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PLEASE LOOK THROUGH THE RECOMMENDED "W3.11/95/98" SOFTWARE SECTIONS INSTEAD. _______________________________________________________________________ |/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/| ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` I've been playing around with Windows 98 via qemu and seeing how much software I could find and get working without having to do too much work, such as avoiding the need for newer versions of DirectX or NET installation. Here's what I've found so far: +-----------+ |Development| +===========+ AzRPGScript - https://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA033749/soft/azrpgscr.html DirectX 9.0c - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/directx-9-0c However, it may crash Windows during the install on qemu; It may be better to let a CD-ROM video game install newer versions. (Other versions) http://falconfly.3dfx.pl/directx.htm Game Maker - https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Mark+Overmars%22 Java Platform 1.5.0 - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/java-platform-1-5-0 You will need to rename the downloaded file from "sun" to "sun.exe" and it may crash Windows during the install on qemu. 65C02 (CMOS) Simulator - http://sbc.rictor.org/simulator.html Universal map editor - https://web.archive.org/web/20080305014348/http://www.mapeditor.de.vu/ +-------------------+ |Emulators and Games| +===================+ Retroarch 1.9.0 for W95/98 - https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.9.0/windows-msvc2003/x86/RetroArch-msvc2003-x86-setup.exe Retroarch 1.9.0 for W98SE - https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.9.0/windows-msvc2005/x86/RetroArch-msvc2005-x86-setup.exe BeebEm 4.03 (BBC Micro and Master 128 emulator) for W98 - http://www.mkw.me.uk/beebem/BeebEm403.zip MESS 0.36 (All-in-one) - http://gopher.quux.org:70/Software/Emulators/MESS/stable-0.36/Windows/mess32-036b.zip Solace (Sol 20 microcomputer) - http://www.sol20.org/solace/solace3_2.zip 65C02 (CMOS) Simulator - http://sbc.rictor.org/simulator.html +--------+ |Graphics| +========+ AzDrawing 2 - https://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA033749/soft/azdrawing2.html AzPainter 2 - https://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA033749/soft/azpainter2.html Blender 2.41 - https://download.blender.org/release/Blender2.41/blender-2.41-windows.exe GrafX2 - http://grafx2.chez.com/index.php?static3/downloads InfranView 4.32 - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/irfanview-4-32 InfranView 4.32 Plugins - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/irfanview-4-32-plugins Picasa 2.0 Build 18.84 - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/picasa-2-0-build-18-84 +--------+ |Internet| +========+ AzSHOUTcastPlayer - https://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA033749/soft/azscplayer.html Firefox 2.0.0.20 - https://filehippo.com/download_mozilla-firefox/2.0.0.20.0/post_download/? Wireshark Ethereal 0.99.0 - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/wireshark-ethereal-0-99-0 +----------+ |Multimedia| +==========+ Adobe Flash Player 9.0.47.0 - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/macromedia-flash-player-9-0-47-0 Adobe Shockwave Player 10.2.0.23 - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/adobe-shockwave-10-2-0-23 Audacity 1.3.7 beta - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/audacity-1-3-7 AzSHOUTcastPlayer - https://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA033749/soft/azscplayer.html Codecs: K Lite Codec Pack 2.8.7 - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/k-lite-codec-pack-2-8-7 MID2XM for converting MIDI to XM - http://www.un4seen.com/mid2xm.html QuickTime Player 6.52 - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/quicktime-6-52 RealPlayer 10.5 - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/realplayer-10-5 Trackers for creating music - https://woolyss.com/tracking-trackers.php?s=Windows VirtualDub 1.10.4 for video editing - http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualdub/files/virtualdub-win/1.10.4.35491/VirtualDub-1.10.4.zip/download VLC 1.0.2 - https://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/1.0.2/win32/vlc-1.0.2-win32.exe +------+ |Office| +------+ As-Easy-As - http://www.triusinc.com/old_files/asawin95.exe | SERIAL (legally realeased by authors): 16-0101-2317-2 Nano 1.2.4 - https://web.archive.org/web/20080519150034/http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v1.2/NT/nano-1.2.4.zip +---------+ |Utilities| +---------+ AzZIPBrowser - https://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA033749/soft/azzipbrow.html ImgBurn 2.5.6.0 - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/imgburn-2-5-6-0 PowerISO 5.0 - http://www.oldversion.com/windows/download/poweriso-5-0; You will have to extract the exe file like you would a zip file on another computer ahead of time to avoid "invalid Win32" errors. _______________________________________________________________________ |/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/| ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` +-------------+ |Url's to note| +=============+ http://www.oldapps.com http://www.oldversion.com/