Some selected Freeware Hall of Fame Files!
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97_GUIDE.ZIP
50175 06-09-97 [HOF] 1997 OFFICIAL MAGAZINE GUIDE v97.7 From Reception Room Service in Cooks Falls, NY, the deaf group that has been supplying magazines for the absolute lowest pr
ACD300.ZIP
57982 01-20-98 [HOF] Another Change Directory v3.0 WIN/DOS quick directory changer. First update in 3 years is to recognize WIN 95 (not NT) long filenames. Free. Uploaded by: Mar
ARRIBA10.ZIP
118255 11-22-97 [HOF] ARRIBA v1.0 WIN 95/NT find and start files/programs via taskbar. Adds an icon to the taskbar. Click left mouse on it and menu pops up showing all system driv
ASMPR100.ZIP
36445 02-07-98 [HOF] ASMPROC v1.0 - Extract a list of sub- routines in assembly language programs. Quickly generate lists of procedures. Can process 'include' files, ignore commen
AUTOEJ12.ZIP
16116 05-21-97 [HOF] AutoEject v1.21 for WIN 95/NT to eject removable disks at Windows shutdown. Also puts an icon in the taskbar that can be double-clicked to eject immediately.
AV711.ZIP
143505 12-19-97 [HOF] AV v7.11 Archive directory viewer lists files in an archive (ZIP, ARC, etc.) and lets you sort as desired. Free. 11-30-97
CALMIR10.ZIP
905399 08-30-97 [HOF] CALMIRA v1.0 gives WIN 3.1 the interface features of WIN95. Revitalize 3.1 with this complete user interface upgrade. Includes icon based file manager, short
CALMIR20.ZIP
1024391 10-14-97 [HOF] CALMIRA v2.0 gives WIN 3.1 the interface features of WIN95. Revitalize 3.1 with this complete user interface upgrade. Includes icon based file manager, shor
CATFI18.ZIP
105213 11-06-97 [HOF] CATFISH 1.8 - WIN fast disk search & browse is a cut above the rest. Save snapshot of the DIR/file structure of huge disks and CD-ROMs. Shows total subdir si
CHANG711.ZIP
99952 12-19-97 [HOF] CHANGE v7.11 Processes change commands in files of any size or type, binary or text. Fast. Up to 30 commands processed in one pass. Removes trailing spaces fr
CIDOS210.ZIP
76137 06-19-97 [HOF] CID v2.1 Caller-ID for OS/2 Warp Desktop. Free. 04-27-97
CLEAN13.ZIP
28509 11-05-97 [HOF] Start Menu Cleaner v1.3 - WIN 95 pgm removes items from the Start Menu that no longer point to anything. Req. MSVBVM50.DLL & OLEAUT32.DLL. Free. 10/11/97 Upl
CNTDWN11.ZIP
380511 05-11-97 [HOF] CountDown 97 - WIN 95 util displays the age of anything in years, months, days, hours, minutes, and seconds. Also displays the total number of elapsed second
CONVR711.ZIP
107949 12-19-97 [HOF] CONVERT v7.11 Converts between data formats: FROM dBase, ASCII-delimited, and fixed-field TO Lotus WKS, ASCII-delimited, dBase, and fixed-field. Can add/drop
COPS711.ZIP
82545 01-03-98 [HOF] COPSINCE v7.11 Copies all files modified since a given date. Primarily to make sure you have file back-ups, and to copy updated programs to another place. You
DATES711.ZIP
90479 01-03-98 [HOF] DATES v7.11 Warns you when an event like a birthday, anniversary, or holiday is coming up, to give advance warning so you can send a card or get out of town.
DEDUPE12.ZIP
12275 06-30-97 [HOF] DEDUPE v1.2 - Removes duplicate ASCII text lines anywhere; extracts unique lines from two similar files. No pre-sorting req'd. File viewer included. Optional
DF461.ZIP
220780 02-07-98 [HOF] Directory Freedom v4.61 - Industry standard DOS & WIN dosbox small/fast DIR manager. Move/copy files, create archives, change time/date/attributes, much more
DIPSTCK2.ZIP
93915 07-16-97 [HOF] DIPSTICK v2.0 - WIN 95 tool examines Internet file warehouse mirror sites to find the one with the least traffic. Free. 07/13/97. Uploaded by: Rush Paul
DOSPAT13.ZIP
10381 01-03-98 [HOF] Patch MSDOS to increase environment size. Covering versions up to 6.22. Allows greater storage of information to be passed between programs or batch files. No
DS9510.ZIP
290443 10-05-97 [HOF] Directory Snoop v1 - View raw DIRs in WIN95. Displays erased file names; purge the file names left behind after deletions; view raw file clusters to confirm
DU14B.ZIP
222181 11-02-97 [HOF] DOBSON Utilities v1.4b. 20+ DOS utilities that appear to be optimized for a DOS box. Change the drive & DIR & the prompt color, display date & time, format
DUESCRN.ZIP
138781 10-26-97 [HOF] WIN 95 Pregnancy Due Date Countdown Screen Saver. Another rare exception to FHOF not carrying screen savers. Free. 09-09-97
EUMAL711.ZIP
146893 12-19-97 [HOF] EUMAIL v7.11 Eudora mail summarizer. Dumps a Qualcomm Eudora Mailbook and summarizes the contents of Eudora boxes and folders. Free. 11-30-97
FATCONV.ZIP
63221 10-05-97 [HOF] To convert a FAT16 partition to FAT32. From Microsoft. The program will run scandisk to check for errors first. If it can't find scandisk.exe on your system i
FILUP707.ZIP
78596 08-15-97 [HOF] FILUPDAT v7.07 Compares one filelist against another and copies any that were updated. Similar to the DOS REPLACE command but works from a stored list of file
FILUP711.ZIP
77722 12-19-97 [HOF] FILUPDAT v7.11 Compares one filelist against another and copies any that were updated. Similar to the DOS REPLACE command but works from a stored list of file
FIXTX711.ZIP
81615 12-19-97 [HOF] FIXTEXT v7.11 Applies a user-defined character translation table to a text file. You can convert graphics characters to text equivalents, lowercase to upperca
FLOC124.ZIP
66626 01-24-98 [HOF] LOCATE v1.24 - DOS box file finder supports long filenames. Locate directories, files, 0-byte files, executables only. Mask by date, time, attributes. Search
FMAV35.ZIP
164671 12-03-97 [HOF] FILE MAVEN v3.5 DOS file manager & transfer utility. Has dual DIR, pull down menus, 50 line support. LapLink style file transfers via serial or parallel cabl
FORTN711.ZIP
89010 12-19-97 [HOF] FORTUNE v7.11 Tuner-upper for DOS's FOR command. Typical use is a BAT file to do wildcard things DOS can't do, such as [fortune in.BAS do rename %a %2] to rem
FTPX.ZIP
720817 06-12-97 [HOF] FTP-EXPLORER v1.09 - FTP browser like WS-FTP but reputed to be better in many ways. Seems to be well maintained. The author documents what he's done and what
GOP11.ZIP
100240 08-15-97 [HOF] GO Laserjet Print v1.1 - Print text files on HP Laserjet compatible printers with easy selection of font, symbol set, orientation, two-sided printing, using
GRAPHC11.ZIP
169145 01-03-98 [HOF] CAOSGraph v1.1 WIN - sez the simplest graph drawing system available. 13 functions including project manager for multiple graphs. Has calculator. Save as BMP
GSPLAY1.ZIP
81758 07-04-97 [HOF] GSPLAY v1.0 standard MIDI file player for DOS supports 7 popular MIDI interfaces with special support for GM/GS format sequences. Features include note and pa
GTR183.ZIP
55612 10-26-97 [HOF] GENERICTRACER v1.83 unpacks PKlite2.0, WWPack3.05, ALEC1.6, HS1.17/386, ELITE2.0, LSCrypt1.21, ICE1.0, Protect!6.0, AXE2.0, DoPCrypt1.04, ExeCode1.00, RCC1.13
HELPDC21.ZIP
222253 09-24-97 [HOF] HELPDECO v2.1 - DOS pgm to convert WIN HLP files to user-readable ASCII. Works on files created by WIN 3.0, 3.1, 3.11, & 95. Also can convert multi-media vie
HIEW550.ZIP
314704 05-11-97 [HOF] HIEW v5.50 DOS/WIN. Good hex-editor. If you need one, you're going to like this. Free. 02-11-97
HIFICAT.ZIP
26151 10-16-97 [HOF] Discount catalog of high end stereo gear and high end CDs. Has some mid-price gear and some used high end components at attractive prices. Savant Audio & Vide
HTMLCLR.ZIP
43385 02-04-98 [HOF] HTML Colors - WIN pgm to choose colors for Web pages. Works with just about any video card that works with WIN, even in Hi-Color and 24-bit modes. Once you ha
IHPFS124.ZIP
55672 06-19-97 [HOF] RESERVE DRIVE LETTERS. Has 3 pgms. DUMBDRV is a device driver which occupies drive letters to reserve them. KILLDRV removes a logical DOS drive such as the l
ILNK9712.ZIP
59228 12-13-97 [HOF] ILINK Int'l BBS Network Info Packet - the original QWK-based BBS network is still the premiere net for Bulletin Boards around the world. Now accepting applica
IVIEW240.ZIP
283716 07-09-97 [HOF] IrfanView v3.2 WIN 95/NT image viewer- converter. One of the first graphic viewers with multiple-GIF, multiple-ICO and multipage-TIFF support. NEW: JPEG & TI
IVIEW250.ZIP
272097 10-03-97 [HOF] IRFANVIEW v2.5 - WIN 95/NT graphics viewer & converter gets high praise and frequent updates. Multiple GIF/ICO/TIFF plus supports another dozen image protoco
IVIEW260.ZIP
287814 01-03-98 [HOF] IRFANVIEW v2.6 WIN 95/NT fast graphics viewer and image converter for JPEG GIF BMP DIB RLE PCX PNG TIFF TGA RAS/SUN ICO AVI WAV MID RMI WMF EMF PBM PGM PPM I
LCPY10B.ZIP
15111 01-18-98 [HOF] LowCopy v1.0 BETA - WIN 95 DOSbox disk back-up makes logical copies of harddrives. You can backup a drive, restore it or make hard disk copies instantly. This
LNPL2132.ZIP
1014762 12-07-97 [HOF] Loan Calculator Plus v2.1 - Win 95/NT loan analyzer. Includes 7 calculators: loan, amortization, refinance, remaining balance, accelerated payments, interes
MINIMON1.ZIP
87207 01-03-98 [HOF] MINIMON for WIN - Small, stay-on-top resource monitor w/iconic display. Free. 12-11-97
MISSING.ZIP
33866 12-13-97 Two Lists of files missing from the Freeware Hall of Fame following the loss of a hdrive Nov. 11, minus restorations through 12-13-97 10 PM. The file named MISSING.
MODEM526.ZIP
41525 12-12-97 [HOF] FaxModem Wizard v5.26 tells you what is on each of your four COM-Ports and which IRQ is used. Becoming the industry standard program for this because it's tho
MODEM801.ZIP
41450 01-08-98 [HOF] FaxModem Wizard v8.01: shows what is on each COM port and which IRQ is connected to each, and much more. Gives very full report on your modem, the fullest rep
MODST101.ZIP
52112 06-14-97 [HOF] MODEM STATS v1.01 - BBS on-line diags tool for Supra modems. (A porting of the code for Frankiewicz's STGEN for USR we use on FHOF.) Displays a link diagnosti
MOZ711.ZIP
85465 12-19-97 [HOF] MOZ v7.11 Renames the files in your Netscape Navigator cache subdirectory so you can identify them more easily. Free. 11-30-97
MWP32_16.ZIP
637295 01-03-98 [HOF] Mortgage Wizard Plus v1.6 WIN - Calculates payments, balance, and amortization period. Amortization scrollable spreadsheet format with editing and formattin
NAMD200.ZIP
28546 02-07-98 [HOF] NAME2DATE - Renames files based on the current date or time. Especially useful for archiving log or message files. From Bit Masons. Free. 02-04-92
NAMEEDIT.ZIP
126779 01-21-98 [HOF] NAMEEDIT v1.01 - WIN95 pgm modifies the registered owner/organization kept in the Registry. Author's Help file classifies this as 'uncopyrighted unsupported
NDATE300.ZIP
47358 07-04-97 [HOF] NETDATE v3.0 WIN 95/NT Synchronize PC clock with global time servers. Small and efficient pgm seems to be accurate to +/- one second. Manual and auto clock ad
NDATE310.ZIP
66845 10-27-97 [HOF] NETDATE v3.1 WIN 95/NT Synchronize PC clock with global time servers. Small and efficient pgm seems to be accurate to +/- one second. Manual and auto clock ad
NICEC4.ZIP
54148 08-15-97 [HOF] NICEC v4.0 - Easy to use C source formatter. Versions for WIN 16 & 32. Formats C code according to your style, which it learns from a sample of your code. Fre
NL310B5.ZIP
68294 05-17-97 [HOF] NetLaunch v3.10b5 for WIN performs many dial-up tasks. Get online at scheduled times, then launch programs you specify. Can reconnect if you are disconnected
PAGIN707.ZIP
183986 08-15-97 [HOF] PAGINATE v7.07 Reformats text files with embedded formatting codes. Handles titles, footers, indexes, alignment, justification, multi-column, etc. Supports
PAGIN711.ZIP
182353 01-03-98 [HOF] PAGINATE v7.11 Reformats text files with embedded formatting codes. Handles things like titles, footers, indexes, alignment, justification, multi-column lis
PARTINFO.ZIP
66826 06-30-97 [HOF] PARTINFO PartitionMagic generates a full report of harddisk's partition table. Fast; can save to file. Made for DOS or a WIN DOS box. Free. 05-27-97
PERLIB18.ZIP
370851 01-18-98 [HOF] BK v1.8 Periodic Table for WIN 16/32 - probably the best periodic table of the elements available for WIN. Search for elements by names, symbols, or properti
PORTS10.ZIP
8436 09-11-97 [HOF] PORTS10 v1.0. Reports the serial port address and type of UART - 8250, 16450, or 16550 - for all ports. If you already have a program or BAT file named PORTS,
QPNG17E.ZIP
334864 05-24-97 [HOF] QPNG/386 v1.7e. Excellent viewer for PNG & TGA images. Based on the Grafx viewer and incredibly fast. Has preview feature with an instant small image. Allows
QUICKIP3.ZIP
209134 11-30-97 [HOF] QUICKIP v3.0 - WIN 32 - shows your IP address as soon as possible in LAN & RAS connections. User configurable alarm & a log file. NEW: RAS quick dial configu
RECOM105.ZIP
14444 08-05-97 [HOF] RECOM v1.05 Remove the Comment from a ZIP archive and replace it with one from your BBS. Comments in archives are designed to show where the download came fro
REGMON95.ZIP
33861 09-23-97 [HOF] REGMON v3.0 - Display Win95 Registry activity on a system in real time. Powerful tool for exploring how Win95 works, seeing how apps use the Registry, or trac
REGMONNT.ZIP
35561 09-23-97 [HOF] NTREGMON v3.1 - Display WinNT Registry activity on a system in real time. Powerful tool for exploring how WinNT works, seeing how apps use the Registry, or tr
REMIND32.ZIP
118659 08-19-97 [HOF] Reminders v2/6 for Win95/NT Reminds of important coming events on daily, weekly, monthly, or annual basis. Reminders can launch programs at a scheduled time.
SALAM_14.ZIP
188447 12-13-97 [HOF] Servant Salamander v1.4 - Win 95 file manager, nicely annotated. Free. 11-06-97
SHAID230.ZIP
29378 06-19-97 [HOF] SH ARCHIVE IDENTIFIER v2.30. Most complete archive identifier available. Recognizes 65 archive extensions and 24 kinds of SFX files. Small and fast. Docs in
SLEEP_47.ZIP
32591 06-30-97 [HOF] SLEEP v4.7 - WaitForUntil time, file, or scheduled event. Multitasking aware. NEW: parallel port monitor. Free. 06-19-97
SLSRCH16.ZIP
75237 07-26-97 [HOF] SOLWAY'S INTERNET SEARCH v1.5 WIN3.1/95 program enabling you to simultaneously search up to 9 search engines and display search results of up to 4 on one scre
SMDM2_10.ZIP
45165 07-18-97 [HOF] SMODEM/OS2 v1.0 OS/2 bi-directional file transfer protocol w/full screen chat. A good protocol when using Telnet with a BBS, and most Boards with telnet acces
SP32V10A.ZIP
7629 01-22-97 [HOF] SCREENPRINT 32 v1.0a - Print in WIN by hitting the Print Screen key. The whole screen or just the part you define. No config needed. Installs & runs well. Free
SPAMHAT3.ZIP
717742 07-18-97 [HOF] SPAMHATER for Win95. The junk mailers have nearly all the weapons in their war against private email. This is one of the few ways we can fight back: automati
STKNT1.ZIP
629869 11-22-97 [HOF] StickyNote v1.0 WIN 95 Post-it. A step above the rest. Maybe 2 steps. Installs an icon in system tray, and can change fonts, colors, etc. As the size indicat
SYSBN092.ZIP
368426 08-07-97 [HOF] SYSBENCH v0.92 - OS/2 benchmarking tool. One of the best ones. NEW: many changes and fixes, so it's not compatible with older versions. Free. 07-16-97
TBAR3234.ZIP
166692 08-19-97 [HOF] TOOLBAR v3.4. Provides quick program launch from the Windows 95/NT desktop. Click the left button to launch, right button to configure a new button. Can drag
TFILT020.ZIP
45989 08-27-97 [HOF] TWITFILT v0.20. A message twit filter for .msg and squish message bases. Can filter (remove) messages based on keywords in the From, To, and Subject headers,
TOVE003.ZIP
11113 06-19-97 [HOF] TOVE - trigger to move or copy a file. Reads user specified file(s) in a directory, and copies/moves them if they contain your specified search string. Especi
TSBAT52.ZIP
132802 02-04-98 [HOF] TSBAT v5.2 - Collection of 70+ useful batch files and 55 batch programming tricks from Prof. Timo Salmi of the Univ of Vaasa. Self-contained. No exotic exter
TXEDIT.ZIP
133712 08-19-97 [HOF] TXEDIT v3.2 for WIN 95/NT - Text editor to replace Notepad. Supports multiple open docs, find & replace, D&D. Large 2.5 meg capacity. Will auto-load/save MAC
TXTAB711.ZIP
89860 12-19-97 [HOF] TXTABLE v7.11 Generates text tables. Allows inputs to be HTML or one record per cell. Free. 11-30-97
UNITCONV.ZIP
117730 05-24-97 [HOF] UNIT CONVERSION - WIN pgm to convert one measurement to another. 262 conversions. Free. 02-03-97
UNZ530X1.ZIP
190722 06-12-97 [HOF] UNZIP v5.3 from InfoZip - OS/2 - PKWare compatible archive handler. A family of portable ZIP programs bringing ZIP uniformity to many OS platforms. This file
UNZ532XN.ZIP
221992 11-22-97 [HOF] UNZIP v5.32 - Sorry Phil Katz but this seems to be the industry standard UNZIP program for NT/95. NEW: obscure bug fixes and more power. Free. 11-15-97
USBBS163.ZIP
191619 12-12-97 [HOF] USBBS: National BBS List for December 1997. Listings of Intel-based BBS systems. An institution in the BBS world, this list has been serving the BBS communit
VEC130.ZIP
12477 02-07-98 [HOF] VOLUME EDIT & COPY v1.3 - Edit, delete, & copy Volume labels & serial numbers. Can handle non-standard characters, spaces, etc. From Bit Masons. Free. 04-24-9
VIEWS196.ZIP
133353 06-12-97 [HOF] VIEWS v1.96 - Fine file reader with many options including a TXT2EXE to make a file self-display. Very fast search; word & line wrap; mouse-support; position
W95_DOS2.ZIP
21656 08-28-97 [HOF] v1.1 True dual boot for running both WIN 95 and DOS - the 'real' DOS, not the limited version 7 DOS that undergirds Windows. Runs with all released versions o
WHICH213.ZIP
146501 06-18-97 [HOF] WHICH - DOS & OS/2 - Very fast file finder for executables and libraries. NEW: will find 4DOS aliases along with other executables, the only search program t
WILLIT.ZIP
30020 09-23-97 [HOF] WILLIT v1.9 - DOS program runs 5 tests to determine how your PC will handle the year 2000 rollover. Checks real time clock, BIOS and year 2000 leap year/non-l
WINEJ11.ZIP
17533 07-31-97 [HOF] WinEject - v1.1 WIN95/NT. Opens/closes CD-ROM drives. No mention what's new in this update. Free. 06/08/97.
WINNC32A.ZIP
819957 08-15-97 [HOF] WINNC32 32-bit WIN 95/NT file manager copies & moves files to/from. Edits files. Connects to network resources. Can compress and uncompress using ZIP, WINZIP
WINX3216.ZIP
101833 05-11-97 [HOF] WINX32 v1.6 WIN pgm to run multiple programs from one icon or shortcut. Options include waiting for a command to finish; starting a program hidden, minimized
ZCOPY35.ZIP
46131 05-17-97 [HOF] ZCOPY V3.5 - XCOPY replacement copies whole directories and/or files; can skip same files; copies attributes/date and time; copies RO, hidden and system files
ZIEW20.ZIP
36865 05-30-97 [HOF] ZIEW v2.0 - archive comparer shows 2 archive indexes side-by-side, color coded, for comparison or viewing. Shows path, name, size, date, time, and CRC, option
ZIPZAP11.ZIP
12473 01-14-98 [HOF] ZIPZAP v1.1 - WIN applet for testing the read/write speed of Iomega zip drives. Req. VBRUN300.DLL. Free. 12-30-97
ZOOMER20.ZIP
37926 09-03-97 [HOF] Zoomer v2.0 WIN 95/NT screen magnifier. Can't see small print but have to work with one-pixel precision? This magnifies the area around the cursor 2 or 4 time
ZTRAY10.ZIP
41421 10-13-97 [HOF] Allows you to place any Windows program icon on the system tray. Free. 08-04-97
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