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MS-DOS and Windows 3.1x • Freeware Utility Suite

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Dobson Utilities for OS/2 | Dobson Utilities for Win32s

Introduction

The Dobson Utilities is a collection of command-line tools for MS-DOS and Windows 3.1x. Features include color-coded directory listings, file search, Network Time Provider synchronization, a Windows 3.1 Task List replacement, and more.

The Dobson Utilities started out as a small project in 1992, beginning as a simple yet powerful DOS based command line utility collection and has grown into a set of tools that work in DOS and Windows 3.1x. Originally distributed through America Online, the Dobson Utilities could also be found through various freeware collections around the internet.

For the OS/2 and Win32s utilities, see the navigation bar above for links to those pages.

Dobson Utilities for DOS and Windows 3.1x System Requirements

Component	Requirement
Operating System	DOS 3.30 or later, Windows 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups 3.11
CPU	Intel 8086/8088 or compatible
RAM	600KB free (2MB for Windows 3.1x)
Disk Space	800KB

XArc System Requirements

Component	Requirement
Operating System	DOS 4.0 or later
CPU	Intel 80386 or compatible (80486DX/4 strongly recommended for 7Zip)
RAM	2MB for Zip, 8MB for 7Zip
Disk Space	450KB

Downloads

Application	Version	Type	Size	MD5 Checksum
Dobson Utilities (DOS+Win)	6.3	Zip Archive (.ZIP)	376,886 bytes	9a1b76f2558e01098e243658ff0e2fd0
Dobson Utilities (DOS+Win)	6.3	Installer (.EXE)	426,292 bytes	fae2396533f9e68d6618a0f6f6608b4a
XArc (DOS32)	2.0	Zip Archive (.ZIP)	255,890 bytes	9522de7dea52a66395f8da37f7b2bb5b

Included in Dobson Utilities for DOS and Windows 3.1x

Filename	Description
ASSOCEDT.EXE	File association editor for Windows.
CDD.COM	Changes drive and directory in one command.
CDIR.EXE	Displays directories and files using color coding.
DISKSTAT.EXE	Displays directory statistics and disk usage.
ENHNOTE.EXE	Enhanced notepad for Windows supporting up to 2MB ASCII text files.
EXPLORER.EXE	Win95-like file explorer for Windows.
FILEDATE.COM	Changes the file time and/or date stamp on a file.
FINDFILE.EXE	Locates all instances of a named file on a drive.
MEMINFO.EXE	Displays memory info: conventional, extended, and expanded.
REVEAL.EXE	System information utility.
SUPERBAT.COM	A multi-function batch file utility.
SYSCLOCK.COM	Displays or optionally changes the time and date.
TASKMAN.EXE	Windows 3.1 task list replacement.
TIMESYNC.EXE	Time synchronization for Windows. Requires TCP/IP stack.
VERSION.COM	Reports the DU version number to legacy programs.
XMOVE.EXE	Moves directory trees.

Statement about AI usage in coding

All code has been written by me except where expressly stated.

AI was used to help write the compression structures, the password encryption/decryption routines, and in troubleshooting that code within XArc.