Here is a list of some other freeware programs I have written which you may be interested in. The latest versions can always be found somewhere in the msdos directory of the Simtel archive on the internet. The primary site for this is oak.oakland.edu, but there are mirrors sites all over the world. In the following file names I have represented the version numbers by the string "nn" since they may change by the time you look for them. BIGTXTnn - This program takes its command line argument and magnifies the characters so that they are 4 to 8 or more times larger. It uses several font sources, including any screen font and can be used for batch files, text file headings and banners. If you remember bigecho, this does a similar function but has many more options and features. It can be found in directory msdos/textutil. NVLTFNTS - This archive contains a screen font loader and 12 unusual screen fonts. The loader produces fonts which are persistant but which can be overridden any time you wish. The screen fonts are compatible with BIGTEXT. It can be found in directory msdos/screen. Here's a sample of using the Olde English font with BIGTEXT: ÜßßÛÜ ßÛÜ ßÛÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛÜ ÜÜÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ Üßß ÛÛ ÜÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛßßß ßÛÜÜß ßÛÜ ßÛÜÜß ÜÛÜÜÜÜ ÜßßÛÜ ßÛÜ ÛÛ ÜÛ ÛÛ ß ÜÜ ÜÜÜ ÜÜ ÛÛ ÜÜÜ ÜÜÜÜÜ ÛÛ ÛÛÜÜÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÛ ßÛÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÛ ÛÛÜÜÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÛÛ ßßßÛÜÜ ÛÛ ÛÛ ÜÛÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÛÜÜ ßÛÜßÛÜßÛÛÜ ßÛÜ ßÛÜ ÜÜÜÜÜß ÜÛÜÜ ÛÛ ÜÜÜ Ûß ß ßßß FLPKITnn - This archive contains a set of 5 utilities to help you speed up and test your floppy disks and drives. It can be found in directory msdos/diskutil. In particular you get: FLOPPARM - Speeds up drive operation by modifying DOS parameters. FLOPTEST - Tests drive for proper operation. Also does a quick readability check for every sector of a floppy disk. FLOPSKEW - Determines optimal skewing for proper formatting. By using the findings of this program and FDFORMAT you can speed up reading and writing by 30% every time you use a floppy disk. Formatting is faster, too. FLOPRPM - Checks a drive's rotation speed for accuracy and consistent operation. FLOPINFO - Displays a floppy disk's formatting parameters. RUNTIMnn - This utility can measure the execution time of DOS programs, commands and batch files with a resolution better than one thousandth of a second. The measurement can be saved in a file or displayed on your screen. The output format and accompanying text can be specified. It can be found in directory msdos/sysutil. S48Vnn - S48 is a software simulator of the 8048/49/50 micro- processor. All registers, flags and RAM are visible contin- uously on the screen. Instructions are disassembled and displayed as they are simulated. Cheaper and more colorful than an MDS! It can be found in directory msdos/emulators. LJLPTnn - This program prints text in landscape oriented pages at 177 columns by 75 lines on a Laserjet. Great for getting fast, quiet, compact program listings. Initial banner page, page headers, line numbers, multiple copies and graybar row shading are available as options. Source included. It can be found in directory msdos/laserjet. WASTEDnn - This program shows you the effects of different cluster sizes on the efficiency of file storage on your system. If you're upgrading to a larger hard disk, the information displayed may affect the size of the partitions you choose for your hard disk and save you megabytes of wasted space. In directory msdos/diskutil. P5BUGnn - A simple test for the Pentium FDIV "flaw". Source included. In directory msdos/sysutil. In addition there are some programs which I have made some contribution to, even though I didn't write them. TODIRnn - Change to any subdirectory just by specifying the first few letters of its name, no matter which drive it is on or how deep it is in the subdirectory tree. An approximate string search is also available if you're really lost. Source included. In the directory msdos/dirutil. UARTTYnn - This program identifies which type of UART chip is used by all of the COM ports in your system. Source included. It can be found in directory msdos/io_util. O-CONTRL - This archive contains a TrueType symbol font useful for preparing orienteering clue sheets. If you're not an orienteer, just think of it as a collection of vaguely cartographic dingbats. I converted this from Macintosh Type 1 format and spend a lot of time touching up the characters. In directory win3/font. BCF7713B - This is a really buggy Fortran compiler but it's the only public domain Fortran compiler that I'm aware of. It may be useful for some small jobs. I translated the documentation from German into English. It can be found in the directory msdos/fortran. Quite a mixed bag, eh? There should be something here you can use. William Luitje 2677 Wayside Drive Ann Arbor, MI 48103 USA internet: luitje@m-net.arbornet.org or luitje@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us