An interesting email to say the least. :) (substantially reformatted - it was a big blob of text) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: (T.J.) To: webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 03:56:27 EDT Subject: Read This - My Calmira Story My name is T.J. I am 14 years old, and VERY heavily into computers. My mom likes the fact that I will probably have a career in computer when I grow up, but that doesn't mean she buys me my computers! Because of that, I had a 486DX4/100MHz computer with 36MB of RAM with about only 250MB total hard drive capacity. I would have put on Windows 95, however I didn't have a CD-ROM drive. So, I was stuck with Windows 3.1, disappointed that I couldn't have the features of a new operating system. One night, I was surfing the Internet like I always do, and stumbled across a web page that had feedback on Calmira. I never heard of Calmira, so I downloaded it. At that time, the good Calmira was out (v3.0 or something) that really looked like Windows 95. I was INSTANTLY hooked. I played with it all night, then all day the next day. I couldn't believe someone out there actually took the time to create a program for Windows 3.x that made it look like Windows 95! I downloaded every version released after that, and always used them, they seemed to get better and better with every release. By that time, I couldn't care if I had a CD-ROM drive now because I loved Calmira! Eventually, I bought a CD-ROM drive and upgraded to Windows 95. I loved using Calmira, but it was about time to have updated files for my computer and programs. After that, I bought a whole new computer with Windows Me and just for kicks I put on Calmira to see what would happen and it worked!!!!! It ran AWESOME! What was also great was that the Start menu now had the sliding animation effect that Windows 98/Me have! I loved it! However, I didn't keep it but it's still installed on my system. My 100MHZ computer is now in the basement, back to running Windows 3.1 with Calmira. The whole point of this story was to tell you that Calmira works on 32-bit versions of Windows. I still download the new Calmira verisons for the downstairs PC and they are awesome. I hope you can find a way to get the long filename support! I will soon submit a screenshot comparement of Windows Me and Calmira to show you the difference when Calmira is hooked up. I made it look EXACTLY like Windows 95 when I had my old computer, and soon I will make it look like it again as soon as I remember how to set the screen colors to 16-bit! -- To unsubscribe, send a message to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe calmira_tips" in the body. OR visit //freelists.org