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Other software for legacy PC
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This section contains important and useful additional programs
for Windows 95/98/ME/XP Which I recommend to use.
[ Table of content ]:
1. Gopher clients
2. Network useful programs
3. Archivators
4. CD/DVD Drive software
5. Video, audio convertors and grabbers
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Gopher clients
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To launch the address bar, press the "G" key and enter
the address with gopher://
(ARC) Console Lynx browser for DOS 2.8.2 rel 1 [723 kb]
For serfing in Gopherspace from DOS and 386+ CPU.
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(ARC) Console Lynx browser for Win32 2.8.2 rel 1 [674 kb]
Console browser for Win32 that allows you to visit
Gopher:// holes
(IMG) Screen [28 kb]
Example of work in Windows 98
(IMG) Screen [36 kb]
Example of work in Windows XP
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(ARC) Console Lynx browser for Win32 2.8.3 dev 3 [625 kb]
Console browser for Win32 that allows you to visit
Gopher:// holes
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(ARC) Console Lynx browser for Win32 2.8.3 dev 17 [746 kb]
Console browser for Win32 that allows you to visit
Gopher:// holes
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(ARC) Console Lynx Browser for Win32 2.8.5 rel 1 [1 478 kb]
Version of the popular console browser for Windows 9x-XP.
Unlike the above versions, it supports not only http://
and gopher:// protocol, but also SSL. Does not support
TLS 1.2-1.3.
To launch the browser on Windows 98/Me, change the
indirect file paths in the lynx98.bat file (C:\YOUR_FOLDER\)
to direct addresses, for example, C:\lynx24\ This is the
latest version of the browser 2024 that I know of.
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(ARC) Gopherus [191 kb]
(IMG) Screenshot
Simple console Gopher client. There is no way to
expand to full screen. Minimum of functions.
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Nice graphical Gopher client. Looks like a classic
two-column Ws Gopher client. Makes Gopher surfing
very comfortable. But very weak functionality.
(ARC) Little Gopher client [752 kb]
(IMG) Screenshot
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Network useful programs
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(ARC) Agnitum Outpost Firewall 3.0 for Win32 [1 800 kb]
The best Firewall I know for Win32, and especially for
Windows 98/Me. Allows to control the launch of network
programs, and not just network attacks.
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(ARC) Putty 0.61 for Win32 [1 804 kb]
Free SSH and Telnet client for Win32 systems.
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Simple and fast windowed terminal client for Windows
9x/NT. Despite the strange default color scheme, this
is the best solution that I have been using for a long
time. Minimum settings, maximum speed!
Unfortunately, there is no way to upload and download
files.
(ARC) Tel star telnet client 1.8.2.3 [488 kb]
(IMG) Screenshot
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The most powerful terminal for Windows 9x-NT/2000/XP
Has a lot of flexible settings. The best you can use
on single core computers. I use this for file sharing
on a daily basis.
(ARC) Zoc terminal 3.16 [988 kb]
(IMG) Screenshot
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(ARC) nPOPuk 3.05 for Win98 [226 kb]
A wonderful simple and most importantly minimalistic email
POP3/SMTP/SSL client for Windows 9x, 2023 year version!
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(ARC) nPOPuk 3.05 for Win32 [744 kb]
A wonderful simple and most importantly minimalistic email
POP3/SMTP/SSL client for Windows 2000+, 2023 year version!
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(ARC) Pegasus mail 4.51 for Win32 [9 526 kb]
Pegasus Mail Windows 32-bit for Win98/ME/NT/2000/XP.
Pegasus Mail can act as a complete internal mail system
on its own without needing further servers or components:
it can send and receive Internet mail on its own using
standard protocols (SMTP, IMAP and POP3).
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(ARC) Password unlocker for Win32 [30 kb]
Password unlocker the tool for restoring forgotten Windows
software passwords hidden by asterisks (***). For example
browsers or mail passwords.
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Archivators
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(ARC) Active Archive Password Recovery 4.50 [2 308 kb]
A system for recovering forgotten acrhive passwords for
Windows 2000/XP; for work in Windows 98 you need install
KernelX extension.
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(ARC) Arj 3.20 for Win32 [457 kb]
The latest working version for Windows 98 of the ARJ
console archiver.
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(ARC) Freebyte Zip 2.3.1 for Win32 [291 kb]
The latest working version for Windows 98 of the archiver
for ZIP 2011.
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(ARC) Power archiver 8.6.0 for Win32 [2 576 kb]
PowerArchiver is a file management tool that supports
over 60 formats, including ZIP, ZIPX, 7z, RAR, TAR
and more.
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(ARC) PeaZip 5.5.1 for Win32 [8 544 kb]
PeaZip is a free, Open Source file and archive manager.
Create 7Z, ARC, BZ2, GZ, *PAQ, PEA, QUAD/BALZ, TAR, UPX,
WIM, ZIP. Extract over 150 file formats as ACE, CAB, DMG,
ISO, RAR, UDF, ZIPX. This version support Windows 98. On
Pentium 133/32 mb ram the archiver slows down.
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(ARC) Win Rar 3.30 final EXECUTABLE for Win32 [1004 kb]
(ARC) Rar lang pack [318 kb]
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(ARC) Win Ace archiver 2.11 for Win32 [2 692 kb]
WinAce-Archiver is a fine utility you can use to manage
all of your archives. It offers support for .zip, .cab,
.rar, .arj, .arc, and .lha file formats.
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(ARC) 7-zip archiver 9.04 [375 kb]
The latest stable version 7-zip works without additional
updates in Windows 98 SE.
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(ARC) ZipMagic 2000 for Win32 [6 024 kb]
Most innovative, powerful and easy-to-use file compression
program for Win32.
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CD/DVD Drive software
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(ARC) Virtual CD 3.0.8 [4 553 kb]
Virtual CD for Windows 95 - ME. Files format: VCD
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(ARC) FarStone Virtual Drive 7.11 for Win32 [14 565 kb]
Are you tired of scratching or losing your favorite PC
games and music CDs? Is it annoying to swap CD/DVDs in
and out of your drive and wait for them to load? Do you
hate carrying around your CDs and DVDs to use on your
laptop? This program will solve your problems.
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(ARC) Img Burn 2.5.8.0 [3 079 kb]
Utility for burning CD/DVD discs for Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP,
very good and multifunctional.
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(ARC) Small CD writer for Win32 [388 kb]
The smallest portable CD/DVD burning software in the
world! Unfortunately, the GUI is only Russian. But
GUI is so simple that it does not need translation.
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(ARC) CyberLink Power DVD 3.0 + DeLux + skins [28 683 kb]
The best ever DVD player for Win32. If you often watch
DVDs on your computer, then you know how many problems
arise with the dvd disc menu on computer. This doesn't
happen with PowerDVD!
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Video, audio convertors and grabbers
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(ARC) ImTOO 3GP Video Converter for Windows XP [14 254 kb]
Program is a converter of 3GP video files to other video
formats, extracting audio. Features: converter MPG, MPEG1,
MPEG2, MPEG4, WMV, MP4, 3GP, MOV, RM, DV, YUV, H264 to
3GPP format converter 3GP to MPEG, AVI, VOB, MPEG4, WMV
and other formats extract audio from 3GP video to MP2,
MP3, AC3, RA, M4A formats converter MP3, WAV, AC3, WMA,
M4A, OGG, AAC to audio 3GP (audio only) batch conversion
mode selecting and configuring audio and video codecs
setting conversion parameters for each file or folder
preliminary.
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(ARC) VirtualDub 1.5.8. for Win32 [678 kb]
VirtualDub is a video capture and processing program.
It features fast capturing, process files larger than the
2 gigabyte limit, optimized for linear editing, support
for Motion-JPEG, MPEG-1 video and layer 3 audio,
real-time and near-realtime video processing, video job
queues, and much more.
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(ARC) Cool edit pro 2000 for Win32 [10 742 kb]
Cool Edit 2000 can turn PC into a recording studio with
all of the features used by professional audio engineers.
You can use it to record your own music, voice or other
audio, edit it, mix it with other audio or musical parts,
add effects like Reverb, Chorus, and Echo to it, equalize
it, and master it so that you can burn it to a CD, post
it on the web.
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(ARC) Steinberg Wave Lab 3.00 for Win32 [6 793 kb]
Wavelab is a multitrack 24-bit, 96 kHz audio editor.
Features: Red-Book CD burning, DirectX and VST effects,
audio analysis, batch processing, audio file database,
sampler support and more.
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(ARC) Mayah EditPro 2.20 for Win32 [1 139 kb]
Mayah EditPro is an MP3 file editor. It allows you to edit
mp3 files directly, meaning there is no lengthy reencoding
or accumulated quality loss when saving a file.
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(ARC) CD Ex 1.20 for Win32 [805 kb]
Cdex is a is utility which can record Digital Audio (DA)
tracks from CD into the files. The recorded audio tracks
can be stored as WAV or MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3) files.
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(ARC) AY Emul 1.5 for Win32 + ZX music [5 187 kb]
Emulator AY-3-8910 ZX spectrum, player and Music Ripper
with music from abyssice.trd (is received from FIDO,
ZX.SPECTRUM) abyssice.diz is original and come with
abyssice.trd together.
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