--- layout: page title: PC Tech Journal Disks permalink: /disks/pcx86/shareware/pctj/ --- PC Tech Journal Disks --------------------- Over the lifetime of [PC Tech Journal (1983-1989)](/pubs/pc/magazines/pctj/), they shared a variety of files and published source code listings. You *could* type the listings in by hand, or you could use their "PCTECHline" dial-up service and download them for free (aside from any long-distance phone charges). I'm not sure if PC Tech Journal regularly (or *ever*) distributed their software collections on diskette, or archived them in monthly ZIP files, but obviously someone did, because you can find a bunch of ZIP archives at "[THE PROGRAMMER'S CORNER: BBS ARCHIVE FROM THE PAST](https://www.pcorner.com/list/MAG)". Of particular interest is the "[Best Of](#directory-of-pc-tech-journal-best-of)" collection, a diskette that we had to recreate from multiple ZIP archives. It includes this note from the magazine's editors: THE BEST OF PC TECH JOURNAL DISKETTE ------------------------------------ This disk is a compilation of programs that have appeared in PC Tech Journal over the years. The diskette will spare you the task of typing long listings from the magazine, thus leaving you with time for more productive uses of the material published in PC Tech Journal. The diskette contains two subdirectories, UTILITY and HPMETRIC, in which you will find the programs. Each directory also includes the file CONTENTS, which identifies each program and provides a reference to the issue of PC Tech Journal in which it first appeared. The CONTENTS files are in ASCII text format suitable for TYPEing or PRINTing. The file WARRANTY contains the limited warranty and copyright notice. Thank you for subscribing to PC Tech Journal. We hope this diskette and your future issues of the PC Tech Journal will be a valuable and useful addition to your library. Julie Anderson Will Fastie Editor Editorial Director We've gone through those ZIP archives, filtered out the duplicates, organized them chronologically, and then put their contents onto diskette images that you can easily "Load" and "Save" in any [PCjs Machine](/devices/pcx86/machine/). In fact, if you click on the name of any diskette in the headings below, a machine should automatically launch with that diskette loaded in drive B. Looking at the dates alone, you can tell that this collection is woefully incomplete, but perhaps more will surface over time. [Let us know](mailto:Jeff@pcjs.org) if you find more. Thanks. ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1985-12)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281985-12%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8512 Directory of A:\ AUTH PER 1034 09-23-85 2:22p BENCHMRK LSP 640 11-26-85 4:23p CALENDAR PAS 2931 09-19-85 12:23p COMM PAS 7429 10-21-85 4:58p EXPERT PRO 3383 12-09-85 9:25a FIXCURS ASM 1019 09-17-85 3:14p LANDER ASM 3588 09-26-85 4:15p MLABELS ACE 771 09-15-85 8:59p M_AUTH PER 1673 10-15-85 2:18p PARSER PRO 445 12-09-85 9:25a 10 file(s) 22913 bytes 134656 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1986-03)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281986-03%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8603 Directory of A:\ DOS4AH ASM 2856 04-11-86 10:24a DOS4AH COM 58 04-11-86 10:25a DOS4BH ASM 4129 04-11-86 10:24a DOS4BH COM 110 04-11-86 10:25a DOSCOM COM 12022 07-25-86 1:34p DOSCOM PAS 1248 07-25-86 1:34p SPMMLIB PAS 5021 07-26-86 11:46a TJOS ASM 4688 12-13-85 9:35a 8 file(s) 30132 bytes 127488 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1986-10)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281986-10%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8610 Directory of A:\ DOTTIME DEF 106 07-22-86 9:38p DOTTIME MOD 3449 07-22-86 9:56p DRAWPOLY DEF 601 07-21-86 10:50p DRAWPOLY MOD 1949 07-21-86 10:47p EDITBLCK 8677 06-28-86 6:29a EGAMAKE BAT 795 08-15-86 3:50p EGATEST EXE 50080 10-01-86 10:27a EGATEST MOD 13694 08-15-86 3:44p FONTBUMP DEF 327 07-21-86 10:18p FONTBUMP MOD 4444 08-15-86 3:56p INFO 781 08-15-86 3:58p LOWEGA DEF 4975 08-15-86 3:47p LOWEGA MOD 28255 10-01-86 2:44p OPCODES DEF 809 06-11-86 10:28a OPCODES MOD 49 06-11-86 10:17a OTHRFONT DAT 3584 06-01-86 9:48p PAUSES DEF 545 07-21-86 10:51p PAUSES MOD 1636 07-21-86 11:15p POINTLIB DEF 294 06-01-86 10:36a POINTLIB MOD 350 06-01-86 10:38a 20 file(s) 125400 bytes 30208 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1986-12)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281986-12%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8612 Directory of A:\ JUMPSRCH PAS 8985 10-22-86 1:45p ROREADER PAS 2683 08-20-86 2:41p 2 file(s) 11668 bytes 147968 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1987-02)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281987-02%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8702 Directory of A:\ BUSPERF C 1078 11-25-86 1:59p BUSPERF EXE 62310 11-16-86 7:25p BUSPERFX ASM 4704 12-16-86 3:09p DELAY C 493 12-15-86 3:58p GETTICKS C 579 12-15-86 3:59p MAKEFILE 466 12-15-86 3:59p MJNZMAC ASM 427 12-16-86 10:00a MLOOPMAC ASM 437 12-16-86 10:02a SETFREQ C 475 12-16-86 4:02p SOUND C 465 12-15-86 4:00p SOUND H 192 12-15-86 4:00p SOUNDS C 984 12-15-86 4:01p SOUNDS EXE 20552 12-08-86 3:20p SPKR C 269 12-15-86 4:01p SPKR EXE 2066 12-08-86 3:20p THERME 322 12-02-86 5:17p THERME C 15577 12-17-86 10:14a THERME DEF 322 12-02-86 1:26p THERME EXE 8640 12-17-86 10:16a THERME H 814 12-17-86 10:10a THERME ICO 1038 11-24-86 3:26p THERME RC 1528 12-17-86 10:10a TIMER H 331 12-15-86 4:01p TONE C 339 12-15-86 4:02p TONE EXE 6734 12-08-86 3:20p TOOLS INI 30 12-04-86 5:43p 26 file(s) 131172 bytes 23040 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1987-06)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281987-06%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8706 Directory of A:\ ASKDEMO BAT 471 04-21-87 1:26p ASKKEY ASM 1813 04-21-87 1:28p BIGARRAY F77 503 04-02-87 2:48p BIGERROR F77 503 04-02-87 2:50p DRAWCHAR COM 13758 03-19-87 12:59p DRAWCHAR PAS 6925 04-23-87 1:18p ITERATE F77 500 04-02-87 2:50p MINIMUM F77 11 04-02-87 2:51p PERFORM F77 678 04-06-87 10:27a README TXT 191 06-05-87 2:20p SYNTH1 F77 716 04-02-87 2:48p 11 file(s) 26069 bytes Total files listed: 11 file(s) 26069 bytes 132096 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1987-07)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281987-07%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8707 Directory of A:\ ATKEY ASM 12321 05-28-87 2:01p DSPYINFO C 1382 05-27-87 4:07p DSPYINFO MK 377 04-06-87 1:19p EGA_INFO C 1027 02-16-87 10:11a ENHANKB ASM 979 05-02-87 7:17p GETSTATE C 433 05-27-87 4:05p MEMCHK C 846 05-27-87 4:05p SETVMODE C 539 05-27-87 4:07p TOOLS INI 55 02-14-87 6:24a TO_COLOR C 447 05-27-87 4:08p TO_MONO C 382 05-27-87 4:09p USE_EGA C 2009 02-16-87 10:35a USE_EGA MK 429 04-06-87 3:47p 13 file(s) 21226 bytes Total files listed: 13 file(s) 21226 bytes 136192 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1987-10)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281987-10%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8710 Directory of A:\ HERCDEMO C 4423 04-04-87 10:34p HERCDEMO EXE 8250 04-04-87 10:46p INIT ASM 2155 04-04-87 10:44p MEMMGR 785 03-26-87 12:00p MEMMGR C 18004 03-26-87 12:00p MEMMGR DEF 717 03-26-87 12:00p MEMMGR EXE 8080 07-20-87 10:28a MEMMGR H 1691 03-26-87 12:00p MEMMGR RC 3274 03-26-87 12:00p 9 file(s) 47379 bytes 110080 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1987-11)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281987-11%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8711 Directory of A:\ BOX1 C 2657 09-09-87 7:55a BOX2 C 3367 09-09-87 7:56a BOX3 C 4091 09-09-87 7:58a CPUTYPE ASM 2234 09-18-87 4:22p 4 file(s) 12349 bytes 146944 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1988-04)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281988-04%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8804 Directory of A:\ ACCURACY EXE 14288 03-23-88 4:00p ACCURACY PAS 12983 03-23-88 4:00p CMOS C1 1383 02-09-88 9:35a CRITTEST PAS 2985 03-23-88 4:00a EXDB3 ASM 1581 01-29-88 1:12p MORFILES ASM 831 01-29-88 12:53p OPTZTEST LST 6264 03-23-88 4:00a OPTZTEST PAS 2773 03-23-88 4:00p POS_READ C1 2569 02-09-88 9:34a SAMPUNIT PAS 2359 03-23-88 4:00a 10 file(s) 48016 bytes 109568 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1988-05)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281988-05%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8805 Directory of A:\ 8514DEMO C 6556 03-24-88 10:30a 8514DEMO EXE 8528 03-14-88 3:10p 8514TEST C 17840 03-14-88 3:31p 8514TEST EXE 25462 03-14-88 3:32p CHARMENU C 11301 03-22-88 2:19p CHARMENU EXE 9600 12-14-87 4:28p CLICKMON C 2083 03-21-88 10:48a CLICKMON EXE 3304 12-09-87 4:21p FUNC ASM 1298 03-15-88 10:44a PATHNAME C 731 03-17-88 11:28a PATHNAME EXE 7355 03-17-88 12:10p PROGNAME ASM 1597 03-17-88 9:12a PTRLEN INC 528 03-13-88 7:25p TIMEPOP C 806 03-21-88 10:48a TIMEPOP EXE 3360 12-08-87 11:12p VGALOAD ASM 63593 03-14-88 4:28p VGALOAD COM 3338 03-14-88 4:30p 17 file(s) 167280 bytes 144384 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1988-06)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281988-06%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8806 Directory of A:\ FAMDEMO ASM 2093 04-13-88 9:30a LANPERF C 7331 04-28-88 8:59a LANPERF EXE 24568 05-20-88 10:08a LANPERF ZIP 24302 03-01-89 9:03p LPTEST ASM 7433 04-10-88 9:58p OPTBENCH C 8965 04-25-88 4:56p 6 file(s) 74692 bytes 83968 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1988-07)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281988-07%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8807 Directory of A:\ EDINVENT APC 16290 04-17-88 4:23p EDINVENT API 21568 04-17-88 3:59p EDINVENT APP 12317 04-17-88 3:59p EDINVENT APX 20096 04-17-88 3:59p OS2NLOK ASM 6459 05-13-88 2:39p OS2NLOK DEV 1176 05-13-88 2:43p README 147 07-27-88 9:47a 7 file(s) 78053 bytes 79872 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1988-08)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281988-08%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8808 Directory of A:\ NBLIB C 10493 05-25-88 2:56p NBRECV C 6475 05-28-88 9:19p NBRECV EXE 18657 05-31-88 9:58a NBSEND C 8611 06-02-88 2:53p NBSEND EXE 20567 05-31-88 9:58a NCPLIB C 12989 05-28-88 9:44p NETWORK H 6879 07-12-88 3:59p _NETBIOS C 380 05-25-88 2:56p _NETLOCK ASM 1639 05-25-88 2:56p 9 file(s) 86690 bytes 71168 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1988-09)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281988-09%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8809 Directory of A:\ ASKSYS ASM 4348 09-15-88 1:46p ASKSYS COM 1316 07-15-88 1:37p OS2LINK 07-08-17 3:53p 3 file(s) 5664 bytes Directory of A:\OS2LINK . 07-08-17 3:53p .. 07-08-17 3:53p DLLENTRY ASM 469 07-13-88 9:49a DYNOTE C 835 07-19-88 4:07p DYNOTE DEF 422 07-06-88 4:15p DYNSCALE C 2587 07-22-88 11:25a DYNSCALE DEF 244 07-19-88 4:02p MKDLL CMD 308 07-19-88 3:59p 8 file(s) 4865 bytes Total files listed: 11 file(s) 10529 bytes 147456 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1988-11)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281988-11%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8811 Directory of A:\ GETCRTCR ASM 1141 09-06-88 11:23a INCSTRTA C 681 09-06-88 11:23a SCREENOR ASM 6789 09-06-88 11:24a SCROLLV C 269 09-06-88 11:24a SETCRTCR ASM 916 09-06-88 11:23a SHOWEXE C 17476 09-07-88 10:58a SHOWEXE EXE 25238 09-06-88 7:54a SPLITSCR ASM 4038 09-06-88 11:24a STRIPCH C 3837 09-06-88 11:24a VGAZOOM ASM 14510 08-09-88 1:15p VGAZOOM COM 2020 12-12-88 9:24a VGAZOOM2 ASM 15800 09-14-88 4:00p 12 file(s) 92715 bytes 64512 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1988-12)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281988-12%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8812 Directory of A:\ QDEMO1 C 5878 10-17-88 1:08p QDEMO2 C 5530 10-17-88 1:08p 2 file(s) 11408 bytes 148480 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (1989-01)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %281989-01%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJ8901 Directory of A:\ DB386 ASM 7056 11-08-88 2:19p DB386 COM 698 11-09-88 8:47a 2 file(s) 7754 bytes 152064 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (Benchmarks)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %28Benchmarks%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTBENCH Directory of A:\ ALR25386 TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:46a COM286 TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:46a COM386 TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:50a COM38620 TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:51a COM38625 TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:52a COMP386 TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:53a COMPIII TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:53a CURRENT TIM 4096 09-19-88 9:29p EVE38625 TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:54a HLANALYZ EXE 46796 09-09-88 5:24p HLBENCH EXE 35788 09-09-88 5:23p HLBENCH SCT 4001 09-05-88 8:25p HLDESC EXE 33680 09-09-88 5:23p HLDISK EXE 22123 09-09-88 5:23p HLFLOAT EXE 52396 09-09-88 5:23p HLGRAPH EXE 55722 09-09-88 5:24p HLHELP TXT 4414 09-09-88 6:10p HLSORT EXE 17453 09-09-88 5:24p HLSTART EXE 28160 09-09-88 5:24p HLSTART SCT 4001 09-09-88 12:09a HLTEXT EXE 30196 09-09-88 5:23p HLWINDOW EXE 32448 09-09-88 5:23p IBM50021 TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:55a IBM60041 TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:56a IBM70A21 TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:56a IBM80071 TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:56a IBM80111 TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:57a IBMAT339 TIM 4096 09-09-88 12:57a MSHERC COM 6749 03-07-88 5:10a MSHERC MSG 56 09-19-88 9:23p PCTECH BAT 49 09-09-88 1:00a READ ME 2908 09-09-88 5:35p TJ640200 PCX 7912 09-09-88 3:30p TJ640350 PCX 11699 09-09-88 10:09a TJ640480 PCX 14909 09-09-88 4:36p XREF TXT 14 09-07-88 6:29p 36 file(s) 472914 bytes 735744 bytes free ### Directory of [PC Tech Journal (Best Of)](/devices/pcx86/machine/5170/ega/640kb/rev1/?autoMount=%7B"B":%7B"name":"PC Tech Journal %28Best Of%29"%7D%7D) Volume in drive A is PCTJBEST Directory of A:\ ASKDEMO BAT 466 11-02-87 10:47a ASKKEY COM 39 11-02-87 10:35a ATBIOS COM 13947 11-06-86 7:06p ATPERF EXE 95924 01-23-87 2:51p AUTOTEST EXE 16000 07-13-84 5:48p BUSPERF EXE 62310 11-16-86 7:25p COMPLEX EXE 7066 06-30-87 12:47p CONTENTS HPM 851 12-02-87 4:33p CONTENTS UTL 5286 12-02-87 4:54p CPUID COM 2944 11-19-87 2:26p DISKTEST EXE 15616 07-17-84 12:44p DOWNLD EXE 8000 06-30-87 12:48p DUMBTERM EXE 5328 11-04-87 11:47a EMMSTAT EXE 1741 11-02-87 11:26a EPSON COM 281 11-05-87 10:40a FIXCURS COM 29 11-02-87 9:24a GRAPHICS EXE 7066 06-30-87 12:48p HPMETRIC 07-08-17 3:17p KEYBECHO COM 11154 05-01-87 1:34p KEYBINFO COM 2449 05-01-87 1:41p MACHINE COM 200 11-02-87 10:50a MACRO EXE 8430 07-02-87 4:09p MATHCHIP COM 113 11-04-87 1:50p MATHSWIT COM 105 11-04-87 1:53p NDPTYPE COM 230 11-19-87 2:08p PAGESIZE EXE 7808 06-30-87 12:47p PRTSC COM 110 11-04-87 1:45p PUSHPOP EXE 7126 06-30-87 12:47p README 1100 12-02-87 4:55p RESOLUT EXE 19864 06-30-87 12:46p SETALARM COM 514 11-02-87 9:12a SETKEY COM 190 11-05-87 10:46a SETRTC BAT 81 10-30-87 1:29p SUPEREN COM 211 11-02-87 10:56a TAD COM 104 10-01-84 10:10a TECHLINE 615 12-02-87 5:05p UNDRLN COM 132 11-09-87 10:58a UTILITY 07-08-17 3:13p VDEL COM 404 11-05-87 11:04a WARRANTY 1404 05-26-89 4:49p WHERE EXE 7552 01-01-80 12:24a XMEM COM 1332 10-06-85 7:36p 42 file(s) 314122 bytes Directory of A:\HPMETRIC . 07-08-17 3:17p .. 07-08-17 3:17p COMPLEX EXE 7066 06-30-87 12:47p CONTENTS HP 851 12-02-87 3:33p DOWNLD EXE 8000 06-30-87 12:48p GRAPHICS EXE 7066 06-30-87 12:48p MACRO EXE 8430 07-02-87 4:09p PAGESIZE EXE 7808 06-30-87 12:47p PUSHPOP EXE 7126 06-30-87 12:47p RESOLUT EXE 19864 06-30-87 12:46p 10 file(s) 66211 bytes Directory of A:\UTILITY . 07-08-17 3:13p .. 07-08-17 3:13p ASKDEMO BAT 466 11-02-87 9:47a ASKKEY COM 39 11-02-87 9:35a ATBIOS COM 13947 11-06-86 6:06p ATPERF EXE 95924 01-23-87 1:51p AUTOTEST EXE 16000 07-13-84 5:48p BUSPERF EXE 62310 11-16-86 6:25p CONTENTS UTI 5286 12-02-87 3:54p CPUID COM 2944 11-19-87 1:26p DISKTEST EXE 15616 07-17-84 12:44p DUMBTERM EXE 5328 11-04-87 10:47a EMMSTAT EXE 1741 11-02-87 10:26a EPSON COM 281 11-05-87 9:40a FIXCURS COM 29 11-02-87 8:24a KEYBECHO COM 11154 05-01-87 1:34p KEYBINFO COM 2449 05-01-87 1:41p MACHINE COM 200 11-02-87 9:50a MATHCHIP COM 113 11-04-87 12:50p MATHSWIT COM 105 11-04-87 12:53p NDPTYPE COM 230 11-19-87 1:08p PRTSC COM 110 11-04-87 12:45p SETALARM COM 514 11-02-87 8:12a SETKEY COM 190 11-05-87 9:46a SETRTC BAT 81 10-30-87 12:29p SUPEREN COM 211 11-02-87 9:56a TAD COM 104 10-01-84 10:10a UNDRLN COM 132 11-09-87 9:58a VDEL COM 404 11-05-87 10:04a WHERE EXE 7552 01-01-80 12:00a XMEM COM 1332 10-06-85 7:36p 31 file(s) 244792 bytes Total files listed: 83 file(s) 625125 bytes 566272 bytes free