Windows Archive Project
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Windows Archive Project
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Dedicated to saving and showcasing old Windows software from yesteryear.

Our downloadable collection of Software: https://archive.org/details/windows-archive-general-pack

Our Mastodon: https://bitbang.social/@windowsarchive
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June 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The Windows Archive will be going on hiatus starting today. All 3 of the machines I use to screencap old windows software are in disrepair, and unfortunately my money needs to be spent elsewhere for now. I'll try my best to make sure everything is back up and running by March!
January 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Virtual Calc v0.9 Beta for Windows 95, coded by Po-Han Lin and released on June 8, 1996. It is a "calculator that supports unlimited digit capacity, customizable symbols, and variable bases (from 2 on up)."

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January 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Vcom v0.2b, a telnet server program for Windows 95

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January 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Unisyn Chat v1.5 for Windows 95 (released 1997). A chat client for talking to people on other computers in a local Microsoft network.
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January 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
MINOS for Windows 95, A 3D Cad program.

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January 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Back when pagers were still a thing, There were Windows programs that could send messages to these devices. Pictured is Global Page Pre Release version 95 for Windows 95.

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January 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Global Chat for Windows 95, IRC software.

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January 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Editpad v1.2.2 for Windows 95 was released in 1996. It is a text editor application with multi-tab support.

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January 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Dnews Manager 2.7p For Windows 95, a graphical frontend for DNEWS that can host Usenet Newsgroups.

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January 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Cmail Server v1.82b for Windows 95 was released in 1996. "CMail Server is a 32-bit multithreaded SMTP/POP3 server and client all in one package."
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January 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
CD Control Centre For Windows 95, released in 1996. It is a CD player application that can be minimized to a smaller window that won't obstruct other programs.

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December 31, 2024 at 1:00 PM
CallAudit 3.0 for Windows 95 was released in 1996. It is a caller ID program that "uses a MODEM or serial device attached to your computer to obtain Caller ID information supplied by your telephone company."

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December 29, 2024 at 1:00 PM
AutoWinNet version 5.5 for Windows 95. An all-in-one internet tool that can download web pages, emails, usenet posts, and ftp files at specified times, back when internet infrastructure was overcrowded.

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December 27, 2024 at 6:00 PM
Atomnet Personal Edition 1.09 for Windows 98 was released in 1999. It is a lightweight web browser, 450kb in size, that can browse webpages from compressed zip files saved by the user.

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December 25, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Allcode Collector 2.0 for Windows 95, released in 1996. A program built to store and organize code from a large variety of languages, such as C++ and HTML. Some of the languages such as VRML are no longer in use.
December 23, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Akmail 2.0b for Windows 95 and NT was released in 1996. Its documentation describes its three-window view as "intelligent," perhaps because that was not a set standard at the time. It really shows how much we take modern user-friendly UIs for granted.

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December 21, 2024 at 1:00 PM
MiKTeX v1.07 for Windows 95 and NT. "an implementation of TeX, METAFONT, dvips and other TeX related utilities."

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December 19, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Wsfinger32 for Windows 95. A program for conducting WHOIS searches. It needs to connect to a server to work.

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December 17, 2024 at 1:00 PM
McAfee virus scan 3.0 for Windows 95, released in 1997.

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December 15, 2024 at 1:00 PM
FlexED 2.2 for Windows 95. There were a great number of HTML editors that came out for Windows and FlexED boldly claimed it was the best of them.

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December 13, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Wintelnet & FTP Pro v1.0 for Windows 95. A "shareware telnet and ftp program that brings the ease of use of Windows to the Internet!"

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December 11, 2024 at 1:00 PM
WS_FTP "Limited Edition" v4.50 for Windows 95, a "File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client application that complies with the Windows sockets (Winsock) standard." This version was released on May 17, 1997

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December 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM
WSarchie version Alpha 1996.07.09 for Windows 95. A client that could connect to #archie servers. Archie predated modern search engines and could find files based on queries across many different FTP servers it had access to.

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December 7, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Tetrinet for Windows 95, released in 1997. A multiplayer version of Tetris that has a built-in server for clients to connect to and play.

Download: https://buff.ly/3ZlneFC

There's also a #linux version from 1999 uploaded by user "PT" at: https://buff.ly/3AURzBI

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December 5, 2024 at 1:00 PM