Miscellaneous
Utilities

Program Description Source DOS
16
DOS
32
Win
32
BarClock Patches BarClock Plus v3.0a (using BwPatch, below) to fix the Application Error some programs generate in XP. Patch (1k) - - -
BaseN
v2.00
Convert numbers (including decimals & fractions) between bases. C (13k) 14k 29k 13k
BQ
v1.00
Backquote command substitution and response files for WinXP. Batch (2k) - - XP
BwDiff
v1.10
Display the byte differences between two almost-identical files. C (12k) 13k 29k 7k
BwGen
v1.00
Generate a program to make simple changes to a file based on byte differences. C (VC6) (12k) - - 8k
BwPatch
v1.10
Modify a file (complement to BwDiff). C (16k)
RC
25k 45k 11k
CEcho
v0.90
Color echo, with built-in color and extended ASCII maps.
DOS versions require ANSI.
C (13k) 12k 28k 7k
Chars
v1.00
Display the current character set, with or without character codes. (B)C (4k) 8k --
Colours
v1.00
Display the text-mode colours. (B)C (2k) 9k --
Console Settings
v2.00
Change properties of the console window. C (48k) TM - 20k
Do Not Disturb
v1.05
Reads lines from standard input, overwriting to standard output. C (4k) - - 4k
End Of Line
v1.01
Convert line endings (requires at least Windows 2000). C (8k) - - 7k
Free Display total, allocated and free disk space; return percentage free. fasm (11k) 9k - 3k
Keyboard
v1.00
Display a keyboard layout and highlight each key as it is pressed. Useful for finding valid simultaneous key combinations for games. (T)Asm (13k) 3k - 55k
msPlugIn
v1.00
Identify a MilkShape 3D plugin. VC(6) (2k) - - 16k
NCat
v1.00
Named cat - combine multiple files to standard output, with filenames. C (2k) 11k 31k 12k
PEVI
v1.0.2
Portable Executable Version Information. (Updated 4 August, 2023.) VC(6) (10k) - - 7k
Scancode
v1.00
Display the hexadecimal scancode of each key pressed (and optionally released). (T)Asm (4k) 1k --
Telebell
v1.00
Change the frequency and duration of the teletype bell. (T)Asm (5k) 1k --
Text
v1.00
Display readable text within binary files. C (10k) 14k 32k 16k
View
v1.04
Display a file to screen if it fits, otherwise use an external viewer. C (9k) 14k 46k -
View
v2.01
Windows-specific version (uses Unicode file names, considers multibyte characters). C (12k) - - 7k
Which
v1.03
Locate programs on the PATH or in any directory. Batch (8k) Run - XP


Jason Hood
4 August, 2023.


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