{"id":154826,"date":"2016-02-11T13:26:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T11:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=154826"},"modified":"2016-02-11T13:28:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T11:28:07","slug":"over-1500-windows-3-1-programs-now-available-in-your-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/154826-over-1500-windows-3-1-programs-now-available-in-your-browser.html","title":{"rendered":"Over 1,500 Windows 3.1 programs now available in your browser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Internet Archive has released a collection of over 1,500 shareware programs for Windows 3.1, all of which can be run within your browser.<\/p>\n<p>Archive.org is using the same JavaScript DOSBox emulation that it implemented for the release of its collections of old games for MS-DOS, antique game consoles, and arcades.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the recent release of its <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/154718-freak-out-your-friends-with-these-awesome-ms-dos-viruses.html\"><strong>Malware Museum<\/strong><\/a>, which features a number of defanged viruses from the 1980s and 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2016\/02\/over-1500-windows-3-1-shareware-apps-now-free-immortalized-on-your-browser\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ars Technica<\/a><\/strong>, archivist Jason Scott said he had held onto the pieces of this project for some time.<\/p>\n<p>The collections of Windows 3.1 apps on Archive.org are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/softwarelibrary_win3_showcase&amp;tab=collection\" target=\"_blank\">The Windows 3.x Showcase<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/softwarelibrary_win3_productivity&amp;tab=collection\" target=\"_blank\">Software Library: Windows 3.x Productivity<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/softwarelibrary_win3_desktoptoys\" target=\"_blank\">Software Library: Windows 3.x Desktop Toys<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/softwarelibrary_win3_shareware\" target=\"_blank\">Software Library: Windows 3.x Shareware<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/details\/softwarelibrary_win3_games\" target=\"_blank\">Software Library: Windows 3.x Games<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More on old websites and software<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/154718-freak-out-your-friends-with-these-awesome-ms-dos-viruses.html\"><strong>Freak out your friends with these awesome MS-DOS viruses<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/151479-what-south-africas-internet-looked-like-in-2000.html\"><strong>What South Africa\u2019s Internet looked like in 2000<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/148879-browse-the-web-like-its-1999.html\"><strong>Browse the web like it\u2019s 1999<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/111504-what-sa-telecoms-websites-looked-like-in-the-90s.html\"><strong>What SA telecoms websites looked like in the 90s<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Archive.org has added a plethora of Windows 3.1 programs to its emulated 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