old software

Anyone have some old software they just can't seem to replace? Nothing out there is as good as it?
I feel that way about a program by Micrografx called Windows Draw. I've never found another program like it Micrografx was bought by Corel (who also bought Ulead, another fav developer of mine), but they dropped Windows Draw. I still have my CD and a backup image of said CD god forbid I lose it!! According to Google there are a few people that feel this way about Draw.

Ahh, only the good die young, eh?

So if anyone knows of Draw or a program as good, let me hear it or just tell what software you miss:cry

 

DVD Fab. Tried all the free stuff, but would always run into little problems costing time, disc’s. Bought their software years ago and have never had a regret. Worth every penny, and was not much. 20 bucks at the time, I think. Never, ever had a problem with customer service reqarding problems reinstalling due to formats and new machines or anything for that matter. Ask a question or inquire about something, anything, via email, response is very quick.

 

Sierra Kitchen and Bath.. my dad snapped the CD in half to be funny..

 

I just got a call from a friend who got a Win 3.1 laptop that has some HVAC software he is trying to copy to a modern OS. It was written in VB3, not going easy.
I suggested virtualizing 3.1 loading Calmira for a modern looking shell. :-D

 

¢orel'$ Draw doe$n't ¢ut it for you? ¡t'$ only a ¢ouple hundred dollar$ if you've upgraded every few version$.

I honestly don't blame you.

I used to have a Risk game on 3.5" floppy. I still have the disk, but no drive to run it on.

 

I believe I have that same game. Loved it - could multiplay this version over LAN. Risk rocks as a board game, even!

 

You can D/L Risk as a Free-ware game on a few sites, I believe. Good game.

 

Really Windows Draw was a lot mote than a "draw" program, it had some "print shop' elements, like cards, books, & label templates, then it had the cool text effects... it was awesome.

 

Get a USB floppy drive. =)

 

I miss the old "Zork Trilogy" series. The original came on 5 1/4 disks, and was DOS based. I did transfer them to 3.5 inch diskettes but When I ran my USB Disk drive to load it, Windows 7 just wouldn't let it happen. That game was pure text. Good exercise for the imagination. The new version available just isn't the same.

 

Borland Sidekick 2.0 - pound for pound, the best cardfile/database program ever written...so simple, infinitely customizable, very intuitive.

Unfortunately, it's gone with the wind...

 

Nothing is ever really gone on the internet.

Borland Sidekick: http://www.emsps.com/oldtools/borsk.htm

Post: Try DOSBOX. Might turn the trick.

 

Thanks for the link, Triaxx2 (I've got Sidekick 2.0 on disk and I actually use it on a couple of older 32-bit machines)...

 

I just love to show off. Besides, now anyone else who wants to use it can.

 

Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer. Too bad I don't have a COM port anymore, I could try hooking up the 5 1/4" drive with a USB adapter, and running DOSBox.

Might be interesting...