Subject: FAQ: MS-DOS Applications for Internet X-Last-Updated: 8 October 1996 Posting-Frequency: Monthly Version: 2.1.5 URL: ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/doc/ibmpc/dos-apps.txt MS-DOS APPLICATIONS FOR INTERNET USE Compiled by Michael Bernardi ==================================== This material was originally derived from the MS-DOS Improvers Guide, which I wrote some while back. That Guide become somewhat unwieldy and is no longer available, so I decided to extract the useful sections and use it here. This Guide is for PC users who don't (or can't) use Windows (or Linux). If you have found other MS-DOS Applications useful, then please let me know, so that I can add them to this list. Note they should be useful for Internet use, rather than general DOS programs. I may or may not have used any or all of the programs listed within this document. It is a compendium of material I have discovered or have been told about by other Internet users. It is biased toward Demon usage, but may be generally useful. Please send any comments/corrections/updates/additions to: Michael Bernardi A prototype was first posted on 7 Apr 95. Version 1.0 was posted on 9 May 95 (9/5/95). It is posted to demon.ip.support.pc every month and is cross-posted to demon.answers at this time. It is posted to demon.answers every week. It was revised after the Demon ftp site was revised and my email address changed. URLs (Universal Resource Locators) have been used to give standard nomenclature for file/information location. This is the format used by the World Wide Web (WWW) and the Usenet newsgroup comp.infosystems.www.announce. URLs are detailed in:- "Universal Resource Identifiers in WWW" [Jun 94] by Tim Berners-Lee and also in "Uniform Resource Locators (URL)" [Dec 94] by URI-WG The format of this document has been influenced by "The WinSock Client List" [Aug 95] by Ed Sinkovits This gives details of almost every Shareware, Freeware or Public Domain Windows program that uses the Winsock TCP/IP interface. Though with the development of web search engines to find files it appears to have stopped being updated. In all cases where a URL giving the following form occurs then the following mirror sites may be used instead The program information format is consistent and follows the layout below:- Name of program: Location/Filename: Date / Version: Author/email contact: Status: shareware/freeware/pd/commercial Documentation: Features: Comments: Demon Config Location: Demon Config email contact: Some URL references can be rather long, and so are split/broken across two lines. Within this document the status of software is defined in the following terms. Commercial - You pay for a program, in advance from a shop or dealer Shareware - Try BEFORE you buy, but pay you must Bookware - The program is free BUT you pay for the documentation Cardware/Beerware - Free but the author would be happy to receive a postcard/beer Freeware - Totally free to use but author retains the copyright Note in all cases above the author retains copyright of their program. PD/Public Domain - Free to use and the copyright has been given up by the author. The distinction between PD and Freeware is often confused, but is very clear in law. If the Status: label has more than one of these option selected then it means that its status is unclear (from the documentation given), unknown, or different parts of a package have different status. The Demon DOS package ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name of program: DIS: The Standard Demon Package Location/Filename: Date / Version: 23 Nov 95 ver 2.17 Author/email contact: Demon Support Team Status: Some freeware, some shareware Documentation: Comprehensive but unorganised Features: Includes the DIS front end, and the Demon versions of KA9Q, Simple News, PcElm and the TED editor Comments: Every Demon user who uses MS-DOS should start here. It is supported by Demon and its many users Demon Config Location: Demon Config email contact: as above This is made up of four main parts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name of program: DIS: The Demon Front end Location/Filename: Date / Version: 12 Nov 95 ver 1.26 Author/email contact: Demon Support Team Status: commercial but may copy freely Documentation: The documentation included with the program is fairly comprehensive. The filename is DIS.DOC & DISPC.TXT Features: Allows the management of the various DOS programs via a menu Comments: Makes installation and use very easy Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: NET: Phil Karn's KA9Q for DIS Location/Filename: Date / Version: 2 Oct 95 ver DIS 2.16d Author/email contact: Demon Support Team Status: shareware (#10) via Demon Documentation: The documentation included with the program is fairly comprehensive. The filename is KA9QNOS.TXT & DISPC.TXT Features: Multi tasking TCP/IP network operation system. Will run on 8086! Comments: Documentation is now somewhat out of step with the program. Highly customised by Demon, and very reliable. Includes integrated TCP/IP stack and PPP driver Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: PCELM: Mail reader Location/Filename: Date / Version: 15 Dec 94 ver 3.1 (DIS 1.11) Author/email contact: Grahame Davies Status: freeware Documentation: The documentation included with the program is fairly comprehensive, the filename is PCELM.MAN & DISPC.TXT Features: Includes some support for MIME encoding Comments: A reasonable offline mailer, doesn't support address books Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: SNEWS: Simple News reader Location/Filename: Date / Version: 16 May 95 ver 2.0 (DIS 1.30) Author/email contact: Malcolm Muir Status: GNU freeware Documentation: The documentation included with the program is fairly comprehensive, the filename is SNEWS.DOC & DISPC.TXT Features: A Simple threaded news reader with minimal email capability Comments: Offline News reader. Doesn't support keep/delete article or Expires: header. For article deletion, see SnzPrune. Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Alternative Internet Tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This section includes alternatives to the Standard DIS Suite, including different versions of KA9Q and alternative mail and news readers. Name of program: TEXTWIN: KA9Q variant with windowing & mouse pointer support Location/Filename: Date / Version: 25 Nov 95 ver 1.0 (2.16d) Author/email contact: John Washington Status: shareware/freeware (see KA9Q) Documentation: Included Features: Drop-in replacement for net.exe (ka9q). To revert, simply replace with the ka9q net.exe. Comments: Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: NETPOP: KA9Q variant of NET.EXE for use with POP3 email Location/Filename: Date / Version: 7 Dec 95 ver 1.0 (2.16d) Author/email contact: Paul Overton Status: shareware/freeware (see KA9Q) Documentation: Features: Comments: Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: NET-TAMER: Internet in a Thimble, for 386 & up Location/Filename: Date / Version: 13 Sep 96 ver 1.06 Author/email contact: David Colston Status: shareware ($35) lifetime registration Documentation: Included Features: Net-Tamer is a DOS PPP dial up access program, which requires no TSR packet driver. It will WEB browse, get/send your EMAIL, get/send USENET messages, FTP upload/download a file, TELNET to another internet address, or check the time and date. It is a both robot and a navigator. It will get email and usenet groups, then log off so you can use the included offline reader, or you can choose to stay on and look around. It will also do a download/upload of mail or usenet on a timer. The program is speech friendly to users of talking programs for the visually imapaired. There are other versions for XT/286 PC's and palm tops. This version supports graphics and sound. Comments: Can be used to replace the complete suite. Has an excellent Web browser. Includes its own TCP/IP stack Demon Config Location: Available from the author Demon Config email contact: N/A Name of program: AUTODIAL: To aid unattended/scheduled dial-up with KA9Q Location/Filename: Date / Version: 19 May 96 ver 3.0 Author/email contact: Philip McNab Status: freeware/cardware Documentation: Features: AutoDial consists of a batch file to initiate immediate or delayed launching of KA9Q, using some specially written .EXEs. All parameters are specified as command-line options, allowing AutoDial to be combined with a scheduler such as Cron or with simpler batchfiles Comments: Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: NNTPSYNC: Util to synchronize Demon newsservers in nntp.dat Location/Filename: Date / Version: 16 Jan 96 Author/email contact: Dev Virdi Status: freeware Documentation: Features: This is a small util written to keep the Demon Newsservers in sync with each other in the nntp.dat file used with ka9q. Comments: Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: MAIL2SNZ: Converts mailing lists into news groups Location/Filename: Date / Version: ver 0.1 Author/email contact: John Washington Status: freeware Documentation: Included Features: Takes incoming mail files (.txt files) and puts them into fake newsgroups for reading with Snews. Comments: Particularly useful when subscribing to maillist servers. Simple to install and use. Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: SNZPRUNE: Deletes specified articles from Snews newsbase Location/Filename: Date / Version: 31 May 96 ver 0.3 Author/email contact: John Washington Status: freeware Documentation: Included Features: Articles marked for deletion by Snews 1.30 are pruned by SnzPrune. Comments: This program is intended for use with Snews version 1.30 or later. It deletes specified articles from one or more newsgroups. Unlike the Snews 'expire' utility, articles can be deleted from anywhere in the newsbase, and all relevant article numbers are correctly updated. Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: ADDBOOK: Pop-up address book for PCElm Location/Filename: Date / Version: 22 Aug 1995 ver 1.0 Author/email contact: Roger Byrne Status: freeware Documentation: Included Features: ADDBOOK reads the alias file at start-up, and then when invoked by hot-keys, presents a sorted list of the aliases in a pop-up window, allowing you to choose the required address. Comments: ADDBOOK also provides an address grabbing facility, which captures the e-mail address from a message displayed in PCElm's built-in viewer, allows you to provide an alias, and saves it to the alias file Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: METAMAIL: MIME support for email Location/Filename: Date / Version: ver 2.7 Author/email contact: Status: shareware/freeware/pd Documentation: Features: Works with PcElm. Metamail has built-in support for some MIME stuff, and has a configuration file to enable it, in its turn, to spawn viewers and whatnot. Comments: The link to ftp.bellcore.com is VERY slow. BUT I haven't got details of a faster one. Demon Config Location: Demon Config email contact: Name of program: VIEW: Alternative Mailer to use instead of good old PCElm Location/Filename: Date / Version: 31 Dec 92 ver DIS 1.01 Author/email contact: Malcolm Muir Status: shareware/freeware Documentation: The documentation included with the program is fairly comprehensive, the filename is VIEW.TXT Features: Has an excellent address book and mail queue manager Comments: Has had no development since December 1992 :-( Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: CPPNEWS: Offline news/mail reader Location/Filename: Date / Version: 16 Feb 95 ver 1.43 Author/email contact: Nikki Locke Status: shareware (#15 + VAT) Documentation: Features: Replaces SNEWS/PC-ELM, with text mode windows and mouse support; Similar feature set, c source code available for #5 + VAT Comments: Has been developed since soon after Demon started. DOS version appears to have stopped development Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: UMAIL: Offline news/mail reader Location/Filename: Date / Version: 16 Sep 95 ver 1.50i Author/email contact: umail@avon.demon.co.uk Status: shareware (#25) Documentation: Features: Comments: Similar in use to SNEWS but with very enhanced feature set. Replaces SNEWS/PC-ELM Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: CHEETAH PRO: Demon Mail and News Reader Location/Filename: Date / Version: 11 Jun 96 ver 1.0 Author/email contact: Cheetah Support Status: freeware Documentation: Features: Cheetah PRO is a ** freeware * mail and news reader for use with Internet services using KA9Q as a means of providing Internet facilities. Primarily, it was written for Demon Internet Services, although there is no reason to suppose that it wouldn't work with any other Internet PROVIDER. Comments: Also available for OS/2 Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Other useful KA9Q utilities ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name of program: MAKE_GET: KA9Q addon to get KILLed Usenet articles Location/Filename: Date / Version: 8 Jan 95 ver 1.1 Author/email contact: Tim Illingworth Status: shareware (#10) Documentation: The documentation included with the program is fairly comprehensive, the filename is MAKE_GET.DOC Features: If you set up a KILL file, MakeGet will fetch the killed articles Comments: Good email support Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: SMOFPROC: Mail Processor utilities Location/Filename: Date / Version: 21 Apr 96 ver 1.0b Author/email contact: Tim Illingworth Status: shareware (#10) Documentation: Features: It is designed to enable mail to be sorted into different mailboxes according to kill-file-like rules. Comments: Good email support Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: SMOFSEND: Quick mail sender Location/Filename: Date / Version: 28 Dec 95 ver 1.0 Author/email contact: Tim Illingworth Status: freeware Documentation: Features: This quick mailer takes a message (header and body) and generates the appropriate .txt and .wrk files. That's it. Comments: Good email support Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: SMOFLIST: KA9Q addon to provide a Mailing List Manager Location/Filename: Date / Version: 28 May 96 ver 1.1 Author/email contact: Tim Illingworth Status: shareware (#20/$30) Documentation: The documentation included with the program is fairly comprehensive. A separate set of the docs can be found at: Features: Allows KA9Q to be used as a full blown listserver, archive server and auto FAQ poster. Can send a file as a reply to specific addresses Comments: Reliable with good email support, well worth the money. Registration joins you to a list, which provides support & updates. Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: SIMPREP: Simple ListServer Program Location/Filename: Date / Version: 13 May 95 Author/email contact: Rob Coles Status: freeware Documentation: None Features: A program that responds to any mail sent to its mailbox with a standard text file Comments: Fairly simple, but works OK. Only available via mail Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: see above Name of program: MAILINFO: send pre-recorded information on request by e-mail Location/Filename: Date / Version: 30 May 96 ver 0.1 Author/email contact: Tom Wheeley Status: freeware Documentation: Updates from Features: Information on your company's products, An off-line finger .plan Mail bouncing with a smile, Updates if you are organising an event. Comments: It is designed for DEMON systems running KA9Q internet software under MSDOS. AFAIK, it should run under KA9Q with any setup, but that is untested. Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: see above Name of program: NLBST: NOS Log Buster (for ka9q log file) Location/Filename: Date / Version: 21 Jan 96 ver 1.0E Author/email contact: Dev Virdi Status: freeware Documentation: Features: NOS Log Buster is an application to extract the Cost information from the log file generated by Demon ka9q net program, and present it in a user-friendly manner for manipulation and for keeping records. Comments: Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: see above Name of program: PRECILOG: Compacts KA9Q log files Location/Filename: Date / Version: 29 Oct 94 Author/email contact: Status: shareware/freeware/pd Documentation: Features: Comments: Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: Name of program: LOGTRIM: NOS.LOG and MAIL.LOG expire utility Location/Filename: Date / Version: 21 Jun 1995 ver 2.0 Author/email contact: Roger Byrne Status: shareware/freeware/pd Documentation: Features: A utility to remove old data from the KA9Q NOS.LOG file Comments: KA9Q generates an ASCII file called NOS.LOG. LOGTRIM is a utility to strip out old information from NOS.LOG and so maintain a reasonable file size. The amount of information retained in NOS.LOG can be controlled by a command line parameter. Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: LOGSTRIP: KA9Q log file filtering/expiry utility Location/Filename: Date / Version: 3 Jan 1996 ver 2.0 Author/email contact: Philip McNab Status: freeware Documentation: Features: Logstrip extracts selected lines from KA9Q's NOS.LOG, allowing you to keep only the data you want, and to keep it in separate files. A plain text configuration file allows you to specify which lines to retain. Log files can also be expired by date, by number of lines, or both methods. All parameters, including the frequency of expiry, can be can be controlled by command-line switches and/or configuration file entries. Comments: Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: Name of program: DISVIEW: Reference documentation/help screens for DIS KA9Q Location/Filename: Date / Version: 4 Jan 96 ver 6.01 Author/email contact: Ian Wade Status: freeware Documentation: This IS the documentation Features: This is the ultimate documentation for the DIS version of KA9Q Comments: Based on the DIS ver 2.16d NET.EXE. Includes TSR viewer program Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: NOSVIEW: KA9Q Nos viewer for documentation/help screens Location/Filename: Date / Version: 3 Mar 93 ver 3.04 Author/email contact: Ian Wade Status: freeware Documentation: Features: This is the original documentation for the ham radio version of KA9Q Comments: Includes copy of NET.EXE that it describes Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Name of program: CGIBIN: A way of processing WWW forms from DOS Location/Filename: Date / Version: 28 Aug 95 ver 1.04 Author/email contact: Stephen M Baines Status: freeware Documentation: Features: Comments: Allows you to create forms on a WWW page with the results returned by email Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Generally useful Internet Tools ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name of program: PGP: Pretty Good Privacy Public Key Encryption software Location/Filename: Date / Version: 24 Apr 96 ver 2.6.3ix Author/email contact: Staale Schumacher Status: freeware Documentation: fairly extensive, if a bit confusing Features: Allows secure encryption of mail and news Comments: This is International Version of PGP, approved by Philip Zimmerman Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: Name of program: UUCODE: Turn binary files into ascii for mail Location/Filename: Date / Version: 1 Jun 95 ver 5.40 Author/email contact: Richard E Marks (Not on email) Status: freeware Documentation: Features: Takes a binary file and turns it into a 7 bit ascii file, to allow sending material by mail or to news groups. Decoders to reverse this are even more common Comments: There are a number of different versions available in this directory Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: Name of program: UNPOST: Extract from multi-segment uuencoded USENET postings Location/Filename: Date / Version: ver 2.41 Author/email contact: John W M Stevens Status: freeware Documentation: Features: UNPOST is a tool designed primarily to extract binaries from USENET binaries postings such as those made to alt.binaries.pictures.misc and comp.binaries.ibm.pc. As well as extracting binaries from USENET postings, UNPOST can extract binaries from multi-segment uuencoded mailings as well. Configurable for different newsreaders Comments: ANSI C source included Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: Philip McNab Name of program: UUXTRACT: Extracts UUENCODED stuff from news Locations/Filename: Date / Version: Mar 96 Ver 2.10 Author/email contact: Michael Watson Status: shareware (#10 or $15) Documentation: Small, but thorough with a built in help screen. Features: Smart, fast and friendly uu-decoder for UseNet newsgroups. Handles multi-part files with ease and will re-arrange the parts if required. You go straight from a newsgroup file to *.jpg, *.gif *.exe, *.wav, *.etc in one go. No more messing with cut and paste. Allows wild-card entry, so you can set it going on a whole directory of files and watch it search for and decode all the uu-encoded articles. Comments: Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: Michael Watson Name of program: MIME: Turn binary files into ascii for mail Location/Filename: Date / Version: 26 Jan 96 ver 6.4d Author/email contact: Karl Hahn Status: freeware Documentation: Includes ANSI C source code Features: Takes a binary file and turns it into a 7 bit ascii file, to allow sending material by mail or to news groups. Decoders to reverse this are even more common Comments: This is a later/more sophisticated standard than UUCODE. Other versions are also available Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: Name of program: ROT13: Simple ROT13 Encoder/Decoder for MS-DOS systems Location/Filename: Date / Version: 19 Apr 95 ver 2 Author/email contact: Lawrence Wright Status: freeware/pd Documentation: minimal Features: Used by News Comments: Faster than previous version Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: as above Pegasus Mail by David Harris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Harris has written one of the most widely used email systems in the world. It is particularly used on Novell Networks, with Internet connectivity. PMail is available in DOS, Windows and Mac incarnations, at the moment. By creating User Defined Gateways PMail can be used with KA9Q, and so, on a stand alone PC, connected to the Internet via Demon. Name of program: PMAIL: Pegasus Mail/DOS Location/Filename: Date / Version: 17 Mar 96 ver 3.31 Author/email contact: David Harris Status: Bookware Documentation: The documentation included with the program is fairly comprehensive, the filename is GUIDE.EXE. This is an executable text file system. Covers the basics needed Features: Fully featured email system, includes UUCODE and MIME support Comments: There is a news group (bit.listserv.pmail) dedicated to Pegasus Mail, which is worth reading. A series of FAQs can also be found at . Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: N/A For details of many programs that will work with Pegasus Mail, and allow it to be used with Demon please see my "Guide to Pegasus Mail Addons List" which can be found at . There is also a How-To explaining how to set up PMail to work seamlessly with the Demon front end. Alternative Text Editors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There have probably been more "discussions" about text editors, on usenet, than almost any thing! (ie from vi to EDIT). This will only list shareware/freeware alternatives that work with the DIS suite! (no flames please). Name of program: SUPERTED: This is an enhanced version of TED Location/Filename: Date / Version: 13 Sep 93 ver 1.01 Author/email contact: Status: shareware/freeware Documentation: None Features: This is an enhanced version of the TED editor supplied with the DIS suite Comments: Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: Alternative File Viewers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name of program: LIST: This is Vernon D Buerg's famous Viewer Location/Filename: Date / Version: 26 Oct 92 ver 7.7a / 21 Apr 94 ver 9.0h Author/email contact: Vernon D Buerg <70007.1212@compuserve.com> Status: shareware/freeware Documentation: Features: Very good file browser and manager Comments: The latest version must be registered if used on a network Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: Name of program: READ: This is Bruce Guthrie's FREE Viewer Location/Filename: Date / Version: 4 Sep 95 ver 5.09 Author/email contact: Bruce Guthrie Status: freeware Documentation: Fairly good Features: Straight forward file viewer Comments: Bruce Guthrie has also written other useful free utilities Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: N/A Internet Applications requiring a SLIP connection ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These are programs which can be used to replace or add to the above programs. If they are interactive (ie used to connect to other hosts) then they will REQUIRE a Packet Driver to be installed PRIOR to use. For dialup access this should be a SLIP Packet Driver. (Free PPP Packet Drivers are not yet reliable and available). You will also need some sort of DIALLER program. The UMSLIP package described below, is a good starting point. Though an alternative is SLIPPER and MS-Kermit :-). Name of program: UMSLIP: University of Minnesota SLIP Driver & Phone Dialler Location/Filename: Date / Version: 2 May 94 ver 2.4 Author/email contact: software@boombox.micro.umn.edu Status: shareware ($50) Documentation: Online Features: This is the easiest SLIP/Dialler combination which is pre-configured for Demon use as below Comments: Rather expensive shareware but a previous version is freeware Demon Config Location: Demon Config email contact: Name of program: SLIPPER: Peter Tattam's SLIP driver Location/Filename: Date / Version: 15 Jan 94 ver 1.5 Author/email contact: Peter Tattam Status: freeware/pd Documentation: Fairly comprehensive Features: Supports EtherSlip and is faster than SLIP8250 Comments: A compressed SLIP version is also available, CSLIPPER Demon Config Location: Demon Config email contact: Name of program: WATTCP: Waterloo TCP/IP kernel - source code Location/Filename: Date / Version: 10 Sep 93 ? Author/email contact: Erick Engelke Status: freeware/pd Documentation: Features: Free TCP/IP stack works with packet drivers Comments: This code often finds itself in DOS TCP/IP applications (eg MS-Kermit), apps.zip contains a few examples of TCP/IP applications Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: N/A Name of program: IPROUTE: Provides IP routing and network address translation Location/Filename: Date / Version: 3 Apr 96 ver 0.91 Author/email contact: David F Mischler Status: shareware ($50) Documentation: Included Features: Provides IP routing and network address translation using standard PC hardware. Comments: Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: N/A Name of program: DOS LYNX: A browser for World Wide Web Location/Filename: Date / Version: 11 Aug 94 ver 0.8 alpha Author/email contact: lynx-help@ukanaix.cc.ukans.edu Status: Copyright Freeware Documentation: Features: Fast text-based multi-windowing, download any inline image, display inline GIFs, easy save to disc, mouse driven or simple keyboard commands. Includes support for blind users Comments: Full source code is available (compile using TurboVision). slip_dis.zip needed (see above). Demon Config includes improved slip batch file for DosLynx, Gopher3 and Minuet. Read dis_lynx.txt in dis_lynx.zip *before* installing anything. Demon Config Location: Demon Config email contact: Stephen Holmes Name of program: KNOTS: An off-line browser for World Wide Web Location/Filename: Date / Version: 8 Jul 96 ver 1.2 Author/email contact: Nick Gray Status: shareware ($15) Documentation: included as help screens Features: KNOTS is a DOS based html browser designed for the owners of low powered PCs, who wish to create WWW pages (or Knots of a net) at home, either for their personal, one node intranet, or to be displayed later on a World Wide Web server. What makes KNOTS different to other DOS browsers is that it displays the pages graphically, to give a better idea of the final result. Comments: No GIF or JPEG support yet. It is for Offline use ONLY. Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: N/A Name of program: MINUET: Minnesota INternet Users Essential Tool Location/Filename: Date / Version: 12 May 95 ver 1.0 Beta 18A Author/email contact: minuet@boombox.micro.umn.ed Status: shareware ($50) Documentation: Features: Menu driven FTP access, gopher client, nice Comments: Rather expensive shareware, for what it is (news is online only). This Beta version includes a WWW client. Demon Config Location: Demon Config email contact: Name of program: MS-KERMIT: An excellent telnet client Location/Filename: Date / Version: 18 Jan 95 ver 3.14 Author/email contact: kermit@columbia.edu Status: Bookware Documentation: Available in book form and as online texts Features: Fully featured VT320, support for Packet Divers and Novell ODI SLIP/PPP built in. Includes support for blind users Comments: The Demon Config files have only been tested with the previous version eg MS-Kermit 3.13 Demon Config Location: Demon Config email contact: Michael Bernardi Name of program: GOPHER: PC Gopher III Client Location/Filename: Date / Version: 9 Aug 93 Author/email contact: gopher@boombox.micro.umn.ed Status: shareware/freeware Documentation: Somewhat bitty Features: University of Minnesota Gopher Client for DOS using Packet Drivers Comments: The version on Demon is pre-configured for use. An earlier version is also available. Uploaded 20 Jan 95 Demon Config Location: Demon Config email contact: Alan Hutchinson Commercial Alternative TCP/IP Systems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Name of program: Novell's LAN WorkPlace for DOS Location/Filename: N/A Date / Version: ver 5.0 Author/email contact: lwpdial@novell.com Status: commercial Documentation: Full Manual Features: Includes both network and dialup connectivity and all TCP/IP tools in both DOS and Windows format Comments: Obtain the latest patches from ftp.novell.com or ftp.novell.de Demon Config Location: None available at this time Demon Config email contact: N/A Name of program: Beame and Whiteside Connect TCP for Dos and Windows Location/Filename: Date / Version: ver 3.2 Author/email contact: sales@bws.com Status: commercial Documentation: Online Manual Features: Dos Tools include SLIP & PPP support over a wide variety of stacks. Specific support for 16550A chips is provided. Works happily with packet drivers should you wish. VT220 & 3270 telnet, rsh, rcp, ftp, tftp, NFS client, SNMP mibs, ping, finger, lp printing client and server, talk, traceroute, uu(en|de)code whois. Comments: The package practically replicates every network tool you'd find on a Unix system. The time-limited evaluations on the ftp site seem quite crippled - the full blown version seems solid as a rock. Demon Config Location: None available at this time Demon Config email contact: N/A Name of program: FTP's PC/TCP Location/Filename: N/A Date / Version: ver 2.3 Author/email contact: info@ftp.com Status: commercial Documentation: Full Manual Features: Includes all TCP/IP tools Comments: This uses Packet Drivers as a standard interface. Includes both network and dialup connectivity Demon Config Location: None available at this time Demon Config email contact: N/A Name of program: The CommSet Location/Filename: Date / Version: 12 Jan 95 ver 1.0 Author/email contact: sales@cybercon.nb.ca Status: commercial Documentation: Full Manual Features: The CommSet is a set of communications utilities in one integrated package which will allow a user of an IBM PC (or clone) access to the many facilities of the Internet. It has a number of unique features designed to provide ease of use, and cope with the limitations of the DOS operating system Comments: Though it is no longer being developed I think it is still available via FTP. Note it will even run on a standard 8086 PC. Demon Config Location: N/A Demon Config email contact: N/A Name of program: MACH2: Mach2 TCP/IP Router Location/Filename: "Subject: MACH2" Date / Version: 30 May 95 ver 4.00 Author/email contact: Infinite Technologies Status: commercial Documentation: Full Manual Features: The Mach2 TCP/IP Router is a quick and efficient way to connect your local area network to the Internet, and to provide TCP/IP dial-in access for remote users Comments: The Mach2 TCP/IP protocol stack runs directly on Novell ODI drivers or Clarkson Packet Drivers; and, it also contains its own drivers for the asynchronous SLIP or PPP dial-up protocols. Current version requires NetWare server Demon Config Location: None available at this time Demon Config email contact: N/A Name of program: M2DNS: Mach2 Domain Name Server (DNS) for Mach2 Router Location/Filename: "Subject: M2DNS" Date / Version: 30 May 95 ver 4.00 Author/email contact: Infinite Technologies Status: commercial Documentation: Full Manual Features: The Mach2 DNS (Domain Name Services) Module lets you locally administer the host names under your domain without waiting for your service provider to make name changes for you. Previously, this was possible only if you were willing to install and manage a full-blown UNIX TCP/IP implementation. Comments: The Mach2 DNS Module provides a high performance domain name server that is easily configured for and integrated with either the Connect2SMTP or Mach2 TCP/IP Router environment. Demon Config Location: None available at this time Demon Config email contact: N/A The latest version of this document can be obtained by sending an email to MSDOS_Internet_Apps@dendarii.demon.co.uk Though it is prefered that a copy be obtained from Copyright 1995/1996 by Michael Bernardi. This file may be freely distributed provided that it remains unedited from its current form. Sections may be quoted for reference providing its source is given. It may be printed for personal use only. The latest version is posted to the newsgroups demon.ip.support.pc every month and to demon.answers every week. Mike -- Michael Bernardi mike@dendarii.demon.co.uk Home: +44 (0)1444 870219 mbernardi@cix.compulink.co.uk Work: +44 (0)171 837 4299 (be407611@subnet.virtual-pc.com)