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Want to program for AB Consulting?

If you are a Grade 10-12 or a College/University student, you are welcome to join our team if you are proficient at programming in a particular language. Complete the form below with your programming experience and what list tools you are familiar with. Send links to your programs if they are available on the Internet.

If you choose to join us as a student programmer (volunteer), you will get paid for your contributed efforts in creating a successful application. Furthermore, I can be used as a reference when you go out looking for a job (looks great on your resume as well). We are planning to move on to Java client/server programming for our future products as well as products that incorporate CGI/Perl/Python (Platforms: NT/Win2K/Linux/OpenBSD).


The Following Is Shareware
All Of The Following Will Be Updated For Intel Pentium II/III/Itanium Support and Year 2000
ABComp v2.06 Is Intel Pentium III Ready and Y2K Compliant


All Archives Include Installer (INSTALL.EXE)


The Latest Software Available Is:

ABComp v2.06 - Single File Compressor/Uncompressor (~62.6KB ZIP archive complete with FILE_ID.DIZ for BBS)
  • Designed for individuals new to file compression.
  • Designed to compress large text or database files, although binary files can be compressed as well.
  • Changed command-line parameters from v2.04.
  • Doesn't backup original archive by default.
  • Fixed bug when ABComp used to delete some *.ABP files in a directory when invalid filename was specified.
  • Now works properly under Windows NT 4.0 and 2000.
  • Now works correctly with Intel Pentium II/III processors (floating point bug in processor).
  • Added option to password-protect archives.
  • Encrypts password and original filename for security.
  • Can now extract from a CDROM to network or HD path.
  • Fixed math bug in compression routines - % is now correct.
  • Stores date/time and attributes of original file and restores them.
  • Use included utilities OLDCONV.EXE and ABCONV2.EXE to convert older v2.0, v2.04, and v2.04 Rev B to new v2.06 archives.
  • Year 2000 Compliant.
  • ABComp v2.04 Rev B - Single File Compressor/Uncompressor (~64KB ZIP archive complete with FILE_ID.DIZ for BBS)
  • Designed for individuals new to file compression.
  • Designed to compress large text or database files, although binary files can be compressed as well.
  • Use included utility ABCONV.EXE to convert older v2.0 and original v2.04 to new v2.04 Rev B archives.
  • v2.04 Rev B adds file integrity check.
  • GetDIZ v1.0 (~64KB ZIP archive complete with FILE_ID.DIZ for BBS)
  • Command-line DOS FILE_ID.DIZ extractor/viewer.
  • Supports wildcards and output to text file.
  • Auto-detects archive type.
  • Supports ARJ, ARC, LZH, PAK, RAR, SFX, UC2, ZIP, and ZOO archives.
  • Large File Backup and Restore v1.2 (~72KB ZIP archive complete with FILE_ID.DIZ for BBS)
  • This 2-in-1 program backs up files across multiple disks with or without compression.
  • Since it encrypts data while compressing you can be assured your data is safeguarded from snooping employees/friends.
  • Restoring data is a breeze.
  • The program automatically determines whether the data to be restored is compressed or not.
  • If the data is compressed, then the program automatically uncompresses the data.
  • Does not compress by default in v1.2.
  • Archive ID v2.0 (~64KB ZIP archive complete with FILE_ID.DIZ for BBS)
  • Archive ID indentifies the actual type of an archive based on signature rather then by extension of the archive.
  • Say you typed REN *.* *.ZIP all lost track of all the filenames, this program takes a filename as a parameter and returns the correct type of file so say FILE.ARJ would turn out to be FILE.ZIP.
  • Archive and file types supported in this version are: ARC, ARJ, LHA, PAK, ZIP, ZOO, RAR, UC2, GIF, JPG, PKLite, PKSFX, WWPack, ARJSFX, LHASFX, UC2SFX, WinZIP SFX 16 & 32-Bit, RARSFX, GZip, Microsoft CAB, InstallShield ICOMP .Z, PSD, BMP, PCX, EPS, PDF, PXR, and IBM & MAC TIFF .
  • System File Save v1.0 (~67KB ZIP archive complete with FILE_ID.DIZ for BBS)
  • System File Save v1.0, designed to be placed in your AUTOEXEC.BAT, saves important system files upon bootup.
  • If you have frequent system crashes, then this is for you.
  • SFS backs up files into chronological directories where they can later restored if needed.
  • Written for Windows 3.1/3.11 and Windows 95/98 users.
  • The Better Disk Formatter v1.0 (Real Mode) (~66KB ZIP archive complete with FILE_ID.DIZ for BBS)
  • The Better Disk Formatter formats disks for distribution use and rejects the disk format if any defects with the disk media are encountered.
  • Formats disks faster than DOS using BIOS routines and has better error handling.

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