Subject: Looking for particular programs

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 Q: I am interested to know if there exists a program for such and
such purpose. Would you point me in the right direction. (This
question also often occurs in the news postings, especially in the
comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted and comp.archives.msdos.d newsgroups.)

 A: Most often the best answer is to look through file lists. We
have several such lists which should together have quite a good
coverage of the shareware, freeware and public domain programs in
circulation. The lists and files to see include
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/INDEX.ZIP
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/INDEXTS.ZIP
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/windows/WINDEX.ZIP
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/win95/W95INDEX.ZIP
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/unix/UINDEX.ZIP
We also carry some file lists for the other FTP sites (but no more
updated)
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/filelist/simdos-l.zip
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/filelist/cctlist.zip
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/windows/filelist/simwin-l.zip
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/windows/filelist/cctwnlis.zip
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/windows/filelist/winsite.zip
Also see
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/news_pd2.txt selected news on MS-DOS dirs
 ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/0news_ts.txt  all news on ts-programs

 A2: There is more advice on finding files in the Frequently Asked
Questions collection ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/ts/tsfaqn50.zip (or
whatever version number is current), and the Garbo feedback files
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/tspost??.zip (where ?? = 01,02,... etc.
ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/tspost00.zip contains the subject index.
Also see the Frequently Asked Questions for the newsgroup
news:comp.archives.msdos.announce. This FAQ collection is available
as ftp://garbo.uwasa.fi/pc/pd2/camfaq.zip.

 A3: Please do not email "looking for a program" questions lightly
to Garbo moderators. We are pleased to try to help, and your email
is welcome, but we are extremely pressed for time. We simply cannot
afford the effort to find programs for the users on an individual
email consultation basis. Preferably post these questions to the
Usenet news. E.g. news:comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted is a good
newsgroup for looking for shareware, freeware and public domain
MS-DOS programs.
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