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Links to valuable free Dos programs working on low equipped computers.
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The Dos operating system meant much for many people. Today, proprietary Dos-like operating systems seem to be no more developed. In this situation, the only possible future for Dos is the ``free'' software, and it is not just a matter of money anymore.
Unfortunately, ``free'' is a word with many meanings. Today, this is still the biggest obstacle to the future of the Dos world. There is so much software for Dos, with so many different license agreements. The typical Dos user doesn't mind to it. But this problem prevents the realization of big serious projects based on it.
Today, the Dos world needs philosophy, and the GNU idea is still the right one (<http://www.gnu.org>).
The author of this space would like to list here only ``free software'' in the sense stated by the Free Software Foundation, but it is impossible, as there isn't enough good real free software for Dos. Anyway, the listed software is meant to work on i286 and below.
It is attempted to give some kind of classification about the legal condition of the software presented here. The definition used might be outdated, or there might be other wrong assumption. In particular, the definition ``public domain'' means here, in most cases, that there is the source, but there is no clear license statement.
Beside the URI links of some FTP services there is an additional ``search link'' that queries a FTP search engine for the same file. These additional links should be used when there are troubles with the main links.
Anyone can link this document anywhere, so, there is no need to ask for it. Anyway, it is better to link to this document using at the file name <http://a2.swlibero.org/the_valuable_dos_freeware_page.html>.
In the future, many links may disappear on this page, because of more selective choices concerning software license.
FreeDOS (1) <http://www.freedos.org>
FreeGEM (2) <http://www.cableone.net/eathan/gem.htm>
Gzip (3) - .GZ
archive compressor and extractor. <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/compress/gzip124.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=gzip124.zip>
TAR (4) - portable TAR - DOS/UNIX backup, compressor, with hardware support. <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/arcers/tar320g.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=tar320g.zip>
Untgz (5) - .TGZ
, .TAR
, .GZ
, .ZIP
file extractor. <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/arcers/untgz095.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=untgz095.zip>
Info-ZIP (6) - .ZIP
compatible compression and extraction utility. <http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/> <ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/MSDOS/>
Restaur (7) - Replacement for Dos Restore, <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/diskutil/restaur1.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=restaur1.zip>
DosFax (8) - Send a fax using Dos command line <http://www.Adr.de/speicherplatz/cs/dosfax.htm>
Bgfax (9) <http://www.blkbox.com/~bgfax/>
Rifs (10) - Disk sharing over a serial line, <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/lan/dosrifs2.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=dosrifs2.zip>
WCD (11) - Powerful chdir for Dos and Unix <http://www.xs4all.nl/~waterlan/>
Fips (12) - Non-destructive splitting of hard disk partitions <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/diskutil/fips15.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=fips15.zip>
Part (13) - MBR partition manager <http://www.intercom.com/~ranish/>
NG_clone (14) - Norton Guides clone <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/txtutl/ngclon11.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=ngclon11.zip>
Nro (15) - A Nroff implementation for Dos <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/txtutl/nroff1.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=nroff1.zip>
Ghostscript (16) - ``GNU'' original edition - PostScript previewing, conversion, and printing <ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/gnu/> <ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/gnu/gs261/ghostscript-2.6.1msdos.tar.gz>
DC (17) - The Dos Controller - A Norton Commander clone <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/fileutil/dc-sk.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=dc-sk.zip>
Cmos (18) - Save/Restore extended C/MOS <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysutl/cmos93cd.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=cmos93cd.zip>
KGB (19) - Utility to monitor some Dos functions and reporting into a log file <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysutl/kgb104.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=kgb104.zip>
Vim (20) - VI improved, a small text editor that can handle very big files with low RAM <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/editor/vim53d16.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=vim53d16.zip>
See also:
Richard L. Green, Free software for Dos
PC/TCP Packet Driver Collection (21) <ftp://ftp.crynwr.com/drivers/> <ftp://ftp.crynwr.com/drivers/pktd11.zip>
WATTCP (22) - TCP/IP library routines <http://www.wattcp.com/>
DOS PPPD (23) - Dos port of Linux PPP packet driver <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/pktdrvr/dosppp05.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=dosppp05.zip>
Comring (24) - packet driver emulating ethernet over serial link(s) <http://wizard.ae.krakow.pl/~jb/ComRing/>
Bobcat (25) - Text based web browser <http://www.fdisk.com/doslynx/bobcat.htm> (derived from DosLynx, <ftp://ftp2.cc.ukans.edu/pub/WWW/DosLynx/>)
PCroute (26) - IP routing program for IBM PC <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/network/pcrte224.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=pcrte224.zip>
PPRD (27) - Turn a dedicated PC (XT/AT) into a LPD server <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/lan/pprd200.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=pprd200.zip>
NCSA Telnet (28) - Telnet, Ftp,... NCSA <http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/SDG/Software/PCTelnet/> <ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Telnet/DOS/> <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/ncsatlnt/>
NOS (KA9Q) (29) - A complete mini TCP/IP system <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/tcpip/> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=e920603.zip&limpath=msdos>
To use NOS you need documentation, for example the package <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/tcpip/intronos.zip>
SSHDOS (30) - SSH client for Dos <http://www.vein.hu/%7Enagyd/sshdos.html>
See also:
Marc S. Ressl, Dos Internet Pages
See the FreeDOS project (<http://www.freedos.org>) for assembler compilers.
BAT2EXE (31) - Compile batch files for speed <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/batchutl/bat2ex15.zip> <http://download.lycos.com/swbasic/BasicResults.asp?query=bat2ex15.zip>
See the FreeDOS project (<http://www.freedos.org>) for C and C++ compilers.
Perl (32) - Practical Extraction Report Language <ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/perl/>
BREXX (33) - Rexx interpreter for Dos/Unix <http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/rexx/brexx/html/rx.html>
nanoBase (34) - Mini, but nearly complete xBase <http://a2.swlibero.org/nanobase_1997.html>
See also:
David Muir Shamoff, Catalog of free compilers and interpreters
1) FreeDOS GNU GPL
2) FreeGEM GNU GPL
3) Gzip GNU GPL
4) TAR (Dos) public domain
5) Untgz GNU GPL
6) Info-ZIP free software with special license
7) Restaur cannot be sold for profit
8) DosFax public domain
9) Bgfax promised to become free software
10) Rifs cannot be sold for profit
11) WCD GNU GPL
12) Fips GNU GPL
13) Part public domain
14) NG_clone public domain
15) Nro public domain
16) Ghostscript GNU GPL
17) DC public domain (no license at all, and no sources)
18) Cmos public domain
19) KGB public domain
20) Vim free software with special license
21) Crynwr packet driver collection GNU GPL
22) WATTCP free of charge library
23) DOS PPPD mixed licenses
24) Comring GNU GPL
25) Bobcat GNU GPL
26) PCroute cannot distribute modifications
27) PPRD software non libero: licenza Artistic
28) NCSA Telnet public domain
29) NOS public domain
30) SSHDOS GNU GPL
31) BAT2EXE public domain
32) Perl GNU GPL or Artistic
33) BREXX public domain
34) nanoBase GNU GPL
It should be possibile to link to this page also with the name the_valuable_dos_freeware_page.html
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