickly change to any directory on any drive from the DOS command line or view the directory trees of all your drives. DOS Utility finalist in PC Mag's 1994 Shareware Awards. Ver 1.2 fixes bug in 43/50 line mode. Free. New:07-28-1994 Old:07-28-1994 Uploaded by: Ron Marshall DNAMES12.ZIP 22800 12-14-95 DONAMES. Change file names of a series or a whole directory. Add to the front or end. Insert data. Even new sequentially numbered names. Files are sorted before processing. NEW: bug fixes. Free. 12-09-95. DO1ST-11.ZIP 12485 03-07-95 DO1ST v1.1 Run programs once-per-month from BAT files. Runs once on 1st day. Generates ERRORLEVEL 1 on other dates. Sample & instructions. Free. 1/27/95. DOS5ED.ZIP 24758 06-25-91 Changes the File Open listbox mask for DOS5's EDIT.EXE from *.TXT to the more convenient *.*. Pgm is a patch executed on QBASIC.EXE. Free. Upl: Simon Tracy DOS6COLR.ZIP 1763 10-19-93 Tired of white text on your color monitor at DOS? This patch for MS-DOS 6.0 will allow you set your own color. Free. 10-17-1993. DOS6FILE.ZIP 11764 04-07-93 Explains use of all files in DOS 6 and also suggests which files can be deleted. Good. Great, actually. And a few DOS tips also. Do you know how to cut down the boot time? Do you know what DEL . (with a dot) will do? Do you know what other DOS commands will work with the dot? 04-07-1993. DOS6MENU.ZIP 2184 04-03-93 Example of how to set up DOS 6 Autoexec and Config to run multi-config options. 4-3-93. DOS6STAC.ZIP 225119 09-26-93 Converts stacker drives to DOS 6.0 double space drives. From MS. Back up before running this, of course. 9/14/93 DOS6SUPP.ZIP 505528 09-08-93 The DOS6 supplementary pgms of 4/5/93 from the MS support BBS. Includes AccessDOS to assist persons with disabilities in using MS-DOS 6. Keyboard utilities, including Dvorak keyboard layouts. A program for creating a bootable compressed floppy disk. Utilities from MS-DOS 5.0 that were not included with MS-DOS 6. Updated network files for MS-DOS 6. Free to DOS 6 owners. DOSBR141.ZIP 25363 02-17-95 DosBar V1.41 Adds a toolbar to any DOS window for easy access to Mark, Copy, Paste & other functions available from the system menu. Free. New:11-07-1994 Old:11-07-1994 Uploaded by: Kevin Kelly DOSCHK.ZIP 83418 02-04-98 DOSCHK - excellent, well-behaved DOS/WIN pgm checks DOS, BIOS, CMOS for year 2000 compliance. Shows what will happen if the PC isn't. Good text explains it all. In my test, DOS 6.0 got the date right but the BIOS didn't. This is normal on a 486 and earlier, and you can expect the same. No problem; just set the date the first time you boot up in 2000. The BIOS only needs to see the new date once. Your software? That's another matter. Free, but extras are turned on if you register. Price untold. 11-01-97 DOSEMU0.ZIP 557794 07-01-94 DOSemu Dos Emulator For Linux. Req Linux 1.0.8 , 1.1.12 or Ipx Kernel. We don't generally stock LINUX files here but this will be an exception. Free. 6-23-94. DOSLOWER.ZIP 9229 04-06-95 Temporarily slow down a computer so older applications can run. Free. 7-8-94. DOSORWIN.ZIP 2757 03-31-95 DOSORWIN pauses so you can choose DOS or WIN. No keypress needed for the default choice. For use in autoexec.bat. Free w/source New:05-13-1993 Old:05-13-1993 Uploaded by: Curtis Ballard DOSUNDOC.ZIP 7163 02-04-94 Undocumated and obscure command switches for DOS 6. Things like FDISK /STATUS which gives an extended disk partition report. 12/129/93. DP151.ZIP 172230 07-30-96 Disk Passage v1.51 CD-ROM search and browse program. Menu-driven. Not new but still very useful. Free. New:07-27-1993 Old:07-28-1993 Uploaded by: Mike Paschall DPCLOCK1.ZIP 4959 08-20-93 [HOF] DOS Prompt Clock 1.0 a fine on-screen clock with good options from Chris Dunford. Displays only when you're at the DOS prompt. Won't interfere with other programs. Similar to DOSCLOCK but compatible with DOSKEY and PCED 2.1. Free. 06-23-1993. DR07A.ZIP 37044 08-25-94 DR 0.07a "DiRectory" - enhanced DIR util. Predefined & customizable filter parameters show only the files you want such as only zip files or exe files. The directory display is easier to read than DOS's "DIR" command. Now has option to display modem transfer times. Free. Magical Systems Software. 8-20-94. DRAGBATC.ZIP 114850 03-01-98 [HOF] DRAGBATCH v1.5 - Power pgm creates command lists or BAT files. Specify a command line, indicate file or path names, then use d&d or a dialog box to select the file/path to be affected. This produces a list of command lines, one per file name, which can be saved as a BAT, copied to the clipboard, or executed. NEW: ToolTips, better docs, can now execute command lines as parallel tasks in separate threads. In C++, requires no run-time libraries or DLLs. Free. 02-10-98. DRIVE103.ZIP 9632 01-25-94 Drive - allows you to turn on or off your drives. No docs, pgm shows instructions when you run it. +1 screens, so use the Pause key to stop it. The line you need is the top one that scrolls off first. Free. 10-28-1993. DRM301.ZIP 250346 11-18-96 DRMENU v3.01. DOS Menu System can run 204 16-color BAT files to launch programs. NEW: new install program. Has viewer, editor, passwords and screen saver. Only one ASCII file is required. Free. 10-09-95. DRNEWC.ZIP 19769 08-30-93 [HOF] DR & RN are classic file management utilities from PC Magazine, updated here to version 3.0. These small utilities provide an integrated set of file management facilities for sorting viewing, renaming, deleting, moving, or changing attributes of files. Free. 08-23-1993. DRVFR.ZIP 7716 09-15-92 [HOF] Hard drive available space checker with graphic display. DS62NC.ZIP 60775 11-25-93 Norton Utilities v7.0 patches to NCACHE to DS62PART.ZIP 67938 11-16-93 Smartdrv 5.0 plus himem & emm386 from dos 6.2. Free. 09-30-1993. DS62SD.ZIP 97641 11-16-93 Norton Utilities Speedrive update provides support for the Doublespace Automount feature of MS-DOS 6.2; 11/08/93; Symantec. DS9520.ZIP 324197 03-01-98 [HOF] Directory Snoop v2.0 - WIN raw DIR display can show erased file names. Purges names left behind after deleting files. View and "unerase" raw file clusters. Verify that file wiping actually wiped. For uncompressed Win95 (not NT) systems using FAT12, FAT16, and FAT32. Free. 02-05-98 DSCRNSAV.ZIP 1298 01-14-90 TSR screen saver for VGA, EGA, CGS, MDA, HGA. Requires only 800 bytes mem. Free 01/14/1990 01/14/90 Uploaded by: Adam Perry DSKTEST.ZIP 4237 03-07-94 DTEST is a small utility to test the status of a floppy drive. It returns errorlevels to reflect no disk, unformatted disk, disk with no files or vol label, disk with files or vol label. Free. 5-25-1993. DT200.ZIP 14091 05-06-95 DT v2.00 - DOS util: file date/time stamper. NEW: intl date support; increased flexibility for date/time entries. Free w/Pascal source. 05-05-95. DTA22.ZIP 15050 11-29-94 [HOF] DTA v2.2 - File & DIR general handyman. Replaces DOS commands DIR, TREE, and ATTRIB plus a WHEREIS file finder and a file viewer. Alphabetized color dir, optional display modes, select items to display by attributes, time, date, or file size, and more. Nicely done. Free. 10-20-94. DTCKP161.ZIP 60521 01-09-97 DATE CHECK PRO v1.61 does routine maintenance on a PC. Run in AUTOEXEC, it will check the date at boot-up and run specific BAT files you have prepared for routine maintenance. Many configurable options. NEW: enough improvements for the author to add 'Pro' to the name. Still free. 01-03-97. DU14B.ZIP 222181 11-02-97 [HOF] DOBSON Utilities v1.4b. 20+ DOS utilities that appear to be optimized for a DOS box. Change the drive & DIR & the prompt color, display date & time, format diskettes, re-boot, read files including inside zips, etc. Full docs in READ.ME. Free. 10/29/97 DUMPS110.ZIP 8091 04-19-95 DumpScreen v1.10 - DOS utility: Quickly dump the entire screen to text file. Free, with Pascal source. New:04-15-1995 Old:04-15-1995 Uploaded by author David Daniel Anderson DUW121.ZIP 275214 08-28-96 [HOF] DUW - Disk Usage v1.21 for WIN NT/95 Shows where hard disk space is used. Free. 08-25-96. DWAST103.ZIP 14234 04-04-97 DiskWaste v1.03 - Display disk space wasted by small files. Basic & informative. Free. 04-01-97 DWELL.ZIP 5487 01-20-93 DWELL is a simple delay program, useful for placing delays in batch files and similar procedures. It accepts a number of seconds on the command line, and outputs nothing unless that number is missing or bogus. Free. Uploaded by: Scott Johnson DX131.ZIP 13635 11-26-92 Utilities to extend DOS DIR and TYPE. Fixes a minor bug and adds speed. Free. EASYBOOT.ZIP 34511 08-31-92 [HOF] EasyBoot v1.2 - Multiple Boot configure Allows choice of 10 Autoexecs and Configs. Disk cache aware (5-sec delay before writing to disk--very wise...this may be unique to EasyBoot. Can also be used as a warm or cold Reboot program if you don't have enough fingers for Ctl-Alt-Del. EB_FREE.ZIP 4689 09-15-96 [HOF] FREE v1.1 - Tiny utility reports free drive space. Free w/TP source. 09-09-96. ECHOB410.ZIP 10290 08-30-95 EchoBlok 4.10 Helps debug DOS 6 CONFIG.SYS. Make a selection from the menu, it displays just the lines that would be executed, in the order they would be executed. Output can be printed or laid out for use as a menuless, single block CONFIG.SYS. Free. 08-19-95. EDITPTH3.ZIP 12485 01-01-92 [HOF] Edit your DOS PATH without rebooting. From John McNamara EGREP2.ZIP 29656 12-16-90 [HOF] EGREP is a UNIX acronym for "Extended Globally look for Regular Expressions and Print". This is a DOS vers. Sophisticated text pattern-matching utility that finds all lines in one or more text files that contain character strings matching as specified. EJ_TSR.ZIP 4768 04-03-95 Marks memory so TSRs in low memory can be removed. Multiple marks can be used, LIFO. Like "Mark & Release" and others. Public Domain. 11-27-94. ELIM24.ZIP 9594 01-01-92 [HOF] Delete most filenames DOS can't such as filenames with spaces in them. Little gem. ENV101A.ZIP 26023 02-26-98 Enviro Info 1.01a - DOS utility to check Environment space in use and space left. Can be used to debug problem batch files when running out of environment space. Reports one more byte in use and one less free than 1989 Enviro pgm by another author. Free. 01-30-98 ENV_30.ZIP 31190 05-01-93 Environ v3.0: utility that can be used to delete selected variables from the DOS master environment, storing those selected to a file before it does so, & can also be used to restore these saved variables, or a selected subset, to the master environment; Don't remove Comspec. Send a check if you're standing on a hillside or otherwise inclined. 5-1-93. ER.ZIP 28400 04-26-95 ER Erase files with nifty screen display. A nice improvement on DOS delete command. Free. New:10-22-1993 Old:10-22-1993 Uploaded by: Steven Deleno ERROR_.ZIP 6153 06-09-92 [HOF] The DOS error codes by number. Enter Error nnn and read what nnn means. 6/9/92. ERSEBK11.ZIP 10194 04-04-90 [HOF] ERASEBAK erases files by any .EXT you choose. Works on up to 20 dirs on specified drives; can do ROfiles. Options. EZ4MAT30.ZIP 5384 11-28-93 [HOF] EZ4MAT v3.0: floppy formatter for 360K, 720K, 1.2M & 1.44M floppies with boot-thru (HD can boot w/floppy in drive). Free. William Cravener/Swift-Ware. 11-09-1993. F11F12.ZIP 3135 01-01-92 [HOF] Program the extended keyboard F11 & F12 keys. Works with every tested program but QModem. F11F12 is the only program around to do just this job. Author: Chip Rabinowitz FASTWN.ZIP 5287 11-30-93 Fast direct video writing, DOS & WIN. Free. FDATE110.ZIP 48695 06-06-96 FDateFTime v1.10 Two useful DOS utilities for changing the date and time stamps of files. NEW: supports command line datetime input. Not to be confused with another Free FDate. 05-17-96. FDATE93A.ZIP 80906 04-28-96 FDATE v9.3a batch file date manipulation. Everything you'd want to do with a date. English, French, Spanish, German. NEW: adds a century mode - mmddccyy. Free. 04-19-96. FFF345.ZIP 44700 07-09-90 [HOF] FFF - Fast File Find v3.4.5. Multiple disks. Also can find files inside 5 archive formats: ARC PKA LZH PAK ZIP ZOO. Wild cards supported. Can search for multiple names in a single pass. Free w/C source. 7/9/90. FFIT15.ZIP 35305 06-14-92 [HOF] Copies files to diskettes optimally. Useful options, high capacity. Free. Uploaded by: Anna Bainbridge FILEQ223.ZIP 110732 12-06-96 Filequery v2.23 Enhanced DIR, Attrib, text & file search & scroll. Grep, real size of files, show size & change attributes of entire trees, etc. Versions included for DOS, OS/2, WIN32, so unpack using the -D option. It will put them into separate subdirs and you can easily delete the two not needed. Donateware/Cardware. 11-29-96. FILEX16.ZIP 50804 06-13-96 [HOF] Filex 1.6 - File identification tool looks at the filename and tells what kind the file is and what program can use it. Never heard of a 669 file or what's using it? Wonder if that FLI file is safe to delete? It's all here. Database knows 1800+ filename extensions. Free. 06-08-96. FILUP711.ZIP 77722 12-19-97 [HOF] FILUPDAT v7.11 Compares one filelist against another and copies any that were updated. Similar to the DOS REPLACE command but works from a stored list of files and handles any number of directories. Free. 11-30-97 FIXCLOCK.ZIP 34632 05-11-95 FIXCLOCK Adjust the PC clock to speed-up or slow clocks that are not running accurately (which is every PC clock.). Makes automatic adjustments based on the error constant. For any clock DOS can set. Free. 4-23-95. FIXPRMPT.ZIP 24777 09-23-95 FIX PROMPT. Fix any DOS prompt error. Works even when you can't read a thing. Fixes: Stack Overflows, VGA dropouts, Discoloration, Size Mismatch, etc. Req. ANSI.SYS & -doesn't- recognize ANSI substitutes. Not evaluated. Free. 9-8-95. FKEYS30.ZIP 18119 01-01-92 [HOF] Program DOS keyboard F-keys. FLOC124A.ZIP 67622 03-01-98 [HOF] LOCATE v1.24a - Finding files is a dreaded chore in WIN95, making this pgm or one like it a MUST HAVE. WIZ is the best filefinder but this pgm is also fast. No on-line help, though, and it needs it. Can find DIRS, files, executables only, 0-byte files. Mask by date, time, attribute. Search hidden sub-dirs. Extended wildcards. Options to change DIR, DEL files, display long filenames. Macro output gives flexibility. Can be used in BAT files or from the DOS box command-line. Free w/A86 source and docs. 02-11-98 FLUSH.ZIP 3703 01-01-92 [HOF] FLMK & FLUSH. Run FLMK before loading a TSR, FLUSH removes it when you're through. Not perfect but safe and reliable. Free. FMAT70.ZIP 25682 12-30-94 [HOF] FMAT v7.0 Does-it-all diskette formatte Fast, lots of options. Allows maxi-formats and illegall formats such as formatting a 1.2MB diskette to 720KB, and lots more. NEW: many new features and now backward compatible to XTs. Free. 11-20-94. FMAV35.ZIP 165378 12-03-97 [HOF] FILE MAVEN v3.5 DOS file manager & transfer utility. Has dual DIR, pull down menus, 50 line support. LapLink style file transfers via serial or parallel cable. ZIP/LHA/ARJ compressed file support. Nice file reader and ASCII/hex editor. File search, split & join, date stamping. Blowfish encryption & secure file wipe. Context sensitive help. Directory Maven compatible quick DIR change. Free. 10-26-97 FMOVER10.ZIP 12318 04-15-95 FileMover v1. for DOS. Unlike other DOS file movers in older versions of DOS. It works like MOVE.EXE in DOS 6.0. Instead of moving & deleting, it changes the FATs to make moving near-instant. Free. 1-08-95. FNDLST.ZIP 18286 11-22-94 File finder and list maker. Free. New:11-07-1994 Old:11-07-1994 Uploaded by: Curtis Ballard FORAG10A.ZIP 37508 11-11-92 [HOF] ForAge v1.00A. Feeds the filename of th the newest or oldest file in a group of files to another command. Useful for automated back-ups or in an application where data files are processed in time and date order. Free. 11-11-1992. FORK33.ZIP 4614 04-13-94 [HOF] - Fork 3.3 - DOS utility redirects standard output to multiple devices. Free. 04-01-94. FORTN711.ZIP 89010 12-19-97 [HOF] FORTUNE v7.11 Tuner-upper for DOS's FOR command. Typical use is a BAT file to do wildcard things DOS can't do, such as to remove parts of file names. All sorts of things like distinguishing file name roots from their extensions, incrementing file names by specified values, etc. Free. 11-30-97 FPZAP.ZIP 24827 12-28-94 P-ZAP/P-STAT Pentium bug fixes. One turns off the pentium floating point switch so math will be performed in software. Slower but it gets the right answer. A DOS program. P-STAT is a Visual Basic utility reporting if the math co-processor is on or off. Free. New 12-23-1994 Uploaded by: Dan Koch FQUIT12.ZIP 12283 04-10-97 [HOF] FQUIT v1.2 TSR forces DOS pgms to quit at the press of F12. Useful for quitting applications in infinite loops without rebooting or simply exiting quickly. 320 bytes resident, removable, or in HMA. Correctly remaps changed interrupt vectors when forcing quit. NEW: Installs in HMA. Includes SCANKEY to find scan codes for keys and FILLHMA to fill the HMA. Extensively tested, few known bugs. Free. Uploaded by author Evin Robertson FREBEE14.ZIP 8361 01-26-94 FREE-BEE v1.4 - Free Disk Space Checker. Checks free disk space available on floppy, network, and hard drives. Much faster than DOS Chkdsk. Free. 01-15-1994. FREE.ZIP 11299 01-01-92 [HOF] Instantly find the amount of free space on any DIR. Default is current DIR. FREEBIE2.ZIP 506408 06-09-94 Utility Collection Release 2.1 from Computer Shopper. Free. 6/7/94. Contains: DIGCLK A digital clock (DOS) DIRSTAT Comprehensive dir stats (DOS) DISKLEFT Space left on all drives (DOS) ENVELOPE Envelope printer and data base (WIN) FASTEX Exit Windows quickly (yes!) G Quick dir changing utility (DOS) NEWCAP Modify Pgm Manager caption (WIN) POPCAL Pop up calendar on a desktop (WIN) REALCTRL RealCtrl, change Win settings (WIN) TIMETOO Clock and alarm utility (WIN) UNZIP5 File decompression utility (DOS) WINGROUP Drop-down menus for Pgm Mgr (WIN) WINLIST Add descriptions to file name (WIN) FREEMN10.ZIP 144886 12-10-94 FREEMENU v1.0. Simple DOS 6+ menu can access the DOS extras like DEFRAG, BACKUP, EDITOR, etc. For beginners who need it simple. BAT file driven, can be customized. Req. ANSI.SYS and VGA. Demands C:\FM DIR to work properly. Free. 12/10/94. Uploaded by: George Davis FREEV17A.ZIP 31004 11-12-94 Free v1.7a Free space mapping utility. Displays information on single drives, or ranges or lists. Quick. Easy to use. Displays both bytes and true megabytes of space available, space used, and total drive space. Simple interface. Optionally displays allocation unit information and allows all drive information to be listed singly or as sum total. Optionally display manufacturer's megabytes. User definable precision. Properly accesses SUBST'D drives. Update of pause switch: default now pauses. Free. 11/01/1994 FSP131.ZIP 17037 05-14-96 FSP (Free SPace) v1.31 - DOS Multiple Hard Disk Space Utilization Utility. For each logical disk displays name, total space, space allocated, space available. NEW: improved identification of removable drives. Free w/src. New:05-12-1996 Uploaded by author David Daniel Anderson FSTMP105.ZIP 15648 02-09-96 [HOF] FSTAMP v1.05 DOS utility to date/time stamp files. Robust parser forgives typing mistakes. Network and Country aware. Free. 01-19-96. FTD10.ZIP 14876 08-01-94 ShockWave Timestamp/Datestamp changer for DOS. View/change the timestamp/datestamp. Free. 7-4-94. FUMBS101.ZIP 7569 06-21-93 FIXUMBS v1.01 UMB management aid for DOS 5 (or above). Do you use shadow ram for UMBs? Do you use QEMM or a similar memory manager? Do you seem to have lost about 384K? If you answered yes to any of the above questions, you probably need FIXUMBS. Maintenance release. PD and Free, but donation mentioned. 06-21-1993. FU_RD19F.ZIP 40388 04-09-97 XMS/EMS RAM disk installable and resizable from command line. You can choose the drive letter. 2 Gbytes supported. Compatible with DOS 3 to 7 (Win95), DosEmu (Linux), OpenDOS 7, PCDOS 7. DBLSPACE/DRVSPACE, GUEST & GUEST95. NEW: some WIN 95 info in the docs. Free. 03-20-97 GET_V7.ZIP 12597 04-12-95 A better way to get user I/O from a BAT file. Public domain. Bremer Corp. 01-06-95. GMUTILS3.ZIP 115015 03-13-95 Misc. utilities to add/del dirs to/from Path, copy large dirs to diskettes, change size of cursor, errorlevel for age of file, provide system info & services, password protection, a simple file viewer, screen save, strip CRs from text, wait UNTIL time or FOR time. Free. 3-7-95. GNURM11.ZIP 41070 03-28-92 [HOF] RM - Remove files and/or sub-dirs. Can remove ALL matching files, even hidden & system files (careful); can remove only zero byte files; force removal even if hidden or read-only w/o asking, or ask user to confirm; recursively remove entire subtrees; remove matching files from subtrees; display the nam of each object when removed; read pathnames and switches, etc. After it does all this it will feed the hungry, reverse the Earth's directional spin, count more than 0% of infinity, and invent a magnet for wood. Free. GODIRV10.ZIP 8666 06-13-95 Goto Directory v1.0 Substitute for DOS's CD. Supports changing directories across drives and has "cdpath" feature. Free. 6-9-95. GX.ZIP 43787 11-22-94 G is a quick alternative to DOS's CD command. Abbreviate names for most frequently needed directories then jump there with a few keys. Free. (LCD and ACD do this easier.) 11/22/94. Uploaded by: Curtis Ballard G_21.ZIP 16128 05-31-95 GoTo DIR v2.1 DIR changer similiar to DOS's CHDIR command with more features including sorted directories, color coding, TSR status, memory status, etc. Free 4-14-94. HD_SD.ZIP 7631 12-15-92 Hide directory/Show directory. Free. Docs say both pgms hide DIRS. SD un-hides. Uploaded by: Lance Albert HFM404NL.ZIP 504066 07-12-96 [HOF] HFM v4.04 Excellent DOS file manager, like Directory Magic or Windows File Manager. Extensive archive functions, the most complete we've ever seen. Well-maintained and updated. Free w/source, from Germany. New:06-12-1996 Old:10-01-1992 Uploaded by: Douglas Atkinson HIDEDIR3.ZIP 22418 01-01-92 [HOF] Hide/un-hide/find files & DIRS. HOG.ZIP 47332 03-12-94 Creates pie chart of disk usage by directory. New:03-08-1989 Old:03-08-1989 Uploaded by: Jane Marta HOLDWC.ZIP 5992 11-30-93 [HOF] Load Config.sys line by line. Free. HORST30.ZIP 64980 10-30-97 Horst Schaeffer's BATCH/DOS utilities, v3.0 Includes NSET, LISTMOD, CSCRIPT, DREADY, PACO, LOGECHO, WAIT4, KPUSH & 22 more. Free. 10/12/97. HTMIDX20.ZIP 31966 02-26-98 HTMLIndex v2.0 for Windows creates an index of HTML files in a directory. This edition doesn't handle long filenames. Author sez that's coming. Free. 01-13-98 IDCHEC.ZIP 17227 02-18-95 IDENTIFIER v3.0 Examines files and attempts to identify them by type and character. TT font names, full descriptions of MOD and STM files, full descriptions of 90% of all Windows files. Good partner for 4DOS. Cardware (send a postcard thanking author.) New:11-15-1994 Old:09-05-1994 Uploaded by: Curtis Ballard IGTIME10.ZIP 47726 09-02-92 [HOF] IguanaSoft's Father Time. Control the fabric of Time with this handy program from the twisted minds of IguanaSoft who writes HappyWindows(?) BeerWare. (See docs) This program changes the DOS time to whatever your li'l heart desires. IHPFS124.ZIP 56379 06-19-97 [HOF] RESERVE DRIVE LETTERS. Has 3 pgms. DUMBDRV is a device driver which occupies drive letters to reserve them. KILLDRV removes a logical DOS drive such as the latter created. IHPFS allows OS/2 to use R/O HPFS partitions when booting DOS. Free. 06-01-97 IMD111.ZIP 24754 12-19-96 IMD v1.11 DOS Image Directory displays a DIR file listing with image information, archive identification and 4DOS/NDOS descriptions. Free. 12-18-1996 Uploaded by author David Daniel Anderson IMPOST.ZIP 139352 01-29-95 Imposter-WIN command line interface to launch DOS and WIN programs. Uses its own emulation of commmand.com for unique flexibility. Free. New:10-08-1992 Old:10-08-1992 Uploaded by: Curtis Ballard INCVAR10.ZIP 8765 01-16-94 INCVAR Version 1.00 - Used to increment an environment variable. The number of characters in the variable is invariant - you start with one and there is not increase to two. Huh?? Up to 150 characters allowed. A series over time may be: 5,6,7,8,9,0,1 for a single number, ax,ay,az,ba, etc for a length of 2 characters, or 69y, 69z, 70a for 3 characters, etc. Free. From Oz. 11-27-1993. INIMOU1.ZIP 5444 01-11-96 INIMOUSE initializes a serial rodent. Some fastidious OS/2 systems refuse to touch a rat driver unless you power off. Who can blame them? INIMOUSE gets the driver loaded on a warm boot. Also contains a DOS version in case DOS screams "Eek! A mouse!" and climbs on a chair. Free. 12-28-95. ISEL12F.ZIP 5530 11-24-92 [HOF] Isel v1.2F Set errorlevel based on avai EMS, graphics adapter type, is Win running, DOS version, day of week, free disk space, do subdir exist & more. JACKIE11.ZIP 49090 10-19-96 Jackie v1.0 Automates tasks normally done manually. Loads TSR, then unloads on completion. Small, fast, transparent. Bi-lingual French/English. Free while awaiting the next, more developed version. 10-06-96. JOYKY130.ZIP 36069 09-28-96 Allows use of joystick with virtually any DOS program. Version 1.30. TSR, completely configurable from command line. Can also calibrate joysticks. Free. 6/18/96. Uploaded by author Bret Johnson JP4REF.ZIP 239398 12-10-93 Complete reference manual for 4DOS 5.0, 4OS2 2.0, and 4DOS/NT 2.0, JP Software's command processor replacements for DOS, OS/2, and Windows NT. For 4DOS files see 4DOS5A.ZIP and 4DOS5B.ZIP. 4OS2 2.0 and 4DOS/NT 2.0 files are not yet available. Most of this text is also in the help for each product. 11-30-93 release B. JP4REF55.ZIP 251429 10-19-94 ASCII reference manual for 4DOS 5.5, 4OS2 2.5, and 4DOS/NT 2.5, JP Software's command processor replacements for DOS, OS/2, and Windows NT. Also has the Addendum. 10-12-94. JPPRMPT2.ZIP 5306 03-02-93 Version 2 of j.p.'s prompt. Shows how to colorize DOS prompt to user's taste. Includes demo and two .bats that allow you to browse color combinations. 11 new arguments added. Uploaded by author 3/03/93 Free. 5 files - New:03/02/1993 Old:03/02/1993 Uploaded by: J.P. Ladner JW.ZIP 36273 04-03-95 3 DOS utilities including a file MOVE. Free. New:05-05-1992 Old:11-21-1991 Uploaded by: Steven Deleno KBSET100.ZIP 23724 09-19-93 KBSet 1.00 - Change NumLock for DOS & OS/2 Small FREE utilities to allow you to set the keyboard toggles (NumLock, CapsLock, and ScrollLock) to a desired state for DOS and OS/2 2.x. Written by Jibben Software. 9/17/93 KDR234.ZIP 11827 06-08-95 Killdir 2.34 deletes all files and DIRs in and beyond the specified DIR including R/O files. An excellent utility for wiping an application like an old word processor that created sub-dirs. Also a good one when you're ready to wipe Windows and move up to DOS. Free. 2/13/93. KEYBDV10.ZIP 5662 03-11-95 Keybdv v.1.0 Capslock/Numlock/Scroll control. This one's NOT a TSR. Works from the command line & BAT files. Can also flush kb buffer. Free. 7/1/94 KEY_V.ZIP 5734 11-16-93 Small utility useful for determining the keyboard ERRORLEVEL codes. It's fast, simple, and easy. Very useful for programmers, etc. Zero docs. Free. 06-07-1993. KILBAK6.ZIP 23388 01-01-94 KillBak V6.0 Search and destroy every .BAK file on your hard drive or give an optional name to hunt down. Extremely fast. Now with a drive OMIT option, to avoid CDROMs and slow network drives. Now with "prompt" mode, Handles all wildcard combinations. Free from MAC's Place BBS. 12-26-1993. KILLDIR.ZIP 13502 01-01-92 [HOF] Deletes a directory and all its content in one step. Recursive, fast. Use with care. Free. LBREBOOT.ZIP 11350 08-21-94 REBOOTER Maintain multiple autoexecs and config.sis. Speeds up routine changes. Free. 8-9-94. LDAY100.ZIP 6305 12-26-95 LastDay v1.00 - DOS utility: is today last weekday of month? W/Pascal source. Free. New:12-22-1995 Old:12-22-1995 Uploaded by author David Daniel Anderson LEF11.ZIP 21283 03-06-96 Display list of all executable files in DIR meaning COM, EXE, and BAT files. Free. 10/91. Uploaded by: Mark Unhjem LFNUTILS.ZIP 51698 09-22-96 Long Name Utilities - 3 DOS utils to display and change long WIN95 filenames. Useful in a place where not all PCs are running WIN 95, or for restoring WIN files using non-WIN backup software. DonationWare. Send him what you feel is appropriate based on how you use it. 09-17-96. LILDIR1.ZIP 15827 12-30-94 [HOF] Little Directory v1.12 DIR display. 1 to 5 columns, walk the subdirectory tree, etc. Can set defaults with an environment variable. Optional tree display with size of each directory. Free. 12-27-94. LINKLN10.ZIP 24629 01-08-95 Links/LN enables "links" to EXE and COM files. Smaller PATH environment variable. Include a links directory in PATH and create links to each executable file whose directory was formerly included in the PATH. Faster execution of programs. Less disk head movement, less wear and tear on your hard disk. Sort of a batch file alternative offering more control. Postcardware for individuals. 11-20-94. LISTDRV.ZIP 11248 01-31-98 LISTDRV - Lists all drives on the PC. Calls function 0x54 "list of lists" from DOS Int 0x21. Free EXE comes w/C source. 12-04-97 LO001.ZIP 23830 08-03-97 LIST ORPHANS - DOS & OS/2 util looks at the .tic files in a DIR and write a report listing file titles, fileecho, and file description. Free. 07/27/97 LOCA115A.ZIP 44485 05-10-96 [HOF] LOCATE & FLOC file finders. LOCATE is full-featured program with environment and commandline options. FLOC is a bare-bones finder. Free w/source. 04-07-96. LOCKOFF2.ZIP 23953 03-07-95 LockOffv2.0 Turn off/on Caps, Num, & Scroll Lock keys. Command line or BAT file. Good to use in Autoexec.bat. Free. 2/19/93. . LOG_V7.ZIP 6866 04-12-95 A quick way to log events from batch files. Public domain. Bremer Corp. 01-06-95. MACKILL2.ZIP 20874 12-15-90 [HOF] MacKill v2.0 Search & destroy. Searches entire default drive for filenames (wildcards OK) and prompts the user with Delete [y/N/q]? Extremely fast and useful. Safe. Free. New:06/21/1992 Old:07/31/1990 Uploaded by author John McNamara MACWHERE.ZIP 15243 03-01-92 [HOF] MacWhere v1.0 extremely fast Whereis program, Search all drives/DIRs. Wildcards, pause mode, very fast. Don't just search current drive, search them ALL in the same amount of time. Free. 03/01/1992. Uploaded by author John McNamara MAXKEY.ZIP 2767 01-23-93 Extends Keyboard buffer to 512. Doc file added. From EZ Software Inc. Free, $20 for source code. Uploaded by: Bruce Johnson MDATE100.ZIP 7823 02-26-95 MatchDate v1.00 - DOS Utility: Matches one file's date & time to another. Free. w/src. New:02-24-1995 Old:02-24-1995 Uploaded by author David Daniel Anderson MDR23E.ZIP 39887 07-16-93 [HOF] Fastminder Programmable Interface v2.3E interface designed to offer computer literate users more speed, flexibility and power than are usually offered by either graphical user interfaces (UGHs) or commercial menuing pgms; excels in providing you access to a large # (90) of work dirs & an equally impressive # (360) of preprogrammed command strings; Douglas Mohn. Public Domain 07-07-1993. MEDLEY.ZIP 32560 07-30-92 [HOF] Medley Button's very small, easy to us and DOS menu program. Screen blanking, tiny 6 perfect for laptops, user defined hotkeys, includes menu designer program and manual. Free. 7/30/92 MEMSPD.ZIP 14300 04-01-93 MEMSPD. Test relative speed of memory, compare different areas of memory and mem speeds of different computers. Learn how memory and the CPU cache work. One of two such programs with this name. Free. 4-01-1993. MENU14.ZIP 121178 01-31-96 [HOF] BASICMENU v1.04 - DOS Menu system can handle 400 programs divided among twenty sub-menus. Easy interface, attractive design, very small size for speed. Uses standard DOS terms for program entry. Online help and easy install program. Screen saver. NEW: a lot. Enough finishing features to make this the final update, author sez. If updating from an older version, don't run the Install pgm as it over-writes any existing cfg. Free. 01-08-96. MORNSTAR.ZIP 82405 03-05-95 MORNING STAR screen saver for DOS has 2 screen saver modules. Includes the author's VGAMOIRE. All now Free. 4/23/94. MOUSK305.ZIP 43270 12-04-96 MOUSEKEYS v3.05 allows use of mouse with any program. 6k TSR configurable from command line. Several operation modes, clipboard, speeds up mouse for other programs. Free. 11/21/96. Uploaded by author Bret Johnson MOUSKY11.ZIP 16082 12-01-93 MouseKey V1.10 WIN 3.1. Program mouse buttons With MouseKey you can assign key combinations or commands to mouse buttons. Now you can use your right or middle mouse button in apps that don't support them. All buttons can be combined with a CTL-SHIFT and you can setup 11 commands. Free. 11-10-1993. MOVE.ZIP 3551 01-01-92 [HOF] Nice file mover, command line options. MOVEMA.ZIP 10408 10-08-94 MoveMake moves files out of a download directory into separate test subdirectories. Example: type movemake \test *.zip. This creates a subdir for each filename.zip. Free. 9/26/94. Uploaded by: Barbara Gamble MSAPNOTS.ZIP 9004 09-08-93 DOS6 Application notes from the MS BBS. Includes PD0744: General installation Q&A, and PD0747: Configuration Q&A. 3/5/93 MSOFT17F.ZIP 27062 06-18-95 Format 1.7-meg floppies on 3.5" diskettes. These are the new high density DMF disks being used by Microsoft's new copy protection scheme. Also contains FDFORMAT, a known and respected free (and fine) diskette format program. NEW: unknown. Free. 05-05-1995 Uploaded by: Eric O'Dell MSW6SCR.ZIP 97617 03-05-95 Six Microsoft Windows screen saver modules: 3D Dots - 3D Figures - Bouncing Lines - I.F.S. Fractals - Lissajous Figures - Spirograph. Free. 12/8/94. MT220.ZIP 39650 04-19-97 MT v2.2. MOVETO, DOS change DIR replacement. Features slash/backslash; partial dir names (NO pop-up window); previous dirs; multiple dots (greater "lineage".) NEW: corrects two small bugs; allows for more than two previous dirs; selects partial paths by number. Free w/source. 04-05-97 MUF_16.ZIP 21119 10-27-93 Microsoft undocumented features. 10/93. MYFAV.ZIP 23203 10-03-94 4DOS favourite aliases, from a 4DOS support forum. Freeware Hall of Fame added some of its favorites to the archive. 10-03-94. NAMD200.ZIP 28546 02-07-98 [HOF] NAME2DATE - Renames files based on the current date or time. Especially useful for archiving log or message files. From Bit Masons. Free. 02-04-92 NAMEIT3.ZIP 4518 07-24-94 Beta. Change the name of any file or DIR. Supports extended characters. Command line driven. NEW: smaller & faster. Free. 7/24/94 Uploaded by author Dustin Cook NDIR.ZIP 13037 03-13-93 Neat directory display for DOS. Gives space statistics, color-codes files by extension. Bouvier's pgm. Free 3/13/1993 Uploaded by: Anna Bainbridge NDIR177.ZIP 57170 02-26-92 [HOF] Flexible, colorful DIR utility. Miller' program. 2/12/92 NDIR211.ZIP 94295 02-09-95 New Directory 2.11 for DOS and OS/2. Display directories 1 to 6 columns, with colors. Smith's program. Free. 1/30/95. Uploaded by: Rey Barry NDRIVES.ZIP 6357 01-01-92 [HOF] Quick, tidy report on all drives in the system. Works with Networks. NETGO1.ZIP 36214 12-21-92 [HOF] Netgo - Run a program at a specific tim Easy to setup and install. Free Xmas gift to users from author. NEW0291.ZIP 19445 01-02-92 [HOF] DIR of new files created since any date Displays size for all types of files- hidden, sys, etc. Free w/ASM. NIFTIE11.ZIP 58546 08-20-93 Nifties v1.1: package contains four useful utilities including 1 that allows you to set the foreground/background/border colors, a flexible file finder/deleter, and 1 that will cycle through all the files in a certain dir, allowing you to selectively delete them, update their stamps & modify the attributes. Free. 07-19-1993. NM2DT11.ZIP 12957 08-02-92 Name-To-Date. Utility to rename files with their date as the major part of the filename. DEMO.REP dated 01/16/93 becomes DE011693.REP. 2nd & Subsequent files in that dir that begin DE*.REP with *same date* are left unchanged. This gives it value for those who store REP files. NEWDATE.EXE is a better choice as it will handle mult similar file names with same date by incrementing the ext. Free. Public Domain. Bill Ziegler. NNANS593.ZIP 67379 02-02-98 [HOF] NNANSI v1.93; Super ANSI display driver by Tom Almy/based on Daniel Kegel's NANSI.SYS with complete ASM code. Free. 06/07/93. NOBAK20.ZIP 29063 12-11-95 NoBak v2.0. Delete BAK or any specified files from a partition. Alas, only a partition - not disk-wide. Free. 06-01-95. NOINFO.ZIP 6245 11-30-93 Blank VGA screen during boot-up. Free. NOWTHN12.ZIP 19675 07-08-95 Now & Then v1.2 Run commands one time during a specified period. Free. 6-16-95. NOZEE.ZIP 1546 01-18-91 [HOF] Strip CTL-Z from the end of text files. This is a mere 300 byte program. Free. Uploaded by: Rey Barry NP3.ZIP 4435 08-19-93 Nosy Prompter v3: shows when you have shelled to DOS from a pgm; modifies the DOS prompt to show you that you have shelled to DOS from inside a pgm; works with Windows 3.x to show you that you are inside a DOS window. Free. 08-02-1993. NRC_TIME.ZIP 10708 09-07-93 Set Your Pc'S internal clock with Canada's National Research Council'S cesium clock In Ottawa. Timeset (also here) calls the naval observatory in Wash. D.C. which is kinder to your phone bill and close enough for government work. But this pgm is free. NTPPA3.ZIP 33118 10-13-96 WIN/NT parallel port drivers so you can use external devices - ZIP or JAZ drive, Tape backups, etc. - in WIN NT. Supports NT 3.5/4.0. Free. 04-10-96. NUKE21.ZIP 16553 02-26-92 Deletes entire subdirectory trees and contents. This is a bound executable (works for both OS/2 and DOS). Source included. Uploaded by: Bill Pemberton OBLIT.ZIP 17030 07-01-94 OBLIT v1.4 destroys files, then deletes them. It destroys the contents of a file byte by byte, then deletes the file. Delete alone only changes a byte of the filename. The file remains to be recovered. Oblit destroys every byte. Public Domain. 4-11-1994 Uploaded by: Barbara Gamble ONERUN20.ZIP 23147 04-29-95 OneRun v2.0 - Sysop utility handy for anyone. Schedule other programs to be run once a day, once a week, etc. via BAT files. Put this in AUTOEXEC to run virus scans, backups, message packers, anything else you need on a regular basis. Author says free if you don't mind a minor nag. Voluntary $5 gets rid of it. 01/26/95 ONETIM.ZIP 5366 09-08-92 Do something once a week at boot-up. Seems configurable enough. Free 2 files - New:09/08/1992 Old:08/08/1992 Uploaded by: Cary Southern ONETIME.ZIP 5132 02-02-98 ONETIME in autoeexec.bat runs a command once a week or on boot-up. Free. 09/08/92 OPDOS701.ZIP 3170720 03-25-97 OPENDOS v7.01 Just because MS-DOS died when Windows came along doesn't mean all DOS died. Here's a DOS still being developed and updated with things like long filename support. Remember DR-DOS? It's now owned by Caldera, was renamed OPENDOS, and is free. A complete SOTA DOS operating system that picked up where Microsoft left off. Those who run it speak highly of it. Free. All files dated 01/23/97. PAKEM113.ZIP 10648 04-03-93 4DOS utilities to transfer files to floppy using best-fit technique; also utility to display all of a DIR on 1 screen if at all possible. Free. 1993 PASSW204.ZIP 34076 02-05-96 PASSWORD v2.04 Limit boot-up to those who know the password or who know how to get around CONFIG.SYS passwording schemes. Free. 12-06-1995 Uploaded by: Devin Knight PAUSEDEV.ZIP 6319 01-23-93 [HOF] Device driver for CONFIG.SYS to pause the machine during boot. Free w/TPsrc. PAUSESYS.ZIP 2672 07-20-92 [HOF] PAUSE.SYS from PC Computing. Driver to pause CONFIG,SYS as it executes. To debug, etc. Free. PCHIST92.ZIP 16196 11-17-95 HistoryPC v9.2. Recalls DOS commands for you. Can re-send the command or edit it. Also allows aliasing of commands and re-mapping the F-keys for instant commands. These function are built in to 4DOS and are the features power users need. If you use DOS but not 4DOS, get this. Free. 10-28-93. PCHMNU30.ZIP 24917 04-08-93 PCHMENU30 DOS menu similar to Direct Access. Small, fast & no memory conflicts. Up to 7 levels deep. Password & parameter options. Docs can be viewed from from menu. Mouse optional. Custom option for promotional use. Free. 04-08-1993. PCLOCK16.ZIP 85673 08-08-96 PCLOCK v1.6 DOS analog clock and monthly calendar. Time and date taken from the system clock. Press any key or mouse button to exit. Set colors from the command line. Req ega or vga. Free. 08-03-96. PCMKEY.ZIP 35355 11-22-94 Command stacking & alias translation for command.com or other command interpreter. Editing keys can be defined. Free. 10/25/94. PCPSAVER.ZIP 35847 06-24-91 [HOF] German screen saver. Simple, effective. Free. 06-24-1991. PCTIME.ZIP 68020 10-16-97 PCTIME v1.0 Set PC clock to the NIST atomic clock. Free. 09/10/93 Uploaded by: John Pettit PD0646.ZIP 21816 12-10-92 Updated CHKDSK & UNDELETE files for DOS 5.0 5.0 from Microsoft. These are required if you drive requires a 256-sector FAT. This applies to disk partitions of the following sizes: 127-129 MB * 254-258 MB * 508-516 MB 1018-1030 MB * 2035-2061 MB. PD_12.ZIP 15792 07-21-95 Pick Directory v1.2: fast and easy Change Dir Free from Scott Alan Hoopes. 12/02/94 PED.ZIP 9912 01-16-95 Update DOS directory path without rebooting. This offers immediate path updating, menu- driven, to add or del from the path. (Note: it told the sysop there wasn't enough space in the environment to add a 23rd directory to the path, when there was, so it may not work with unusually long paths. The pgm was well- behaved on exit.) No docs. Nothing said of free or share. No copyright. 12-12-1990 Uploaded by: James Silliman PERCNT13.ZIP 24477 05-27-94 Percent v1.3: Info about disk space usage; tells how much drive space is occupied by a particular pgm or group of directories, how many files, space that DOS says they use, how much free/used space DOS reports. Unable to display difference between actual file size and the cluster space required. Seems free but docs say nada. 12/27/93. PERUSE94.ZIP 33376 04-13-94 PERUSE: PC Mag screen scrollback util. Free. 04-08-94. PICK107C.ZIP 21898 01-21-96 PICK. v1.07c Batch File Utility Scrolls 80 items (like a filelist) from the command line in a small window & records your selection in an environment variable via a batch file. NEW: important bug fix. Free. 4-17-95. Uploaded by: Steven Deleno PMINFO.ZIP 57045 10-25-94 Simple DOS command line utility that measures protected mode, XMS and CPU performance. No fee shown. 5-31-94. POKER113.ZIP 18858 07-08-95 POKERv1.13 WIN memory access VBX, reads the RAM on an adapter card. Can also read the RAM on the motherboard. Free. 05-23-95. POPDOS.ZIP 27788 03-21-91 [HOF] TSR to drop to DOS from any program currently running. Free. POWUTL.ZIP 25894 11-02-97 3 DOS utilities: FINDIT - file finder that can look for multiple names; DEL-it - file & DIR find & delete, and ACCR - ASCII control code remover for specific codes. Free. 07/26/96. PROMPT-A.ZIP 6031 01-01-92 [HOF]'s ever-growing collection of useful and decorative DOS commandline prompts to run in Autoexec. Some real gems here. We want more. PROTECT1.ZIP 13665 12-17-92 [HOF] Write-protects hard drives. Works at th BIOS level. Virus/trojan protection when testing pgms. Many other uses. Free w/ASM src PRUNE50.ZIP 8485 03-26-96 PRUNE v5.0 Selective file deleter. Supports wildcards and other nice features. Free. 02-04-96. PS4DOS14.ZIP 129580 04-18-97 PS v1.4 - 20 or so tools to improve DOS command line features. Things we've seen before now newly coded, like speaker beep, change drive & DIR, pause for a specified time, display the current directory stack, box & line draw, etc. NEW: bug fix. Free. 03-10-97 PSPLUS.ZIP 4121 03-11-90 TSR Shift- PrtSc saves the screen to disk or printer. Free. 3-11-1990. PSWRD2_0.ZIP 9197 04-13-95 Password protection v2.0. Harddrive password pgm. Fast, easy to use. Free. 04-06-95. PTS70B_U.ZIP 188010 12-11-95 PTS update: 32-bit DOS operating system v7.0 beta release 0001. UnZip using the -d command option. Untested. seems to be free in Beta. 06-30-95. PUADOS12.ZIP 23305 01-06-96 [HOF] PUADOS. Set of 40+ batch files for DOS power users to save time or do the unusual. 4D, for example, checks if 4DOS is loaded. ANSIDET detects if an ANSI driver is installed. Free. 12-21-95. QC110.ZIP 51495 01-11-96 [HOF] QUIKCOPY v1.10 PC-Mag's 1 Pass Disk Cop copies an entire disk in one pass and can speed the process by copying only used clusters. Holds the disk image in memory while making n copies. Uses EMS or XMS memory rather than a RAM disk. Restricted to copying data between disks of like format such as 1.2MB to 1.2MB. Free. 09-17-94. QDMPI11.ZIP 92607 01-07-93 Quarterdeck's DPMI standard v1.1 with bug fix for PKzip/unzip v2.X. For Qemm users. Free. 01-07-1993. QEMMMENU.ZIP 29013 03-07-91 Menu program for QD's QEMM.COM utility. Free. 03/24/1990 Uploaded by: Steve Smith QFF63.ZIP 28551 05-19-95 Quick File Find v6.3b Can use wildcards and (brackets) to search for files. Also search on date, time, attribute, size. "CARDWARE", send a postcard to the author. 3-1-95. QLOADHI.ZIP 10660 08-05-92 [HOF] Updated LOADHI.SYS for QEMM. 8/5/92 QUIET110.ZIP 12033 10-01-95 QUIET v1.1 - DOS utility: quiet *some* noisy programs. Free w/TP source. 9/29/95. Uploaded by author David Daniel Anderson QUIXX.ZIP 12673 11-30-91 [HOF] VGA screen blanker. Leaves colorful vapor trails. Free. RAMDSK17.ZIP 34018 05-08-96 XMS/EMS RAM disk installable and resizable from command line. You can choose the drive letter. Contains EMS & XMS versions and a processor optimized EMS. NEW: some clean-up. Free. 05-17-96. RC.ZIP 8090 05-24-91 [HOF] Del end-of-file and from text file RDATE120.ZIP 14052 10-28-93 REDATE v1.2 File redater. New: non-current di processing ability. Free w/TPsrc. 10-20-1993 Uploaded by author David Daniel Anderson RDEL.ZIP 13499 10-14-93 [HOF] RDel - searches for and deletes every file that matches the file specification you provide. RDel can also find and delete read only, system, and hidden files. Default is to ask for Verify but that can be switched off. Begins work in present DIR, not Root. Covers the default drive only. Free. 10/14/93. RDMEM107.ZIP 8136 02-02-98 READMEM v1.07. New features include 25/50 line display, full screen, command line arguments and an edit mode to edit RAM. Mary had a little ram, which made her happy as a clam. Author wants no money but asks you send him a 3.5" HD disk. 04-06-94. RDUP104.ZIP 15428 06-13-94 RDUP, v1.04: DOS utility: delete duplicate lines across multiple files, w/Pascal source. Requires a SORT program (RPSRT102.zip is recommended & free). Free. New:06-13-1994 Old:06-13-1994 Uploaded by: David Daniel Anderson REBOOT1.ZIP 3888 07-22-94 REBOOT IT v1.2 Warm or cold reboot from DOS or your own program. Free. 7/22/94. Uploaded by author Dustin Cook RECURS10.ZIP 9273 09-17-96 RECURSE v1.0 Run any DOS command in current Directory and all its sub-dirs. Free. New:09-02-1994 Old:09-02-1994 Uploaded by: Douglas Atkinson REDATE.ZIP 3015 01-02-92 [HOF] Change the date/time on a file to today (default) or a date/time of choice. A Michael J. Mefford freebie from PC Mag. REL10B.ZIP 9581 03-14-93 [HOF] RELOCATE v1.0b files to another DIR. Eliminates the copy + del sequence by combining them into one step. Program lists files as they are relocated. If duplicate files are found in the target DIR, pgm warns you. Free. 03-14-1993. REMDIR10.ZIP 6365 08-20-94 REMDIR (Remove Directory), v1.0. Delete a directory tree w/o having to empty every subdir. Simply type it the path of a directory to remove and it's gone, along with every file in every subdir below it. Free. 8-15-94. RENFL100.ZIP 9169 09-21-96 RenFile v1.00 - Rename almost any DOS file. Handles those glitches when a filename has an internal space or some other problem. Free w/ Pascal source. 09-17-96. Uploaded by author David Daniel Anderson RENGEN.ZIP 15718 06-14-96 File rename tool to move DIR heirarchies that contain long filenames from one system to another. Run this sending its output to a BAT file, ZIP the directory including the BAT, then on the receiving end unZip the directory and execute the BAT file. All the long filenames will be restored. Doc-less. Appears to be for any flavor of WIN that supports long file names but you won't know until trying it. Possibly free. 4/26/96. RENZ10A.ZIP 8757 09-21-96 Removes the first three characters from every filename inside a ZIP archive, thereby renaming the files. Does not erase the original archive but creates a Temp one with the new names. A specialized program not for general use. Do you have a need to change file_id.diz to e_id.diz? Free. 07-31-96. REPEAT21.ZIP 44275 01-01-92 [HOF] REPEAT v2.1 Allows wildcard substitutio for commands which don't normally allow them. With macros to handle complex decisions based on variables. Useful utility. Free. 1/1/92 RESQ32.ZIP 20453 11-21-93 Resq v3.2. Recovers text otherwise lost in the computer. Searches XMS and EMS memory as well as low RAM and writes the lost text to a disk file. Free until it actually helps you recover something, then the author ask you send $10 to the ACLU. 07-16-1993. RETURN.ZIP 6425 04-26-95 BAT file command to return to the DIR you called it from. Free. 11-27-1991 Uploaded by: Steven Deleno RHESC.ZIP 1315 03-12-96 [HOF] Right hand Esc key. Gives a choice of three keys on the number keypad to turn into a 2nd Esc key. 400-byte TSR can load high and unload. Free. 5-17-94. RMC.ZIP 18615 10-02-92 [HOF] High security file remover. A File shredder. Makes multiple passes putting random data over all allocated blocks and the DIR entry. Eliminates the residual magnetic fields on magnetic and optical media. Free. Source is available. RPSRT103.ZIP 92364 03-20-96 [HOF] RPSORT v1.03. Excellent sort pro