Hi All!, Like Richard, I am, and, I have started being entertained (for weeks!) My GetRight is working overtime. I've never seen a website of this type with so much of what I've been seeking! A few links are not responding but no complaints here!! I did download something that I've been wanting for such a long time, the first release of Win95, Win95a, in floppy form. Owning Windows95 already, I think one is entitled to free upgrades or downgrades legally. I wasn't sure what to expect, but simply having WinZip made the processing of the downloaded file much easier. After clicking the file from Explorer, it shows its zipped contents in WinZip. Most of them contains 1 exe file, where if you clik on it (not extract) it brings up an embedded WinImage program ready to write to a floppy, a marvelous surprise! It was not necessary to use MaxiDisk at all (which I started to do as instructed.) However, my use of MaxiDisk did not work well during installation. It started to read from the disk but then after a dialog box, it could not pick up where it left off (I think). This happened to Disk No. 2, which is the only one of the set that showed the zip contents of the files (2), but not as a single WinImage executable. Perhaps the webmaster can fix this oversight? My work-around that surprisingly succeeded was to make an additional DMF floppy; I used the file for Disk no. 3 to make the extra DMF formatted floppy. Erase the files of the extra floppy and unzip Disk 2's download file onto the floppy, and finally change the volume label to reflect the correct no. I was dee-lighted! to discover a new way of creating a true DMF formatted disk (not just an disk with expanded storage) which I believe works much better and is more reliable than the MaxiDisk floppy. (I wonder if the problem is because the volume label did not match the original? In any case, because of WinZip and WinImage creating the DMF disks was too easy. Hmm., if a drive is able to follow DMF tracks in the writing process maybe I can begin working with a compressed version of DMF floppies!! I wonder if a bootable DMF floppy is possible? I'll try when I get home. All disks installed flawlessly. I'm so happy that I'll be able to try out Calmira using Win3.1 NT soon, but I already know Calmira won't be able to handle NT LFNs! I only wish Calmira had a NT (long filename) compatibility option. ((wishwishwish)) I hope you don't mind if I ask for a personal off-topic request: I'm using my Omnibook300 heavily these days. One very hard to find program that would help override some of the Omnibook300's design limitation is OBMax by the defunct Ace Technologies. I understand it is difficult to get and very cumbersome to install. It gives the OB300 more conventional RAM, impossible to get without it as the boot sequence is hard coded, results: ~>600K! Can anybody help this frustrated retro seeker? Also, does anybody else have experience using Calmira with this particular laptop, the Omnibook 300? I haven't tried it with the latest Calmira, but earlier versions always seem to makes Windows freeze-up. This laptop features an XIP (execute in place) condensed version of Win3.1, Excel and Word permanently installed as part of its ROM boot card. XIP code doesn't need to load into RAM, and runs very quickly indeed! Modifiable files like *.ini and such are pointed to a writeable storage medium. Does anybody know it Calmira needs to be modified to work with XIP programs? Does anyone else have this problem? -Bill -----Original Message----- From: Richard Hamilton-Frost [mailto:rich@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 8:12 PM To: calmira_tips@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: <CT> Abandonware http://pages.sprint.ca/wrs2233/files/abandonware.h thanx Bob Groves (you can take the compliment!!) - Sorry! I mean't Martin B. Brilliant - for pointing out abandonware (i had never heard of it).. check that link out! excellent! im going to be entertained for weeks! Regards all, Richard http://www.rhfweb.net My Site, My Rules, Please Visit! -- To unsubscribe, send a message to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe calmira_tips" in the body. OR visit //freelists.org -- To unsubscribe, send a message to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe calmira_tips" in the body. OR visit //freelists.org