Not exactly freeware related but: Software for Windows 3.1?

C

Chaos Master

Hello people.

Sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup but there isn't Win 3.1/3.11 newsgroup.

I have got, for a few dollars, an old PC (some slow 486 with 8MB RAM and 340MB
hard drive) - I thought about fixing it and making a "test machine". I booted
it, and it has Windows 3.11 (for Workgroups)!

I would like to have some fun with it. Question:

- Where can Windows 3.1 software, or general abandonware (*not games*) be
found? Currently I need mainly TCP/IP and modem programs (I hooked an old
28.8k modem)

I already have found Internet software:

Netscape for Win 3.1 at ftp://ftp.sillydog.org and NCSA Mosaic browser at
ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu .


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H

Henk de Jong

Chaos Master wrote on 26-7-2004 :
Hello people.

Sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup but there isn't Win 3.1/3.11 newsgroup.

I have got, for a few dollars, an old PC (some slow 486 with 8MB RAM and
340MB hard drive) - I thought about fixing it and making a "test machine". I
booted it, and it has Windows 3.11 (for Workgroups)!

I would like to have some fun with it. Question:

- Where can Windows 3.1 software, or general abandonware (*not games*) be
found? Currently I need mainly TCP/IP and modem programs (I hooked an old
28.8k modem)

I already have found Internet software:

Netscape for Win 3.1 at ftp://ftp.sillydog.org and NCSA Mosaic browser at
ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu .


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You could take a look at the Win 3.xx section of my site 'Links to
Freeware'. Maybe you can find some links there that can be of any need
for you.

With kind regards,

--
Henk de Jong
The Netherlands
(e-mail address removed) (Remove _NO_SPAM_)
'Links to Freeware'
http://www.linkstofreeware.vze.com/
http://home.hccnet.nl/hmdejong/
 
F

Fran

For connecting to the net you should try IE 3.0 15-bit, it comes with it's
own "dial-up networking", something very similar to the real thing
 
C

Chaos Master

rm -rf /home/Fran:
For connecting to the net you should try IE 3.0 15-bit, it comes with it's ^^ shouldn't be "16-bit"?
own "dial-up networking", something very similar to the real thing
Click to expand...

I will try this.
 
C

Chaos Master

rm -rf /home/Henk de Jong:
You could take a look at the Win 3.xx section of my site 'Links to
Freeware'. Maybe you can find some links there that can be of any need
for you.
Click to expand...

I will try this. Any link is better than nothing.

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A

AAH

Try also in ng

microsoft.public.win3x_wfw_dos

Go trough the "links" on

http://k-semler.filetap.com/

message Hello people.

Sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup but there isn't Win 3.1/3.11 newsgroup.

I have got, for a few dollars, an old PC (some slow 486 with 8MB RAM and
340MB
hard drive) - I thought about fixing it and making a "test machine". I
booted
it, and it has Windows 3.11 (for Workgroups)!

I would like to have some fun with it. Question:

- Where can Windows 3.1 software, or general abandonware (*not games*) be
found? Currently I need mainly TCP/IP and modem programs (I hooked an old
28.8k modem)

I already have found Internet software:

Netscape for Win 3.1 at ftp://ftp.sillydog.org and NCSA Mosaic browser at
ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu .


[]s
 
S

sc

Hello people.

Sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup but there isn't Win 3.1/3.11
newsgroup.

I have got, for a few dollars, an old PC (some slow 486 with 8MB RAM
and 340MB hard drive) - I thought about fixing it and making a "test
machine". I booted it, and it has Windows 3.11 (for Workgroups)!

I would like to have some fun with it. Question:

- Where can Windows 3.1 software, or general abandonware (*not games*)
be found? Currently I need mainly TCP/IP and modem programs (I hooked
an old 28.8k modem)

I already have found Internet software:

Netscape for Win 3.1 at ftp://ftp.sillydog.org and NCSA Mosaic browser
at ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu .


[]s
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Try this link:
http://http://short.stop.home.att.net/freesoft/softlib1.htm
Site description:
"Short.Stop's Edition of
Free Software for DOS
Front Page
Reviews, descriptions, links to over 700 DOS programs (no games)."

c-ya,
sc...
 
D

Doctor

Hello people.
I have got, for a few dollars, an old PC (some slow 486 with 8MB RAM
and 340MB hard drive) - I thought about fixing it and making a "test
machine". I booted it, and it has Windows 3.11 (for Workgroups)!

I would like to have some fun with it.
Click to expand...

Time to waste huh ?? Or a nostalgia trip ??

Wanna buy my old 'Sinclair Spectrum',circa 1982, 64k Ram, save to
cassette tape ??

Or my Casio IBM compatible, circa 1985, a real 256k RAM, twin 360k floppy
drives, no HD .. and wait for it ...... a 16 color CGA monitor .... very
expensive in 1985. From memory it was around $1000.00 to go from
monocolor to 16 color. Back when 9 pin dot matrix printers were thousand
bucks.

Both still work too ...... about once a year I go on a nostalgia trip too
....... doesn't last long though. :(
 
M

MinMin

did said:
Hello people.

Sorry if this is the wrong newsgroup but there isn't Win 3.1/3.11 newsgroup.

I have got, for a few dollars, an old PC (some slow 486 with 8MB RAM and 340MB
hard drive) - I thought about fixing it and making a "test machine". I booted
it, and it has Windows 3.11 (for Workgroups)!

I would like to have some fun with it. Question:

- Where can Windows 3.1 software, or general abandonware (*not games*) be
found? Currently I need mainly TCP/IP and modem programs (I hooked an old
28.8k modem)

I already have found Internet software:

Netscape for Win 3.1 at ftp://ftp.sillydog.org and NCSA Mosaic browser at
ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu .


[]s
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Here are a couple of great sites for this sort of stuff -
http://www.mdgx.com/w31toy.htm
http://oldfiles.streamlinetrial.co.uk/lightspeed/main.html
 
C

Chaos Master

rm -rf /home/Doctor:
Wanna buy my old 'Sinclair Spectrum',circa 1982, 64k Ram, save to
cassette tape ??
Click to expand...

No, thanks.

I still remember my old TK-2000 computer (brazilian Apple II clone), ~1985,
64kb RAM - I threw it on the trash, hooked to my old TV (~1983).

The graphics functions were cool. Not fun: loading a tape program for minutes,
just to have it fail and enter 'debugger' mode. At least, no blue screens or
kernel panics.


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D

Doc

I still remember my old TK-2000 computer (brazilian Apple II clone),
~1985, 64kb RAM - I threw it on the trash, hooked to my old TV
(~1983).
Click to expand...
Ya .... the Spectrum hooks thru the TV set too ....... ah, the good ole
days huh.
 
M

Mark R. Blain

- Where can Windows 3.1 software, or general abandonware (*not games*) be
found? Currently I need mainly TCP/IP and modem programs (I hooked an old
28.8k modem)
Click to expand...

Here are the Windows 3.x links I current have on file:
<http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Microsoft_Windows/Windows_3.x/>
<http://v.webring.com/hub?ring=windows31webring>
<http://www.logicalsky.com/Windows31_FAQ.htm>
<<<
Do a google search for
"windows 3.11" winsock
with the quotes, if you need more help with tcp/ip and modem issues.
 
C

Chaos Master

C:\> DELTREE /Y Doc:
Ya .... the Spectrum hooks thru the TV set too ....... ah, the good ole
days huh.
Click to expand...

Yeah, good days. Even with a TV, the image was quite good. Audio generated via
the TV speaker - no need for external speakers. I remember writing programs
that played music, with (PLAY, SOUND) statements in BASIC.

sadly, the power supply (old and heavy power supply, with a big transformer
inside) was RIP and so the entire system was thrown on the trash.

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--
Chaos Master®, posting from Brazil. REPLY TO GROUP!
MSN: (e-mail address removed) http://marreka.no-ip.com
"When a person turns to wrong, is it a want to be, belong?
Part of things at any cost, at what price a life is lost?"
Mozilla for Brazilians: http://www.mozilla.org.br
 
C

Chaos Master

C:\> DELTREE /Y Charles Angelich:
My 'tech' website is available for DOS and W31.

Charles.Angelich

DOS & W31:
http://www.undercoverdesign.com/dosghost/
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Very good stuff. Bookmarked, also downloaded some stuff.

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--
Chaos Master®, posting from Brazil. REPLY TO GROUP!
MSN: (e-mail address removed) http://marreka.no-ip.com
"When a person turns to wrong, is it a want to be, belong?
Part of things at any cost, at what price a life is lost?"
Mozilla for Brazilians: http://www.mozilla.org.br
 
C

Charles Angelich

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