#wfw311 — Public Fediverse posts

Es überrascht mich immer wieder, was man so alles noch spät Nachts im Netz findet, was man bisher doch noch gar nicht im Blick hatte!

Im Jahre 2023 wurden sämtliche ältere Versionen von SpeedCommander komplett als Freeware veröffentlicht, inkl. der 16-Bit Versionen 1,2 und III+ für Windows 3.1. Ich war jetzt nie der größte Fan dieses Datei-Managers, aber ich beschwere mich nicht über offiziell kostenlose Retro-Software.

Kommt in die Sammlung! Nice! 😃

https://www.speedproject.de/download/jubilaeumsversionen/

#RetroComputing #FileManager #Windows #Win31 #Win311 #WfW311 #DateiManager #SpeedCommander #90er

Using a virtual 386SX 25 MHz and WfW 3.11, I recently tried to install StarOffice 3.1 from 1996. And while this one still has an official 16-bit version, it did feel completely out of place on that system.

Seriously! The setup process, installing from CD-ROM, took nearly an hour to complete and consumed almost 100MB of harddisk space. Opening the applications, like StarWriter or StarCalc, feels extremely sluggish and their user interfaces looks super overcrowded with multiple levels of toolbars and useless internet tools everywhere.

Useless complaints in 2025? "Yes", but also "No". It shows how the entire software industry simply forgot how to use system resources efficiently as soon as the hardware limitations were lifted. Today, even simple programs or games often require hundreds of megabytes of disk space! I still cannot be made to believe this is acceptable.

Have a great sunday everyone!

#RetroComputing #MSDOS #Windows #WfW311 #StarOffice #Software #Programming #Developer