Previous archives may have been self-extracting executables or compressed
with RAR. Most of those files are now .zip archives.
FrontDoor-related utilities
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FDFLDCVT 1.01 (DOS). FrontDoor FolderConvert; converts area configuration for a number of Conference Mail packages to FrontDoor’s FOLDER.FD (folder database).
YINF 1.0 (DOS). Control and monitor multi-line FrontDoor systems. Shows status of tasks 0-255, recognizes many semaphores, controls most activities.
Acts as a bridge between FrontDoor and native OS/2 BBS software.
FDInt 1.05 (DOS). A set of mail utilities for all FrontDoor operators. Compatibility with Internet-gated mail; Fast Scanning Action; Redirect mail to points; Full multi-line support; Document server; Re-addressing of mail to your local gate; Host mailing lists; Functional listserv; Connect lists to conferences.
NLBrowse 1.00 (DOS). Standalone FrontDoor (2.25+) nodelist browser.
FrontDoor Nodelist to GIGO; 1.00 (DOS). Maps points of systems to specified domains in a GIGO configuration file.
FrontDoor; Dumb Utility 1.10 (DOS). Provides a FrontDoor-semaphore aware shell around .MSG utilities which do not properly check for busy semaphores nor create them.
FrontDoor; (Mail) History Utility 1.00 (DOS). Allows interactive viewing of FrontDoor mail history files and exporting to an ASCII file in batch mode.
InfoMail/386. A document server for Fidonet systems. Posts documents via NetMail in response to requests from users. Document requests, updates and (NEW!) searches suppored. Supports documents up to 64 Kb with split option. Customisable error and response messages. Now with multiple AKA’s. Indexed (sorted) document list.
UU2FD; updates LASTCALL.FD, INBOUND.HIS, and OUTBOUND.HIS (FrontDoor last call and mail history databases) with FX-UUCICO traffic statistics.
General utilities
JAM MessageBase Library 1.4.7. JAM is a popular messagebase format for storing Fidonet messages originally devised by Joaquim Homrighausen, Andrew Milner, Mats Birch and Mats Wallin. JAMLIB is a subroutine library for manipulating such message bases.
Info-Zip (UnZIP) for DOS. Includes 32-bit 386+ version. Freely available Zip extraction program (PKZIP 2.04g compatible). You need this to decompress archives with the .ZIP extension. This is a self-extracting archive.
Info-Zip (UnZIP) for OS/2. Includes 16-bit/32-bit versions. Freely available Zip extraction program (PKZIP 2.04g compatible). You need this to decompress archives with the .ZIP extension. This is a self-extracting archive.
Info-Zip (Zip) for DOS. Includes 32-bit 386+ version. Freely available Zip archiver (PKZIP 2.04g compatible).
Info-Zip (Zip) for OS/2. Includes 16-bit/32-bit versions. Freely available Zip archiver (PKZIP 2.04g compatible).
The ARJ archiver for DOS. You need ARJ to decompress archives with the .ARJ extension. This is a self-extracting archive.
RAR & FAR
WinRAR 2.90 for Windows 95/98/NT/2000. This is a self-extracting archive.
RAR-32 2.90 for DOS and OS/2. This is a self-extracting archive.
RAR 2.90 for Linux. This is a self-extracting archive.
RAR 2.70 beOS on Intel x86 CPU.
RAR 2.50 for DOS. This is a self-extracting archive.
RAR 2.50 for OS/2. This is a self-extracting archive.
OS/2 icon for document association and RAR.EXE.
RAR 2.02 for BSD Unix. This is a self-extracting archive.
RAR 2.02 for Sun Sparc. This is a self-extracting archive.
RAR 2.02 for SCO Unix. This is a self-extracting archive.
RAR 2.02 for HP-UX. This is a self-extracting archive.
FAR, by Eugene Roshal, is a file area manager for Windows 95/98/NT/2000, similiar to the program Norton Commander. FAR support plugin modules, which makes it easy to extend the capabilities of FAR.
The FAR file area manager for Win32 platforms. This is a self-extracting archive.
ASCII chart, plug-in module for FAR offering CHAR, DECIMAL and HEXADECIMAL values.
Registry Browser Plugin for FAR. Version 1.4 for FAR 1.6, (c) Michael Yutsis.
The Filename Completion Plugin for FAR. Version 1.3
Tape directory plugin for FAR. For Arvid users: Work with Arvid tapes from FAR. For everybody: Save your CD-ROM directories to HDD, and browse them.