This page contains software for DOS, Windows and MS-SQL, written by and for myself, mainly in assembly. Some of them are very simple and lame, but others may interest you. That's why I share them with you, along with their sources; I even made some docs for all of them.
The Star Commander, a DOS shell that handles Commodore drives, attached to the PC, and Commodore-related image and archive formats (see the homepage)
F64Check 0.10 beta (2003-01-05), checks F64 files, created by FCOPY-PC, and displays information about unusual sectors (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2003) [f64ck010.zip, 12.138 bytes]
XCTest 0.13 beta (2004-09-01), low-level test software for X1541-series serial cables (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2001-2004) [xctst013.zip, 27.933 bytes]
The Star Utilities, a software package for mass conversion of Commodore-related archive formats (see the homepage)
Archive List and Date Stamp 0.94.4 beta (2008-04-17), lists the contents of archives and, optionally, changes their date stamps to that of the latest file inside (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2001-2008) [arclds.zip, 27.393 bytes]
LFN SUPPORT: Although this is a DOS software, it can use long file names, when available.
SB Pro Volume Maximizer (1996-01-02), pumps up the volume of your Sound Blaster Pro to the maximum (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1996) [sbpromax.zip, 4.007 bytes]
CD-Install (1999-11-30), helps you with installing software when the install disks are in separate directories on a CD-ROM (or any other read-only medium) (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1999) [cdinst.zip, 6.324 bytes]
Volkov Commander Inactive Panel Preprocessor (1999-10-20), preprocesses VC 4.xx menu and extension file commands by converting '%' symbols to data of the inactive panel (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1999) [vcippp.zip, 4.220 bytes]
Binary File Compare (2006-08-06), compares a whole directory structure of binary files fast (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995-2006) [bfc.zip, 9.367 bytes]
LFN SUPPORT: Although this is a DOS software, it can use long file names, when available.
CRC32 Calculator (2004-02-15), calculates the 32-bit CRC checksum of files (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2004) [crc32.zip, 4.143 bytes]
File Comparer & Browser for DOS, compares two binary files on an interactive interface (see the homepage)
File Converter (2000-03-19), converts files using translation tables (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995-2000) [conv.zip, 5.462 bytes]
File Split (2000-09-19), fast file splitter with ARJ-like parametering and some useful options (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995-2000) [fs.zip, 20.908 bytes]
Make Patch and File Patch (2000-11-05), Make Patch creates patch files collecting the differences between two binary files and File Patch patches binary files using these patches (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995-2000) [patch.zip, 9.246 bytes]
DOOM 1.666 E3M9 map bug corrector (1995-11-11), fixes a small bug in the map of Episode 3, Level 9 in DOOM version 1.666 (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995) [1666e3m9.zip, 2.763 bytes]
BINK movie cutter (2008-11-24), cuts BINK movies to their first few frames (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2005-2008) [cutbink.zip, 8.416 bytes]
LFN SUPPORT: Although this is a DOS software, it requires that long file names are available.
DOOM WAD file installer (1995-11-11), helps you with running DOOM, DOOM 2 and Heretic with external WAD files (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995) [dwi.zip, 3.073 bytes]
Electronic Arts VIV extractor (2004-11-28), extracts Electronic Arts VIV archives (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2004) [extviv.zip, 8.934 bytes]
LFN SUPPORT: Although this is a DOS software, it requires that long file names are available.
FlatOut BFS archiver (2005-05-08), lists, extracts and modifies FlatOut BFS archives (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2005) [flatbfs.zip, 12.779 bytes]
LFN SUPPORT: Although this is a DOS software, it requires that long file names are available.
LucasArts LAB archiver (2002-08-01), creates, lists and extracts LucasArts LAB archives (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2002) [leclab.zip, 12.584 bytes]
LFN SUPPORT: Although this is a DOS software, it requires that long file names are available.
Medal of Honor: Pacified Assault REZ archiver (2004-11-28), creates, lists and extracts MOH:PA's REZ archives (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2004) [mohparez.zip, 13.669 bytes]
LFN SUPPORT: Although this is a DOS software, it requires that long file names are available.
Quake PAK archiver (2001-10-02), creates, lists and extracts Quake PAK archives (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2001) [qpak.zip, 11.861 bytes]
LFN SUPPORT: Although this is a DOS software, it requires that long file names are available.
Unreal UMOD extractor (2005-05-15), extracts Unreal UMOD archives (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2002-2005) [extumod.zip, 8.265 bytes]
LFN SUPPORT: Although this is a DOS software, it requires that long file names are available.
Disk Activity Scroll Lock Blinker (1995-11-18), blinks the Scroll Lock LED on your keyboard at every disk access (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995) [blinker.zip, 2.245 bytes]
Drive Letter Manipulator, assigns any letter to any DOS drive (see the homepage)
File Operation Interceptor (2000-05-10), intercepts various file operations and displays related data on the screen (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2000) [foi.zip, 4.864 bytes]
Memory dump (1995-11-04), writes the whole 1 Megabyte of conventional memory into a file (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995) [memdump.zip, 1.265 bytes]
Change End-Of-Line (2005-11-27), converts end-of-line marks between DOS and Unix format in text files (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995-2005) [eol.zip, 5.294 bytes]
LFN SUPPORT: Although this is a DOS software, it can use long file names, when available.
De-Equalizer (2002-10-13), converts MIME-style '=xy' hexa codes to their respective characters in text files (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995-2002) [deq.zip, 4.219 bytes]
Kill & Make Tab (2000-03-19), converts Tab's to spaces and vice versa in text files (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2000) [tab.zip, 4.483 bytes]
Quote E-mail (1995-11-11), quotes E-mails by putting the '> ' mark to the beginning of every line in text files (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995) [qem.zip, 3.606 bytes]
Star UUEncoder (1996-06-18), uuencodes binary files so that you can transfer them over computer networks (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1996) [staruue.zip, 8.056 bytes]
Text file line beginning cutter (2000-03-19), cuts a given number of characters from the beginning of lines in text files (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995-2000) [cut.zip, 4.255 bytes]
Word Count (1995-11-11), counts characters, words and lines in text files (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995) [wc.zip, 3.949 bytes]
CPU Saver (2005-05-01), reduces the CPU usage of DOS programs in real DOS, DESQview and any version of Windows (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2005) [cpusaver.zip, 2.159 bytes]
Directory stack (2000-05-01), pushes and pops the current path into/from an environment variable (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2000) [dirstack.zip, 2.821 bytes]
Put String (1996-02-11), puts a string into the keyboard buffer (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1996) [putstr.zip, 2.846 bytes]
Starry Night (2001-05-08), resident screen saver with the starry night of The Norton Commander (© by Joe Forster/STA, 1995-2001) [starnite.zip, 9.576 bytes]
Star LFN, adds long file name support to DOS (see the homepage)
All the software is for 32-bit Windows versions: Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000 and XP; 16-bit Windows versions (Windows 3.x and below) are not supported. The exceptions are clearly marked.
LDirX plugin for FAR Manager 0.20 beta (2004-10-10), displays the contents of Linux partitions as if they were archive files (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2004) [ldirx020.zip, 7.788 bytes]
WARNING: You need LTOOLS (local copy) to make this software work.
Russian characters on a US keyboard for Windows 95/98, so that you don't have to learn the completely different Russian keyboard layout (2004-01-11) (created by Joe Forster/STA) [kbdru.zip, 493 bytes]
USAGE: Install the Russian (non-typewriter)
keyboard layout, then overwrite KBDRU.KBD in the Windows SYSTEM directory
with this one and reboot your machine.
Most Russian letters are assigned to their Latin equivalents, if any, on
the US keyboard. Special Russian characters are laid out as following:
US key | Russian letter |
---|---|
` (tilde) | ю ("yu") |
Q | э (hard "e") |
W | ё ("yo") |
Y | ы ("yery") |
[ (open bracket) | ь (soft mark) |
] (close bracket) | ъ (hard mark) |
\ (backslash) | я ("ya") |
: (colon) | ч ("che") |
' (apostrophe) | ш ("sha") |
X | ж ("zhe") |
C | ц ("tse") |
/ (slash) | щ ("shcha") |
You can access the US meaning of these keys by holding AltGr (or Ctrl-Alt) when pressing them. Other keys have been left alone.
Hungarian settings for an English Windows 95/98, changes the regional settings, system fonts and keyboard layout (for DOS mode and DOS shells) of an English Windows 95/98 to Hungarian (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2004) [win9xhun.zip, 4.563 bytes]
LANGUAGE: Hungarian.
FixUsers (2002-02-19), drops "phantom" users, those not connected to any login (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2002) [fixusers.zip, 769 bytes]
ListObj 0.12 beta (2004-07-28), lists the definitions and contents of tables, views and stored procedures, including encrypted ones (© by Joe Forster/STA, 2004) [listobj.zip, 38.012 bytes]
"AMD Inside" logos for AMD K6-II, Thunderbird and Athlon XP processors; black & white, 2-color PNG pictures (2004-01-18) (drawn by Joe Forster/STA) [amdinside.zip, 36.677 bytes]
USAGE: Print them at 600 DPI resolution onto stickers – shade and color them beforehands or afterwards, if you like – and stamp them onto the front of your PC.
All this software is © by Joe Forster/STA. Please, read the accompanying or embedded documentation of each software for the copyright and license. Nevertheless, all the software is distributed as freeware, public domain or under the GNU General Public License.
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