44 Free Programs

1989 · MS-DOS · National Software Labs · Keith P. Graham · Lewis Paper · T. A. Davis · Vernon D. Buerg · D. T. Hamilton · Ward Christensen · Chris Patterson · Scott Mason · Jack Gersbach · John E. Bean · Stephen R. Davis · Gerry Boyd · Larry Weiss · Eric Grunin · Richard Wellner · Robert Best · Amy J. Goebel · Bob Stephan · Carl Burtner

FREE SOFTWARE PACKAGE brought to you by: NATIONAL SOFTWARE LABS 13376 Washington Boulevard, Suite #7 Los Angeles, California 90066 (213) 827-7889 CONTENTS This package of software programs may be different than the one you responded to in our advertisement. You may have ordered our limited offer 33 FREE PROGRAMS which included a demonstration of other programs available from the NSL Library. Our current package (the one you have) is more powerful and has been revised in the following ways: The on-disk software demonstration which used to take up two additional disks has been eliminated. A free catalog has been included in its place. Several programs have been upgraded to current versions or replaced by more powerful programs. The 33 free programs have been increased to 44 free programs. PROGRAM LISTING The following is a listing your 46 free programs and their corresponding .DOC files. If a program does not have a .DOC file, instructions are provided below for that programs use: ACODE EXE Area code finder. Type ACODE [ENTER] for instructions. ALARM COM Memory resident alarm clock. ALARM DOC --DOCUMENTATION ALTREDO COM Reassigns ALT-F keys. Type ALTREDO [ENTER] for instructions. NOTE: You must have a config.sys file that specifies "Device=ANSI.SYS to use this program. (See your DOS manual for info on config.sys). ASK COM Interactive batch file utility. ASK DOC --DOCUMENTATION AUTODATE COM Resets current date on computers that don't have built-in clock. AUTODATE DOC --DOCUMENTATION BADSECT COM Bad disk sector mapper. Type BADSECT [ENTER] for instructions. BUFFIT COM Screen back scrolling program. BUFFIT DOC --DOCUMENTATION CDTO COM Changes directory to that which a file is contained in. CDTO DOC --DOCUMENTATION CFORMAT EXE Fast floppy disk formatter. CFORMAT DOC --DOCUMENTATION CHGPATH EXE Used to edit the current path without rebooting. CHGPATH DOC --DOCUMENTATION CMP COM Compares the contents of two text files. CMP DOC --DOCUMENTATION COPYCON COM Replacement for "copy con" for writing files from DOS. COPYCON DOC --DOCUMENTATION NOCURSOR COM Type NOCURSOR [ENTER] to erase the cursor. Use in batch files. CURSOR COM Type CURSOR [ENTER] to retrieve the cursor. Use in batch files. CUTPASTE COM Memory resident cut and paste program. CUTPASTE DOC --DOCUMENTATION DD COM Double directory display. DD DOC --DOCUMENTATION DRVAVAIL COM Batch file utility to test for available drive. DRVAVAIL DOC --DOCUMENTATION EATMEM COM \ FMARK COM \ MAPMEM COM \ TSR memory resident program manager files. MARK COM / RAMFREE COM / RELEASE COM / TSR DOC --TSR DOCUMENTATION EPSON-FX COM Epson and compatible dot matrix printer controller. EPSON-FX DOC --DOCUMENTATION FASTDISK COM Type FASTDISK A: (or B:) [ENTER] to speed up floppy disk access. NOTE: If this produces unusual sounds from your floppy disk drive, it is incompatible with your system - discontinue use. FASTER COM Speeds up the PC/AT after using the program SLOWER. SLOWER COM Slows down the PC/AT. Good for playing games that are too fast. SPEED DOC --DOCUMENTATION FOR FASTER.COM and SLOWER.COM FUNCREDO COM Reassigns Function keys. Type ALTREDO [ENTER] for instructions. NOTE: You must have a config.sys file specifying "Device=ANSI.SYS to use this program. (See your DOS manual for info on config.sys). HOTDOS COM Task switching program. HOTDOS DOC --DOCUMENTATION KILLDIR EXE Erases subdirectories and all files within them. KILLDIR DOC --DOCUMENTATION LIST COM Reads on-screen text files. LIST DOC --DOCUMENTATION PKXARC COM Used only on this disk to decompress the compressed file. QDR COM Fast floppy disk reformatter. QDR DOC --DOCUMENTATION SD COM Sorted directory display. SD DOC --DOCUMENTATiON SILENCE COM Silences the computer's speaker. SILENCE DOC --DOCUMENTATION SNAPSHOT COM Screen capture utility. SNAPSHOT DOC --DOCUMENTATION SOUND COM Type SOUND followed by "alarm" or "takeoff" or "beep" and press ENTER. Produces three kinds of sound effects. For example, type SOUND ALARM [ENTER]. Use in batch files. SPLITIT COM Splits texts files. Type SPLITIT [ENTER] for instructions. STOPWTCH COM Program event timer (stopwatch). STOPWTCH DOC --DOCUMENTATION TALLY EXE Counts characters, words, lines in text files. Type TALLY followed a text file name. For example, type TALLY ABC.DOC [ENTER] TEXT COM Text file formatter. TEXT DOC --DOCUMENTATION TUNE COM Adds a musical touch to batch files. TUNE DOC --DOCUMENTATION VACINE EXE Protection against computer viruses. VACINE DOC --DOCUMENTATION WAIT COM Adds a user selected delay in batch files. Type WAIT followed by the number of seconds for delay. For example, type WAIT 5 [ENTER]. This would perform a 5 second delay. WHIZ EXE Rapidly searchs for files in all drives consecutively. WHIZ DOC --DOCUMENTATION