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 <http://www.uwasa.fi/~ts/> ; FIN-65101, Finland
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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 - <ASP> - 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.