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             Best Freeware Programs for DOS and Windows 3.1
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                         NOW OVER 190 PROGRAMS!

                                                 Last updated 4 May 1997

This is a list of over 190 of the best freeware programs I've found.
All are free for personal use. This includes public domain programs,
freeware, "postcard-ware", and shareware programs which are free for
personal or non-commercial use. It can also include demos, if they are
reasonably fully functional, can be freely used, and are not time-
limited. Some of these programs require payment if used for
commercial purposes.

Corrections and suggestions are welcome! Authors's suggestions are also
welcome, but please note that I only list *free* programs.

I update and post this list to Usenet groups alt.comp.freeware and
comp.archives.msdos.d about once a month. Programs new in this version
are marked "*NEW*".

I've marked a few programs I especially like with this sign: "*A TOP
PICK*".

The list is also available, with links to all the programs and to other
freeware resources, through the World Wide Web at:
     http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~an448/

The latest version is usually available by FTP at:
     ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/info/free7???.zip
     ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/misc/free7???.zip
     ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/text/free7???.zip

Compiled by: Yves Bellefeuille <an448@freenet.carleton.ca>. PGP mail
welcome.

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Table of Contents:

Section A:  Compression Programs and Utilities
Section B:  Utilities
   Area 1:     Disk Utilities
   Area 2:     Directory Utilities
   Area 3:     File and Text Utilities
   Area 4:     Screen and Graphics Utilities
   Area 5:     System Utilities
   Area 6:     Other Utilities
Section C:  Text and Hex Editors
Section D:  Anti-Virus Programs
Section E:  Application Programs
Section F:  Communication Programs
Section G:  Miscellaneous Programs
Section H:  Windows 3.1 Programs
   Area 1:     Shells, Program Managers and Program Switchers
   Area 2:     Desktop
   Area 3:     Compression / Decompression and Encoding / Decoding
   Area 4:     File Managers and Utilities
   Area 5:     Graphics, Icons, Screen and Video
   Area 6:     System Utilities
   Area 7:     Editors and Word Processors
   Area 8:     Information Managers (PIMs, Schedulers, Calendars, etc.)
   Area 9:     Communication and Internet
   Area 10:    Miscellaneous

How to Get Files Through the World Wide Web
How to Get Garbo Files by E-mail
How to Find Files
Acknowledgements
Disclaimer

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SECTION A:  COMPRESSION PROGRAMS AND UTILITIES

Quick guide:

      To decompress:             Use:
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      *.arj                      ARJ
      *.com                      UNP
      *.exe                      UNP
      *.gz                       GZip
      *.lha                      LHA
      *.lzh                      LHA
      *.tar                      Tar
      *.tar.Z                    First GZip, then Tar
      *.taz                      First GZip, then Tar
      *.tgz                      First GZip, then Tar
      *.uue                      UU (see File and Text Utilities)
      *.Z                        GZip
      *.zip                      Info-Zip
      *.zoo                      Zoo

ARJ - Supports multi-disk archives and self-extracting archives. 269 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/arcers/arj250a.exe

*A TOP PICK* Diet - Compresses executable programs while leaving them
executable (similar to PKLite). 44 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/execomp/diet145f.zip

GZip - Decompresses files created by Unix compress (*.Z) and gzip
(*.gz). 114 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/gzip124.zip

Info-Zip - PKZip compatible archiver, but doesn't support multi-disk
archives. 179 kb or 228 kb, and 155 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/arcers/unz520x.exe (get unz520x3.exe if you have
a 386 or better) and zip21x.zip

LHA - Supports self-extracting archives. 64 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/arcers/lha255e.exe

*NEW* LSize - Repacks archives into smaller packages. Each package is
still a valid archive and will work without splicing or concatenating
it to other packages.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/arcutil/lsize252.zip 

LZExe - Compresses executable programs while leaving them executable.
43 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/execomp/lzexe91.zip

NCAV - Norton Commander Archive Viewer. Compression shell; lets you
view, edit, add and delete files, change compression method, etc.
Supports ARJ, LHA, Zip, Zoo, and other formats. Can be used as a
stand-alone utility, without Norton Commander. 140 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/arcutil/ncav47.zip

Tar - To unpack files in the Unix "tar" format, use "tar -xvf
[filename.tar]". Can convert Unix file names to legal DOS names. 177 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/archiver/tar320g.zip

UNP - Unpacks executable files compressed with PKLite, Diet, LZExe,
EXECOMP, etc. 34 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/execomp/unp411.zip

*NEW* UNTGZ - Unpacks archives created with Unix tar and gzip (*.tar.gz,
*.taz or *.tgz) in a single step, but can't unpack files created with
the older Unix compress. 159 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/archiver/untgz095.zip

Zoo - An old archiver still used in the Unix world. 71 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/arcers/zoo210.exe


SECTION B:  UTILITIES


   AREA 1:  DISK UTILITIES

ATAID - Shows characteristics of ATA/IDE disks: number of heads,
cylinders and sectors, cache size, etc. 29 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/diskutil/ataid011.zip

Core - Measures hard disk performance: seek time, data transfer rate,
etc. 26 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/diskutil/core303.zip

DOG - "Disk OrGanizer", disk defragmenter. 53 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/diskutil/dog316.zip

*A TOP PICK* FDFormat - Formats diskettes to greater capacities. For
3.5-inch diskettes, try "sector sliding" with "/x:1 /y:2". To copy
Microsoft's new "DMF" format, use these options: "/t:80 /n:21 /c:4 /d:16
/m:240". Also includes WImage, a "disk image" program. 107 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/diskutil/fdform18.zip

FIPS - Changes partition size and adds new partitions without deleting
data. Source included. 116 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/diskutil/fips15.zip

HD-Copy - Fast one-pass disk copier. Supports FDFormat and Microsoft's
"DMF" format. Do not confuse with hdcp31.zip, a hard disk copy program.
80 kb.
ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/utildisk/hdcp20ae.zip

JCFG - Assigns "dummy" drive letters, swaps drive letters. 18 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/sysutil/jcfg100.zip

Partition Resizer - Another utility to non-destructively resize, add and
delete partitions. Nicely documented. 62 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/diskutil/presz112.zip

Save the Boot/Fat/Partition - Saves and restores Master Boot Record, DOS
boot sector and FATs (similar to MIRROR and IMAGE). Essential on a
"rescue" diskette. 37 kb. 
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/sysutil/stbfp11a.zip

*NEW* Space Map - Shows disk space used and allocated for each
directory. Useful for seeing space wasted due to cluster size. 14 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/diskutil/sm200.zip 

Spindown - Powers down IDE drives after period of inactivity. 12 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/diskutil/spindn12.zip

Wasted - Shows disk space wasted due to partition size. 30 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/diskutil/wasted20.zip


   AREA 2:  DIRECTORY UTILITIES

*A TOP PICK* ACD - "Another Change Directory", jumps directly to any
directory (similar to Norton's NCD). 52 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/dirutil/acd233.zip

Directory Control - "Point and shoot" utility to move, copy and delete
files. 12 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pcmagutl/dc106f.zip

DirMatch - Compares two directories side by side. 17 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pcmagutl/dirmat31.zip

DOS Controller - Norton Commander clone, well done. 38 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/fileutil/dc-sk.zip

Locate - Finds files by name. Fast, many options. 57 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/filefind/floc120.zip

Prune - Renames, moves and deletes directories; prunes and grafts
directory trees. 33 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/dirutil/prune10.zip

Swapname - Swaps two file names. Sounds simple, but there's no easy way
to do it otherwise. 3 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/dirutil/swapname.zip

Sweep - Executes a command in a directory and across all its sub-
directories. 15 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/pcmag/vol4n24.zip


   AREA 3:  FILE AND TEXT UTILITIES

BFind - Boolean find, supports AND, OR, NOT, etc. Somewhat slow. 79 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/textutil/bfind704.zip

Change - Changes strings in text and hex files, can also remove trailing
spaces. Very fast. 96 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/textutil/chang704.zip

FGrep - Fast "grep", finds text in files. 27 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/textutil/fgrep183.zip

Flip - Converts text files from MS-DOS format (CR/LF) to Unix (LF), and
vice versa. 14 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/textutil/flip1exe.zip

*NEW* HLP2DOC - Converts Windows HLP files to Word for Windows 2
format. 44 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/fileutil/hlp2doc.zip 

HTMStrip - Removes HTML codes from documents. 189 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/textutil/htmst704.zip

Less - File viewer, similar to Unix's "less". 217 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/unix/less177e.zip 

*A TOP PICK* List - File viewing utility. Absolutely essential. I
frequently use List as a basic DOS "shell" to quickly go from one file
to another, rename or delete files, change directories, etc. 99 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/fileutil/list91m.zip

MPack - Encodes and decodes files in MIME (base64) format. 44 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/decode/mpack15d.zip 

Netrun - Converts COM and EXE files under 50 kb to executable ASCII text
for transmission by E-mail. 7 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/decode/netrun31.zip

*NEW* PCMCVT - Converts word processor files to ASCII text.
Unfortunately, the formats supported are somewhat limited and haven't
been updated lately: Word for DOS 5.0 and 5.5, Word for Windows 1.x and
2.0, WordPerfect 5.1 and 5.2, AmiPro 2.x, and Write 3.1. 36 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/pcmag/vol12n12.zip 

RPSort - Can sort huge files, very fast. 86 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/textutil/rpsrt102.zip

*A TOP PICK* Udec - "Universal decoder" for UUencode, XXencode, MIME
(base64), Ship and HexBin (Mac). 18 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/decode/udec1_1.zip

UU - Smart UUdecode, handles E-mail or Usenet headers, out-of-order
sections, etc. 30 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/decode/uu33.zip

UUencode, UUdecode - Converts binary files to ASCII for transmission by
E-mail. 41 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/decode/uuexe540.zip (not the latest
version)

Visual Compare - Compares two text or binary files, better output than
DOS's FC. 37 kb.
ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/utiltext/vc154.zip

XGrep - More similar to Unix's "grep", supports regular expressions.
12 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/textutil/xgrep103.zip

YATU - "Yet Another Touch Utility", changes a file's date, time or
attributes. 37 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/fileutil/yatu100a.zip


   AREA 4:  SCREEN AND GRAPHICS UTILITIES

ANSI.COM - Not the fastest ANSI driver, but this one can be loaded and
unloaded. 36 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/screen/ansi138.zip

Display - Displays images and movies in over 50 formats, including GIF,
JPG, PCX, BMP, FLI, AVI, GL and others. Some basic editing functions.
Installation can be complex. 722 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/graphics/disp189a.zip

DVPEG - Graphics viewer. Supports GIF, JPEG and others; limited BMP
support. 162 kb.
ftp://sunee.uwaterloo.ca/pub/jpeg/viewers/dvpeg30l.zip

Ghostscript - Displays and prints PostScript files. 779 kb, 1142 kb,
677 kb.
ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/aladdin/gs403ini.zip, gs403fn1.zip and
gs403dos.zip

GifExe - Makes "self-viewing" GIF files. 39 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/gif/gifexe44.zip

JPEG - Converts JPEG graphics to and from BMP, GIF, TGA and other
formats. 186 kb or 308 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/graphics/jpeg6a.zip (get jpeg6a32.zip
if you have a 386 or better)

NANSI - A faster replacement for ANSI.SYS. Supports keyboard
redefinition. 18 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/screen/nansi33.zip

PCMouse - Gives "cut and paste" ability to DOS programs. 15 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/screen/pcmou15a.zip

ScrUtil - Simple screen blanker for DOS and Windows. No longer
supported by author. 5 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/screen/scrutl91.zip

Snipper - Captures text from the screen and saves it in a file or sends
it to the printer. 20 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pcmagutl/snippr26.zip

U-Font - Changes screen font and colour palette. 131 kb.
ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/utiltext/u-font14.zip

ZANSI - An even faster replacement for ANSI.SYS. Doesn't support
keyboard redefinition. Remove before running MEMMAKER. 22 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/screen/zansi12.zip

Zeno - Speeds up screen writes via BIOS. 10 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/screen/zeno25.zip


   AREA 5:  SYSTEM UTILITIES

AmiDiag - System diagnostics and information. Demo, some functions
disabled. 305 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/sysutil/diagdemo.zip

CacheChk - Verifies size and speed of cache memory. 51 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/sysinfo/cachchk6.zip

CMOS - Backs up and restores CMOS data. For use on a "rescue" diskette,
in case the CMOS battery dies. 11 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/sysutil/cmos93cd.zip

CompTest - System information and benchmarks. 152 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/sysinfo/ctest260.zip

Escape - Cancels execution of programs during system crashes. 4 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/tsr/escape20.zip

FindIRQ - Shows free interrupt request lines (IRQs). Useful when
installing new peripheral devices. 44 kb.
ftp://www.coast.net/Coast/msdos/sysutil/findir.zip

InfoPlus - Lots of information about your system. 111 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/sysinfo/ifp1p158.zip

MSD - Microsoft Diagnostics, system information. 164 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/microsft/ga0363.zip


   AREA 6:  OTHER UTILITIES

4UTILS - Two utilities for 4DOS/NDOS: a DESCRIPT.ION editor and a
4DOS-aware file finder. 152 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/4dos/4utils86.zip

Batch Tunes - Similar to 4DOS's "BEEP" command, makes sound with
specified frequency and duration. Several simple songs included. 72 kb.
ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/utilmisc/u-batu14.zip

Bat2Exec - Compiles BAT files to executable format. 36 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pcmagutl/bat2ex15.zip

CAL - Similar to Unix's "cal", shows calendar for any year or month.
40 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/calendar/cal33.zip

Clay's Utilities - DOS program shows Windows file information, and many
other utilities. Very useful to view the information stored internally
in a Windows file, to know which one of several DLL files with the same
name is the most recent version. 272 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/batutil/cutpak11.zip

CoreView - Shows conventional memory in real time. 14 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/sysutil/cv100.zip

CtrlAlt - Resident utilities: show ASCII codes, draw boxes, mark and cut
text, and others. 51 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/sysutil/ctrlalt.zip

DUMPEM - Displays and edits conventional, expanded and extended memory.
Includes memory diagnostics. 18 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/memutil/dumpem.zip

FILEC - File name completion utility. Configurable. 13 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/sysutil/filec106.zip

Key-Fake - Feeds keystrokes to a program. 5 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/pcmag/vol4n26.zip

NCPlay - Plays WAV, VOC and SND files through PC speaker or Sound
Blaster. Somewhat kludgy. 180 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/sound/nc5play.zip

Now & Then - Runs programs at specified intervals (every day, every two
weeks, etc.). 19 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/bootutil/nowthn12.zip

PMap - Program Map, shows memory usage, resident programs, etc. 32 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/memutil/pmap210.zip

Real Delete - TSR intercepts DOS's delete command and over-writes files
before deleting them to prevent recovery. 16 kb.
http://www.bonaventura.co.uk/realdelete/

Strings - Adds string handling (and many other) functions to BAT files.
If you frequently create batch files, don't go without this or another
batch enhancer. 74 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/batutil/string25.zip

*A TOP PICK* TSR Utilities - Removes TSR programs from memory without
rebooting, and other memory utilities. 57 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/memutil/tsrcom35.zip

U-TIDA - Time and date utilities for batch files. 69 kb.
ftp://ftp.elf.stuba.sk/pub/pc/utilmisc/u-tida10.zip


SECTION C:  TEXT AND HEX EDITORS

GDSpell - Stand-alone spelling checker for ASCII files. 412 kb.
ftp://ftp.gdsoft.com/pub/shareware/gdsp300b.zip

Hex - Unlike most hex editors, this one lets you insert and delete
bytes. 64 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/binedit/hex51.zip

Micro-Emacs - Emacs-like editor. Can edit files larger than available
conventional memory. 72 kb or 108 kb, and 48 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/uemacs/ue312ibm.zip (get ue31216m.zip
if you have a 386 or better) and ue312cmd.zip

NE - "No Edlin", straightforward text editor with spelling checker.
Don't use in a "DOS box" under Windows! 358 kb.
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/editor/ne300b.zip

SLED - Small yet surprisingly complete text editor. A good choice if you
need a very small editor. 31 kb.
ftp://ftp.achilles.net/pub/users/sam/sled/sled.zip

*A TOP PICK* TDE - Thomson-Davis Editor, configurable text and hex
editor. Very complete. I use this one quite a lot. 420 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/editor/tde40.zip

TED3 - "Tiny EDitor" for text files up to 64 kb. 17 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/editor/ted3.zip

VIM - "Vi IMproved", vi-like editor. 598 kb.
http://www.math.fu-berlin.de/~guckes/vim/distribution.html

Zap-It - Binary file and disk editor. 68 kb.
http://www.stack.nl/~ep/zapit500.zip


More Text Editors

The choice of a text editor is probably more subject to individual
preferences than any other category of software. I thought it might be
useful to list more freeware text editors which, for whatever reason,
did not quite make it to the main list.

G - Text editor with powerful macro language, support for regular
expressions, etc. 108 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/editor/g471exe.zip

Program Editor - Similar to MS-DOS's EDIT, with spell checking but
without mouse support. 103 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/editor/pedit200.zip

T - A "Tiny Editor" (9 kb executable), extremely similar to PC-DOS's E
editor and to OS/2's System Editor. 65 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/editor/tinyed.zip

TPE - Turbo Powered Editor, programmer's editor especially designed for
Turbo Pascal. Can edit files larger than conventional memory. 178 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/turbopas/tpe34.zip

Request: I'm wondering whether it would be possible to start a list of
free spell checkers for many languages. If you know of a freeware spell
checker for your own language, for DOS or Windows 3.1, please let me
know.


SECTION D:  ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAMS

ADinf - Advanced Diskinfoscope. Integrity checker, lets you check for
changes to files due to virus, hardware problems, etc. 297 kb.
ftp://ftp.kiam1.rssi.ru/pub/msdos/antivirus/adinf/english/adinf.zip

Antivirus Toolkit Pro Virus Encyclopedia - Loads of information on
computer viruses. 1134 kb
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/virus/avpve97a.zip

DiskSecure II - Protection against Master Boot Record viruses. 31 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/virus/dsii242.zip

*A TOP PICK* F-Prot - Anti-virus scanner. Excellent and indispensable.
880 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/virus/fp-226.zip (updated about every two
months, finger f-prot@complex.is for latest version)

FixUtils - Suite of anti-virus utilities. 28 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/virus/fixutil6.zip


SECTION E:  APPLICATION PROGRAMS

bCAD - 3D CAD program. 625 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/cad/bcad22.zip

Galahad - Old-fashioned but serviceable word processor. 158 kb, 190 kb,
128 kb, 120 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/editor/gal210a1.zip, gal210a2.zip,
gal210a3.zip and gal210a4.zip

Micro CADAM - CAD program, demo of commercial program. 51 kb, 1115 kb,
1176 kb, 1186 kb, 1129 kb.
http://www.microcadam.com/cornerstone/

I'm interested in suggestions for free spreadsheets, database programs,
word processors, DTP programs, CAD programs, and so on!


SECTION F:  COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS

FaxIt - Faxes ASCII files, doesn't receive faxes. 218 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/commprog/faxit10.zip

Felix - Complete program, somewhat similar to Telix. In German. 512 kb.
ftp://ftp.informatik.hu-berlin.de/pub/pc/msdos/commprogs/felix25.zip

MS Kermit - Reasonably complete, but only supports Kermit. 714 kb.
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/archives/msvibm.zip

QModem - Complete communication program, demo of commercial product.
372 kb, 374 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/qmodem/qm46td-1.zip and qm46td-2.zip

Terminator 2 - This package seems to go out of its way to make itself as
troublesome as possible, but it has the only freeware fax reception
program I've found so far. Be sure to modify the file FAX\SIGN.APF,
which will make your faxes look laughable. Suggestions for other fax
programs are most welcome! 632 kb, 611 kb, 387 kb, 693 kb, 708 kb.
http://www.i1.net/~paul/t2.html

TXZM - Texas Z-Modem, very small communication program. Supports
Z-Modem only. 41 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/termutil/txzm241.zip


SECTION G:  MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMS

FZC - Fast Zip Cracker, brute force cracker for PKZip encrypted files.
45 kb.
ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/cryptanalysis/fzc104.zip

*NEW* MD5SUM - Calculates and verifies MD5 "hash" value, to check for
corruption or changes to files. 37 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/fileutil/md5sum.zip 

PBCal - Simple calendar and diary. "Light" registration available by
postcard. 167 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/calendar/pbcal130.zip

PGP - Pretty Good Privacy, encryption program. 300 kb or 397 kb.
ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/pgp/pc/dos/pgp263i.zip (get pgp263ix.zip
if you have a 386 or better).

SFS - Secure FileSystem, encrypts a partition or a disk. The
documentation is a textbook in itself. Doesn't include source code,
which is quite unusual for a cryptographic program. 239 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/crypt/sfs110.zip

WPCrack - Finds passwords of Word Perfect 5.x files. 14 kb.
ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/cryptanalysis/wpcrack_a.zip

ZipCrack - Brute force cracker for PKZip encrypted files. 18 kb.
ftp://ftp.ox.ac.uk/pub/crypto/cryptanalysis/zipcrkmq.zip


SECTION H:  WINDOWS 3.1 PROGRAMS


   AREA 1:  SHELLS, PROGRAM MANAGERS AND PROGRAM SWITCHERS

AddMenu - Adds new commands to the system menu (the menu you see when
you click the box at the upper left corner of a window or when you
single click on a minimized program's icon). 48 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/util/addmnu41.zip

Calmira - Windows 95-like shell for Windows 3.1. Formerly called
Calypso. 883 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/desktop/calmir10.zip

FreeDock - Configurable button-bar program launcher. 282 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/desktop/16frdk30.zip

*A TOP PICK* FTaskman - Replacement for Windows's Task Manager. 50 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/util/ftask124.zip

GDesk - Pop-up menu and launcher. Fully configurable. 50 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/desktop/gdesk_22.zip

GetSet - Permits different setup (StartUp group) configurations.
Default group possible. 36 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/sysutil/getse20a.zip

MWTask - Replacement for Windows's Task Manager. 18 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/taskman/mwtask13.zip

Stiletto - Button-bar task switcher and launcher, calendar and clock.
248 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/desktop/stil19v1.zip

SuckMeister - Task switcher and launcher. Very small "footprint". 73 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/taskman/sm135.zip

Toolbar - Button-bar program launcher with built-in utilities. 211 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/desktop/tlbar232.zip

Wayfarer - Replacement for Windows's Program Manager. *Very*
configurable, but resource-greedy. 244 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/shell/wayfarer.zip

WinBar - Windows 95-like taskbar. 173 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/desktop/winbar12.zip

WINX - Executes several programs from a single command or icon. 195 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/batch/winx15.zip


   AREA 2:  DESKTOP

DOSBar - Adds a button bar to DOS windows. 25 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/sysutil/dosbr143.zip

HideApp - Starts application hidden. Will work in some circumstances
when StartApp won't. 6 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/desktop/hideap11.zip

StartApp - Starts Windows applications normal, minimized, maximized or
hidden. 26 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/desktop/strtap11.zip

Wall Peeper - Quickly previews graphics files which can be used as
"wallpaper" in tile or centred format. 24 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/desktop/wallpeep.zip

WOAFON - Additional fonts for "DOS boxes". 22 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/fonts/woafon14.zip


   AREA 3:  COMPRESSION / DECOMPRESSION AND ENCODING / DECODING

Archive Viewer - Displays and unpacks archives in many formats. 63 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/util/av.zip

StuffIt Expander - Unpacks files in zip, arj, arc, gz, uue, sit
(StuffIt), hqx (BinHex) and bin (MacBinary) format. 346 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/windows/arcers/sitex10.exe

WizUnZip - Decompresses, tests and displays zip files. 81 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/archiver/wunz20x.zip 


   AREA 4:  FILE MANAGERS AND UTILITIES

Speed Commander III Light - Norton Commander-like manager. In German.
465 kb.
ftp://ftp.ku-eichstaett.de/pub/win3/manager/sclight.zip

*NEW* Splitz - Splits and rejoins files. Files can be split to fit on
any standard diskette or to a user-defined size. 116 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/fileutil/splitz10.zip

WinFileX - Creates "default" association for File Manager. 7 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/fileman/wfilx120.zip

*NEW* WSearch - Finds files by name, by content, or both. File Manager
is just as good for finding files by name, but this is very quick to
search by content. 107 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/fileutil/wsearch1.zip


   AREA 5:  GRAPHICS, ICONS, SCREEN AND VIDEO

*NEW* ABC Snap Graphics - Creates charts in many formats: flow charts, 
organization charts, Venn diagrams, etc. Impressive. 1353 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/desktop/snapgrfx.zip

*NEW* Bodytag - Shows RGB (Red-Green-Blue) values of colours for use in
HTML documents. 110 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/winsock/bodytag.zip

GraphX - Graphics viewer and editor. 964 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/graphics/gv1-51.zip

IconJack - Extracts icons from EXE, DLL and ICO files. 221 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/pcmag/vol14n12.zip

KwikDraw - Simple draw program. Demo of commercial program. 407 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/util/kdraw302.zip

*A TOP PICK* LViewPro - Graphics viewer. No registration required if
used for "leisure purposes". 305 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/graphics/lviewp1b.zip

Monitor Test - Tests monitor and helps set controls. 1151 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/video/mon_test.zip 

Otto's Album - Displays BMP, PCX and WMF files. 135 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/desktop/albm11.zip

PageDraw - Vector drawing program, supports PostScript output. 268 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/graphics/pgdra204.zip

Ulead Viewer - This graphics viewer is especially suitable for viewing
fax files saved in various formats. 1077 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/graphics/ulview11.zip


   AREA 6:  SYSTEM UTILITIES

1MbFort - Increases free low memory under Windows. 102 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pcmagvol/vol14n06.zip

InfoBar - Displays clock and system information. More configurable than
MinInfo. 49 kb.
http://goofy.iafrica.com/~dalen/software/infb111.zip

*A TOP PICK* MinInfo - Shows free memory and free resources, also time
and date. 11 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/desktop/mininfo.zip

*NEW* Real Time Performance Monitor - Shows CPU use, free RAM (physical
memory) and free system resources. Can be useful to determine if CPU use
is often high or free RAM is often low and whether you should get a
faster processor or add memory. 32 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/desktop/rtpm200.zip

SAW - System Analyst for Windows. Complete information about hardware,
Windows, drivers, etc. 442 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/sysutil/saw110.zip

Sinfo - A huge amount of detailed information about Windows. Suitable
for programmers. 241 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/taskman/sinfo109.zip

UnixCorn - Many commands for Windows and "DOS boxes": run and close
tasks, kill and "nuke" windows, show and compact memory, run batch
files, and many others. Free only to non-US residents. 130 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/shell/unixcn20.zip


   AREA 7:  EDITORS AND WORD PROCESSORS

Anansi - HTML editor. Still in beta, but very impressive so far. 673 kb.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~hbosma/anansi/index.html

DiDa - HTML editor with built-in viewer. 305 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/internet/dida160.zip (not the latest
version)

Notespad - Text editor capable of handling up to eight files with
tabbed-notebook file switching. Resource greedy: uses over 1,1 Mb of
RAM. 215 kb.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/windows/editor/ntspad16.zip

*A TOP PICK* PFE - Programmer's File Editor. Text editor capable of
handling large files. 499 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/editor/pfe0701.zip

Prolix - Simple text editor for files up to 16 Mb. 211 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/editor/prolix12.zip

*NEW* QEdit - This editor is extremely useful for typing accents (which
means just about every language except English!) and for converting
between ASCII and ANSI codes. 260 kb. 
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/editor/qe16.zip

Spell Checker for Edit Boxes - Spelling checker for English (UK and US),
French (France and Canada), Dutch, German, Italian, Norwegian and
Spanish. You must get the program itself and one or more dictionary
files. 136 kb for main program, dictionary files vary from 238 kb to
786 kb.
http://clever.net/quinion/mqa/spell.htm

SuperPad - Notepad replacement for large files. 104 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/note/spad13.zip

Yeah Write - Unusual, easy to use word processor for simple documents.
Demo, some functions disabled. 839 kb.
http://www.wordplace.com/


   AREA 8:  INFORMATION MANAGERS (PIMS, SCHEDULERS, CALENDARS, ETC.)

WinTer - Calendar, in German. 2126 kb.
ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/systems/win3/misc/winter.zip


   AREA 9:  COMMUNICATION AND INTERNET

CCM - Tracks time online. Manual and automatic modes. 444 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/internet/ccm286.zip

*NEW* Eudora - E-mail program for SMTP and POP3. 1997 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/eudora/eudor154.zip

Ewan - Winsock telnet client. 250 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/winsock/ewan1052.zip

eZcom - Very basic communication program. 115 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/commprog/ezcom.zip

Free Agent - Winsock Usenet client. 1065 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/winsock/fagent11.zip

*NEW* Pegasus Mail - E-mail program for SMTP and POP3. 1392 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/mail/winpm252.exe 

WCL - WinComm Lite, communication program. Demo of commercial program,
annoying compulsory registration. 814 kb.
ftp://ftp.symantec.com/public/Software/win3x/wincommlite/wcl.exe

WSArchie - Winsock archie client, finds files in FTP archives. 159 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/winsock/wsarch11.zip

WS_FTP - Winsock FTP client. 566 kb.
http://www.csra.net/junodj/


   AREA 10: MISCELLANEOUS

*A TOP PICK* ClipStac - Lets you retrieve multiple items from the
Clipboard. 65 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/clipbrd/clipstac.zip

*NEW* Inst-All - Tracks changes made when installing programs to permit
easier removal. 35 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/util/instl330.zip 

JaxCam - Clips and pastes user-defined area. 4 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/clipbrd/jaxcam.zip

More Control - Control Panel add-on. 20 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/sysutil/morecn10.zip

*NEW* ScanBin - Finds which DLL files are used by a Windows program.
429 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/sysutil/scanbin.zip 

*NEW* Trowser - Lets you view True Type fonts without installing them.
25 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/font/trows101.zip

UltraClip - Clipboard replacement. Supports OLE. 158 kb.
ftp://ftp.winsite.com/pub/pc/win3/desktop/uclp20.zip

Windows Play Any File - Plays VOC, WAV, SND, AU and other sound files
through PC speaker or sound card. Command-line use only. 36 kb.
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/win3/sound/wplny12a.zip

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How to Get Files Through the World Wide Web

If you prefer to get these programs through the WWW, my homepage has
links to all the programs on this list and to other freeware resources:
     http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~an448/

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How to Get Garbo Files by E-mail

For those without access to FTP or WWW, garbo.uwasa.fi runs an ftpmail
server which allows you to get Garbo files by E-mail. Please do not use
ftpmail if you can get the files by FTP or through the WWW.

The files will be sent to you in UUencode format. You'll need a UUdecode
program to decode them.

To get files from Garbo, send a message to:
     ftpmail@garbo.uwasa.fi

The message's "Subject" can be anything at all. The ftpmail server will
simply ignore it.

The message should have the following contents:
     open garbo.uwasa.fi
     get [write here the full path and name of the Garbo file]
     quit

For example, to get the program Diet, send the following message:
     open garbo.uwasa.fi
     get /pc/execomp/diet145f.zip
     quit

Note that I'm giving the full path to the program, everything after
"ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi". Note also that I'm using slashes, "/", not
backslashes, "\".

You'll get a confirmation message soon after your request. Depending on
the backlog, you may have to wait a few days before getting the file
itself. Please be patient, and don't keep requesting the same file!

To get more information on this service, send the following message to
ftpmail@garbo.uwasa.fi:
     help
     quit

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How to Find Files

If you know a file's name, an excellent file search service is available
at:

     http://ftpsearch.unit.no/ftpsearch/

This service will let you restrict your search by domain or by country.

There are many WWW search services. Two of the best, in my opinion, are:

     http://www.altavista.digital.com/
     http://www.infoseek.com/

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Acknowledgements

I got the idea for this list from two great lists of shareware programs.
The first is the list of the best shareware programs by Timo Salmi,
moderator of the FTP archive at garbo.uwasa.fi. His list can be found at
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/bestpr54.zip. Thanks especially to Timo for
his encouragement and his help.

The second is Samuel Ko's list of the best shareware programs.
Unfortunately, this list seems to be no longer maintained. The last
version (May 1994) is available at
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/msdos/info/useful35.zip. I've adapted
Samuel's table of contents for my own list.

Special thanks to Konrad Hinsen, Frazer Crump, Lars-Erik Sandberg and
Stephen Metcalfe for their assistance, and to Uli Allgeier, Laurent
Duchastel de Montrouge, David Fletcher, Dan Ford, Marc Giller, Tomas
Hajny, Mario Laboch, Stig Linander, Andrew McLachlan, Laura Michaels,
Michael Neef, Ian Smith and Mary Zurbrugg for many useful suggestions.
Frazer Crump has prepared a list of Windows 95 freeware at
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/5882/.

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Disclaimer

To my surprise, the administrator of one of the commercial FTP archives
has complained that his own site was not featured prominently enough in
this list. With regret, I therefore feel that I should make the
following disclaimer.

This is a list of software, not a list of FTP archives. I list FTP
locations as a convenience to the users, so that they may find the
programs I mention more easily. If any FTP archive has a more recent
version of one of the programs I mention, I would appreciate being
informed of this. And, of course, suggestions are always welcome.

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Compiled by: Yves Bellefeuille <an448@freenet.carleton.ca>. PGP mail
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