diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_arr.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_arr.py
index 7474a27..832f192 100644
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_arr.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_arr.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    Roger E. Masse
 """
 import array
-from test_support import verbose
+from test_support import verbose, TESTFN, unlink
 
 def main():
 
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
     for type in (['b', 'h', 'i', 'l', 'f', 'd']):
 	testtype(type, 1)
 
+    unlink(TESTFN)
+
 
 def testtype(type, example):
 
-    
 	a = array.array(type)
 	a.append(example)
 	if verbose:
@@ -27,10 +28,14 @@
 	    a.byteswap()
 
 	if a.typecode == 'c':
-	    f = open('/etc/passwd', 'r')
+	    f = open(TESTFN, "w")
+	    f.write("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\n")
+	    f.close()
+	    f = open(TESTFN, 'r')
 	    a.fromfile(f, 10)
+	    f.close()
 	    if verbose:
-		print 'char array with 10 bytes of /etc/passwd appended: ', a
+		print 'char array with 10 bytes of TESTFN appended: ', a
 	    a.fromlist(['a', 'b', 'c'])
 	    if verbose:
 		print 'char array with list appended: ', a
@@ -38,8 +43,9 @@
 	a.insert(0, example)
 	if verbose:
 	    print 'array of %s after inserting another:' % a.typecode, a
-	f = open('/dev/null', 'w')
+	f = open(TESTFN, 'w')
 	a.tofile(f)
+	f.close()
 	a.tolist()
 	a.tostring()
 	if verbose:
@@ -48,5 +54,6 @@
 	    print 'array of %s converted to a string: ' \
 	           % a.typecode, a.tostring()
 
+
 main()
 	
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_err.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_err.py
index 6951255..7228fdf 100644
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_err.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_err.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	  'ENODEV', 'ENOENT', 'ENOEXEC', 'ENOLCK', 'ENOLINK',
 	  'ENOMEM', 'ENOMSG', 'ENONET', 'ENOPKG', 'ENOPROTOOPT',
 	  'ENOSPC', 'ENOSR', 'ENOSTR', 'ENOSYS', 'ENOTBLK',
-	  'ENOTCONN', 'ENOTDIR', 'ENOTEMPTY', 'ENOTSOCK',
+	  'ENOTCONN', 'ENOTDIR', 'ENOTEMPTY', 'ENOTOBACCO', 'ENOTSOCK',
 	  'ENOTTY', 'ENOTUNIQ', 'ENXIO', 'EOPNOTSUPP',
 	  'EOVERFLOW', 'EPERM', 'EPFNOSUPPORT', 'EPIPE',
 	  'EPROTO', 'EPROTONOSUPPORT', 'EPROTOTYPE',
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 # test seems to work on SGI, Sparc & intel Solaris, and linux.
 #
 for error in errors:
-    a = getattr(errno, error)
-    if verbose:
-	print '%s: %d' % (error, a)
+    try:
+	a = getattr(errno, error)
+    except AttributeError:
+	if verbose:
+	    print '%s: not found' % error
+    else:
+	if verbose:
+	    print '%s: %d' % (error, a)
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_gra.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_gra.py
index b9607ac..21012d2 100755
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_gra.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_gra.py
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
 
 print '1.1.3 String literals'
 
-def assert(s):
-	if not s: raise TestFailed, 'see traceback'
+##def assert(s):
+##	if not s: raise TestFailed, 'see traceback'
 
 x = ''; y = ""; assert(len(x) == 0 and x == y)
 x = '\''; y = "'"; assert(len(x) == 1 and x == y and ord(x) == 39)
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_ima.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_ima.py
index fc8dadf..f9108ef 100644
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_ima.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_ima.py
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
+
 """Test script for the imageop module.  This has the side
    effect of partially testing the imgfile module as well.
    Roger E. Masse
 """
-from test_support import verbose
 
-import imageop
+from test_support import verbose, unlink
+
+import imageop, uu
 
 def main(use_rgbimg=1):
 
+    # Create binary test files
+    uu.decode(get_qualified_path('testrgb.uue'), 'test.rgb')
+
     if use_rgbimg:
 	image, width, height = getrgbimage('test.rgb')
     else:
@@ -106,7 +111,10 @@
     # Convert a 2-bit greyscale image to an 8-bit greyscale image. 
     if verbose:
 	print 'grey22grey'
-    image = imageop.grey22grey (grey2image, width, height) 
+    image = imageop.grey22grey (grey2image, width, height)
+
+    # Cleanup
+    unlink('test.rgb')
 
 def getrgbimage(name):
     """return a tuple consisting of image (in 'imgfile' format but
@@ -160,6 +168,6 @@
     name = string.joinfields(parts, os.sep)
     return name
 
-# rgbimg (unlike imgfile) is portable to platforms other than SGI.  So we prefer to use it.
+# rgbimg (unlike imgfile) is portable to platforms other than SGI.
+# So we prefer to use it.
 main(use_rgbimg=1)
-
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_img.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_img.py
index 8a3b91e..576a51c 100644
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_img.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_img.py
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
+
 """Simple test script for imgfile.c
    Roger E. Masse
 """
-from test_support import verbose
 
-import imgfile
+from test_support import verbose, unlink
 
-     
-def main():       
+import imgfile, uu, os
+
+    
+def main():
+
+    uu.decode(findfile('testrgb.uue'), 'test.rgb')
+    uu.decode(findfile('greyrgb.uue'), 'greytest.rgb')
 
     # Test a 3 byte color image
     testimage('test.rgb')
@@ -15,6 +20,16 @@
     # Test a 1 byte greyscale image
     testimage('greytest.rgb')
 
+    unlink('test.rgb')
+    unlink('greytest.rgb')
+
+def findfile(file):
+	if os.path.isabs(file): return file
+	import sys
+	for dn in sys.path:
+		fn = os.path.join(dn, file)
+		if os.path.exists(fn): return fn
+	return file
 
 def testimage(name):
     """Run through the imgfile's battery of possible methods
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_ope.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_ope.py
index 1a75065..ff4cba0 100755
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_ope.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_ope.py
@@ -1,5 +1,77 @@
-# Python test set -- part 3, built-in operations.
+import operator
+import sys
+
+def test(name, input, output, *args):
+    print 'testing:', name
+    f = getattr(operator, name)
+    params = (input,) + args
+    try:
+	val = apply(f, params)
+    except:
+	val = sys.exc_type
+    if val <> output:
+	print '%s%s = %s: %s expected' % (f.__name__, params, `val`, `output`)
+
+test('abs', -1, 1)
+test('add', 3, 7, 4)
+test('and_', 0xf, 0xa, 0xa)
+test('concat', 'py', 'python', 'thon')
+
+test('countOf', [1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4], 1, 3)
+
+a = [4, 3, 2, 1]
+test('delitem', a, None, 1)
+if a <> [4, 2, 1]:
+    print 'delitem() failed'
+
+a = range(10)
+test('delslice', a, None, 2, 8)
+if a <> [0, 1, 8, 9]:
+    print 'delslice() failed'
+
+a = range(10)
+test('div', 5, 2, 2)
+test('getitem', a, 2, 2)
+test('getslice', a, [4, 5], 4, 6)
+test('indexOf', [4, 3, 2, 1], 1, 3)
+test('inv', 4, -5)
+test('isCallable', 4, 0)
+test('isCallable', operator.isCallable, 1)
+test('isMappingType', operator.isMappingType, 0)
+test('isMappingType', operator.__dict__, 1)
+test('isNumberType', 8.3, 1)
+test('isNumberType', dir(), 0)
+test('isSequenceType', dir(), 1)
+test('isSequenceType', 'yeahbuddy', 1)
+test('isSequenceType', 3, 0)
+test('lshift', 5, 10, 1)
+test('mod', 5, 1, 2)
+test('mul', 5, 10, 2)
+test('neg', 5, -5)
+test('or_', 0xa, 0xf, 0x5)
+test('pos', -5, -5)
+
+a = range(3)
+test('repeat', a, a+a, 2)
+test('rshift', 5, 2, 1)
+
+test('sequenceIncludes', range(4), 1, 2)
+test('sequenceIncludes', range(4), 0, 5)
+
+test('setitem', a, None, 0, 2)
+if a <> [2, 1, 2]:
+    print 'setitem() failed'
+
+a = range(4)
+test('setslice', a, None, 1, 3, [2, 1])
+if a <> [0, 2, 1, 3]:
+    print 'setslice() failed:', a
+
+test('sub', 5, 2, 3)
+test('truth', 5, 1)
+test('truth', [], 0)
+test('xor', 0xb, 0x7, 0xc)
 
 
-print '3. Operations'
-print 'XXX Not yet implemented'
+# some negative tests
+test('indexOf', [4, 3, 2, 1], ValueError, 9)
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_rgb.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_rgb.py
index 52814b4..f0f772c 100755
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_rgb.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_rgb.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Testing rgbimg module
 
-import rgbimg, os
+import rgbimg, os, uu
+
+from test_support import verbose, unlink
 
 error = 'test_rgbimg.error'
 
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@
 	rgb = rgbimg.longimagedata(rgb_file)
 	if len(rgb) != width * height * 4:
 		raise error, 'bad image length'
-	raw = open(raw_file, 'r').read()
+	raw = open(raw_file, 'rb').read()
 	if rgb != raw:
 		raise error, \
 		      'images don\'t match for '+rgb_file+' and '+raw_file
@@ -29,6 +31,21 @@
 		rgbimg.longstoimage(rgb, width, height, depth, '@.rgb')
 	os.unlink('@.rgb')
 
+table = [
+    ('testrgb.uue', 'test.rgb'),
+    ('testimg.uue', 'test.rawimg'),
+    ('testimgr.uue', 'test.rawimg.rev'),
+    ]
+for source, target in table:
+    source = findfile(source)
+    target = findfile(target)
+    if verbose:
+	print "uudecoding", source, "->", target, "..."
+    uu.decode(source, target)
+
+if verbose:
+    print "testing..."
+
 ttob = rgbimg.ttob(0)
 if ttob != 0:
 	raise error, 'ttob should start out as zero'
@@ -48,3 +65,6 @@
 ttob = rgbimg.ttob(0)
 if ttob != 0:
 	raise error, 'ttob should be zero'
+
+for source, target in table:
+    unlink(findfile(target))
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_sel.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_sel.py
index f7f20f3..32ccfd1 100755
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_sel.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_sel.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Testing select module
+from test_support import verbose
 import select
 import os
 
@@ -33,19 +34,27 @@
 
 
 def test():
+	import sys
+	if sys.platform in ('win', 'mac'):
+		if verbose:
+			print "Can't test select easily"
+		return
 	cmd = 'for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do echo testing...; sleep 1; done'
 	p = os.popen(cmd, 'r')
 	for tout in (0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16) + (None,)*10:
-		print 'timeout =', tout
+		if verbose:
+			print 'timeout =', tout
 		rfd, wfd, xfd = select.select([p], [], [], tout)
 ## 		print rfd, wfd, xfd
 		if (rfd, wfd, xfd) == ([], [], []):
 			continue
 		if (rfd, wfd, xfd) == ([p], [], []):
 			line = p.readline()
-			print `line`
+			if verbose:
+				print `line`
 			if not line:
-				print 'EOF'
+				if verbose:
+					print 'EOF'
 				break
 			continue
 		print 'Heh?'
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_sig.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_sig.py
index 3619b96..51b120b 100755
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_sig.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_sig.py
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 from test_support import verbose
 import signal
 import os
+import sys
+
+if sys.platform[:3] == 'win':
+    raise ImportError, "Can't test signal on Windows"
 
 
 if verbose:
diff --git a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_str.py b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_str.py
index efc98ff..f568970 100644
--- a/Lib/dos-8x3/test_str.py
+++ b/Lib/dos-8x3/test_str.py
@@ -1,72 +1,128 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+# Sanity checker for time.strftime
+
+import time, calendar, sys, string, os
 from test_support import verbose
-import strop, sys
 
-def test(name, input, output, *args):
+def main():
+    global verbose
+    now = time.time()
+    strftest(now)
+    verbose = 0
+    # Try a bunch of dates and times,  chosen to vary through time of
+    # day and daylight saving time
+    for j in range(-5, 5):
+	for i in range(25):
+	    strftest(now + (i + j*100)*23*3603)
+
+def strftest(now):
     if verbose:
-	print 'string.%s%s =? %s... ' % (name, (input,) + args, output),
-    f = getattr(strop, name)
-    try:
-	value = apply(f, (input,) + args)
-    except:
-	 value = sys.exc_type
-    if value != output:
-	if verbose:
-	    print 'no'
-	print f, `input`, `output`, `value`
-    else:
-	if verbose:
-	    print 'yes'
+	print "strftime test for", time.ctime(now)
+    nowsecs = int(now)
+    gmt = time.gmtime(now)
+    now = time.localtime(now)
 
-test('atoi', " 1 ", 1)
-test('atoi', " 1x", ValueError)
-test('atoi', " x1 ", ValueError)
-test('atol', "  1  ", 1L)
-test('atol', "  1x ", ValueError)
-test('atol', "  x1 ", ValueError)
-test('atof', "  1  ", 1.0)
-test('atof', "  1x ", ValueError)
-test('atof', "  x1 ", ValueError)
+    if now[3] < 12: ampm='AM'
+    else: ampm='PM'
 
-test('capitalize', ' hello ', ' hello ')
-test('capitalize', 'hello ', 'Hello ')
-test('find', 'abcdefghiabc', 0, 'abc')
-test('find', 'abcdefghiabc', 9, 'abc', 1)
-test('find', 'abcdefghiabc', -1, 'def', 4)
-test('rfind', 'abcdefghiabc', 9, 'abc')
-test('lower', 'HeLLo', 'hello')
-test('upper', 'HeLLo', 'HELLO')
+    jan1 = time.localtime(time.mktime((now[0], 1, 1) + (0,)*6))
 
-transtable = '\000\001\002\003\004\005\006\007\010\011\012\013\014\015\016\017\020\021\022\023\024\025\026\027\030\031\032\033\034\035\036\037 !"#$%&\'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`xyzdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~\177\200\201\202\203\204\205\206\207\210\211\212\213\214\215\216\217\220\221\222\223\224\225\226\227\230\231\232\233\234\235\236\237\240\241\242\243\244\245\246\247\250\251\252\253\254\255\256\257\260\261\262\263\264\265\266\267\270\271\272\273\274\275\276\277\300\301\302\303\304\305\306\307\310\311\312\313\314\315\316\317\320\321\322\323\324\325\326\327\330\331\332\333\334\335\336\337\340\341\342\343\344\345\346\347\350\351\352\353\354\355\356\357\360\361\362\363\364\365\366\367\370\371\372\373\374\375\376\377'
+    if now[8]: tz = time.tzname[1]
+    else: tz = time.tzname[0]
 
-test('maketrans', 'abc', transtable, 'xyz')
-test('maketrans', 'abc', ValueError, 'xyzq')
+    if now[3] > 12: clock12 = now[3] - 12
+    elif now[3] > 0: clock12 = now[3]
+    else: clock12 = 12
 
-test('split', 'this is the split function',
-     ['this', 'is', 'the', 'split', 'function'])
-test('split', 'a|b|c|d', ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], '|')
-test('split', 'a|b|c|d', ['a', 'b', 'c|d'], '|', 2)
+    expectations = (
+	('%A', calendar.day_name[now[6]], 'full weekday name'),
+	('%a', calendar.day_abbr[now[6]], 'abbreviated weekday name'),
+	('%B', calendar.month_name[now[1]], 'full month name'),
+	('%b', calendar.month_abbr[now[1]], 'abbreviated month name'),
+	('%h', calendar.month_abbr[now[1]], 'abbreviated month name'),
+	('%c', fixasctime(time.asctime(now)), 'near-asctime() format'),
+	('%D', '%02d/%02d/%02d' % (now[1], now[2], (now[0]%100)), 'mm/dd/yy'),
+	('%d', '%02d' % now[2], 'day of month as number (00-31)'),
+	('%e', '%2d' % now[2], 'day of month as number, blank padded ( 0-31)'),
+	('%H', '%02d' % now[3], 'hour (00-23)'),
+	('%I', '%02d' % clock12, 'hour (01-12)'),
+	('%j', '%03d' % now[7], 'julian day (001-366)'),
+	('%M', '%02d' % now[4], 'minute, (00-59)'),
+	('%m', '%02d' % now[1], 'month as number (01-12)'),
+	('%p', ampm, 'AM or PM as appropriate'),
+	('%R', '%02d:%02d' % (now[3], now[4]), '%H:%M'),
+	('%r', '%02d:%02d:%02d %s' % (clock12, now[4], now[5], ampm),
+	 '%I:%M:%S %p'),
+	('%S', '%02d' % now[5], 'seconds of current time (00-60)'),
+	('%T', '%02d:%02d:%02d' % (now[3], now[4], now[5]), '%H:%M:%S'),
+	('%X', '%02d:%02d:%02d' % (now[3], now[4], now[5]), '%H:%M:%S'),
+	('%U', '%02d' % ((now[7] + jan1[6])/7),
+	 'week number of the year (Sun 1st)'),
+	('%W', '%02d' % ((now[7] + (jan1[6] - 1)%7)/7),
+	 'week number of the year (Mon 1st)'),
+	('%w', '%d' % ((1+now[6]) % 7), 'weekday as a number (Sun 1st)'),
+	('%x', '%02d/%02d/%02d' % (now[1], now[2], (now[0]%100)),
+	 '%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S'),
+	('%Y', '%d' % now[0], 'year with century'),
+	('%y', '%02d' % (now[0]%100), 'year without century'),
+	('%Z', tz, 'time zone name'),
+	('%%', '%', 'single percent sign'),
+	)
 
-# join now works with any sequence type
-class Sequence:
-    def __init__(self): self.seq = 'wxyz'
-    def __len__(self): return len(self.seq)
-    def __getitem__(self, i): return self.seq[i]
+    nonstandard_expectations = (
+	('%C', '%02d' % (now[0]/100), 'century'),
+	    # This is for IRIX; on Solaris, %C yields date(1) format.
+	    # Tough.
+	('%k', '%2d' % now[3], 'hour, blank padded ( 0-23)'),
+	('%s', '%d' % nowsecs, 'seconds since the Epoch in UCT'),
+	('%3y', '%03d' % (now[0]%100),
+	 'year without century rendered using fieldwidth'),
+	('%n', '\n', 'newline character'),
+	('%t', '\t', 'tab character'),
+	)
 
-test('join', ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], 'a b c d')
-test('join', ('a', 'b', 'c', 'd'), 'abcd', '')
-test('join', Sequence(), 'w x y z')
+    if verbose:
+	print "Strftime test, platform: %s, Python version: %s" % \
+	      (sys.platform, string.split(sys.version)[0])
 
-# try a few long ones
-print strop.join(['x' * 100] * 100, ':')
-print strop.join(('x' * 100,) * 100, ':')
+    for e in expectations:
+	try:
+	    result = time.strftime(e[0], now)
+	except ValueError, error:
+	    print "Standard '%s' format gave error:" % e[0], error
+	    continue
+	if result == e[1]: continue
+	if result[0] == '%':
+	    print "Does not support standard '%s' format (%s)" % (e[0], e[2])
+	else:
+	    print "Conflict for %s (%s):" % (e[0], e[2])
+	    print "  Expected %s, but got %s" % (e[1], result)
 
-test('strip', '   hello   ', 'hello')
-test('lstrip', '   hello   ', 'hello   ')
-test('rstrip', '   hello   ', '   hello')
+    for e in nonstandard_expectations:
+	try:
+	    result = time.strftime(e[0], now)
+	except ValueError, result:
+	    if verbose:
+		print "Error for nonstandard '%s' format (%s): %s" % \
+		      (e[0], e[2], str(error))
+	    continue
+	if result == e[1]:
+	    if verbose:
+		print "Supports nonstandard '%s' format (%s)" % (e[0], e[2])
+	elif result[0] == '%':
+	    if verbose:
+		print "Does not appear to support '%s' format (%s)" % (e[0],
+								       e[2])
+	else:
+	    if verbose:
+		print "Conflict for nonstandard '%s' format (%s):" % (e[0],
+								      e[2])
+		print "  Expected %s, but got %s" % (e[1], result)
 
-test('swapcase', 'HeLLo cOmpUteRs', 'hEllO CoMPuTErS')
-test('translate', 'xyzabcdef', 'xyzxyz', transtable, 'def')
+def fixasctime(s):
+    if s[8] == ' ':
+	s = s[:8] + '0' + s[9:]
+    return s
 
-strop.whitespace
-strop.lowercase
-strop.uppercase
+main()
diff --git a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_arr.py b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_arr.py
index 7474a27..832f192 100644
--- a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_arr.py
+++ b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_arr.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
    Roger E. Masse
 """
 import array
-from test_support import verbose
+from test_support import verbose, TESTFN, unlink
 
 def main():
 
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
     for type in (['b', 'h', 'i', 'l', 'f', 'd']):
 	testtype(type, 1)
 
+    unlink(TESTFN)
+
 
 def testtype(type, example):
 
-    
 	a = array.array(type)
 	a.append(example)
 	if verbose:
@@ -27,10 +28,14 @@
 	    a.byteswap()
 
 	if a.typecode == 'c':
-	    f = open('/etc/passwd', 'r')
+	    f = open(TESTFN, "w")
+	    f.write("The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.\n")
+	    f.close()
+	    f = open(TESTFN, 'r')
 	    a.fromfile(f, 10)
+	    f.close()
 	    if verbose:
-		print 'char array with 10 bytes of /etc/passwd appended: ', a
+		print 'char array with 10 bytes of TESTFN appended: ', a
 	    a.fromlist(['a', 'b', 'c'])
 	    if verbose:
 		print 'char array with list appended: ', a
@@ -38,8 +43,9 @@
 	a.insert(0, example)
 	if verbose:
 	    print 'array of %s after inserting another:' % a.typecode, a
-	f = open('/dev/null', 'w')
+	f = open(TESTFN, 'w')
 	a.tofile(f)
+	f.close()
 	a.tolist()
 	a.tostring()
 	if verbose:
@@ -48,5 +54,6 @@
 	    print 'array of %s converted to a string: ' \
 	           % a.typecode, a.tostring()
 
+
 main()
 	
diff --git a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_err.py b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_err.py
index 6951255..7228fdf 100644
--- a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_err.py
+++ b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_err.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 	  'ENODEV', 'ENOENT', 'ENOEXEC', 'ENOLCK', 'ENOLINK',
 	  'ENOMEM', 'ENOMSG', 'ENONET', 'ENOPKG', 'ENOPROTOOPT',
 	  'ENOSPC', 'ENOSR', 'ENOSTR', 'ENOSYS', 'ENOTBLK',
-	  'ENOTCONN', 'ENOTDIR', 'ENOTEMPTY', 'ENOTSOCK',
+	  'ENOTCONN', 'ENOTDIR', 'ENOTEMPTY', 'ENOTOBACCO', 'ENOTSOCK',
 	  'ENOTTY', 'ENOTUNIQ', 'ENXIO', 'EOPNOTSUPP',
 	  'EOVERFLOW', 'EPERM', 'EPFNOSUPPORT', 'EPIPE',
 	  'EPROTO', 'EPROTONOSUPPORT', 'EPROTOTYPE',
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@
 # test seems to work on SGI, Sparc & intel Solaris, and linux.
 #
 for error in errors:
-    a = getattr(errno, error)
-    if verbose:
-	print '%s: %d' % (error, a)
+    try:
+	a = getattr(errno, error)
+    except AttributeError:
+	if verbose:
+	    print '%s: not found' % error
+    else:
+	if verbose:
+	    print '%s: %d' % (error, a)
diff --git a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_gra.py b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_gra.py
index b9607ac..21012d2 100755
--- a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_gra.py
+++ b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_gra.py
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
 
 print '1.1.3 String literals'
 
-def assert(s):
-	if not s: raise TestFailed, 'see traceback'
+##def assert(s):
+##	if not s: raise TestFailed, 'see traceback'
 
 x = ''; y = ""; assert(len(x) == 0 and x == y)
 x = '\''; y = "'"; assert(len(x) == 1 and x == y and ord(x) == 39)
diff --git a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_ima.py b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_ima.py
index fc8dadf..f9108ef 100644
--- a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_ima.py
+++ b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_ima.py
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
+
 """Test script for the imageop module.  This has the side
    effect of partially testing the imgfile module as well.
    Roger E. Masse
 """
-from test_support import verbose
 
-import imageop
+from test_support import verbose, unlink
+
+import imageop, uu
 
 def main(use_rgbimg=1):
 
+    # Create binary test files
+    uu.decode(get_qualified_path('testrgb.uue'), 'test.rgb')
+
     if use_rgbimg:
 	image, width, height = getrgbimage('test.rgb')
     else:
@@ -106,7 +111,10 @@
     # Convert a 2-bit greyscale image to an 8-bit greyscale image. 
     if verbose:
 	print 'grey22grey'
-    image = imageop.grey22grey (grey2image, width, height) 
+    image = imageop.grey22grey (grey2image, width, height)
+
+    # Cleanup
+    unlink('test.rgb')
 
 def getrgbimage(name):
     """return a tuple consisting of image (in 'imgfile' format but
@@ -160,6 +168,6 @@
     name = string.joinfields(parts, os.sep)
     return name
 
-# rgbimg (unlike imgfile) is portable to platforms other than SGI.  So we prefer to use it.
+# rgbimg (unlike imgfile) is portable to platforms other than SGI.
+# So we prefer to use it.
 main(use_rgbimg=1)
-
diff --git a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_img.py b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_img.py
index 8a3b91e..576a51c 100644
--- a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_img.py
+++ b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_img.py
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
+
 """Simple test script for imgfile.c
    Roger E. Masse
 """
-from test_support import verbose
 
-import imgfile
+from test_support import verbose, unlink
 
-     
-def main():       
+import imgfile, uu, os
+
+    
+def main():
+
+    uu.decode(findfile('testrgb.uue'), 'test.rgb')
+    uu.decode(findfile('greyrgb.uue'), 'greytest.rgb')
 
     # Test a 3 byte color image
     testimage('test.rgb')
@@ -15,6 +20,16 @@
     # Test a 1 byte greyscale image
     testimage('greytest.rgb')
 
+    unlink('test.rgb')
+    unlink('greytest.rgb')
+
+def findfile(file):
+	if os.path.isabs(file): return file
+	import sys
+	for dn in sys.path:
+		fn = os.path.join(dn, file)
+		if os.path.exists(fn): return fn
+	return file
 
 def testimage(name):
     """Run through the imgfile's battery of possible methods
diff --git a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_ope.py b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_ope.py
index 1a75065..ff4cba0 100755
--- a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_ope.py
+++ b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_ope.py
@@ -1,5 +1,77 @@
-# Python test set -- part 3, built-in operations.
+import operator
+import sys
+
+def test(name, input, output, *args):
+    print 'testing:', name
+    f = getattr(operator, name)
+    params = (input,) + args
+    try:
+	val = apply(f, params)
+    except:
+	val = sys.exc_type
+    if val <> output:
+	print '%s%s = %s: %s expected' % (f.__name__, params, `val`, `output`)
+
+test('abs', -1, 1)
+test('add', 3, 7, 4)
+test('and_', 0xf, 0xa, 0xa)
+test('concat', 'py', 'python', 'thon')
+
+test('countOf', [1, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4], 1, 3)
+
+a = [4, 3, 2, 1]
+test('delitem', a, None, 1)
+if a <> [4, 2, 1]:
+    print 'delitem() failed'
+
+a = range(10)
+test('delslice', a, None, 2, 8)
+if a <> [0, 1, 8, 9]:
+    print 'delslice() failed'
+
+a = range(10)
+test('div', 5, 2, 2)
+test('getitem', a, 2, 2)
+test('getslice', a, [4, 5], 4, 6)
+test('indexOf', [4, 3, 2, 1], 1, 3)
+test('inv', 4, -5)
+test('isCallable', 4, 0)
+test('isCallable', operator.isCallable, 1)
+test('isMappingType', operator.isMappingType, 0)
+test('isMappingType', operator.__dict__, 1)
+test('isNumberType', 8.3, 1)
+test('isNumberType', dir(), 0)
+test('isSequenceType', dir(), 1)
+test('isSequenceType', 'yeahbuddy', 1)
+test('isSequenceType', 3, 0)
+test('lshift', 5, 10, 1)
+test('mod', 5, 1, 2)
+test('mul', 5, 10, 2)
+test('neg', 5, -5)
+test('or_', 0xa, 0xf, 0x5)
+test('pos', -5, -5)
+
+a = range(3)
+test('repeat', a, a+a, 2)
+test('rshift', 5, 2, 1)
+
+test('sequenceIncludes', range(4), 1, 2)
+test('sequenceIncludes', range(4), 0, 5)
+
+test('setitem', a, None, 0, 2)
+if a <> [2, 1, 2]:
+    print 'setitem() failed'
+
+a = range(4)
+test('setslice', a, None, 1, 3, [2, 1])
+if a <> [0, 2, 1, 3]:
+    print 'setslice() failed:', a
+
+test('sub', 5, 2, 3)
+test('truth', 5, 1)
+test('truth', [], 0)
+test('xor', 0xb, 0x7, 0xc)
 
 
-print '3. Operations'
-print 'XXX Not yet implemented'
+# some negative tests
+test('indexOf', [4, 3, 2, 1], ValueError, 9)
diff --git a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_rgb.py b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_rgb.py
index 52814b4..f0f772c 100755
--- a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_rgb.py
+++ b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_rgb.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Testing rgbimg module
 
-import rgbimg, os
+import rgbimg, os, uu
+
+from test_support import verbose, unlink
 
 error = 'test_rgbimg.error'
 
@@ -21,7 +23,7 @@
 	rgb = rgbimg.longimagedata(rgb_file)
 	if len(rgb) != width * height * 4:
 		raise error, 'bad image length'
-	raw = open(raw_file, 'r').read()
+	raw = open(raw_file, 'rb').read()
 	if rgb != raw:
 		raise error, \
 		      'images don\'t match for '+rgb_file+' and '+raw_file
@@ -29,6 +31,21 @@
 		rgbimg.longstoimage(rgb, width, height, depth, '@.rgb')
 	os.unlink('@.rgb')
 
+table = [
+    ('testrgb.uue', 'test.rgb'),
+    ('testimg.uue', 'test.rawimg'),
+    ('testimgr.uue', 'test.rawimg.rev'),
+    ]
+for source, target in table:
+    source = findfile(source)
+    target = findfile(target)
+    if verbose:
+	print "uudecoding", source, "->", target, "..."
+    uu.decode(source, target)
+
+if verbose:
+    print "testing..."
+
 ttob = rgbimg.ttob(0)
 if ttob != 0:
 	raise error, 'ttob should start out as zero'
@@ -48,3 +65,6 @@
 ttob = rgbimg.ttob(0)
 if ttob != 0:
 	raise error, 'ttob should be zero'
+
+for source, target in table:
+    unlink(findfile(target))
diff --git a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_sel.py b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_sel.py
index f7f20f3..32ccfd1 100755
--- a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_sel.py
+++ b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_sel.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Testing select module
+from test_support import verbose
 import select
 import os
 
@@ -33,19 +34,27 @@
 
 
 def test():
+	import sys
+	if sys.platform in ('win', 'mac'):
+		if verbose:
+			print "Can't test select easily"
+		return
 	cmd = 'for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9; do echo testing...; sleep 1; done'
 	p = os.popen(cmd, 'r')
 	for tout in (0, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16) + (None,)*10:
-		print 'timeout =', tout
+		if verbose:
+			print 'timeout =', tout
 		rfd, wfd, xfd = select.select([p], [], [], tout)
 ## 		print rfd, wfd, xfd
 		if (rfd, wfd, xfd) == ([], [], []):
 			continue
 		if (rfd, wfd, xfd) == ([p], [], []):
 			line = p.readline()
-			print `line`
+			if verbose:
+				print `line`
 			if not line:
-				print 'EOF'
+				if verbose:
+					print 'EOF'
 				break
 			continue
 		print 'Heh?'
diff --git a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_sig.py b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_sig.py
index 3619b96..51b120b 100755
--- a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_sig.py
+++ b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_sig.py
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 from test_support import verbose
 import signal
 import os
+import sys
+
+if sys.platform[:3] == 'win':
+    raise ImportError, "Can't test signal on Windows"
 
 
 if verbose:
diff --git a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_str.py b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_str.py
index efc98ff..f568970 100644
--- a/Lib/dos_8x3/test_str.py
+++ b/Lib/dos_8x3/test_str.py
@@ -1,72 +1,128 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env python
+
+# Sanity checker for time.strftime
+
+import time, calendar, sys, string, os
 from test_support import verbose
-import strop, sys
 
-def test(name, input, output, *args):
+def main():
+    global verbose
+    now = time.time()
+    strftest(now)
+    verbose = 0
+    # Try a bunch of dates and times,  chosen to vary through time of
+    # day and daylight saving time
+    for j in range(-5, 5):
+	for i in range(25):
+	    strftest(now + (i + j*100)*23*3603)
+
+def strftest(now):
     if verbose:
-	print 'string.%s%s =? %s... ' % (name, (input,) + args, output),
-    f = getattr(strop, name)
-    try:
-	value = apply(f, (input,) + args)
-    except:
-	 value = sys.exc_type
-    if value != output:
-	if verbose:
-	    print 'no'
-	print f, `input`, `output`, `value`
-    else:
-	if verbose:
-	    print 'yes'
+	print "strftime test for", time.ctime(now)
+    nowsecs = int(now)
+    gmt = time.gmtime(now)
+    now = time.localtime(now)
 
-test('atoi', " 1 ", 1)
-test('atoi', " 1x", ValueError)
-test('atoi', " x1 ", ValueError)
-test('atol', "  1  ", 1L)
-test('atol', "  1x ", ValueError)
-test('atol', "  x1 ", ValueError)
-test('atof', "  1  ", 1.0)
-test('atof', "  1x ", ValueError)
-test('atof', "  x1 ", ValueError)
+    if now[3] < 12: ampm='AM'
+    else: ampm='PM'
 
-test('capitalize', ' hello ', ' hello ')
-test('capitalize', 'hello ', 'Hello ')
-test('find', 'abcdefghiabc', 0, 'abc')
-test('find', 'abcdefghiabc', 9, 'abc', 1)
-test('find', 'abcdefghiabc', -1, 'def', 4)
-test('rfind', 'abcdefghiabc', 9, 'abc')
-test('lower', 'HeLLo', 'hello')
-test('upper', 'HeLLo', 'HELLO')
+    jan1 = time.localtime(time.mktime((now[0], 1, 1) + (0,)*6))
 
-transtable = '\000\001\002\003\004\005\006\007\010\011\012\013\014\015\016\017\020\021\022\023\024\025\026\027\030\031\032\033\034\035\036\037 !"#$%&\'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_`xyzdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~\177\200\201\202\203\204\205\206\207\210\211\212\213\214\215\216\217\220\221\222\223\224\225\226\227\230\231\232\233\234\235\236\237\240\241\242\243\244\245\246\247\250\251\252\253\254\255\256\257\260\261\262\263\264\265\266\267\270\271\272\273\274\275\276\277\300\301\302\303\304\305\306\307\310\311\312\313\314\315\316\317\320\321\322\323\324\325\326\327\330\331\332\333\334\335\336\337\340\341\342\343\344\345\346\347\350\351\352\353\354\355\356\357\360\361\362\363\364\365\366\367\370\371\372\373\374\375\376\377'
+    if now[8]: tz = time.tzname[1]
+    else: tz = time.tzname[0]
 
-test('maketrans', 'abc', transtable, 'xyz')
-test('maketrans', 'abc', ValueError, 'xyzq')
+    if now[3] > 12: clock12 = now[3] - 12
+    elif now[3] > 0: clock12 = now[3]
+    else: clock12 = 12
 
-test('split', 'this is the split function',
-     ['this', 'is', 'the', 'split', 'function'])
-test('split', 'a|b|c|d', ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], '|')
-test('split', 'a|b|c|d', ['a', 'b', 'c|d'], '|', 2)
+    expectations = (
+	('%A', calendar.day_name[now[6]], 'full weekday name'),
+	('%a', calendar.day_abbr[now[6]], 'abbreviated weekday name'),
+	('%B', calendar.month_name[now[1]], 'full month name'),
+	('%b', calendar.month_abbr[now[1]], 'abbreviated month name'),
+	('%h', calendar.month_abbr[now[1]], 'abbreviated month name'),
+	('%c', fixasctime(time.asctime(now)), 'near-asctime() format'),
+	('%D', '%02d/%02d/%02d' % (now[1], now[2], (now[0]%100)), 'mm/dd/yy'),
+	('%d', '%02d' % now[2], 'day of month as number (00-31)'),
+	('%e', '%2d' % now[2], 'day of month as number, blank padded ( 0-31)'),
+	('%H', '%02d' % now[3], 'hour (00-23)'),
+	('%I', '%02d' % clock12, 'hour (01-12)'),
+	('%j', '%03d' % now[7], 'julian day (001-366)'),
+	('%M', '%02d' % now[4], 'minute, (00-59)'),
+	('%m', '%02d' % now[1], 'month as number (01-12)'),
+	('%p', ampm, 'AM or PM as appropriate'),
+	('%R', '%02d:%02d' % (now[3], now[4]), '%H:%M'),
+	('%r', '%02d:%02d:%02d %s' % (clock12, now[4], now[5], ampm),
+	 '%I:%M:%S %p'),
+	('%S', '%02d' % now[5], 'seconds of current time (00-60)'),
+	('%T', '%02d:%02d:%02d' % (now[3], now[4], now[5]), '%H:%M:%S'),
+	('%X', '%02d:%02d:%02d' % (now[3], now[4], now[5]), '%H:%M:%S'),
+	('%U', '%02d' % ((now[7] + jan1[6])/7),
+	 'week number of the year (Sun 1st)'),
+	('%W', '%02d' % ((now[7] + (jan1[6] - 1)%7)/7),
+	 'week number of the year (Mon 1st)'),
+	('%w', '%d' % ((1+now[6]) % 7), 'weekday as a number (Sun 1st)'),
+	('%x', '%02d/%02d/%02d' % (now[1], now[2], (now[0]%100)),
+	 '%m/%d/%y %H:%M:%S'),
+	('%Y', '%d' % now[0], 'year with century'),
+	('%y', '%02d' % (now[0]%100), 'year without century'),
+	('%Z', tz, 'time zone name'),
+	('%%', '%', 'single percent sign'),
+	)
 
-# join now works with any sequence type
-class Sequence:
-    def __init__(self): self.seq = 'wxyz'
-    def __len__(self): return len(self.seq)
-    def __getitem__(self, i): return self.seq[i]
+    nonstandard_expectations = (
+	('%C', '%02d' % (now[0]/100), 'century'),
+	    # This is for IRIX; on Solaris, %C yields date(1) format.
+	    # Tough.
+	('%k', '%2d' % now[3], 'hour, blank padded ( 0-23)'),
+	('%s', '%d' % nowsecs, 'seconds since the Epoch in UCT'),
+	('%3y', '%03d' % (now[0]%100),
+	 'year without century rendered using fieldwidth'),
+	('%n', '\n', 'newline character'),
+	('%t', '\t', 'tab character'),
+	)
 
-test('join', ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], 'a b c d')
-test('join', ('a', 'b', 'c', 'd'), 'abcd', '')
-test('join', Sequence(), 'w x y z')
+    if verbose:
+	print "Strftime test, platform: %s, Python version: %s" % \
+	      (sys.platform, string.split(sys.version)[0])
 
-# try a few long ones
-print strop.join(['x' * 100] * 100, ':')
-print strop.join(('x' * 100,) * 100, ':')
+    for e in expectations:
+	try:
+	    result = time.strftime(e[0], now)
+	except ValueError, error:
+	    print "Standard '%s' format gave error:" % e[0], error
+	    continue
+	if result == e[1]: continue
+	if result[0] == '%':
+	    print "Does not support standard '%s' format (%s)" % (e[0], e[2])
+	else:
+	    print "Conflict for %s (%s):" % (e[0], e[2])
+	    print "  Expected %s, but got %s" % (e[1], result)
 
-test('strip', '   hello   ', 'hello')
-test('lstrip', '   hello   ', 'hello   ')
-test('rstrip', '   hello   ', '   hello')
+    for e in nonstandard_expectations:
+	try:
+	    result = time.strftime(e[0], now)
+	except ValueError, result:
+	    if verbose:
+		print "Error for nonstandard '%s' format (%s): %s" % \
+		      (e[0], e[2], str(error))
+	    continue
+	if result == e[1]:
+	    if verbose:
+		print "Supports nonstandard '%s' format (%s)" % (e[0], e[2])
+	elif result[0] == '%':
+	    if verbose:
+		print "Does not appear to support '%s' format (%s)" % (e[0],
+								       e[2])
+	else:
+	    if verbose:
+		print "Conflict for nonstandard '%s' format (%s):" % (e[0],
+								      e[2])
+		print "  Expected %s, but got %s" % (e[1], result)
 
-test('swapcase', 'HeLLo cOmpUteRs', 'hEllO CoMPuTErS')
-test('translate', 'xyzabcdef', 'xyzxyz', transtable, 'def')
+def fixasctime(s):
+    if s[8] == ' ':
+	s = s[:8] + '0' + s[9:]
+    return s
 
-strop.whitespace
-strop.lowercase
-strop.uppercase
+main()