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Get Control of your PC
with Disk Jockey 2000

By M. Gaberel

 

Wouldn’t it be very convenient to have one program on your computer that can open any file? In my case it would be perfect if I had one piece of software able to open the different CAD programs that I receive on a daily basis. Or what about those old Multi Mate word processed documents that are basically irretrievable with the latest word processor?

At the June 10th, 2003 general meeting – please note the date - Tony Pereira, President & Chief Programmer of Clear & Simple, Inc, creator of DJ, may have the answers to those questions. DiskJockey 2000, or DJ for short, is a file multitool that combines file management with file viewing, Zip/UnZip, FTP, and internet browsing. Tony Pereira is the designer and coder of DJ, and knows the program inside and out.

Pereira says that DJ has a built-in file viewer recognizing more than 230 file formats. Its instant view of all popular word processor, spreadsheet, database, graphics, web documents, presentation, and compressed formats makes it the best file viewing software on the market. Just select a file from the file list and its contents are instantly displayed.

Clear and Simple’s mission statement is to “simplify computing for the end-user computer market” which is very pertinent to many DACS members, I assume.

Peirera adds that “Multi-Threading is key to DJ’s responsive operations, as all major functions are performed in separate threads – Copy, Move, Zip, Unzip, and each FTP upload or download.”
The features that I find the most desirable in the software are the abilities to copy directly to the clipboard from the view panel, and to print a file without having the original software installed on the computer. DJ can open 230 applications.

Another application of Disk Jockey 2000 is the convenience of the Zip/Unzip utility, which supports all major compression formats, with the added advantage of viewing a file inside a zipped file without unzipping it first.

To learn more about this handy software and the June DACS presentation, please check dacs’ web page at www.dacs.org

The meeting will start, as usual, at 7:00pm at Danbury Hospital Auditorium. with a questions and answers session, followed by some club announcements. The main presentation is at 8:00. Please note the date is June 10th due to a conflict with the Hospital which needed its auditorium for the first Tuesday in June.


Marlène Gaberel is a DACS board member and VP for Public Relations. You can e-mail her at: marlene_gaberel@yahoo.com.

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