Best Windows 3.1 freeware link

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Ufficio Gare

Hi,

I'm still using an old pentium 133 with this O.s. (very fast), have you a
link to download free software ?

Bye, U.
 
Ufficio said:
Hi,

I'm still using an old pentium 133 with this O.s. (very fast), have you a
link to download free software ?

Bye, U.
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Remember, too, that DOS programs run superbly on a Windows 3.1/3.11
system, because the real operating system is still solidly DOS. So, you
have a marvelous range of free- and abandon-ware. And (off-topic)
"dormant-ware." My all-time favorite word processing software: PC-Write,
and for heavy-duty desktop word processing and publication, XyWrite.
There's Quatro -- excellent spreadsheet (my version ran better in DOS
than in Windows 3.) I'm not up on the legal status of the programs I've
mentioned so far, so perhaps someone else can speak to this.

As far as I know, the publisher and successor firms for XyWrite are both
defunct; PC-Write (Quicksoft) is defunct, as is its successor (and
sadly, so is its brilliant visionary coder, Bob Wallace). XyWrite was a
retail product; PC-Write was shareware (and effectively freeware, too).
Quatro was a Borland product; Borland is still a live corporation. ECCO
(see below) has been in suspended animation for many years; it's owned
by NetManage, and can be downloaded from their web site (I don't have
the link -- this link is hidden, so somone on this newsgroup can
undoubtedly supply it).

Also, some crossover programs issued in editions that span both Windows
3.1 and Windows 95 (the superb ECCO personal information manager, for
example).

I'm not sure how a person goes about using the internet, especially the
web, under Windows 3.1 today.

As I make the transition from Windows ME to Windows XP, I am feeling
more fond of Windows 3.1/3.11 all the time, because I think that it was
vastly easier to maintain. Anyone disagree?

Richard
 
Richard said:
As I make the transition from Windows ME to Windows XP, I am feeling
more fond of Windows 3.1/3.11 all the time, because I think that it was
vastly easier to maintain. Anyone disagree?

Richard
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I occasionally get the urge to turn back the clock to the old DOS days
too. Win3x was easier to maintain, and I actually understood most of
what was going on. Those days are long gone.

Clif
http://clifnotes.net
 
Clif said:
Richard Steinfeld wrote:

I occasionally get the urge to turn back the clock to the old DOS days
too. Win3x was easier to maintain, and I actually understood most of
what was going on. Those days are long gone.

Clif
http://clifnotes.net
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The OP would surely do better with 98 on a 133 than 3.1. (or even 95.)
98's fine if youve got 16 or more M RAM, which you usually will have on
a 133.

Far more user friendly, long file names, way more software available,
etc etc. Can keep using all your 3.1 and dos apps too.


NT
 
Clif said:
I used to use the Simtel archives quite often for Win3x software. Now
most of the old shareware there is labeled "Legacy" and I believe much
of it could be used the same as freeware.

http://www.simtel.net/
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FYI about Simtel Legacy apps. . .

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From: "Kaelwyn" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.freeware
Subject: Re: DOS FileViewer like Buerg's LIST/Editor like QEdit?
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 22:42:22 -0700

Alan said:
Just had a look on Simtel, and LIST is listed as "legacy" ware:
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/51548.html

I don't know the implications of this term. Is it now free or is it
not?
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From the Simtel.net 'users discussion' forum...

"Legacy" explained

A legacy ware type means a file copied over from the old Simtel.Net
system when our new system was being created.

We had two choices: throw away tens of thousands of program files .. or
try and integrate them into the new system. We chose the second.

Then we needed publisher information for all those files, to integrate
them into the new database and Product Description pages. We chose to
search the archived New Uploads Digests from years past, to find the
file names and any publisher information in the program descriptions.
This would also include the "Freeware", "Shareware", "Adware", "Public
Domain" ware types in those descriptions.

That worked for some; it did not work for all. Those files that did NOT
get any publisher information didn't have a ware type either.

Rather than leave it completely blank, we put "legacy" in those ware
type fields. That tells you we don't know: download it and read the
documentation.

Why didn't we read the documentation and replace all those "legacy"
types (and sometimes missing publisher information). Other priorities.
Plus it encourages the _real_ authors and publishers to come forward and
update their accounts and program information. Which, you must admit, is
a Good Thing.

Regards,
David
--
David Kirschbaum, Archivist for Simtel(tm)


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I have a CD from many years ago with 3X freeware on it.. a little off
topic .. but what considerations do I have to take if I decided to
place this software on one of my sites? I'm inteligent enough to read
the EULA.. anything else ??
 
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