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/tspost*.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-Jul to 31-Dec Fri 31-Dec-93: Completed the year with posting to CAM.d, CBIP.d and CBIP.wanted newsgroups my 6875 Dec 31 06:03 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/hist93.zip hist93.zip Timo's subjective look back at 1993 in cbip, cam and archives Thu 30-Dec-93: Got 42828 Sep 23 1987 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/educgames/mpoly55a.zip mpoly55a.zip Intuitive monolopy board game, D.Gibson As we know Garbo is very picky on the types of games we take, but the most famous board games of all times easily makes it. In fact, if one stops to think about it for a moment, it is a kind of a precedessor to the management games used in teaching at business schools. Thu 30-Dec-93: Captured from comp.archives.msdos.d 27699 Dec 27 08:58 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/usefu32a.zip usefu32a.zip The Most Useful PC Programs at SimTel and Garbo, S.Ko Fri 24-Dec-93: Merry Christmas. I have updated 9322 Dec 24 15:12 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/bestpr28.zip bestpr28.zip Timo's choice of 28 best MsDos SW and PD packages I rewrote and added information to many of the entries and updated the version numbers. I also added three new items. Wed 22-Dec-93: I have updated Garbo's uploading instructions to reflect inviting also submissions of scientific papers in the electronic format in the areas of accounting, finance, operations research, production economics and computer science. They are : 13091 Dec 22 16:36 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/UPLOAD.INF UPLOAD.INF Instructions for uploading to Garbo archives : 5398 Dec 22 16:47 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/UPTEXT.INF UPTEXT.INF The recommended formula for your Garbo upload announcements Tue 21-Dec-93: Obtained 168242 Dec 9 18:35 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/diskcopy/copyq312.zip copyq312.zip Multiple one-go Format/Copy/Verify for Diskettes, Sydex : 195056 Dec 13 18:53 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/astronomy/starwrk2.zip starwrk2.zip SVGA/Herc astronomy planetarium simulator, G.Lee Sun 19-Dec-93: Captured from the UseNet news 26386 Dec 19 08:18 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/useful32.zip useful32.zip The Most Useful PC Programs at SimTel and Garbo, S.Ko Fri 17-Dec-93: Created a new directory /pc/research for scientific research papers in electronic format in Accounting, Finance, Operations Research, Production Economics, and Computer Science. The rules for submission are the familiar 12664 Nov 30 12:41 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/UPLOAD.INF UPLOAD.INF Instructions for uploading to Garbo archives Although they are at the moment in another directory, for examples of research papers in the electronic format please see 17314 Nov 30 15:29 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/ts/tscmpacc.zip tscmpacc.zip Review of Finnish Expenditure-Revenue Accounting, a paper : 41741 Feb 8 1993 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/ts/tssera.zip tssera.zip On the Classification of Financial Ratios, research publication Fri 17-Dec-93: Got 72141 Dec 16 16:16 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/faqc9312.zip faqc9312.zip Frequently Asked Questions of comp.compression Fri 17-Dec-93: Ari obtained for us 383496 Dec 8 22:59 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/fp-210c.zip fp-210c.zip Virus Protection system by Fridrik Skulason (great) Fri 10-Dec-93: Got 1524884 Dec 9 18:56 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/allswag.zip allswag.zip SWAG: A huge library of PD Turbo Pascal code If you are a Turbo Pascal programmer, this is a must to look at. Wed 8-Dec-93: Completed 27760 Dec 8 21:21 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/tspost17.zip tspost17.zip Information email & postings, from 5-Oct-93 to 8-Dec-93 Wed 8-Dec-93: Acquired 977201 Oct 31 23:05 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/vsumx310.zip vsumx310.zip PH's Virus Information Summary List, HyperText -- Mon 6-Dec-93: The following update to the attention of Garbo's valued uploaders 4998 Dec 6 04:38 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/UPTEXT.INF UPTEXT.INF The recommended formula for your Garbo upload announcements There is an important new item within the formula Distribution limitations: (Put here any preconditions on the distribution. The most common are geographical limitations, eg. for North America only, and limitations on redistribution on CD-ROMs. Due to recent trends, this item must be included!) While I am at it, I would again like to draw our uploaders' attention to carefully reading /pc/UPLOAD.INF and /pc/UPTEXT.INF before uploading to save everyone's time. Your uploads are very welcome, but the load is currently such, that we cannot cope with uploads which do not conform. Some highlight for MsDos uploaders: - Only .zip files are accepted. - An emailed announcement to pc-up@uwasaX.fi is compulsory! - It is futile to upload the announcement to /pc/incoming since a script automatically deletes any non-zip files. - Your emailed announcement MUST have a subject in the form gismo10.zip Global Integrated Simulation Model uploaded - If the subject is missing from the email header, the upload has to be rejected. Sorry to have to be this strict, but we no longer have an alternative. -- Sat 4-Dec-93: Made available the following update 27493 Dec 4 17:57 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author23.zip author23.zip Email addresses of 160 MsDos shareware and PD authors Length Method Size Ratio Date Time CRC-32 Name ------ ------ ---- ----- ---- ---- ------ ---- 4505 Deflate 1680 63% 12-04-93 17:57 bee499be author.faq Frequenly Asked Questions about the AUTHOR.LST list 59094 Deflate 21224 64% 12-04-93 16:52 8d7f657e author.lst Email addresses of MsDos shareware and PD authors for InterNet users 150 Deflate 125 17% 09-05-93 17:04 98a92766 file_id.diz Brief characterization 2235 Deflate 1072 52% 10-29-93 21:21 a45ad2b8 readmail.tip Optionally browse the information with the ReadMail program 5259 Deflate 2385 55% 11-27-93 11:37 fbda9047 submit.txt How to submit your own entry to the list ------ ------ --- ------- 71243 26486 63% 5 Fri 3-Dec-93: Captured from comp.binaries.ibm.pc 12495 Aug 1 15:17 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/tp_ascii.zip tp_ascii.zip Ascii chart, especially for TP, P.Hagglund Wed 1-Dec-93: Captured the up to dated information to 64426 Dec 1 16:58 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/newsgrps.zip newsgrps.zip Lists of Active Newsgroups, David Lawrence : 82591 Dec 1 17:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/usenews.zip usenews.zip Usenet Netiquette, creating new newsgroups, etc advice Tue 30-Nov-93: Updated 19546 Nov 28 00:10 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/tspost00.zip tspost00.zip Index for Timo's FAQs and Information email & postings Fri 26-Nov-93: Started 3073 Nov 26 21:22 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/rev02w02.zip rev02w02.zip Users' MsDos program reviews from the UseNet news, Vol.2 to complement 55904 Nov 23 08:32 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/rev01w20.zip rev01w20.zip Users' MsDos program reviews from the UseNet news, Vol.1 The former, that is /pc/pd2/rev02w02.zip is unfinished (actually just started). Please do not upload beyond MsDos FTP sites until it has the full 20 messages. Fri 26-Nov-93: Captured and made available 24846 Nov 26 13:08 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/useful31.zip useful31.zip The Most Useful MSDOS Programs at Simtel and Garbo, S.Ko Fri 26-Nov-93: Obtained 215055 Nov 11 09:08 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcutil/am98.zip am98.zip ArcMaster visual two window user interface, nagware (good) Fri 26-Nov-93: Our computer centre people prepared a gif of the new campus planned for our university 112501 Nov 26 11:48 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif/kampalo2.gif kampalo2.gif The new campus plan (1994) for the University of Vaasa The new university campus area is being built next to the old Cotton Mill premises on Palosaari at Vaasa. The first phase of construction will be completed by the summer of 1994. By the end of the century all departments of the university are planned to operate within the new campus. Thu 25-Nov-93: Acquired 73158 Oct 21 11:20 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/tsrsrc35.zip tsrsrc35.zip TSRCOM35 memory management TP & asm sources Thu 25-Nov-93: Rhys Weatherley and I have updated our 14312 Nov 25 12:29 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder33.zip moder33.zip A list of MsDos FTP sites and moderators, by TS & RW Wed 24-Nov-93: Captured from cbip 93833 Sep 1 10:44 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/tstar311.zip tstar311.zip Tape ARchive utility program, T.Shaporev Wed 24-Nov-93: We got from the author 32305 Nov 6 23:28 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/decode/uuexe524.zip uuexe524.zip UUde/encode & XXde/encode (format like c.b.i.p.d) Tue 23-Nov-93: Got from the author a useful patching utility 10935 Nov 16 13:42 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/fileutil/binsub11.zip binsub11.zip Search and replace for binary files, reqs 386+ Tue 23-Nov-93: The first volume of the program reviews is now complete and available as 55904 Nov 23 08:32 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/rev01w20.zip rev01w20.zip Users' MsDos program reviews from the UseNet news After this I'll be starting the next one to be called rev02w*.zip. Mon 22-Nov-93: As our gentle Garbo users will recall Garbo is constantly seeking to specialize in areas like Turbo Pascal, quality MsDos utilities, education, etc where the maintainers and the site have special interest or know-how. To enhance this we have removed two directories with material that was outside our central scope and where we had little to give /pc/djgpp : DJ's GCC port to DOS pl 8 /pc/opus : OPUS BBS System The SimTel archives and its mirrors around the world fill the demand for the broader scope. Sun 21-Nov-93: I have updated 19395 Nov 21 20:33 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/tspost00.zip tspost00.zip Index for Timo's FAQs and Information email & postings This is a major update, since the file now contains the indexes for all my FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions). I got the idea from a tangent correspondence with rem@public.btr.com (Robert E. Maas rem@btr.com). Thanks Robert. Sun 21-Nov-93: Got via Keith (thanks) 106880 Nov 15 09:05 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/fileutil/list90e.zip list90e.zip Vernon Buerg's file browsing program, the definite must Sat 20-Nov-93: Updated 3067 Nov 20 11:24 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/infolist.txt infolist.txt Information on the Garbo info mailing list Fri 19-Nov-93: Acquired 262950 Nov 10 10:02 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/scanv109.zip scanv109.zip McAfee VIRUSCAN; scans for known viruses and variants : 283702 Nov 10 10:02 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/clean109.zip clean109.zip McAfee Clean-up virus remover (run SCAN first) : 156550 Nov 10 10:02 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/vshld109.zip vshld109.zip McAfee VSHIELD TSR; protects constantly from viri Fri 12-Nov-93: This came from OAK in cooperation with Keith 137561 Nov 4 11:25 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/diskcopy/copyq311.zip copyq311.zip Multiple one-go Format/Copy/Verify for Diskettes, Sydex This is a very good alternative for the MsDos diskcopy disk changing woes. The opening screen can be considered a slight nag, though. Fri 12-Nov-93: Updated again by adding one review by Peter Breuer which I captured from comp.archives.msdos.d 35799 Nov 12 09:59 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/rev01w16.zip rev01w16.zip Users' MsDos program reviews from the UseNet news Wed 10-Nov-93: Acquired 190330 Oct 28 21:57 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/virx291.zip virx291.zip Ross Greenberg's Virus detection program Wed 10-Nov-93: Updated by capturing from cbip.d the two new reviews by Peter Breuer 34159 Nov 10 13:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/rev01w15.zip rev01w15.zip Users' MsDos program reviews from the UseNet news Wed 10-Nov-93: Acquired from SimTel go Garbo 15016 Nov 5 14:41 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/cmdutil/prokez10.zip prokez10.zip PRO-KEYS command line environment with completion This is quite an interesting utility. It is suggestive, that is when you enter something, it automatically suggests what the rest is based on thge names at the path, etc. I am not sure if it is not a bit dangerous, and might even be a bit annoying, but it is intriguing at the very least. Worth a close look in that sense. Tue 9-Nov-93: Acquired 90987 Nov 3 11:38 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/education/statu123.zip statu123.zip Computer-based teaching tool for statistical concepts Thu 4-Nov-93: Ari and I have removed the /pc/fidonet directory from Garbo because this area is beyond Garbo in its quest to limit its specializations to its strengths and particular interests. The directory at Garbo was nearly empty anyway. Thu 4-Nov-93: Acquired 31352 Jun 1 11:13 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/comm/zip163.zip zip163.zip Fast serial file transfer by Eric Meyer (good) Wed 3-Nov-93: Captured from cbip binary postings 87576 Aug 31 12:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/education/typemt50.zip typemt50.zip A course for touch typing with 10 fingers (good) Wed 3-Nov-93: Acquired 15616 May 23 19:55 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/diskcopy/1pass21.zip 1pass21.zip Onepass single-pass diskette copier, format etc (good) Tue 2-Nov-93: Captured 18322 Nov 2 12:56 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/astronomy/probes.zip probes.zip Text information on past and current space probes Tue 2-Nov-93: Acquired 106650 Oct 24 09:03 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/fileutil/list90c.zip list90c.zip Vernon Buerg's file browsing program, the definite must Mon 1-Nov-93: Acquired the following update 34654 Jun 29 01:10 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/execomp/dirx110.zip dirx110.zip List and handle compressed executables. Very good. Mon 1-Nov-93: Acquired the following 1-pass copier for diskettes. A slight nag in the format of an opening screen, but very useful and nice. 137133 Oct 16 16:48 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/diskcopy/copyq310.zip copyq310.zip Multiple one-go Format/Copy/Verify for Diskettes, Sydex Mon 1-Nov-93: Acquired to the /pc/pcmag directory vol12n18.zip and vol12n19.zip. Mon 1-Nov-93: Got 256634 Oct 29 06:52 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcutil/shez95.zip shez95.zip Compression Companion for arcers by Jim Derr (excellent) Mon 1-Nov-93: As usual, we have prepared several Garbo statistics files: 6475 Nov 1 05:54 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/ftpts43.lst ftpts43.lst Ftp stats of Timo's files week 43 1993 : 26889 Nov 1 06:07 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/ts93.zip ts93.zip Downloads of Timo's files in 1993 Sun 31-Oct-93: Prepared 17194 Oct 31 12:09 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/newf9310.lst newf9310.lst Annotated new Garbo files list, October 1993 Sun 31-Oct-93: I have updated 30977 Oct 31 09:06 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/ts/tsans075.txt tsans075.txt Answers to some recurring questions about TS-packages : 29821 Oct 31 08:12 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/pd2aw075.txt pd2aw075.txt Frequently asked Garbo questions with answers : 4791 Oct 31 08:33 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/whoiswho.txt whoiswho.txt Whom to contact in Garbo related questions : 2738 Oct 31 08:42 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/private.txt private.txt Your Garbo questions and views are considered public Fri 29-Oct-93: I have renamed the Garbo information and feedback files from /pc/pd2/post*.zip to /pc/pd2/tspost*.zip. I have also included file comments into each. The index is thus now available as 13818 Oct 4 21:34 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/tspost00.zip tspost00.zip Index for /pc/pd2/tspost*.zip Information email & postings The most recent file, still under construction, is 5908 Oct 29 22:10 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/tspost17.zip tspost17.zip Information email & postings, from 5-Oct-93 Fri 29-Oct-93: I have released the following update 23316 Oct 29 21:21 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author22.zip author22.zip Email addresses of 150 MsDos shareware and PD authors Wed 27-Oct-93: Obtained to Garbo 106586 Aug 24 09:01 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/fileutil/list90b.zip list90b.zip Vernon Buerg's file browsing program, the definite must Sat 23-Oct-93: Obtained 247844 Aug 29 09:11 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/dosnx22a.zip dosnx22a.zip Dosnix Unix style MsDos utilities from G. Vrooman and updated 10329 Oct 23 12:29 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/0unix.zip 0unix.zip .zip files contents in /pc/unix directory Tue 19-Oct-93: Obtained the following space images to Garbo's /pc/gif-astro directory gaspra.gif About 18km of asteroid 951 Gaspra Oct 29, 1991 marsob.gif The ill-fated Mars Observer in the clean room mercury.gif Photomosaic of Mercury by Mariner 10, 29-Mar-74 molaunch.gif The launch 25-Sep-93 of ill-fated March Observer survapol.gif Surveyor 3 on the Moon with astronauts 20-Nov-69 venglobe.gif Magellan probe radar mosaic of Venus venpole.gif Magellan probe radar mosaic of Venus's north pole voyager.gif The full-scale model of twin Voyager spacecrafts They all come with embedded text comments. Mon 18-Oct-93: Acquired to Garbo archives 118386 Sep 17 17:59 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/ifp1s158.zip ifp1s158.zip TP/MASM source for InfoPlus system information, A.Rossmann : 114415 Sep 17 17:59 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/sysinfo/ifp1p158.zip ifp1p158.zip InfoPlus; system information about your computer (good) Mon 18-Oct-93: Acquired the following files to /pc/spell words1.zip English word list (ascii) 1/4, A - D words2.zip English word list (ascii) 2/4, E - K words3.zip English word list (ascii) 3/4, L - R words4.zip English word list (ascii) 4/4, S - Z Sat 16-Oct-93: There have recently been so many developments, changes and additions that Rhys Weatherley and I have again had to release a new update of our MsDos FTP site and related information list 13867 Oct 16 06:50 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder32.zip moder32.zip A list of MsDos FTP sites and moderators Sun 10-Oct-93: I have updated 23308 Oct 10 14:23 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author21.zip author21.zip Email addresses of 142 MsDos shareware and PD authors Sat 9-Oct-93: Update 12940 Oct 9 11:13 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder31.zip moder31.zip A list of MsDos FTP sites and moderators Sat 9-Oct-93: Update 3755 Oct 9 10:54 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/MSDOSANN.ZIP MSDOSANN.ZIP Information on the joint SimTel & Garbo mailing list Mon 4-Oct-93: Completed the Garbo feedback and information file 23264 Oct 4 21:31 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/post16.zip post16.zip Information email & postings, from 9-Jun-93 to 4-Oct-93 and started connection /pc/pd2/post17.zip Mon 4-Oct-93: I will not be bothering the gentle readers with alternative verions of Garbo download statistics. For your information, however. I have resumed running the stats also on my own files, but I won't be posting it. Here is just the reference, for this this time. 7542 Oct 4 12:27 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pub/pc/filelist/ftpts39.lst ftpts39.lst Ftp stats of Timo's files week 39 1993 Mon 4-Oct-93: Captured 18969 Oct 4 11:41 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/astronomy/probes.zip probes.zip Text information on past and current space probes Mon 4-Oct-93: Got directly from the author 360147 Oct 3 09:30 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/programming/inter37a.zip inter37[abcd].zip Ralf Brown's MsDos Interrupt Lists (impressive) Sun 3-Oct-93: Updated the Garbo MsDos, that is /pc directories list 5241 Oct 3 07:22 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/DIRNAMES DIRNAMES The names and descriptions of the /pc directories Sat 2-Oct-93: Take a look at the Unix side of Garbo: 1701 Oct 2 09:05 garbo.uwasa.fi:/unix/ts/filesin filesin Annotate /pc/_files.in upload list with file names It will give you the file names and sizes to your new files list. In general see /unix/ts/0news-u for more news on our Unix files. Many of them are geared to be of assistance in handling the MsDos files and the related information. Sat 2-Oct-92: Captured the following FAQs by jwg@cray.com (John W. Gregory) 21191 Oct 1 16:46 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/math/faqlp310.zip faqlp310.zip Frequently Asked Questions about linear programming : 5938 Oct 1 16:46 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/math/faqnl310.zip faqnl310.zip Frequently Asked Questions about non-linear programming Fri 1-Oct-93: Got the following nice educational program from the author 69232 Sep 28 09:31 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/educgames/states10.zip states10.zip United States and capitals geography quiz, W.Menninger Tue 28-Sep-93: This is not about a new file at Garbo but general information. As our gentle uploaders may have detected I have installed an automatic reply acknowledging your upload announcements emailed to pc-up@uwasaX.fi (and win-up@uwasaX.fi) like this "Received your email to pc-up@uwasaX.fi" The automatic reply also tries to ensure that the uploader's email header is in the correct format, and if not plugs in a note about that. An example of the format as per /pc/UPLOAD.INF instructions for the uploader's email subject is gismo10.zip Global Integrated Simulation Model uploaded Sat 25-Sep-93: Captured the updated information into 59775 Sep 25 00:10 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/newsgrps.zip newsgrps.zip Lists of Active Newsgroups, David Lawrence Wed 22-Sep-93: Obtained from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory the just released 114136 Sep 22 22:40 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/gif-astro/ida.gif ida.gif Asteroid Ida image by Galileo spacecraft Wed 22-Sep-93: Update 86324 Sep 22 22:28 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/usenews.zip usenews.zip Usenet Netiquette, creating new newsgroups, etc advice Tue 21-Sep-93: Obtained 112690 Sep 7 18:03 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filecopy/pcopy93.zip pcopy93.zip Norm Patriquin's fabulous copy program Tue 21-Sep-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 and at Garbo moved away from the /pc/arcers directory the GNU zip compressor / uncompressor MsDos version. 117185 Aug 19 10:25 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/unix/gzip124.zip gzip124.zip GNU zip for .(g)z files, don't confuse with (pk)zip Mon 20-Sep-93: As of today /pub/pc/filelist/garboidx.Z version of the Garbo file index has been replaced by 82064 Sep 20 23:27 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filelist/garboidx.gz garboidx.gz Garbo file index in a gzip compressed format Sun 19-Sep-93: I have updated 31510 Sep 19 09:58 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/rev01w13.zip rev01w13.zip Users' MsDos program reviews from the UseNet news No new reviews this time. Just rewrote the introduction to solicit the readers to writing new reviews to comp.archives.msdos.d. This useful habit has been unfortunately dormant. Sat 18-Sep-93: Captured the updated version 4525 Sep 18 09:29 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/killfile.zip killfile.zip rn newsreader KILL file FAQ from Leanne Phillips (Author: phillips@syrinx.umd.edu (Leanne Phillips)) Wed 15-Sep-93: Got from Jean-loup Gailly of the Info-ZIP programming team the following MsDos updates 176523 Sep 14 12:21 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/zip20x.zip zip20x.zip Info-ZIP's portable MsDos zipper (pkzip 2.04 compatible) : 155873 Sep 14 12:24 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/zcryp20x.zip zcryp20x.zip Info-ZIP's zip MSDOS executables with encryption support See /unix/ts/0news-u for the Unix version information. Sun 12-Sep-93: Rhys Weatherley programmed this to browse our common MsDos site list /pc/pd2/moder30a.zip. Do take a look. It is amazing what it can do. 47797 Sep 12 1993 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/mview10.zip mview10.zip Hypertext viewer for moder.lst with DOS/Unix source Sun 12-Sep-93: Rhys Weatherley and I have again updated our 12844 Sep 12 15:22 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder30a.zip moder30a.zip A list of MsDos FTP sites and moderators This version - Adds new sites, for example the first in Africa on the list. - Has a more comprehensive index listing the sites under the main geographical areas - Corrects some information on the included geoftp.dat data file that can be used to see the physical location of the sites on the world map. Also see the optional companion 47797 Sep 12 1993 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/mview10.zip mview10.zip Hypertext viewer for moder.lst with DOS/Unix source Sun 12-Sep-93: I have updated the list of email addresses of MsDos shareware and PD authors 21760 Sep 12 09:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author20.zip It now has 134 names on it. The information appears in this format Key: Derr, James (The key is just for sorting) Author: James (Jim) Derr Program: SHEZ Compression Companion Company: California Software Design Email: 76266.2634@compuserve.com Address: P.O. Box 15248, Santa Rosa, Ca. 95402, USA Voice: (707) 575-9868 BBS: (707) 538-8710 Fax: - Other info: - Submissions from authors are welcome. See author20.zip for the details. Sat 11-Sep-93: Updated 3015 Sep 11 08:19 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/infolist.txt infolist.txt Information on the Garbo info mailing list Sun 5-Sep-93: Would you like to see where the various MsDos FTP sites are located on the map? I have added a geoftp.dat file into the updated MsDos FTP site list for that purpose. In order to use it you need to have /pc/ham/geoclk50.zip "GeoClock; world map with grayline; EGA, VGA" and you must know how to use it. The updated list is available as 11832 Sep 5 08:18 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder29.zip The distribution of the MsDos FTP sites is rather interesting. In Europe there is a German / Finnish concentration. There is nothing in South America nor in Africa. The Southern hemisphere sites are limited to Australia. But most surprisingly there are no sites from Canada on the list. Please let me know if I have misplaced any site providing the corrected longitude / latitude information. (The jpl and switch information are the most suspect). Sat 4-Sep-93: Got 14717 Sep 3 01:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/dirutil/tppdir.zip tppdir.zip A non-TSR, non-file reliant push/pop program, K.Lim Fri 3-Sep-93: Got from the author 26608 Aug 31 22:30 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/lastlook.zip lastlook.zip Checks TP .EXE files for bad options, D.Murdoch Trust Duncan come up with these useful ideas. Fri 3-Sep-93: Captured to garbo.uwasa.fi MsDos FTP archives 19981 Sep 1 21:09 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/math/faqlp309.zip faqlp309.zip Frequently Asked Questions about linear programming : 5368 Sep 1 21:10 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/math/faqnl309.zip faqnl309.zip Frequently Asked Questions about non-linear programming Tue 31-Aug-93: Updated 4718 Aug 31 23:20 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/whoiswho.txt whoiswho.txt Whom to contact in Garbo related questions Tue 31-Aug-93: The Garbo MsDos filelist INDEX has grown too large to be as heavily downloaded by our gentle users as it currently is. Therefore it has been moved away from the /pc main directory to the /pc/filelist subdirectory, at least for an interim period before considering discontinuing it altogether. The Garbo MsDos file list continues to be available in the /pc main directory in PKZIP 2.04g compatible zipped format: 82264 Aug 31 10:41 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/INDEX.ZIP INDEX.ZIP The list of garbo.uwasa.fi MsDos files, zipped Mon 30-Aug-93: 10069 Aug 30 11:29 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder28.zip moder28.zip A list of MsDos FTP sites and moderators This update has additional information in trickle servers from Turgut Kalfaoglu. Mon 30-Aug-93: Now available also from Garbo 320772 Oct 19 1992 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/tpr-book.zip tpr-book.zip Electronic Turbo Pascal Reference freeware book, E.Mitchell Mon 30-Aug-93: Got the latest PC Magazine files via Keith from OAK: 204461 May 13 14:44 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pcmag/vol12n11.zip 58576 Jun 12 05:03 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pcmag/vol12n12.zip 93918 Jun 23 19:45 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pcmag/vol12n13.zip 134957 Jul 16 17:53 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pcmag/vol12n14.zip 214627 Sep 28 1993 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pcmag/vol12n15.zip For the contents see 31596 Aug 30 11:51 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pcmag/0pcmag.zip 0pcmag.zip .zip files contents in /pc/pcmag directory Wed 25-Aug-93: Got 234783 Aug 2 06:04 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/tbav604.zip tbav604.zip Thunderbyte Anti-Virus complete package A nicely improved interface I see, with the random output problem finally corrected which afflicted 6.02 and 6.03. This is how it should be! Tue 24-Aug-93: Got 7354 Jan 20 1993 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/sysutil/ftrac101.zip ftrac101.zip File Trace, TSR to record PC file usage, M.Boogaards This seems a very useful advanced utility if one wants to record what programs and files are accessed in a PC "session". Sun 22-Aug-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 160576 Apr 17 1992 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/sysinfo/ga0363.zip ga0363.zip Microsoft's system diagnostics program MSD Fri 20-Aug-93: (This information is subject to changes). Garbo MsDos and Windows file collections can now be accessed also via Vaasa FreePort BBS. The phone numbers of Vaasa FreePort BBS are (+358)-61-3248490, 3170972, and 3170974. The settings are 9600,N,8,1. When connecting the first time give "bbs" as your login. The SysOp is Ari Hovila ajh@uwasa.fi. Thu 19-Aug-93: Captured from comp.binaries.ibm.pc 77797 Jun 20 12:09 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/education/typemt42.zip typemt42.zip A course for touch typing with 10 fingers (good) So far the available typing programs have been games, but this one is "for real". Thu 19-Aug-93: Got directly from the author Jeroen Schipper: 78201 Aug 18 04:10 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/mail/rmail41.zip rmail41.zip PC ReadMail news&email&msg, J.Schipper (excellent) This definitely is one of my favorite utilities. Tue 17-Aug-93: Got from a Finnish BBS. 102606 May 24 05:30 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/format/fm53.zip fm53.zip FormatMaster Menu driven Floppy Disk Formatter, SW (fine) Its interface is "button-based". Hence retained 87593 May 22 1992 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/goldies/fm46.zip fm46.zip FormatMaster Menu driven Floppy Disk Formatter, non-button Tue 17-Aug-93: Obtained 74279 Jun 8 21:50 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/dirutil/hotdir73.zip hotdir73.zip HotDIR Plus, color sorted directory utility, R.Woeger Tue 17-Aug-93: Obtained 109904 Aug 1 02:08 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/virus/hack9308.zip hack9308.zip The Hack Report from HackWatchers about nasties Tue 17-Aug-93: Obtained 31277 Aug 3 13:25 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/cmdutil/wced18c.zip wced18c.zip Command line editor with filename completion, S.Russell Fri 13-Aug-93: Got from a Finnish BBS 112942 Jun 28 07:08 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/fileutil/list78a.zip list78a.zip Vernon Buerg's file browsing program, the definite must The program turned out to be an escaped beta test version! Thu 12-Aug-93: Updated 8293 Aug 12 06:55 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder27.zip moder27.zip A list of MsDos FTP sites and moderators Wed 28-Jul-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 247248 Jul 21 02:06 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/math/lp261.zip lp261.zip Linear Programming Optimizer by ScanSoft (nagware) I am announcing this download to Garbo from SIMTEL20 as an exception, because the program is in one of my own teaching areas of interest. The nice side is the included 5-minute tutorial. The downside is the usual in mathematical and statistical packages. The user interface is not the friendliest possible. Much prepreparation is required. I would call this the "manual phenomenon". That is that you'll need the documentation beside you to consult in order to able to utilize the program. Wed 28-Jul-93: Got from the author 223856 Jul 20 15:48 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/arcers/arj241a.exe arj241a.exe Arj file archiver by Robert Jung Sat 24-Jul-93: Captured from news.lists 61002 Jul 24 07:30 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/newsgrps.zip newsgrps.zip Lists of Active Newsgroups, David Lawrence Wed 21-Jul-93: This is off Garbo topics, but I just could not resist from indulging to a hobby of mine after sitting a good part of this fine summer vacation day on my bike. 116616 Jul 21 07:36 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/passtime/bikefaq.zip bikefaq.zip Rec.Bicycles Frequently Asked Questions Tue 20-Jul-93: The following information file has been updated 4326 Jun 20 12:00 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/killfile.zip killfile.zip rn KILL file FAQ from Leanne Phillips Mon 19-Jul-93: Obtained 3702 Apr 30 18:47 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/bootutil/bboot.zip bboot.zip Drive B Boot Utility, Yong Chen Wed 14-Jul-93: Captured 18118 Jul 14 07:58 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/math/faqlp306.zip faqlp306.zip Frequently Asked Questions about linear programming Mon 12-Jul-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 to Garbo 288138 Jul 7 21:10 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/turbopas/pastut34.zip pastut34.zip Turbo Pascal tutorial, R.Shaw Contains a lot of TP code examples, etc. Sun 11-Jul-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 49840 Jul 2 16:25 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/astronomy/jupsat21.zip jupsat21.zip Displays positions of Galilean satellites, G.Nugent Sun 11-Jul-93: Obtained from SIMTEL20 130777 Jun 26 10:57 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/sysinfo/ifp1p157.zip ifp1p157.zip InfoPlus; system information about your computer (good) Sat 10-Jul-93: I have updated 8064 Jul 9 23:09 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/moder26.zip moder26.zip A list of MsDos FTP sites and moderators Sat 10-Jul-93: I have updated 20591 Jul 10 09:46 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/author19.zip author19.zip Email addresses of MsDos shareware and PD authors There are now 129 authors on the list. Fri 9-Jul-93: Updated 4411 Jul 9 23:17 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/whoiswho.txt whoiswho.txt Whom to contact in Garbo related questions Fri 9-Jul-93: Got from the author 69553 Jul 9 17:16 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/faqc9307.zip faqc9307.zip Frequently Asked Questions of comp.compression Fri 9-Jul-93: Obtained 32533 Feb 2 15:02 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/decode/uuexe522.zip uuexe522.zip UUde/encode & XXde/encode (format like c.b.i.p.d) Fri 9-Jul-93: I haven't yet looked at it myself but this upload taken care of by Ari Hovila seems very interesting. Many users have been looking for such a program, and the author kindly contacted me for the Garbo upload 328204 Jun 1 08:41 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/termprog/depty304.zip depty304.zip Communication program with MNP5 support Thu 8-Jul-93: Acquired from SIMTEL20 to Garbo the following program. The welcome tip came from MONAT@grads.admin.uottawa.ca (Paul Massue-Monat). It is definitely worth trying out if you have not already done so. A general note on announcing. With very rare exceptions we do not announce the occasional acquisitions from SIMTEL20 to Garbo at all on comp.archives.msdos.announce, only on Garbo infolist if the download is interesting enough like this one is. 222321 Dec 18 1992 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/dirutil/df460.zip df460.zip Directory Freedom, much enhanced dc106f (good), G.Haff Sun 4-Jul-93: I have updated 11740 Jul 4 11:43 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/UPLOAD.INF UPLOAD.INF Instructions for uploading to garbo.uwasa.fi archives Sun 4-Jul-93: Updated by capturing the updated postings from the UseNet news 17667 Jul 4 08:19 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/astronomy/probes.zip probes.zip Text information on past and current space probes Sun 4-Jul-93: Brought up to date by adding a captured posting about further advice on creating new newsgroups 82911 Jul 3 21:40 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-net/usenews.zip usenews.zip Usenet Netiquette, creating new newsgroups, etc advice Sat 3-Jul-93: Got to /pc/turbopas tttdem51.zip TechnoJock's Turbo Toolkit v5.1 for TP/BP, 1/3 tttdoc51.zip TechnoJock's Turbo Toolkit v5.1 for TP/BP, 2/3 tttsrc51.zip TechnoJock's Turbo Toolkit v5.1 for TP/BP, 3/3 Sat 3-Jul-93: Updated right away 7551 Jul 3 05:53 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/bestp25b.zip bestp25b.zip Timo's choice of 25 best MsDos SW and PD programs because I had badly out of date information about one of the programs: 74164 Jul 21 1992 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/filefind/target15.zip target15.zip The McAfee File Locator and Manipulator Sat 3-Jul-93: Acquired from SIMTEL20 513627 May 1 03:10 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/doc-soft/asp6501.zip asp6601.zip Catalog of products published by Assoc. of SW Profs Fri 2-Jul-93: I have updated 7548 Jul 2 08:34 garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/bestp25a.zip bestp25a.zip Timo's choice of 25 best MsDos SW and PD programs Made no additions but changed one choice and rewrote most of the items. The news for 1-Jan-93 to 30-Jun-93 can be found in garbo.uwasa.fi:/pc/pd2/news93a.pd2.