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Windows for workgroups
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 9:56 pm
by Tenaja
Cleaning house... Is there a compelling reason not to throw away my floppies of Windows 3.11 wfw? They don't sell on eBay for barely postage... Is there another reason?
Thanks... And hoping to spend more time here next year.
Re: Windows for workgroups
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 10:04 pm
by BarryG
Tenaja wrote:Is there a compelling reason not to throw away my floppies of Windows 3.11
Because you may regret it one day? I wish I had all my old original software from the 80s/90s.
Re: Windows for workgroups
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 10:08 pm
by Tenaja
Yeah, I'm saving the stuff I created, but an old os?
I'm trying to reduce the junk I've been saving just in case. I didn't even remember having it, that's how long it's been since I looked at my 3" floppy collection.
Re: Windows for workgroups
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 10:11 pm
by RSBasic
Are the floppies still readable after decades?
Re: Windows for workgroups
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 10:16 pm
by BarryG
Collectors will pay for it, but they don't visit eBay to get it. I had a local PC shop buy all my old Amiga stuff (disks, magazines, etc) a few years back for $900. Wish I hadn't sold it to them now.
Re: Windows for workgroups
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 10:18 pm
by Tenaja
I'm not sure about these specific disks (I'll have to dig out an old PC with drive) but I've heard mixed stories about that.
Re: Windows for workgroups
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 7:50 am
by C87
When Windows for Workgroups came out it was often called Windows for Warehouses because hardly anyone bought it. As I understand it virtually all of the CDs and manuals went to landfill. Nothing online back then, everything came in the post.
Re: Windows for workgroups
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 9:38 am
by Fangbeast
If you ever do throw them away and then decode you wish you hadn't, there are lots of abandonware sites that have the images.
Re: Windows for workgroups
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 12:52 pm
by DK_PETER
Re: Windows for workgroups
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 1:02 pm
by RSBasic
@DK_PETER
Thank you for the site.
Re: Windows for workgroups
Posted: Tue May 28, 2019 5:08 pm
by Tenaja
RSBasic wrote:@DK_PETER
Thank you for the site.
+1
I see no reason to keep them.
Fwiw, I really appreciated the upgrades that 3.11 brought. I used it until after the fixes for win 98 (sp2?) made w98 a good os.
Re: Windows for workgroups
Posted: Wed May 29, 2019 8:02 am
by RSBasic
This page is also useful for current operating systems, Office and virtual maschines:
https://tb.rg-adguard.net/public.php
But a few download links are no longer available.