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
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
CRT v1.1.4 for Windows 95, released in 1996. "CRT is a terminal emulator that supports both the Rlogin and Telnet protocol."

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December 3, 2024 at 1:00 PM
CU-SeeMe v3.0 for Windows 95. "CU-SeeMe is videoconferencing software that allows you to share video, audio, text and graphics with people around the world.."

Most interestingly, your contacts are displayed in business card format!
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December 1, 2024 at 1:00 PM