This page is dedicated to the works and memory of
Rudolph R. Loew
(rloew)
1952-2019
Rudy, you are sorely missed.
This page is under construction!!!
Do not expect everything to be complete yet!!!
LAST UPDATE 04/05/2020
A link to rloewelectronics.com which has been set up by Rudy's family:
R. Loew Electronics - Memorial Site
A link to Rudy's original website, preserved on archive.org:
R. Loew Electronics Consulting
Links to individual pages for Rudy's software packages:
Memory (RAM) Related:
PATCHMEM
Allows Windows 9x to use up to 4GB of RAM.
LIMITMEM
A DOS driver for limiting memory available to DOS/Windows 9x.
SETMEM
A special bootable floppy image for limiting available memory.
Hard Drive Compatibility & Partitioning Related:
PATCHATA
Allows Windows 9x to use hard drives larger than 137GB(128GiB). (48-bit LBA)
PATCH1TB
Patches Windows 9x to correctly handle Partitions larger than 1TiB.
TBPLUS
Allows Windows 98SE to use hard drives larger than 1TB.
PTCHSATA
Allows Windows 9x to use SATA disk controllers and drives.
AHCI9X
Allows Windows 9x to use AHCI disk controllers and drives.
PTCHDSTR
Allows Windows 9x to read and report the manufacturer and model info of hard drives.
RFDISK
Advanced partition management tool for DOS and Windows 9x.
RFORMAT
Advanced partition formatting utility for DOS and Windows 9x.
TRIM
A TRIM command implementation for DOS/9x and FAT32 partitions on solid state drives (SSD).
Optical Drive (CD/DVD/BD) Compatibility & Tools:
AHCICD
A DOS compatible CDROM driver for CD/DVD/BD optical drives on AHCI controllers.
CDTOOLS
Tools for working with CD/DVD/BD discs.
Advanced Scripting:
XFILE
Advanced file management and manipulation tool for DOS and Windows 9x. Extremely useful in scripting.
Driver Model (WDM) & Windows API Extenders:
WDMEX
Allows Windows 9x to load drivers written for Windows 2000/XP.
DLLHOOK
Allows redirection of program APIs that do not exist under Windows 9x.
Video/Graphics Card Compatibility:
NVSIZE
Allows 512MB+ nVidia graphics cards to be used in Windows 9x.
Miscellaneous Fixes:
SYSDMCPL
Allows Windows 98SE to correctly report the friendly name of newer processors.
NOFLOPPY
A DOS command to remove phantom floppy drives displayed under Windows 9x.
This page Copyright© 2019-Present Conner McCoy a.k.a. LoneCrusader
Software described and linked here Copyright© 2019 Rudolph R. Loew a.k.a. rloew, graciously provided to the public by his heirs.