DOS / Office / Ashton-Tate
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Framework II 1.1
Framework, launched in 1984, was the first office suite to run on the PC 8086 with the MS-DOS operating system. ValDocs, an even earlier integrated suite, actually comparable to the original Macintosh of 1984 and Apple Lisa of 1982 was produced by Epson, a complete integrated work station based on the previous Zilog Z80 processor and CP/M operating system with GUI and "WYSIWYG" typography on the monitor and printing. Framework offered all this however in the first all-in-one package to run on any PC platform. It was preceded by a few months by its close rival Lotus Symphony. Unlike other integrated products Framework was not created as "plug-in" modules with similar look and feel but as a single windowing workspace representing a desktop metaphor that could manage and outline "Frames" sharing a common underlying format. The initial release included about a dozen or so frame types (identified by a FRED function, @frametype). Frame types included containers which could be filled up with other frames, empty frames which could become other type of frames based on user input, formulas embedded in them or program output targeting them, word processor frames, flat-database frames and spreadsheet as well as graphic frames. Later versions included a frame type that can hold compiled executable code and the current version include an external type handled by separate applications running on the host operating system. Framework built-in interpreter, the FRED (Frame Editor) computer language, was based on Lisp and included an Eval function. It applied to all text and frame type across the product. Framework could be considered a predecessor to the present GUI window metaphor as well as integrated interpreters. The spreadsheet program was superior in its day, offering true 3D capability, where spreadsheets could form outline which can be "opened" to reveal a separate spreadsheet as well as other frame types—a feat of sheer convenient function never again seen and further enhanced in much later versions. Robert Carr and Marty Mazner founded Forefront Corporation to develop Framework in 1983. In July of that year, they approached Ashton-Tate to provide the capital and to later market the product. Together with a team of six other individuals, Carr and company released the original Framework. The product proved successful enough that in 1985, Ashton-Tate bought Forefront, a year sooner than planned. The original team, now working for Ashton-Tate, continued to enhance the product producing Framework II (1985), Framework III (1988-1989)[1] and finally in 1991, the last Ashton-Tate's version, Framework IV. Beginning with Framework II, the company also produced Framework II Runtime and Framework II Developer's Toolkit. These products allowed application developers to create business applications using the built-in FRED programming language. Although Ashton-Tate humorously advertised that "Lotus uses Framework",[2] Framework failed to gain more than a fraction of the market share needed to become a workplace standard. Lotus 1-2-3 was able to successfully capture most of the spreadsheet market and after a number of setbacks regarding Ashton-Tate's flag product, dBASE, Borland bought Ashton-Tate and later sold Framework to Selections & Functions, Inc. Present versions include the FrameworkPascal compiler which extend Framework with Windows API interface. Framework works on most versions of Microsoft Windows. Framework 7 was the last version which can be run on Windows 95/98/ME or on DOS. Framework 8 and 9 only run on Windows XP. Beginning with Framework V (Framework 5), Selections and Functions introduced only a few features - mainly features required to prevent the office suite from becoming out-of-date. For example, Framework VII (Framework 7) introduced long file names, the Euro symbol and the ability to display pictures in Framework. Framework VIII (Framework 8) introduced the ability to display JPEG and .BMP files and to load such files into Framework databases. Of particular importance, all of the Selections and Functions' versions of Framework added the ability to share "cut and paste" (memory buffer data) between Windows and Framework. For detailed feature lists and screen shots see the Framework homepage listed below. Selections and Functions is nevertheless still selling Framework - although no price is available publicly. Programmers at Work (ISBN 0-914845-71-3) credits Robert Carr as the designer and principal developer of Framework.
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Framework III 3
just unzip in folder and run
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Framework III 3.0
English version of Ashton-Tate's Framework III. Just unzip and run.
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DOS / Office / Ashton-Tate
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Framework III in 13 IMG 360K disk format
Framework III by Ashton-Tate in 13 IMG 360K format disk images.
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DOS / System / Ingenieurbüro FRANKE
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FRANKE.387 2.4
FRANKE.387 is a software emulation of the arithmetic coprocessors 387DX and 387SX from Intel. FRANKE.387 was developed for ATs using a 386DX or 386SX processor. MS-DOS or any compatible operation system is required.
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DOS / Multimedia / Franklin Computer
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Franklin PC-8000 "Welcome Disk v2.0" 2.0
This (IBM Storyteller) slide show shipped with Franklin PC-8000 XT clones in the mid 80's. It explains the features and capabilities of the Franklin PC-8000 in glorious CGA graphics. This copy was rescued from a rare original 5.25" 360k floppy. This ZIP file contains all files from the disk for ease of use with DOSBox, but the disk was originally bootable since the Franklin PC-8000 only came with two 360k 5.25" floppy drives.
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DOS / Utility / Franklin Computer
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Franklin PC-8000 ACE Diskette V1.11 V1.11
Franklin PC-8000 DOS ACE (DOS utility shell program) that originally shipped with the Franklin PC-8000. It provides a simple menu interface for managing diskettes and running programs. This ZIP file contains all the files from the original disk for ease of use with DOSBox. This disk was originally bootable since the Franklin PC-8000 only came with two 360k 5.25" floppy drives. This was rescued from an original rare 5.25" 360k floppy
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Windows XP / Games / Midnight Synergy
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Frazzled 1.0
Frazzled offers an intense retro arcade experience. Catch coloured spheres as they tumble toward you and arrange them to form a variety of patterns. Sound easy? Then you haven't played Frazzled yet! From simple three-in-a-rows to complex chain combinations, Frazzled steadily increases the difficulty to match your skill level. Warning: Frazzled may be habit forming!
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Windows 3.x / Games / Humongous Entertainment
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Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse
Installed and tested on a virtual Windows 3.11 system in Dosbox-X under a Windows 10 Host. Win32s and WinG need to be installed if using Windows 3.x, found in the CD. The game can also be installed and played in Win 9x, without having to install Win32s and WinG. The first game has also been uploaded to this site prior to this upload.
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Windows 9x/ME / Games / Humongous Entertainment
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Freddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell
CD *.iso present in the *.zip file. Tried and tested on a virtual Windows 98SE system on VMware running on a Windows 10 Host. Should probably also work on real vintage Windows 98 systems. The first two games (for Windows 3.x) i.e. "Freddi Fish and the Case of the Missing Kelp Seeds" & "Freddi Fish 2: The Case of the Haunted Schoolhouse," have also been uploaded to this site prior to this upload, and can be found in the "Games" section of "Windows 3.x" software/games.
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Windows 3.x / Games / Humongous Entertainment
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Freddi Fish and the Case of The Missing Kelp Seeds
*.iso CD image and manual pdf file found in the *.zip file. Tested and successfully run on a Windows 3.11 system running under DosBox-X on a Windows 10 Host.
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DOS / Utility / Sue Doe Min
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Free VI Text Editor 1.9
Port of VI text editor to DOS. Very small memory footprint, work on DOS versions as low as 2.11 (have only tested DOS 2.11 to DOS 6.22, works on all.) Also works on 128k machines like the PCjr.
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Windows XP / Multimedia / unknown
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Free Video-To-GIF Converter 1
This is a utility that converts common video files (examples: MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV etc) into high quality animated GIFs of not completely unreasonable size. This file was originally available from www.video-gif-converter.com, however that domain registration has lapsed and is now owned by a domain parking company. The whereabouts of the original author are unknown.
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FreeBSD 5.0
FreeBSD 5.0 i386 CD ISO, Floppy, and README files
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FreeBSD 6.0
FreeBSD 6.0 CD-ROM ISOs Disc 1 and 2
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FreeBSD 9.0
64-bit CD-ROM ISO.
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FreeBSD 9.1
9.1-RELEASE amd64 (64-bit) disc1 CD-ROM ISO.
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Unix / Games / gpl
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FreecivAC 1.10.0
The FreecivAC intends to extend the excellent work of the Freeciv developers by incorporating features from Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.
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DOS / OS / Not specified
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FreeDOS 1.1
FreeDOS - mehrsprachiges 32bit Open Source DOS mit FAT32-Unterstützung, CD-ROM-Unterstützung, Mausunterstützung, kompatibel zu Microsoft DOS - bootfähige Installations-CD
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DOS / OS / Joe's Blog
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FreeDOS 1.1 Bootable USB Image 1.1
From Joe's Blog: "Here is the FreeDOS image file. It can be used to create a bootable USB. At the end of this post I describe, in detail, how I created the image file from the FreeDOS ISO". http://joelinoff.com/blog/?p=431
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DOS / System / Shian Lee
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FreeDOS 1.2 Bootable USB Image 1.2
Bootable FreeDOS 1.2 (+Euphoria 3.1.1, Lib2 1.42, RBIL, HelpPC, menu).
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DOS / OS / (Unknown)
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FreeDOS Floppy image collection 7.2
A replacement of MS-DOS and PC-DOS. (Err...This is not strictly Abandonware but their servers is not reachable in China.)
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DOS / System / Owen Rudge
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FreeGEM 1.2
FreeGEM is a windowing system based on Digital Research's GEM which was first released in 1985. GEM stands for "Graphical Environment Manager". Latest version.
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