- PACIFIC C Compiler - Pacific C is a C compiler for DOS. Includes IDE and is free for any use.
- System Requirements: N/A
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: 970k bytes
- Misc: Good compiler documentation requires Adobe Acrobat reader.
- Documentation HTTP: PACIFIC C DOCUMENTATION
- Download via HTTP: PACIFIC C COMPILER
- Homepage:
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- BORLAND Museum - Turbo C v2.01, Turbo C++ v1.01, Turbo Pascal v5.5 for free (requires login)
- System Requirements: DOS, Turbo C++ v1.01 executes on an XT (I own it and have it here).
- Installed Size: 5 meg with TASM
- Archive Size: N/A
- Misc: Popular compiler can compile many MSC source code files.
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: N/A
- HOME/Museum page: BORLAND COMMUNITY MUSEUM
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- MoonRock Compiler v.050 - BASIC-like language with several extensions. Produces code for 8086+
- System Requirements: MSDOS, PCDOS, FreeDOS and PC clone 8086 and up
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: N/A
- Misc: Toffee IRC is compiled with MoonRock. The linked website is running on a DOS JAFFA server, also written for 8086 and up by the same a
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: N/A
- Home / Download page: MOONROCK V0.50
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- PFE - Programmer's File Editor
- System Requirements: W31
- Installed Size: 870k bytes
- Archive Size: N/A
- Misc: Opens multiple documents, good but not great.
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: N/A
- Homepage: PFE
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- MEDIT v1.51 - Macro Editor closest to QEDIT in available macro capabilities.
- System Requirements: DOS, I have used this on an XT
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: 190099 bytes
- Misc:
- Download via FTP: MEDIT151.ZIP
- Download via HTTP: N/A
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- QED v1.00 - Tiny ASCII text editor.
- System Requirements: DOS
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: 9738 bytes
- Misc: N/A
- Download via FTP: QED100.ZIP
- Download via HTTP: N/A
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- TEDPLUS - PC Mag 'Tiny Editor' with find function and other addons. Great for a small text editor!
- System Requirements: DOS
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: 18455 bytes
- Misc:
- Download via FTP: TEDPLUS.ZIP
- Download via HTTP: N/A
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- ELVIS v1.8 - Vi clone for DOS recommended to me by UNIX professionals to learn VI at home on my PC.
- System Requirements: N/A
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: 223804 bytes
- Misc:
- Download via FTP: ELV18EXE.ZIP
- Download via HTTP: N/A
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- BATCHMAN.COM - Contains 48 different commands in one 5k+ file.
- System Requirements: DOS
- Installed Size: 5313 bytes
- Archive Size: 53077 bytes
- Misc: PcMag utility
- Download via FTP: BATCHMAN
- Download via HTTP: N/A
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- QEXT.SYS - A version of himem.sys (good on 80286's)
- System Requirements: DOS, 80286 and up with 1meg of memory or more.
- Installed Size: 5397 bytes
- Archive Size: 4582 bytes
- Misc:
- Download via FTP: QEXT512.ZIP
- Download via HTTP: N/A
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- VMIX - Multitasking/multiuser environment for 286-586
- System Requirements: DOS and 80286-80586
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: 243935 bytes
- Misc: Difficult to setup properly but it does multitask.
- Download via FTP: VMIX285.ZIP
- Download via HTTP: N/A
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- VRAM.SYS - Break 640K RAM limit, simulate expanded memory
- System Requirements: DOS
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: 20943 bytes
- Misc:
- Download via FTP: VRAM40.ZIP
- Download via HTTP: N/A
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- Multiple Choice - Old task switching utility from Awesome Technology, Inc. Works on XT's!
- System Requirements: DOS, 256k memory or more
- Installed Size: 4508 bytes
- Archive Size: 8208 bytes
- Misc: Believe it or not, this works even on XT's. Author Jason S. Loveman
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: MCCOM.ZIP
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- DIET v1.45f - Compresses executables (including overlays) and com files.
- System Requirements: 8086 and newer
- Installed Size: 26370 bytes
- Archive Size: 45139 bytes
- Misc: This can pack executables other packers cannot
- Download via FTP: DIET145F.ZIP
- Download via HTTP: N/A
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- LZEXE v.91e - Compress most EXE files but continue to execute them as normal files.
- System Requirements: 8086 and newer
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: 81855 bytes
- Misc: Written in French with error messages in French
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: LZEXE91E.ZIP
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- APACK v0.99 - Best EXE and COM packer.
- System Requirements: 80386+ with at least 4MB RAM
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: 65K
- Misc:
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: APACK099.ZIP
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- IMAGE ALCHEMY v1.62 - Command line converter of more graphics formats than I had ever heard of before! Reformat, resize, reduce palette size, alchemy can do it all. Shareware version is
- System Requirements: Don't remember but I think considering the size alchemy would be limited if there was no useable upper memory?
- Installed Size: 1.5 meg with the DOC file
- Archive Size: 406K bytes
- Misc: NOTE:At the homepage you must download the converter (both DOS and W9x versions), and the printer application in one archive. This will be a much larger download than just the older version of ALCHEMY linked here.
- Download via FTP: ALCH162.ZIP
- Download via HTTP: Image Alchemy Homepage
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- VPIC v6.1e - Many configurations for different video cards allows use of most of the capabilities of your video card limited only by your monitor. Does slide shows using an @file list of pix.
- System Requirements: Works on an XT (older versions have configs for older video cards or you can write your own config file?)
- Installed Size: 493K bytes for all files - VPIC.EXE is 128K bytes.
- Archive Size: 299846 bytes
- Misc: Not perfect but easy to use and fast.
- Download via FTP: VPIC61E.ZIP
- Download via HTTP: N/A
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- New Splash Screen for Windows 3.11 - My own version of the weird blue splash screen that displays while W31 is loading into memory. Includes a batch file to automate the process.
- System Requirements: Windoes 3.1 updated or not makes no difference to me.
- Installed Size: uses a floppy diskette then you can delete it
- Archive Size: 11167 bytes zip file
- Misc: Enjoy!
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: 311LOGO.ZIP
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- AOL Press v2.0 - AOL did something right! This FREE WYSIWYG HTML editor has a built in viewer that you can use to edit directly on the webpage graphic. Great for last minute touch ups, formatting of text and moving those tables around. Large download and install but it's really quite good. Can double as a browser and go online.
- System Requirements: I have 16 meg and a Pentium 5 (60mhz) machine and it's just a bit slow for me with other apps executing in the background. As a single task on a 486 or even 386 this might be able to move along at a useful speed?
- Installed Size: 5.2 megabytes
- Archive Size: 3.33 megabytes
- Misc: Grab this if there is any chance you can use it. Looks to be only a few copies on college FTP servers remaining out there. There is also a W95 (32 bit) version out there but I have no idea how easy it is to find anything but more broken links.
- Download via FTP: AOLPRS20.EXE
- Download via HTTP: N/A (Most links you find on websites will lead back to AOL and they don't have it for download anymore)
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- GLOBAL.COM - Small COM utility to give all DOS utilities the ability to recurse subdirectories. DOC file included in the archive. Comes in handy.
- System Requirements: DOS v2.0 or higher
- Installed Size: 805 bytes
- Archive Size: 1655 bytes
- Misc:
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: GLOBAL.ZIP
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- RESCUE.BAT - Batch files used here on my system to guarantee that I can restore my system after an install / uninstall of a new application.
- System Requirements: DOS and RAR.EXE
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: 2438 (includes docs)
- Misc:
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: RESCUE.ZIP
- or Broken Link? Email me
- VanBasco W31 v1.31 - Free MIDI player with karaoke support! Multiple`skins', piano keyboard shows keys as MIDI is playing, access to instruments while the MIDI is playing. You will be impressed and the download is free!
- System Requirements: Windows v3.1, sound card
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: 412k
- Misc:
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Homepage via HTTP: VanBasco's
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- WinGroove v0.9E - $20 shareware Adds a MIDI wavetable synth driver to your sound system comparable to many much larger installs. Sounds great and includes a MIDI player and WAV table recorder.
- System Requirements: W31, sound card, recommends 133mhz or faster CPU
- Installed Size: approximately 3 meg
- Archive Size: 1.2 meg
- Misc: Download the updated verion and use the soundfont library from that version with the older v0.9e - it sounds much much better! :-)
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: wg09e_e.exe
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- WinGroove v0.A4 - Updated version but requires a faster CPU as well.
- System Requirements: Windows (any version from W31 and up), sound card, 200mhz CPU
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: 1,266,170 bytes
- Misc: Nice interface if you have a fast enough machine.
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Homepage via HTTP: WinGroove Newest
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- TIMIDITY distributions FREE! - My best, most accurate, software synthesizer to reproduce instrument sounds and alternately records these to the hard drive. The DOS `cspline' version sounds are a bit sharper but the windows TIMIDITY is great too!
- System Requirements: 32 bit hardware, DOS, W9x 133mhz CPU minimum for DOS
- Installed Size: With GUS sound Patch files from 8 meg up to over 30 meg with the EAW (Eric Welsh) patch files set.
- Archive Size: N/A
- Misc: DOS 32bit cspline TIMIDITY
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: Homepage
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- LAME v3.92 - April 14 2002 - FREE! GPL'd MPEG 1, 2 and 2.5 layer III encoding. Many improvements in quality in speed. Latest update has added pyscho-accoustic and noise shaping model that really makes a difference you can HEAR!
- System Requirements: DOS and 32bit hardware
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: N/A
- Misc: Fast! Encodes faster than real time on a PII 266 at highest quality mode.
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Homepage via HTTP: Homepage
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- GLX v2.12 - Freeware MOD Player written entirely in ASM. Works on 8086's and up and will play via the speaker if there is no sound card. Plays many formats of MOD file, not just MOD. Includes an animated display as the MOD file plays.
- System Requirements: 8086 CPU 512K of memory with or without sound card.
- Installed Size: N/A
- Archive Size: 79903 bytes
- Misc: Will use the parallel port COVOX circuit if one is present.
- Download via FTP: glx212.zip
- Download via HTTP: N/A
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- PEGASUS - The most popular third party email software used on the Internet.
- System Requirements: Any version of MS-DOS or PC-DOS v5.0 or later, Windows 3.x, 95, 98, NT or 2000 and 520KB available DOS RAM at the time the program is run.
- Installed Size: 2MB disk space, plus whatever is required for mail storage
- Archive Size: 1.2 meg
- Misc:
- Download via FTP: pmail350.zip
- Download via HTTP: Pegasus Homepage
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- SORT PLUS - 'Homegrown' here using Borland's DOS TurboC++ compiler. Hand coded quicksort routine 'optimized' to be even faster than the qsort() of the Borland library files.
- System Requirements: DOS v3.x or higher
- Installed Size: 12k
- Archive Size: 12k
- Misc: N/A
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: SORT PLUS
- or Broken Link? Email me, it's not out there.
- SIMSORT - SIM(ilarity) SORT is an AI 'fuzzy logic' sort that tries to actually read the words and group similar lines together.
- System Requirements: DOS v3.x or higher
- Installed Size: 9.5k
- Archive Size: 21k
- Misc: Archive includes required 'FUZZY' utility.
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: SIMSORT
- or Broken Link? Email me, it's not out there.
- FUZZY - This is the second stage after SIMSORT. Written recently in 'C' to remove the 'similar' lines within text files after sorting the file with SIMSORT.
- System Requirements: DOS v3.x or higher
- Installed Size: 11k
- Archive Size: 21k
- Misc: Archive includes both SIMSORT and FUZZY.
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: FUZZY
- or Broken Link? Email me, it's not out there.
- SEEK PLUS - will search your entire hard drive including all partitions. Very fast and user-friendly.
- System Requirements: DOS v3.x
- Installed Size: 7.5k
- Archive Size: 10k
- Misc: N/A
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: SEEK PLUS
- or Broken Link? Email me, it's not out there.
- BITS - Similar to all the other DOS attrib utilities but with a very 'readable' display the others do not have.
- System Requirements: DOS v3.x
- Installed Size: 900 bytes
- Archive Size: 1.4k
- Misc: NOT A DOS FAT32 UTILITY!
- Download via FTP: N/A
- Download via HTTP: BITS
- or Broken Link? Email me, it's not out there.
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