SCOUG OS/2 For You - April 1995

Interesting Files on the BBS

by Rollin White

AMOS 3.10

AMOS is a unique application that provides access to HPFS drives from real DOS. In previous versions this access was provided through a series of commands via an AMOS command line. But now, with version 3.x AMOS is loaded as a TSR so that your HPFS drives appear as drive letters to all of your DOS and Windows programs running under real DOS.

Having access to HPFS drives under real DOS is useful for situations where your machine may be unbootable because of a mistake in CONFIG.SYS, scanning for Viruses, or simply reading data while in real DOS.

What's the catch? When the author made AMOS a TSR he was only able to implement read-only capability. He is in the process of adding write capabilities, but if you need that feature today, you might also want to look at a previous version. With the ingenuity that the AMOS development team has shown in the past, I'm confident that write capabilities are not far off.

Listed here is the BBS AMOS file and other files that you might find interesting or useful.

Filename            Description 

AMOS310.zip         v3.10 is a tsr for mounting hpfs drives from dos. Not 
                    crippleware. Read only driver. Works with all of your 
                    dos/win apps! 

FGA-OS2D.ZIP        Frequently Given Answers from the International 
                    FIDONET OS2DOS echo 

PMVIEW90.ZIP        Very versatile graphics fileviewer- slideshower  for 
                    virtually ANY format. Many improvements over previous 
                    version. Now fully functional. 

SCOUG504.ZIP        OS/2 For You, April electronic edition 

SYSINFO.ZIP         Patch for WARP SYSINFO utility. D/L from IBM BBS. 

VXRX21A.ZIP         Patch Watcom VX-REXX from v2.1 to v2.1a. 

WARPFAQ.ZIP         OS/2 Warp frequently asked questions and answers. 
                    ASCII version. Release 3 by Timothy Sipples. Feb. 20 
                    1995. 

WARPINF.ZIP         OS/2 Warp frequently asked questions and  answers. INF 
                    version. Release 3 by Timothy Sipples. Feb. 20 1995. 

W5FPCD.ZIP          O/2 WARP FullPack 5.25b: Creates 5 1/4" Installation 
                    and Disk 1 diskettes to allow FullPack to be loaded 
                    from CD-ROM. 

W5FPDK.ZIP          O/2 WARP FullPack 5.25b: Creates 5 1/4" Installation 
                    and Disk 1 diskettes to allow FullPack to be loaded 
                    from 3 1/2" B drive. 

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