University of Vaasa, Finland, Sun IPX SPARCstation garbo.uwasa.fi, node number 128.214.87.1, has a large collection of PD and shareware programs which are available by anonymous ftp (file transfer program). This /pc/pd2/news-pd2 file contains selected news and reviews about the MsDos programs in the /pc directories. (There are more news in /pc/ts/0news-ts and /pc/pd2/post*.zip.) .................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Co-moderator of news:comp.archives.msdos.announce Moderating at ftp:// & http://garbo.uwasa.fi/ archives 193.166.120.5 Department of Accounting and Business Finance ; University of Vaasa mailto:ts@uwasa.fi ; FIN-65101, Finland .................................................................... N e w s o f 1 9 9 3 f r o m 1-Jan to 30-Jun Mon 28-Jun-93: 239792 Jun 23 17:33 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/scanv106.zip scanv106.zip McAfee VIRUSCAN 9.17V106; scans for known viruses and variants Mon 28-Jun-93: Got from the author 31430 Jun 24 21:39 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/sysinfo/showf251.zip showf251.zip Disk mapping utility by Duncan Murdoch (good) Tue 22-Jun-93: Got directly from the author 223594 Jun 4 09:19 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/arj241.exe arj241.exe Arj file archiver by Robert Jung : 55301 Jun 4 09:18 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/source/unarj241.exe unarj241.exe ARJ archive extractor C source code, Robert Jung Mon 21-Jun-93: Downloaded from SIMTEL20 to Garbo to take a closer look: 194603 Feb 12 01:02 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/educgames/thmath12.zip thmath12.zip Treasure Hunt Math, trick your kids onto math This is an interesting cross between a traditional "hit-and-run" game and an educational game. The idea is to trick kins onto the latter by posing them math tasks in order to continue the actual game. Because of this exceptional twist I have decided that it fits Garbo categories even if the game without the twist would not. Sun 20-Jun-93: Made available 13613 Jun 11 12:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/nwking10.zip nwking10.zip Networking on the network by Phil Agre Sat 19-Jun-93: Got from Jean-loup Gailly 90973 Jun 16 23:27 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/gzip121.exe gzip121.exe GNU zip for .z files Wed 16-Jun-93: Got from the author 181177 Jun 15 15:13 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/passtime/trekguru.zip trekguru.zip Computerized guide to Star Trek shows and movies Tue 15-Jun-93: Got from the author. A nice alternative. 5166 May 4 1991 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/cmdutil/dosed410.zip dosed410.zip DOS cmd line editor with filename completion, S.Huseby Tue 15-Jun-93: At last a working, simple, no-nonsense one-pass disk copier. No formatting, though. 12164 Feb 20 01:50 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/diskcopy/xdcpy150.zip xdcpy150.zip Copy diskettes without swapping, S.Huseby Mon 14-Jun-93: Obtained 113996 May 29 23:56 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/termutil/gsz0529.zip gsz0529.zip Full-screen version of DSZ Zmodem (good) Sat 12-Jun-93: I have released the following update with now 123 entries on the list 19759 Jun 12 22:45 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author18.zip author18.zip Shareware and PD MsDos authors' InterNet email addresses Fri 11-Jun-93: Obtained from the author 153748 Jun 9 00:16 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/sysinfo/ctest259.zip ctest259.zip Comptest system performance and characteristics Thu 10-Jun-93: Got from the author 195051 Jun 1 21:39 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/comm/tr4-26.zip tr4-26.zip TeleReplica remote control of PC, Douglas Thomson Thu 10-Jun-93: Acquired to Garbo 78919 Jun 6 02:06 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/hack9306.zip hack9306.zip The Hack Report from HackWatchers about nasties Wed 9-Jun-93: 30953 Jun 9 22:40 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/review12.zip review12.zip Users' MsDos program reviews from the UseNet news Wed 9-Jun-93: I have updated 22375 Jun 8 20:19 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/post15.zip post15.zip Information email & postings, from 22-Mar-93 to 8-Jun-93 : 12795 Jun 9 02:15 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/post00.zip post00.zip Index for /pc/pd2/post*.zip Information email & postings Mon 7-Jun-93: Acquired 23958 Jun 1 13:31 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/execomp/unp310.zip unp310.zip Compressed general excutable file expander Sun 6-Jun-93: Got from the author 358665 Jun 5 14:14 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/programming/inter35a.zip 334037 Jun 5 14:12 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/programming/inter35b.zip 215882 Jun 5 14:12 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/programming/inter35c.zip inter35*.zip Ralf Brown's MsDos Interrupt List An advanced programmer's must! Fri 4-Jun-93: Captured from the news 16910 Jun 4 14:59 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/astronomy/probes.zip probes.zip Text information on past and current space probes Fri 4-Jun-93: Acquired 49324 Jun 1 22:08 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/gzip111.exe gzip111.exe GNU zip for .z files, don't confuse with compress or (pk)zip This is a self-extracting .exe as a rare exception since it is a compression utility. We usually only take zipped files. I am also a bit baffled by the defautl extension. The Unix version uses .gz (after much discussion in comp.compression) but the MsDos version still uses .z ad the default. Thu 3-Jun-93: Obtained 53952 May 26 23:44 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filecopy/qkopy332.zip qkopy332.zip Quick file and diskette copier for DOS, R.Skinner Wed 2-Jun-93: I am afraid I have to cease publishing the annotated monthly Garbo download statistics. It was based on approximate sampling at 20 minute intervals. The Garbo activities have become about five-fold since the introduction of the counter script. The script cannot keep up with this development any more. The results are too much off the true figures to be of interest. Hence the discontinuation. The weekly Gorbo download statistics will naturally continue. It is based on the FTP log, and that is accurate. Tue 1-Jun-93: I have updated together with Rhys Weatherley and Keith Petersen 7830 Jun 1 20:22 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder24.zip moder24.zip A list of MsDos FTP sites & moderators Tue 1-Jun-93: Got directly from the author 43298 May 30 01:07 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/screen/scrlit17.zip scrlit17.zip SCROLLit, Advanced Screen ScrollBack Buffer Very good. Try it! Sun 23-May-93: Updated 13185 May 23 14:44 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/UPLOAD.INF UPLOAD.INF Instructions for uploading to garbo.uwasa.fi archives Fri 21-May-93: Got 82264 Mar 8 17:56 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/ttt51.zip ttt51.zip TechnoJock's Turbo Toolkit for Turbo Pascal 4.0-7.0 Fri 21-May-93: Got from the author 31271 May 18 21:41 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/sysinfo/showf250.zip showf250.zip Disk mapping utility by Duncan Murdoch (good) This is a really neat disk mapping program to study all the contents of a disk, because it also shows deleted files etc. Fri 21-May-93: Got from the author 18377 May 20 22:01 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/bp7bugs2.zip bp7bugs2.zip Bugs & warnings for BP 7, Duncan Murdoch Thu 20-May-93: Got from the author 68863 May 19 18:03 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/faqc9305.zip faqc9305.zip Jean-loup Gailly's comp.compression FAQ Tue 18-May-93: Obtained and made available from Garbo from the /pc/memacs directory ue31216m.zip MicroEmacs, MsDos DMPI exe using all extended memory ue312ans.zip MicroEmacs, MsDos exe with ansi graphics ue312cmd.zip MicroEmacs, Command and starup files collection ue312doc.zip MicroEmacs, Documents ue312h.zip MicroEmacs, Auxiliary files for different languages etc ue312ibm.zip MicroEmacs, The ordinary exe (real mode < 640K) ue312src.zip MicroEmacs, Sources in C us20doc.zip MicroSpell, Documents and dictionary us20exe.zip MicroSpell, Excutable us20src.zip MicroSpell, Sources in C Mon 17-May-93: Got from the author 38186 May 15 18:16 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/screen/fontpack.zip fontpack.zip A selection of VGA fonts for text-mode use It changes the usual characters in the text mode to fonts. Not necessarily useful, but definitely cool. Take a look. Mon 17-May-93: Got from the author via Keith Petersen 233820 May 13 08:46 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcutil/shez90a.zip shez90a.zip Compression Companion for arcers by Jim Derr Sun 16-May-93: Made available with now 115 email addresses 18651 May 16 09:06 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author17.zip author17.zip SW & PD authors reachable on InterNet Sun 16-May-93: For general information. I am storing the SIMTEL20 MsDos filelist also at Garbo 281473 May 16 00:33 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/simlist.zip simlist.zip Simtel20 file list (date: see datestamp) Sun 16-May-93: Acquired 71536 May 9 02:05 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/hack9305.zip hack9305.zip The Hack Report from HackWatchers about nasties Fri 14-May-13: Updated a little less frequently changing index file 5119 May 14 11:17 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/DIRNAMES DIRNAMES The names and descriptions of the /pc directories Thu 13-May-93: Received from the author 52991 May 13 09:08 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/faqp9308.zip faqp9308.zip Stan Brown's comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ Thu 13-May-1993: Made available 10471 May 10 15:22 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/gidx2.zip gidx2.zip Create a Simtel-compatible .IDX file for Garbo, M.Bohanec : 8683 Mar 30 15:33 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/rind11a.zip rind11a.zip Garbo Index File directories Reader, L.Ragnarsson : 41192 May 8 01:44 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/presskit.zip presskit.zip Data Compression Toolkit in Turbo Pascal, D.Webb Thu 13-May-1993: Obtained the following astronomy images to Garbo. All come with embedded comments. 76924 May 13 10:08 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/huygens1.gif huygens1.gif Huygens probe entering Titan's atmosphere : 82753 May 13 10:10 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/huygens2.gif huygens2.gif Huygens probe descending through Titan's atmosphere : 59955 May 13 10:09 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/huygens3.gif huygens3.gif Huygens probe on surface of Titan, artist's view : 72067 May 13 10:08 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/ozone93a.gif ozone93a.gif Chlorine monoxide & ozone over nothern hemisphere : 69114 May 13 10:09 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/ozone93b.gif ozone93b.gif Chlorine monoxide & ozone over southern hemisphere : 157927 May 13 10:09 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/venustop.gif venustop.gif Magellan altimeter topography Venus Map from JPL Tue 11-May-93: Updated 7546 May 11 15:48 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder23.zip moder23.zip A list of MsDos FTP sites & moderators Mon 10-May-93: Obtained 330439 May 7 19:52 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/fp-208a.zip 234411 May 3 11:20 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/clean104.zip 150194 May 3 11:41 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/nshld104.zip 218029 May 3 11:20 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/scanv104.zip 137068 May 3 11:46 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/vshld104.zip Mon 10-May-93: Updated 10073 May 10 12:24 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/0unix.zip 0unix.zip .zip files contents in /pc/unix directory Mon 10-May-93: Made available 286843 May 6 00:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/rtextu10.zip rtextu10.zip Textfile Unix-like utilities by Richard Breuer : 53496 May 6 00:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/file10.zip file10.zip Unix-like file type guesser by R.Breuer : 115369 May 6 00:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/rfileu10.zip rfileu10.zip Arbitrary file Unix-like utilities by R.Breuer : 43786 May 6 00:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/dirutil/l11_rb.zip l11_rb.zip Display information about files and directories, R.Breuer : 80553 May 6 00:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/batchutil/aset10.zip aset10.zip Enhanced SET command by Richard Breuer : 47576 May 6 00:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/diskutil/dcat10.zip dcat10.zip Disk Cataloger by Richard Breuer : 158800 May 6 00:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/rpgmu10.zip rpgmu10.zip Miscellaneous Unix-like utilities from R.Breuer Fri 7-May-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 a bit old 195847 Mar 7 1990 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/miscutil/bdozen90.zip bdozen90.zip Baker's Dozen miscutil assortment, Buttonware Updated 9280 May 7 09:44 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/miscutil/0miscuti.zip 0miscuti.zip .zip files contents in /pc/miscutil directory Mon 3-May-93: Acquired 198988 Apr 13 09:20 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcutil/am92.zip am92.zip ArcMaster visual two window user interface, nagware : 103520 Mar 14 03:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcutil/ac300.zip ac300.zip Archive format converter by Donald Langhorne : 147563 Apr 13 12:59 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filefind/fff43.zip fff43.zip File Finder Pack, with fuzzy search. By Jim Derr : 103976 Apr 3 04:02 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcutil/at780e.zip at780e.zip ARCTOOL archiver shell, G.Davis : 4731 Apr 28 13:29 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/easter11.zip easter11.zip Calculates the date of Easter, D.Engler : 286000 Mar 22 00:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/screen/tdraw461.zip tdraw461.zip TheDraw Color Screen Image Generator & Editor : 74012 Apr 17 09:21 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/diskcopy/hicopy25.zip hicopy25.zip Hi-Fast one pass disk copier, J.Arjona : 158665 Mar 30 04:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/sysutil/sd-400.zip sd-400.zip StupenDOS Dos Shell file & directory management Sun 2-May-93: Got from the author 107171 Apr 28 15:39 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/educgames/ummind30.zip ummind30.zip Vga Master Mind with mouse and sound, F.Carinato As you may know I am rather restrictive about accepting games to Garbo. This mastermind is a good example of an exception because this is a good game of wit involving combinatorial deduction. I would have liked, though, seen an option of playing this game also without a mouse. Sat 1-May-93: I have captured and hence updated bit.lst in 65772 May 1 08:31 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/newsgrps.zip newsgrps.zip List of Active Newsgroups, Gene Spafford & al. Fri 30-Apr-93: Got 95135 Apr 29 00:26 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/useful26.zip useful26.zip The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel and Garbo, S.Ko Thu 29-Apr-93: Made available from Garbo 131015 Apr 27 17:51 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/arj239f.exe arj239f.exe ARJ archiver 2.39f PRE-RELEASE candidate, R.Jung : 27297 Apr 28 14:49 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/editor/bfmt139.zip bfmt139.zip Text formatting filter incl right justification, B.Babb : 41720 Apr 14 15:15 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/education/cs100.zip cs100.zip Chord & Scale utility for guitar, A.Teig (nice) : 191536 Feb 25 08:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/mouslib8.zip mouslib8.zip Mouselib mouse support unit, Ron Loewy : 306740 Mar 27 15:53 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/ham/geoclk50.zip geoclk50.zip GeoClock; world map with grayline; EGA, VGA Wed 28-Apr-93: Made available from Garbo /pc/gif-astro directory dione.gif Dione, moon of Saturn, grayscale hyperion.gif Hyperion, moon of Saturn, grayscale mimas.gif Mimas, moon of Saturn, grayscale rhea.gif Rhea, moon of Saturn, grayscale tythys.gif Tythys, moon of Saturn, grayscale Wed 28-Apr-93: Made available from Garbo backlog 91951 Dec 17 09:57 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/diskcopy/copyq305.zip copyq305.zip Multiple one-go Format/Copy/Verify for Diskettes, Sydex Mon 26-Apr-93: Made available from Garbo MsDos archives after capturing the constituents from the news 70695 Apr 26 14:19 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/usenews.zip usenews.zip Usenet Netiquette, creating new newsgroups, etc advice Mon 26-Apr-93: Made available from Garbo MsDos FTP archives 61581 Apr 2 10:34 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/newsgrps.zip newsgrps.zip List of Active Newsgroups, Gene Spafford Mon 26-Apr-93: Made available among other things 182565 Mar 22 01:06 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/graphics/dazzle50.zip dazzle50.zip The Ultimate Graphics Image display & Generator : 387674 Apr 16 00:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/education/ccworld1.zip ccworld1.zip 1992 World Fact Book menu driven Reader with data base 1/2 : 357923 Apr 16 00:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/education/ccworld2.zip ccworld2.zip 1992 World Fact Book menu driven Reader with data base 2/2 : 6604 Apr 6 19:46 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/tsr/ptime_10.zip ptime_10.zip Extremely small TSR clock w/ TASM source Sun 25-Apr-93: Got from the author 65913 Apr 22 13:58 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/ftp-list.zip ftp-list.zip Tom Czarnik's list of FTP sites for anonymous login Fri 23-Apr-93: Obtained 330157 Apr 21 12:38 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/fp-208.zip fp-208.zip The Virus Protection system by Fridrik Skulason : 120426 Mar 12 00:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gifutil/vuimg336.zip vuimg336.zip GIF/TIFF viewer (Herc,EGA,(S)/(E)VGA) : 94583 Apr 14 15:15 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/binedit/beav140.zip beav140.zip MicroEMACS-like Binary Editor & Viewer, P.Reilley (go : 152903 Apr 16 13:33 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/source/beav140s.zip beav140s.zip Binary editor and viewer (emacsish) for Unix & MS-DOS : 27063 Apr 15 10:41 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/editor/bfmt137.zip bfmt137.zip Text formatting filter incl right justification, B.Babb : 19876 Apr 13 15:30 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/execomp/unp301.zip unp301.zip Compressed general excutable file expander, B.Castricum Tue 20-Apr-93: Captured from comp.compression "LHA 2.55B READ.ME translation" and made it available as 2849 Apr 20 21:19 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/lha255b.txt Tue 20-Apr-93: Obtained to Garbo from general quarters without any guarantees! the following file 70656 Nov 24 02:55 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/lha255b.exe lha255.exe LHa v2.55 compression for .lzh files, with Kanji docs Sat 17-Apr-93: Obtained to Garbo MsDos archives 30075 Apr 13 20:18 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/bbs/fi930413.zip fi930413.zip Phone number and node lists of Finnish BBSes Fri 16-Apr-93: I have created three new /pc subdirectories at Garbo to rearrange some of our existing files. The new categories are crypt : Encryption / decryption programs security : PC system access prevention utilities spell : Spelling and grammar checking Fri 16-Apr-93: I have updated 17614 Apr 16 20:14 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author16.zip author16.zip SW & PD authors reachable on InterNet, 16-Apr-93 There are now 108 author addresses on this list. If you are an MsDos PD or shareware author, please see the end of author16.zip for a convenient fill-in sheet. Thu 15-Apr-93: Got an excellent 341135 Feb 19 12:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/spell/pc-pro18.zip pc-pro18.zip PC-PROOF Grammar Checker by Intellect Systems Thu 15-Apr-93: Obtained from the author Charles Aitkens 40211 Mar 24 01:59 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/screen/scrlit16.zip scrlit16.zip SCROLLit, Advanced Screen ScrollBack Buffer (excellent) Wed 14-Apr-93: Updated 13124 Apr 14 08:03 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/UPLOAD.INF UPLOAD.INF Instructions for uploading to garbo.uwasa.fi archives Sun 11-Apr-93: Got 28183 Apr 2 01:15 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/execomp/dislt115.zip dislt115.zip Expand PKLITE compressed executables, Jan-Pieter Cornet Fri 2-Apr-93: Made available 19950 Apr 2 10:55 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/dload303.lst dload303.lst Annotated Garbo download statistics for March 1993 7914 Apr 2 10:59 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/ts9303.lst ts9303.lst Downloads of Timo's files March 1993 Fri 2-Apr-93: Captured from the news 61581 Apr 2 10:34 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/newsgrps.zip newsgrps.zip List of Active Newsgroups, Gene Spafford Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Name ------ ------ ---- ----- ---- ---- ------ ---- 57905 Deflate 23093 60% 04-02-93 10:34 724928be alt1.lst 39129 Deflate 12902 67% 04-02-93 10:34 46e5fa44 alt2.lst 10957 Deflate 3768 66% 04-02-93 07:33 506d56ea bit.lst 36157 Deflate 11950 67% 04-02-93 10:33 730c0a07 groups1.lst 27083 Deflate 9106 66% 04-02-93 10:33 eea8c864 groups2.lst ------ ------ --- ------- 171231 60819 64% 5 Fri 2-Apr-93: Captured two of the space FAQ parts from the news. These natrually somewhat relate to the space proble .gif images I have made available from Garbo. 17243 Apr 1 14:39 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/astronomy/probes.zip probes.zip Text information on past and current space probes Wed 31-Mar-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 to Garbo 222427 Mar 16 09:10 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcutil/am91.zip am91.zip ArcMaster visual two window user interface, nagware The program has a new, modern interface. Wed 31-Mar-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 to Garbo 301315 Feb 25 08:17 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/spreadsheet/asa55c-1.zip 108270 Dec 23 14:33 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/spreadsheet/asa55c-2.zip asa55c-1.zip As-Easy-As spreadsheet 1/2 (mouse,graphics etc) (good) asa55c-2.zip As-Easy-As spreadsheet 2/2 (mouse,graphics etc) (good) Wed 31-Mar-93: Obtained from the author 7340 Mar 26 01:36 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/garboidx.zip garboidx.zip Create a simtel SIMIBM.IDX-compatible Garbo index file This is very nice, since a lot of users have been asking for the alternative index format, and now this program program can do it for you. Wed 31-Mar-93: Got from the author 13618 Mar 26 14:03 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/fileutil/pbjst091.zip pbjst091.zip ascii text justifying filter, Peter Breuer Wed 31-Mar-93: Obtained 119156 Mar 14 11:34 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filefind/fff42.zip fff42.zip File Finder Pack, with fuzzy search. By Jim Derr Wed 31-Mar-93: Obtained 248703 Feb 26 21:04 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gifutil/vpic60.zip vpic60.zip VPIC GIF viewer, converter (EGA,MCGA,VGA and EVGA) Wed 31-Mar-93: Got from the author 82985 Mar 30 02:50 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/useful25.zip useful25.zip The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel and Garbo, S.Ko Mon 29-Mar-93: Captured from the UseNet news 16879 Mar 29 20:27 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/math/faqlp303.zip faqlp303.zip Frequently Asked Questions about linear programming I have a personal interest since I have used linear programming in my early research career and written a linear programming package myself 76337 Sep 20 1992 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/ts/tslin33b.zip tslin33b.zip Friendly linear programming and linear goal programming Mon 29-Mar-93: My fellow maintainer Hannu Hirvonen obtained to Garbo: 46957 Mar 17 22:37 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/gzip107.exe gzip107.exe GNU zip for .z files, don't confuse with compress or (pk)zip Sat 27-Mar-93: Captured from the news 43089 Mar 27 12:16 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/grps9304.zip grps9304.zip List of Active Newsgroups, Gene Spafford Wed 24-Mar-93: Got 813092 Feb 23 00:01 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/vsumx302.zip vsumx302.zip PH's Virus Information Summary List, HyperText Wed 24-Mar-93: Got from the author 30891 Mar 15 01:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/bp7sb100.zip bp7sb100.zip Borland Pascal 7.0 Source Beautifier, Jozsef Ferincz Wed 24-Mar-93: This is a nice alternative to the tsr-based keyfake utilities. 9741 Nov 21 14:57 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/keyboard/simkey11.zip simkey11.zip Simulates keystrokes for programs without macros Tue 23-Mar-93: Rhys Weatherley and I have updated again 7386 Mar 23 20:22 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder22.zip moder22.zip A list of MsDos FTP sites & moderators 23-Mar-93 Mon 22-Mar-93: Keith (Petersen) has updated 3720 Mar 22 07:04 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/MSDOSANN.ZIP MSDOSANN.ZIP Information on the joint SIMTEL20 & Garbo mailing list Sun 21-Mar-93: Updated 12004 Mar 21 19:23 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/post00.zip post00.zip Index for Information email & postings Sun 21-Mar-93: Completed 29972 Mar 21 19:16 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/post14.zip post14.zip Information email & postings, from 16-Feb-93 to 21-Mar-93 Sun 21-Mar-93: Captured from CBIP.d 19945 Mar 19 12:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/useful24.zip useful24.zip The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel and Garbo, S.Ko Also I am retaining 99746 Jan 5 02:10 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/goldies/useful21.zip useful21.zip The complete Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel and Garbo Sat 20-Mar-93: Obtained the following space probe images mars1.gif Mars, one hemisphere mars2.gif Mars, the other hemisphere miranda.gif Uranus's moon Miranda neptrito.gif Parting view of Neptune and its moon Triton saturn.gif Saturn full view saturn3.gif Sarturn and its rings triton.gif Neptune's moon Triton uranus.gif A fuzzy full view of Uranus 263495 Mar 19 18:39 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/mars1.gif 240949 Mar 19 18:40 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/mars2.gif 168279 Mar 19 18:37 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/miranda.gif 59729 Mar 19 18:38 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/neptrito.gif 162625 Mar 19 18:35 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/saturn.gif 85845 Mar 19 18:36 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/saturn3.gif 118957 Mar 19 18:38 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/triton.gif 67267 Mar 19 18:37 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/uranus.gif Fri 19-Mar-93: Got 224799 Mar 14 08:11 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcutil/shez89.zip shez89.zip Compression Companion for arcers by Jim Derr Wed 17-Mar-93: Rhys Weatherley rhys@cs.uq.oz.au and I have updated our 7249 Mar 17 12:06 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder21.zip moder21.zip A list of MsDos FTP sites & moderators 17-Mar-93 Main contents : ----------------- European sites North American sites Oceanian sites Asian sites Space image sites Mirrors of Well-Known PC-Related Sites Archie servers CBIP postings repositories Listserv / trickle managers Fill-in information sheet Tue 16-Mar-93: Acquired the following Jovian gifs from JPL 78997 Mar 16 16:50 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/callisto.gif callisto.gif Jupiter's moon Callisto 38968 Mar 16 16:49 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/io.gif io.gif Jupiter's moon Io with active volcanoes 74011 Mar 16 16:49 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/jupiter.gif jupiter.gif Jupiter and three moons 62174 Mar 16 16:49 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/jupring.gif jupring.gif Jupiter's ring 147807 Mar 16 16:50 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/redspot.gif redspot.gif Jupiter's Great Red Spot Tue 16-Mar-93: Updated a little more unusual file 33870 Mar 16 13:12 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/exam/krlis006.zip krlis006.zip Financial statement analysis references for M.Sc. theses This is primarily for my students at the University of Vaasa, but all the information is in English. These are references plus max five line summaries of most of the entries. The latest entry concerns "Explaining Variability in External Audit Fees" by Willie Gist in Accounting and Business Research. It is a very good example of applying the deductive-empirical research method in modern accounting research. Tue 16-Mar-93: Obtained 156924 Mar 16 00:28 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/gtdr.gif gtdr.gif Magellan Venus Map from JPL 775 Mar 16 11:05 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/gtdr.txt gtdr.txt Caption file for Magellan Venus Map from JPL Tue 16-Mar-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 407481 Jan 7 13:30 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/spreadsheet/aea550b.zip aea550b.zip As-Easy-As spreadsheet (mouse,graphics etc) (good) Unfortunately contrary to the earlier version this rendition produced an out of memory error when tested with an old VP planner+ data file. Consequently I also retained the old version 338838 May 26 1992 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/goldies/aea501c.zip aea501c.zip As-Easy-As spreadsheet, without out of memory problems Mon 15-Mar-93: Acquired from SIMTEL20 20232 Dec 22 01:55 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcutil/arcid102.zip arcid102.zip Error level based Archive Identifier, Stacy Smith (nag) Mon 15-Mar-93: Got 32455 Jan 26 10:42 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/decode/uuexe521.zip uuexe521.zip UUde/encode & XXde/encode (format like c.b.i.p.d) Fri 12-Mar-93: Got 22494 Jan 15 01:01 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/tp6sb101.zip tp6sb101.zip Turbo Pascal 6.0 Source Beautifier, Jozsef Ferincz Thu 11-Mar-93: Got from the author 66494 Mar 11 22:33 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/faqc9303.zip faqc9303.zip Jean-loup Gailly's comp.compression FAQ Thu 11-Mar-93: More space images from Jet Propulsion Laboratory 90101 Mar 10 07:42 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/earth.gif earth.gif Galileo probe image of Earth from 1st flyby 404505 Mar 9 22:28 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/earthafr.gif earthafr.gif Earth with Africa, Madagasgar, and clouds 168832 Mar 10 07:43 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/encelad.gif encelad.gif Voyager 2 image of of Saturn's Enceladus moon 118656 Mar 10 07:44 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/neptune.gif neptune.gif Voyager 2 image of Neptune with the dark spot Thu 11-Mar-93: Got from the author 220386 Mar 10 15:46 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/arj239d.exe arj239d.exe ARJ archiver 2.39d PRE-RELEASE candidate, R.Jung 3298 Mar 10 15:47 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/arju239d.arj arju239d.arj TESTARJ.BAT for for ARJ 2.39d PRE-RELEASE candidate Thu 11-Mar-93: I moved all the astronomy related gifs at Garbo to a new directory /pc/gif-astro. So far they all are space probe images. Thu 11-Mar-93: As of today Garbo is accepting uploads of also PKZIP 2.04 compatible files. We shall not do a mass conversion of the old .zip files on Garbo, but at least as they are updated, those Garbo information files which are in the .zip format, can be in the new format. Most importantly 75318 Mar 11 10:11 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/INDEX.ZIP INDEX.ZIP The list of garbo.uwasa.fi MsDos files zipped is in the new format. To unzip the 2.04 zipped files you will need either of these alternatives 40062 Jan 18 11:06 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/unz50p1.exe unz50p1.exe Info-ZIP's self-extracting unzipper (pkzip 2.04 compatible) 202574 Feb 1 02:04 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/pkz204g.exe pkz204g.exe PKWARE's pkzip, pkunzip, pkzipfix, zip2exe for .zip If you wish to unzip on the Unix platform, use 299288 Jan 15 08:42 garbo.uwasa.fi:/unix/arcers/unz50p1.tar.Z unz50p1.tar.Z Info-ZIP's portable unzipper (Unix,VMS,..), 2.04 compatible Tue 9-Mar-93: Usually I do not take gifs to Garbo, but I make selective science related exceptions. I have picked the following planetary probe images of Mars from the JPL library. The directory is /pc/gif. 00n107.gif Valles Marineris, a large valley on Mars 00n107-2.gif Valles Marineris, a large valley on Mars, enlargement 00n112-2.gif Caldera of a volcano on Tharsis Plateau on Mars 05n027.gif Possible erosion channel on Mars 05s087.gif Valles Marineris, Mars, possible erosion patterns 05s087.txt Description of 05s087.gif 90s000.gif South pole of Mars, showing polar cap 90s000.txt Description of 90s000.gif olymp-c.gif Caldera of Olympus Mons, highest volcano on Mars Sun 7-Mar-93: Captured from the UseNet news 26296 Mar 7 19:38 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/grps9303.zip grps9303.zip Gene Spafford's List of Active Newsgroups Tue 2-Mar-93: After being in contact with the author acquired from SIMTEL20: garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/memutil/ramsave.zip 9741 Feb 22 1992 ramsave.zip ramsave.zip Save/restore ramdisk on reboot, T.Arheit (useful) Sun 28-Feb-93: Wrote gfind A convenient Unix script for Garbo index searches 1399 Feb 28 20:50 garbo.uwasa.fi:/unix/ts/gfind If you are a heavy Garbo user you'll find this script very useful, indeed. Do take a look. An example of usage and output > gfind tsbat ======================================= Find files from Garbo indexes, ver 1.0a By Prof. Timo Salmi 28-Feb-93 ======================================= garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/ts/tsbat41.zip 98246 Jan 30 22:20 tsbat41.zip tsbat41.zip A collection of useful batch files and tricks. Sun 28-Feb-93: I have again updated author15.zip SW & PD authors reachable on or from InterNet 18168 Feb 28 08:07 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author15.zip If you are an MsDos PD or shareware author, and would like to get included, please see the end of author15.zip for a convenient fill-in sheet. There are currently 103 authors on this list including contact addresses that are very frequently asked on the UnseNet news like those of PKWARE's and McAfee's. Sat 27-Feb-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 tdraw460.zip TheDraw Color Screen Image Generator & Editor 311189 Feb 15 00:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/screen/tdraw460.zip It is a program that allows you to draw colorful ANSI.SYS based pictures. Many BBS welcome screens have been drawn with this excellent and entertaining program. Fri 26-Feb-93: Updated the following individualized contents list of files in directories where the contets are not always easy to judge from the main index only. 9508 Feb 26 23:45 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/miscutil/0miscuti.zip 31472 Feb 26 23:46 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pcmag/0pcmag.zip 31030 Feb 26 23:51 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/0turbopa.zip 9855 Feb 26 23:52 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/0unix.zip Wed 24-Feb-93: As per our agreement with Keith and Jim this file is now also available from Garbo as 231193 Feb 22 12:54 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcutil/shez87.zip Please note that I do not announce all the SIMTEL20/Garbo dublicates, but I always try to do that for certain agreed special programs like SHEZ and CSHOW. > SHEZ v8.7 - - The Premier Compression Shell. Interface > ZIP,LHA,ZOO,ARC,ARJ,SQZ,PAK compression programs. NEW - SQZ support, > ability to convert nested compressed files, run different version of ZIP > and UNZIP. New command line options, specify number of paths per > compressed file, numerous other configuration options and enhancements I like these new features. Since .zip is so prominent it is very judicious to do the multiple choice for .zip to see if the new PKZIP 2.04 will stabilize. For example I use 2.04G for extracting, but continue to use 1.10 for making .zip files for a little bit longer, although sooner or later I'll update both my own and Garbo's PKZIP usage, not just the PKUNZIP usage. The number of archivers is increasing. The new SQZ support partly covers this aspect. HPACK is still not covered, but I'll draw Jim's kind attention to it, too. The problem with HPACK is that it is very slow. If you have been skipping some of the SHEZ updates, I suggest taking this one now. Sun 21-Feb-93: I have updated the file presenting a subjective choice of 25 best MsDos PD and shareware utilities 6852 Feb 21 1993 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/bestpr25.zip Sun 21-Feb-93: Obtained the following files from SIMTEL20 and took a closer look. /pc/educgames fl20.zip Falling Letters SW typing game, by Zaikin & Angelov. A fairly good rendition of the theme of learning typing by "shooting" letters as they "attack". Others on the same theme include pcftyp41.zip, typdr11.zip, typefast.zip, and even my own TYPEVADE in tsgmeb15.zip. The users on UseNet news quite frequently ask for typing tutors so this is at the same time an answer to that question. 13475 Feb 15 20:33 /pc/screen brtlin15.zip BriteLine TSR, highlight cursor row, cripple version This is a nice alternative idea instead of a block cursor to show you where you are on a non-color laptop LCD. 6050 Oct 19 05:53 Sat 20-Feb-93: We are making the following arrangements at Garbo for the time being to economize on Garbo moderators' workload. The main Garbo upload queue backlog will now gradually be resolved without making the customary upload announcements at all. My apologies to our gentle uploaders for any inconvenience caused. (But, naturally, you have a free choice of posting the announcement yourself when the file becomes available). You can see the log of the names of the files as they become available from Garbo for example by watching the /pc/_files.in list of the current month's uploads. Also Timo's part of the MsDos queue is currently running on a low profile and tempo. Selected information is available as /pc/pd2/news-pd2 and /pc/ts/0news-ts. I do not have the information to give when exactly we expect Garbo arrangements can go back to normal. Sat 20-Feb-93: SIMTEL20 recently announced cdf40d.zip which I have now obtained also to Garbo using the following description after taking a closer look. I also obtained a few other files from SIMTEL20 and made the following quick observations. -- /pc/diskcopy 65132 Feb 1 04:04 cdf40d.zip DISK COPY FAST, 1-pass, Chang Lee (good). The are several good 1-pass floppy copiers around, but if I would have to opt to one of them this would be it. It has an interface very familiar to the older versions of the Turbo Pascal IDE, and has some nice features like being able to format, and being able not to waste time on the empty part of the floppy. It is a typical example how to to write a program with a professional touch. -- /pc/editor 208541 Dec 31 15:35 elv17exe.zip Elvis editor, is a clone of vi/ex Well, in editors perhaps more than in any other typ of program, anyone for his/her own. But I admit that it is a very nice thing to have the same editors available for different platforms, so that so that one can use the same editor of them. (I wish there were a Unix version of the QEdit editor). Fri 19-Feb-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 virx26d.zip VIRx, Ross Greenberg's Virus detection program 107978 Feb 11 00:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/virx26d.zip This is one of the top virus detecting programs even if it is a demo of the full product without including the removal capabilities. If yo do not have it, it will be a good addition to the standard battery of your utensils. Fri 19-Feb-93: Got vsumx301.zip PH's Virus Information Summary List, HyperText 789648 Jan 20 00:01 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/vsumx301.zip It is an impressive database of existing virus related information. Wed 17-Feb-93: Due to the rather crushing criticism about my activities from comp.archives.msdos.d I am at least temporarily suspending part of my Garbo activities and all my net news advice giving activities. Wed 17-Feb-93: Got from the author tpl60n19.zip Turbo Pascal TPL run-time library replacement, N.Juffa 170581 Feb 17 14:59 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/tpl60n19.zip Mon 15-Feb-93: There is a set of Garbo information and feedback files /pc/pd2/post*.zip which I update until they have 30 items. I have issue 13 now full. It is available as 22761 Feb 15 11:19 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/post13.zip The full contents list of all the post*.zip files is available as 11660 Feb 15 21:13 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/post00.zip The next issue post14.zip is under way and obtainable. Mon 15-Feb-93: One of my big favorites is the SHEZ Compession Companion. Among the nice new features is the possiblity of sideways scrolling of the contents list, and improved support for PKZIP 2.04. If you haven't it it is one of the programs to download. At Garbo 210996 Jan 29 13:17 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcutil/shez86.zip Sat 13-Feb-93: I have updated author14.zip SW & PD authors reachable on or from InterNet 17243 Feb 13 09:36 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author14.zip Wed 10-Feb-93: Got among other things qbench.zip Quantum Data Access Time Benchmark 164329 Oct 30 01:20 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/sysinfo/qbench.zip Seems quite a polished product for measuring disk access speed. Tue 9-Feb-93: An upload directly from PKWARE pkz204g.exe PKWARE's pkzip, pkunzip, pkzipfix, zip2exe for .zip 202574 Feb 1 02:04 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/pkz204g.exe Sun 7-Feb-93: I have updated whoiswho.txt Whom to contact in Garbo related questions 3982 Feb 7 08:56 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/whoiswho.txt Sat 6-Feb-93: Got directly from the author faqp9303.zip Stan Brown's comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ 43614 Feb 2 21:59 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/faqp9203.zip Sat 6-Feb-93: Captured from the CBIP postings fp-207.zip The Virus Protection system by Fridrik Skulason 317054 Feb 4 05:05 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/fp-207.zip Fri 5-Feb-93: Captured from UseNet news two information postings about past and future space probes and made a them a package: probes.zip Text information on past and current space probes 17351 Feb 5 21:45 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/astronomy/probes.zip Fri 5-Feb-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 scrlit15.zip Scrollit screen scroll back buffer 35309 Jan 23 01:50 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/screen/scrlit15.zip Worth taking a look at even if nagware. Sat 30-Jan-93: If you need a list of the current month's new files, recall that you can always get the list as /pc/_files.in. The old months' lists are stored as /pc/filelist/garb9211.lst taking November 1992 uploads as an example. The directory also contains Garbo's download statistics, which can give you useful hints. The monthly statistics dload*.lst are annotated, that is contain the descriptions, too. Wed 27-Jan-93: Rhys Weatheley and I have updated our list of MsDos FTP sites. It is now 6833 Jan 27 12:33 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder20.zip Tue 26-Jan-93: Wrote 2771 Jan 26 1993 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/whoiswho.txt whoiswho.txt Whom to contact in Garbo related questions Mon 18-Jan-93: Acquired from SIMTEL20 two sort programs for sorting files which are too big for the ordinary MsDos sort to handle. 9318 Apr 21 1990 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/fileutil/bigsrt22.zip 10472 Sep 20 1991 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/fileutil/sortf237.zip The former is a filter, the latter a command-line program. Mon 18-Jan-93: Got PKZIP 2.04C compatible Info-ZIP MsDos unzip (/pc/arcers/unz50p1.exe) directly from the Info-ZIP programming group authors. Sun 17-Jan-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 zip161.zip Fast serial file transfer by Eric Meyer 29399 Dec 18 23:55 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/comm/zip161.zip You could call it the poor man's LapLink. Not as flexible, but does the job of transferring files from one PC to another at good speeds. Sat 16-Jan-93: Updated the contents list of the PC-Magazine utilities at Garbo. You can use this list to see what files each of the PC-MAG packages contains. 30549 Jan 16 21:09 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pcmag/0pcmag.zip Wed 13-Jan-93: There is a set of Garbo information and feedback files /pc/pd2/post*.zip which I update until they have 30 items. I have issue 12 now full. It is available as 31552 Jan 13 18:17 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/post12.zip The full contents list of all the post*.zip files is available as 9983 Oct 20 16:49 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/post00.zip Tue 12-Jan-93: Archivers, that is packing programs seem to be the order of the day. Received 119977 Jan 11 22:36 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/arj239b.exe 28606 Jan 7 10:54 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/ha098.zip The latter is Finnish productionfor a .ha compression. Fri 8-Jan-93: I have updated my list of the email addresses of the PD & shareware MsDos authors. The list is now availabe from us as 16213 Jan 8 14:14 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author13.zip The list now contains 89 authors including an updated email address for PKWARE. The number of the authors on the list has been steadily growing, but not quite at the rate I had hoped for. The problem, you see, is that the users of the MsDos FTP archives often wish to contact the authors, and it would be nice to have up-to-date information in one place in a fairly standard format. If you are an author who wishes to be included, please see the ready fill-in format at the end of the author list. Fri 8-Jan-93: Rhys Weatherley and I have updated our list of MsDos FTP sites and the otehr related information. There is one addition, a Taiwanese MsDos and Windows FTP site. Also I have added a contents list (given below). The updated file is 6704 Jan 8 13:10 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder19.zip Main contents : ----------------- European sites North American sites Oceanian sites Asian sites Mirrors of Well-Known PC-Related Sites Archie servers CBIP postings repositories Listserv / trickle managers Thu 7-Jan-93: Got PKZIP 2.04C compatible Info-ZIP MsDos temporary unzip (/pc/arcers/unz50u1.exe) from Jean-loup Gailly. Jean-loup is part of the Info-ZIP team, and he also is the person who publishes the comp.compression FAQ (/pc/doc-net/faqc*.zip). Thu 7-Jan-93: I imported the new PKZIP 2.04 (/pc/arcers/pkz204c.exe) yesterday. In 24 hours it was downloaded about 800 times, which tangents an oln scan*.zip record. The sorry side of things is that there seems to be an inordinate number of irritating bugs in the otherwise fine product. The users have reposrted many of the in the comp.compression UseNet newsgroup, and even I found two clar bugs all by myself. Wed 6-Jan-93: Since many readers may have been on holidays during the time, I would like to announce the stored version of a recent posting of mine. Just like for 1991 I wrote for 1992 a kind of a subjective look back at the year from an archive site maintainer's, a newsgroup co-moderator's and cbip discussion subgroups (and later cam.d) reader's point of view. This brief history is available as 6673 Dec 30 09:28 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/hist92.zip Mon 4-Jan-93: Rhys Weatherley and I have updated our list of MsDos FTP sites and their moderators' email addresses. It is now 6525 Jan 4 14:47 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder18.zip We updated the archie server information, and added information about SIMTEL20 mail server (trickle) contact addresses. We discarded the auxiliary chapman.txt file about archie servers, since it began to be out of date. Mon 4-Jan-93: Got directly from the author Ralf Brown's his MsDos Interrupt List 359503 Jan 3 11:45 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/programming/inter33a.zip 302607 Jan 3 11:45 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/programming/inter33b.zip 187070 Jan 3 11:21 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/programming/inter33c.zip A serious MsDos programmer's must. Thu 1-Jan-93: The 1992 selected garbo.uwasa.fi news for MsDos material can be found as /pc/pd2/news92a.pd2 and news92b.pd2. There are also older news available in this same directory.