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• Designed for and runs only under DOS 2.1 and above
• Designed for DOS 2.1 and above but also runs well under Windows 95/98. May not support long file names.
• Designed for Windows 95/98/00/NT/XP

Cutter cuts large files into a specified size or number of smaller files. This is useful if you are trying to move large files from one computer to another through floppy disks. It can also be used on text files to make input files compatible with programs that are limited by 64K data areas. It has options to stop at the first End of File, remove duplicates from the end of the file, end each file at even line boundaries or on page breaks. It can also automatically adjust the piece size to the space available on each target floppy disk.

PC-Catalog is a disk/file cataloging system that is menu driven, mouse aware, can use EMS memory and reads all types of disks. It can read file names and descriptions from inside ARC, ZIP, LZH, LBR, PAK, ZOO, and self extracting files. You can enter keywords and descriptions for everything, automatically add BBS descriptions, view files with any external program, and search for things in many ways including duplicates. You can customize report printouts and write to any printer or disk file. It uses EMS memory or a floppy or hard disk to supplement regular memory allowing tens of thousands of files to be maintained in a single catalog.

PC-Catalog can now also read and write catalogs in other database formats such as dBase, DIF, SDF, and ASCII. This means that, if you already have a file catalog, you can move your data to PC-Catalog without reentering it all. You can also move your data to any other program that reads one of these formats.

PC-Catalog runs well under Windows 95/98 but does not support long file names.

File Cyclic Redundancy Check is a program which checks the existence of, size, date, and a "check sum" of every file on a disk. It then saves a copy of these values. Later, when you run FCRC again, it will tell you every file that has been added, modified, or deleted from the disk. This is invaluable as a virus/trojan check.

QWK COMPressor compresses the QWK mail packets that you get from bulletin boards. It combines all of the messages from the same conferences and copies new bulletins, etc. to a single QWK packet. Now you can eliminate some of the frustration of finding messages in a jumble of mail packets. Combine them all into one and you only have one place to look.

DATEZIP is a program to read files created by Phil Katz' PKZIP(tm) program and change the date-time to the latest date-time of any file within the "zip" file. Although PKZIP(tm) will do this easily with the "o" option when you are creating the original file, sometimes the date and time get changed and all you want to do is get them back correctly without recreating the file. DATEZIP will do this in a flash. It will also use wildcards so that an entire subdirectory or disk full of files can be done at once.

DATEZIP will also not allow incorrect dates to be attached. If the most recent date of an included file is in the future, the current date/time will be used.

LOGTIME is a program which takes what you type on the command line and adds it to a text file. It can also add the current date and time to the line. It is useful for recording steps in batch files, a quick simple notebook, recording machine boots, etc.

Small Prime Finder is a Windows 95/98/2000/NT/ME program that does pretty much what the name implies. It will find all prime numbers in any range you specify from 2 through 2,147,483,647 (all 31 bit integers). You can choose to create an ASCII text file of the primes found or you can create a hex file (32 bit long integers) or you can just count them without creating an output file. Small Prime Finder checks about 180 million numbers per hour on a 300MHz Pentium II ®.

DATEADD is a program that will concatenate one file with another on a certain date. So what possible use could that be! Well, I needed to do it for BBS maintenance and maybe someone else can find another use. I needed to add files to the download directory every day. I had the files to add several days in advance and I just wanted a simple way to add a few every day. I considered how I would do this in a batch file and came up blank. I'm sure there must be a way to use copy /b and then rename tomorrow's piece... But it only took 1/2 an hour to write this program so...

INSDATE is a program that will insert times and dates into text files. Right now you're probably asking what possible use that could be. Well, it also does elapsed dates. I used it to count up and down the dates of the Clinton Administration. You could put it into your autoexec.bat and, every morning, display the days left until you retire. You could use it to automatically insert dates and times in form letters or faxes. You could use it to record the number of days since the last time your computer was booted. This program is like a bent coat hanger. Not a lot of killer uses but thousands of possibilities.

DiSK STATus (DSKSTATx.COM) is a program which checks the status of a floppy disk drive (A: or B:) and returns an errorlevel that can be used by another program.

DiSK STATus simply checks the drive and returns the error code that the BIOS provides. You can then use this error code as a branch in a batch program to decide what to do next. You can check whether there is a disk in the drive, is it formated, etc.

Call-Clock is a resident program that puts a digital display of elapsed time and the cost of phone calls in the top right of the screen. It is automatically triggered on and off by the modem carrier or you can start and stop the clock manually. The elapsed time is also multiplied by a cost per hour that you specify. This allows you to see a running estimate of the total charge for a call. Great for reducing those long distance charges or at least knowing what to expect.

Fast Keyboard is a program that can be run in either a resident or non-resident mode. It speeds up (or slows down) the keyboard typematic rate. The length of time that you have to hold a key down before it starts to repeat and the number of repeats per second after that are both adjustable. The thing that makes this program different from other similar programs is that it can either tell the BIOS to change the rate on all ATs with ROM chips dated after 11/25/85 and, obviously, all PS/2's - OR - the same program will install a small Terminate and Stay Resident (TSR) section on older ATs, PCs, and XTs to do the same thing.

• This page was created 02/26/96 and last modified 12/19/03.
• It is maintained by Dale Andrews.
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