Resident programs and drivers: Some programs let you detect and get information from them. 4DOS: A shareware program that replaces COMMAND.COM. It offers many enhancements and reduced memory requirements. NDOS: A licensed version of 4DOS that is part of Norton Utilities 6. WildUnix: A resident program that lets you use things like DEL *X.* to delete any filename ending in X. (DOS would delete everything!) DOS/16M: A protected mode interface that lets DOS programs access more than 1Meg of memory on AT's and 386/486s. Used by alot of major programs. Phar Lap DOS Extender: Similar to DOS/16M. QEMM/QRAM: Quarterdeck's memory managers. Manifest: A system analyzer by Quarterdeck. It has a resident mode that get information while a program is running. VIDRAM: A program by Quarterdeck that lets you use some of the EGA/VGA display memory for DOS. This comes at the expense of graphics modes, except for CGA level graphics. Desqview: Quarterdeck's multi-tasking program. If found, information about available memory and screen modes/size is given. DOS 5 task switcher: DOS 5's DOSSHELL has a task switching option. You can can run several programs at once, but only one at a time. It is swapped in and out of memory. The switcher also is detected as Windows in real/standard mode. TAME: A shareware program that monitors DOS programs when running under multi-tasking programs. If a program is doing nothing, it forces the program to give up it's time slot, giving more to other programs. Windows: This is the program by Microsoft. When version 3.0 is in enhanced mode, alot of extra information is given. pcAnywhere: A program that lets you operate a computer via the serial port. Disk Spool II: A printer spooling program. Microsoft/LANtastic: The network programs. F-PROT: F-PROT is a shareware package of programs by Fridrik Skulason used to protect a computer from viruses. TBScanX: A resident virus scanner. Usable by other programs to check themselves. ANARKEY: A program that lets you re-define the keyboard. VDS: Virtual DMA Specification is a controlled way for programs to transfer memory around. CAM-SCSI: A SCSI interface standard. CMC Int. SCSI driver: A SCSI driver. HyperDisk: A shareware disk cache program. PC/TCP: A packet driver interface standard. Inset: A program that integrates text and graphics. MSCDEX: Microsoft's CD-ROM extensions Fossil: A TSR or device driver for using the serial ports. Many BBS programs use them. Video Fossil: An extension of Fossil for working with video.