dead

NetBSD misadventures

2003-05-01

dead, misadventures, NetBSD, projects

NetBSD >

My terrible adventures with NetBSD.

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Apache

2003-02-26

Apache, commandline software, dead, disliked, freeware, hosting software, internet software, liked, Linux software, open-source software, software

Software > Web servers >

(on Wikipedia)
https://httpd.apache.org/

Web server software.

I used it extensively from probably 2002, maybe earlier, for pre-PHP 4 MediaWiki experimentation. It’s a fucking nightmare. Looking at some references, it might be around Apache 1.3

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Konspire2b

2003-02-20

abandoned, commandline software, dead, freeware, glances, Linux software, loved, open-source software, peer-to-peer, software with CVS repositories

Software >

https://sourceforge.net/projects/konspire/
http://konspire.sourceforge.net/

A peer-to-peer file sharing program which instead lets you subscribe to people to get files in a “sink-discovery” system.

Had a lot of potential, and is significantly better than other systems and programs. Was stillborn.

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DOS dual monitors

2002-01-01

computers, dead, DOS, projects, video cards

An ancient project noted as an aside.

The date is a wild estimate; it’s likely even earlier than this.

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Odigo

2000-12-06

dead, disliked, freeware, GUI software, instant messager clients, internet software, proprietary software, reviews, software, windows 3.1 software, Windows software

Software >

(on Wikipedia)
~~www.odigo.org/~~

An instant messager program.

I can best place these notes from a little before 2000-12-06, as I have a note referencing this software from Opera – Ancient Windows notes which was written around that date.

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HP 200LX

2000-09-01

abandoned, computers, dead, DOS, handheld computers, hardware, oldschool, owned, portable computing, projects, proprietary hardware, quiet computing, things, todo

Whoops, I broke my HP 200LX.. I’ll have to get it repaired before I can re-open this project.

Portable computing, Quiet computing > Oldschool >

(on Wikipedia)
(home page, archive)

An early-1990s

A portable computer.

Clamshell, Full QWERTY-keyboard with a keypad and macro keys, authentic Intel 8086 hardware, true DOS, a task-switching application, and a number of GUI applications and productivity software. It is truly a portable computer.

Abandoned — HP decided to switch to the Windows CE-supporting palmtops in their Jordana-series of palmtops, even though the 200LX was still a moneymaking operation.

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Mailwarrior

2000-08-23

abandoned, archivism, dead, email clients, freeware, GUI software, loved, Mailwarrior, my writing, payware, personal, proprietary software, reviews, software, Windows 9x software, Windows software

Software > Email >

https://web.archive.org/web/20010803123208/http://www.kaufmansoft.com:80/Index.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20021209043641/www.kaufmansoft.com/Index.htm

A capable email client tiny enough to fit on a floppy!

This program prompted my very first review!

aka Kaufman Mail Warrior

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NeoPlanet

1999-07-30

abandoned, dead, email clients, freeware, GUI software, image viewers, loved, proprietary software, reviews, software, web browsers, Windows 9x software, Windows software

Software >

(on Wikipedia)
was neoplanet.com

A Windows 16bit internet browser+email suite. It leveraged Internet Explorer‘s HTML rendering engine.

This is probably the most significant piece of software I’ve ever used, because it was the initial prompt for my writing and publishing reviews. It pushed a major hobby and has influenced whole careers. As for it being any good.. well it had potential that it didn’t meet. At the time it was better than Opera but it just didn’t survive the web browser marathon.

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