TinyApps.Org Newsletter Issue 23 - October 28, 2002


+++NEWS+++

River II
http://www.roninsg.com/riverwha.htm
Hundreds of tiny open source programs that can be re-
combined to change, display, manage data for almost
any purpose.

GNUWin II
http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/en/index.html
Free (as in "free speech" *and* "free beer") software
compilation for Windows. ISO image includes
OpenOffice, Mozilla, The Gimp, much more.

Comprehensive listing of Windows startup items:
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm


+++NEW APPS+++

DLExpert [769k]
http://www.yanew.com
Download manager with multi-thread, pause/resume,
scheduling, auto dial, hangup, shutdown, more.

Win32Pad [30k] +
http://www.gena01.com/win32pad/
Small and feature-packed Notepad replacement

Bart's Network Boot Disk [390k] +
http://www.nu2.nu/bootdisk/network/
Network boot disk with PCI NIC auto-detect, support
for TCP/IP, Nwlink and Netbeui, over 100 driver
plugins available.

MBRWork [16k] +
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/utilities.html
Perform some common and uncommon tasks to the
MBR/EMBR/Sectors of a hard drive.

Savepart [172k] +
http://perso.club-
internet.fr/guiboure/en/index_frame.html
Save, restore and copy hard-drive partitions

Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier [62k] +
http://download.com.com/3000-2248-10155419.html
Copy files from disks (CDs, floppies, hard drives,
etc) which have sustained physical damage.

DDL [4k] +
http://saturn.spaceports.com/~dosuser/dosutils.htm
Load DOS device drivers from the command line,
without having to reboot.

LiteShell [37k] +
http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~mosses/liteshell/
Minimalist shell. Access via hotkeys and/or context
menu.

Drop To DOS [10k] +
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/utilities.html
With Drop to DOS, you can right click on any folder
and choose the Drop to DOS option to take to you a
command prompt within that folder.


+++MINUMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR WINDOWS+++

Windows 95
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q138349
CPU: 386DX
RAM: 4MB
HARD DRIVE SPACE: 50-55MB

Windows 98
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q182751
CPU: 486DX 66MHz
RAM: 16MB
HARD DRIVE SPACE: 140-255MB

Windows NT 4.0
http://www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/ProductInformation/ProductOverview/sy
stemrequirements/default.asp
CPU: Pentium
RAM: 16MB
HARD DRIVE SPACE: 110MB

Windows 2000 Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/professional/evaluation/sysreqs/default
.asp
CPU: 133MHz
RAM: 64MB
HARD DRIVE SPACE: 650MB

Windows XP Professional
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/evaluation/sysreqs.asp
CPU: 233MHz
RAM: 64MB
HARD DRIVE SPACE: 1536MB

For Windows XP Professional, having only 64MBs of RAM
may limit performance and some features.

Windows 95 can be installed in well under 20MB, as
explained in David Farquhar's excellent "Optimizing
Windows for Games, Graphics and Multimedia":
http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:Wqd3Z3F7RWsC:thesiliconunderground.edit
thispage.com/stories/storyReader%24127
(Site is not loading as of 2002/10/29 08:46 GMT,
therefore Google cache link has been provided)

See also Sean Liming's "Minimizing the Windows 95
Footprint for Embedded Systems Applications":
http://24.237.160.4/files/omnibook/Minimize95/Min95.txt



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