Updated: 7/19/2004
DOS

!!DOS

Garbo FTP site - lots of utils here, like text editors, DOS spell checkers, Turbo Pascal info, more.
Links to Free DOS clones
Google dir for free DOS clones
http://members.cox.net/dos/softlib1.htm
http://www.cyberspace.org/~keesan/software.htm - more dos software including Ghostscript, Cshow, Univesa, Kermit, Lynx, etc.
http://www.woundedmoon.org/msdos.html - good site for starting. Good editors, archivers (ARJ, LHA, RAR, PKzip), more.
http://www.opus.co.tt/dave/index.htm.

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1dir , 1dir.exe

DOS. Directory util, accounts for long filenames, sorting options, color files option. http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/1401/dir2.htm [Report a dead link]
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/rproft/

4dos 5.52

A DOS clone, very good. [Report a dead link]
http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/cmd4dos.html

7 Zip

Archiver with command-line support.
# Highest compression ratio in new 7z format
# 7-Zip is free software distributed under the GNU LGPL
# Supported formats: 7z, ZIP, CAB, RAR, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB
# For ZIP and GZIP formats 7-Zip provides compression ratio that is 2-10 % better than ratio provided by PKZip and WinZip
# Self-extracting capability for 7z format
# Integration with Windows Shell
# Powerful File Manager
# Powerful command line version [Report a dead link]
http://7-zip.org/

Account Pro

Accounting package works in DOS/DOS window. [Report a dead link]
http://www.accsoft-ch.com/free.htm

Bob Dump

Dump files as hex, octal, decimal, more. [Report a dead link]
http://www.simtel.net

Dwin (WIP)

Graphical OS for DOS, fast, small (about 2MB zipped), skinnable. Written in OOP Pascal. [Report a dead link]
http://dwin.sourceforge.net/

FastLynx

File transfer util. [Report a dead link]
http://www.powerload.fsnet.co.uk/msdos.htm

fgrep

Grep util. Doesn't not support regexp but can search multiple files. Also has limit on line length, I think the limit is 255 ctrs. [Report a dead link]
http://members.cox.net/dos/txtms01.htm

FIPS , FIPS, 158kb

First non-destructive Interactive Disk partitioning System partitions your disk without reformatting it so you don't lose data. Use this to install another OS on your hard drive. [Report a dead link]
http://www.igd.fhg.de/~aschaefe/fips/

FreeGEM

A GUI that runs under DOS. Operates like a Mac. [Report a dead link]
http://www.deltasoft.com/screenshots.htm

Garbo archives

Garbo archives of MS DOS utils. Lots of utils here. [Report a dead link]
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/

GrepSB

Grep by Oak Road Software. Supports regexp in filenames. Many options for redirection for input and output. [Report a dead link]
http://oakroadsystems.com/sharware/grep.htm

Hotdir 7.5

Directory replacement with many options. [Report a dead link]
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/dirutl/

Laplink

File cable transfer. [Report a dead link]
http://www.powerload.fsnet.co.uk/msdos.htm

LDZip

Supports LFN in dos. [Report a dead link]
http://ldzip.port5.com/

Ndir

Dir replacement for DOS. Full-color, edit configuration options. [Report a dead link]
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/derell.licht/ndir_info.html

nfo_100

DIR alternative with file colors. [Report a dead link]
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/msdos/fileutil/

Norton Utils 4.5

For DOS. [Report a dead link]
http://www.powerload.fsnet.co.uk/msdos.htm

Partition resizer , Partn???, Rating: 5

FREEWARE. For DOS and Windows (DOS mode). Resize, change disk partitions. Also at www.cadvancedap.com/Zeleps. [Report a dead link]
http://www.zeleps.com

Pedit editor

Both, columns and lines can easily be marked. Word wrap. 112 bits encryption option. Integrated spelling checker and thesaurus. Spell check HTML and RTF files. Copy and paste to other Windows applications. · Accesses the Windows printer drivers. · Under continuous development since 1995. And lots and lots more... [Report a dead link]
http://www.goldshell.com/pedit/

PFE DOS

There is a DOS version of PFE if you can find it. [Report a dead link]
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaap/pfe/

sa.com

Small DOS text editor. [Report a dead link]
http://www.cyberspace.org/~jdeigert/

SEAL

32-bit GUI for DOS. Works with MSDOS 3.0+, DRDOS, PCDOS, FreeDOS. [Report a dead link]
http://sealsystem.sourceforge.net/about.php

TED

A tiny dos editor. [Report a dead link]
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~af380/Tips.html#TinyEd

Text utils

Several text utils for grepping, search and replace. [Report a dead link]
http://members.cox.net/dos/txtms01.htm

Xgrep

Grep search util which supports regexp. [Report a dead link]
http://members.cox.net/dos/txtms01.htm