KL>From: karen lewellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
KL>what i mean by packages, are sets of cdrom such as the gundeberg library
KL>set, and cd encyclopedias. i may not have spelled this right, but do you
KL>get the idea?
Somebody else pointed out that you could probably put Win 95 or 98 on
the machine, and given a decent amount of memory, I can vouch for that.
I put Win 95 on a machine for the daughter of a friend. It was a 486
DX2-66, and Win 95 worked fine. I believe she had either 16 or 32 meg
of memory which is plenty. And Win 95 offers the advantage of new
software being written for it.
As for getting CDs and such like the Gutenberg Project CDs, you might
want to try Walnut Creek CD-ROMs at www.cdrom.com. I had a subscription
to the Simtelnet DOS CDs, a collection of DOS Shareware I have on my
BBS, from Walnut Creek. I am currently considering replacing those with
the Gutenberg Project disks, since nobody has much interest in outdated
DOS shareware anymore. <grin>
Anyway, they are a reasonably reliable company, and it is worthwhile to
check out their website. They do have a fairl collection of aging
software runable on aging hardware.
As for older commercial softare, some of the commercial software stores
used to have sections for substantially discounted older software. I've
noticed also that K-Mart seems to have a fair number of older programs
in their shelves. In other words, one of the better places to look for
older, smaller software, is in stores where you may not normally go to
buy software, discount stores, department stores & such.
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