Software Spotlight: NetManage Chameleon
A small, efficient LAN TCP/IP networking stack and utility suite for Microsoft Windows 3.0/3.1.
Read more: forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/150
From everyone at WinWorld, wishing everyone a Happy New Year. We celebrated our 20th anniversary this year and look forward to the many more to come. Thanks for flying WinWorld all these years, cheers to 2024!
20 years.
It's been over 20 years since I created the first iteration of WinWorld, poorly made with Print Shop and hosted on Bravenet complete with a guestbook and hit counter. How far we have come.
Thank you to everyone who has helped make this possible. Here's to another 20.
Software Spotlight: T/Maker
T/Maker is an integrated word processor, spreadsheet, and database. It is historically significant as it was among the first "integrated" office program for personal computers.
Read more: forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/143
Hey everyone, server and site are back online as of 11am ET. Outage was caused by a network driver glitch following a server update, due to me not automating the fix last time. Thanks to everyone who reported it.
Thank you to everyone who reported the server outage.
I recently upgraded the server to PVE7, and that revealed a couple issues relating to Intel network drivers.
The issue is now resolved (tx/rx offload disabled) however please report any further outages or issues. Cheers.
Software Spotlight: LANLink
LANLink is a low cost networking program that is optimized for, and exclusively uses, common serial and parallel port connections.
Read more: forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/131
Software Spotlight: QNX 1.2
QNX is a small and fast Unix-like real time operating system that was originally designed specifically for the IBM PC. QNX 1.2 was released in 1983.
Read more: forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/130
A slightly late happy birthday to WinWorld, hard to believe it's been 18 years. It's been a wild ride so far, let's see what the future holds. Thank you to all our members and staff who continue to make WinWorld the great resource and community that it is.
Update: TLS is now enabled on the library mirrors, so Chrome should now work properly without any workarounds.
Software Spotlight: Wired For Sound
Wired for Sound is a hilariously obnoxious program who's entire purpose is to do /something/ with brand new "multimedia" PCs or sound cards.
Read more: forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/126
As our community grows, it's creating new things. We now have a Minecraft server, with more game servers and community events in the works. Join our Discord to stay in the loop if you're interested! discord.gg/HepVSYH
Software Spotlight: Ability
The buzzword of the mid-1980s was "office integration". Ability was a DOS based office suite that delivered on this promise.
Read more: forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/125
Hey everyone, we've deployed a new mirror! Library Mirror #1 is now our primary mirror, and will always have the latest downloads. I've set generous speed limits, enjoy!
To Chrome users, HTTPS downloads are in the works. For now, you can bypass the error as shown below.
Software Spotlight: Ventura Publisher 1.0
The first popular desktop publishing program on the IBM PC platform, at version 1.0's release its features exceeded that of PageMaker on the Macintosh.
Read more: forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/125
Morning everyone, we're completing some scheduled server maintenance from last night. Expect the site to be back online in the next couple hours.
Update: We're aware Chrome is now blocking downloads from HTTP servers, and are working on implementing HTTPS on one of the mirrors to remedy this.
Look forward to the anti-hotlink and mirror system being thoroughly revamped in the near future.
Software Spotlight: Type Faces, from Alpha Software
A good example of very early IBM PC software, Type Faces is a program that prints fancy fonts using graphics capable dot-matrix printers.
Read more: forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/123
Software Spotlight: The Norton Utilities
The Norton Utilities started off in 1982 as a small set of DOS disk tools written by Peter Norton. The product often featured an image of Peter Norton taking his iconic "crossed arm" pose.
Read more: forum.winworldpc.com/discussion/122
Interested in hosting an IPFS mirror/node? We now have simple instructions on how to set up your IPFS client to properly hash and serve a copy of the entire library, or just a subset of files of your choosing.
For more details, read:
