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First post, by vkcpolice

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Hi All.
im looking for suggestions for software for my new win 3.11 build
im after people suggestions on what win 3.11 software they are running.
stuff im looking for.
DAWS or midi players
Photo Editing software
Word processing software
Windows 3.11 Games
And everything in between

Stuff i have installed:
ms office 4.3
ms works 4
Photoshop 2.5
acdsee
sb 16 software
winzip
cakewalk
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Premier
all the microsoft game packs like arcade entertainment packs
simcity
sim tower
ms publisher
mgi photo suit
Paint Shop Pro
QuickTime
mod4win
winplay3
prosound
paint shop deluxe

looking for downloads for another world and kidpix win 3.1 versions

im after pretty much everything that runs on 3.1
thankyou

Reply 1 of 105, by GigAHerZ

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Don't forget the Total Commander - you may, if you wish, to replace the whole progman.exe with total commander as a shell. 😉

WinBar gives taskbar-like bar to the bottom of the screen to switch between applications.

"640K ought to be enough for anybody." - And i intend to get every last bit out of it even after loading every damn driver!

Reply 3 of 105, by GigAHerZ

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vkcpolice wrote on 2022-03-10, 09:01:

awesome thanks
i also have Calmira but i tend not to install it as it seems to corrupt a lot of windows components and dll files

Yeah, calmira is so buggy that i have given up on it completely.

"640K ought to be enough for anybody." - And i intend to get every last bit out of it even after loading every damn driver!

Reply 4 of 105, by davidrg

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I usually have Borland C++ 4.5 installed. Sometimes Visual C++ 1.52 and Borland Pascal 7 as well. Just in case I ever feel like finally finishing that Programming Windows 3.1 book!

Other stuff:

  • Internet Explorer 5.0
  • SimFarm
  • SimEarth
  • SimCity 2000 SE

Reply 5 of 105, by Joseph_Joestar

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If I remember correctly, certain Sierra games like Gabriel Knight and King's Quest VI have Windows 3.1 versions.

Those have some minor enhancements like rendering the UI in higher resolutions and such.

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Reply 10 of 105, by GigAHerZ

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Btw, don't forget all the Microsoft Entertainment Packs!

"640K ought to be enough for anybody." - And i intend to get every last bit out of it even after loading every damn driver!

Reply 12 of 105, by vkcpolice

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Thx I did say I had all the entertainment packs and yes also have Encarta. But I didn't mention that.
I'm after just random stuff like Paint programs midi programs Games I also have win image installed
Would love to find moreusic software.

Reply 15 of 105, by chrismeyer6

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I know Bob was a terrible flop but I've got some fun memories of it. The computer lab at my elementary school had Bob on all of the computers in the computer lab room

Reply 16 of 105, by Jo22

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mod4win

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- Kodak Photo CD - Access software (archive.org)
- Visual Basic (v1, v3 etc)
- AutoSketch for Windows
- POVray (?)
- Winfract (Fractint)
- WinGIF

Extras:
- AOL / WinCIM / Terminal programs
- Mosaic browser
- Old HTML/website editors
- Internet Explorer 3.x or 5.x
- Netscape Navigator
- WinMOD 1.0
- The Elvis Detector, Sheep.exe
- Sonic ScreenShaver (has wallpapers)
- Johnny Castaway screensaver
- some emulators (shameless self-advertising here 😸)
- a copy of dogz. 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc1kvs5ONZE

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- Autodesk Animation Player for Windows (AAplay Win)
- Castle of Winds
- Dare to Dream series
- Fortress (shareware)
- Creatures!
- QuckTime VR games (Myst, Robot City?)
- some more games: Boxedwine (Wine on multiple platforms)
- Japanese RPGs/visual novels

Edit: There's some popular software (freeware) on win31.de:
http://win31.de/esoft.htm

Last edited by Jo22 on 2022-03-17, 18:48. Edited 1 time in total.

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Reply 18 of 105, by chrismeyer6

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Easy Chefs One Million Recipes
This is a native windows 3.1 program. I remember this program came with our first home computer. It actually had a great selection of recipes.

Reply 19 of 105, by vkcpolice

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coreldraw 3.0 is another one I just found.
Still looking for more stuff 🤣 no idea why it's not like I'm ever gonna use these programs guess I just like installing things on win 3.1.
I love pushing computers to there limit