View source for SHOW (Gary M. Raymond)

{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Executable envelopes
|extensions={{ext|com}}
|released=1992
}}
'''SHOW''' is a DOS utility for creating a [[DOS executable (.com)|COM]] file that, when executed, displays a text document in a full-screen viewer. It was developed by Gary M. Raymond and Simple Software.

== Identification ==
COM files made by known versions of the utility start with byte pattern {{magic|e9 ?? ?? 30 00 1f a0 00 00 'S 'H' 'O' 'W'}}. Unfortunately, the SHOW.COM program itself may be a false positive for this pattern.

Other identifying features:
* The byte at offset {3 + {the two-byte integer at offset 1}&#x7d; is <code>0xb8</code>.
* The last byte of the file is <code>0x1a</code>.

== Software ==
* SHOW v1.0: [https://archive.org/details/The_640_Meg_Shareware_Studio_CD-ROM_Volume_III_Data_Express_1993 The 640 Meg Shareware Studio CD ROM Volume III] → INFO/SHOWV10.ZIP
* {{CdTextfiles|nightowl/nopv08/055A/SHOWV14.ZIP|SHOW v1.4}}
* {{CdTextfiles|nightowl/nopv10/051A/SHOWV20.ZIP|SHOW v2.0}} (1993)
* {{CdTextfiles|pier/pier06/030/SHOWV20A.ZIP|SHOW v2.0a}}

The change log from v2.0a says that versions 1.1, 1.2b, 1.3, and 1.5 also exist.

SHOW v2.1 (1995) also evidently exists.

== Sample files ==
* {{CdTextfiles|nightowl/nopv10/051A/SHOWV20.ZIP|SHOWV20.ZIP}} → README.COM, ORDERME.COM
* {{CdTextfiles|cream02/BBS/EZBBSV11.ZIP|EZBBSV11.ZIP}} → INSTALL.EXE ([[LHA/LHarc self-extracting archive|LHA SFX]]) → EZBBS/DOCS/*.COM (files apparently made by v1.5)
* {{CdTextfiles|simtel/stmsdos9709/disk1/DISC1/STATSTCS/PEPI207.ZIP|PEPI207.ZIP}} → README.COM, etc. (v2.1)