Comments on: What’s the oldest program you still use?

By: Steve Aubrey

Steve Aubrey — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 03:44:47 +0000

One Page Calendar (opc.exe). Worked fine with Windows 3.1, and still works with Windows 7.

By: Zeno

Zeno — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:43:38 +0000

Juno email client 5.0, which I don’t think has been updated since 2005. Even though I started using Outlook to access my email a few years back, for some strange reason Juno requires you to use the client software if you ever want or need to change your password. They seem to have no way to allow you to do this on the webmail client, so I have to keep the client handy for password changes. Lame, but I’ve had that same email address since 1996 so I’m rather invested in it.

By: ubikuberalles

ubikuberalles — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:14:09 +0000

Every once in a while I power up an Altair emulator and run and old Star Trek game I hand typed into my Dad’s Altair back in 1976. So, that’s 34 years there.

By: CGHill

CGHill — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:55:39 +0000

I ran LView for a while, then switched to IrfanView, which does PNGs.

I remember getting Free Agent, the Usenet reader, somewhere around 0.9. I still use the paid version today; it’s up to 6.0. (I found a copy of the license file: it’s dated 11/24/98.)

By: Steve Davis

Steve Davis — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:16:04 +0000

Goldwave 4.0. My favorite audio editing program. Very similar to Audacity.

By: Kriszilla

Kriszilla — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:34:14 +0000

I have the exact same version of LView and still use it religiously. I have a 1.x version of Forte Agent newsreader, too!

By: Trumwill

Trumwill — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 00:23:06 +0000

CDex, probably, though I’m probably going to transition to something else soon. I also use a really old version of ACDSee that I bought a license for. Newer image viewers seen to be relying more and more on libraries.