Windows 3.x Programs Archive

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Windows 3.x Programs Archive

#1 Post by Midas »

Archive.org is making available a repository of old Windows 3.x software:
  • [url=https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_win3&tab=about]http://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_win3[/url] author wrote:Windows 3.1x (codenamed Janus) is a series of 16-bit operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers. The series began with Windows 3.1, which was first sold during April 1992 as a successor to Windows 3.0. Subsequent versions were released between 1992 and 1994 until the series was superseded by Windows 95. During its lifespan, Windows 3.1 introduced several enhancements to the still MS-DOS-based platform, including improved system stability, expanded support for multimedia, TrueType fonts, and workgroup networking. Windows 3.1 was originally released on April 6, 1992; official support for Windows 3.1 ended on December 31, 2001, and OEM licensing for Windows for Workgroups 3.11 on embedded systems continued to be available until November 1, 2008.
This might be interesting for the more tweaking oriented members, as there are ways of running some of them on smartphones, for instance. See:
And:
Many such programs can also be ran directly via Web browser:

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Re: Windows 3.x Programs Archive

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Nice find 8) :idea:

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#3 Post by webfork »

shnbwmn wrote:Nice find 8) :idea:
Ditto. I'm a big fan of useful old programs/games so I'd love to run through all of these.

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