Questions tagged [identify-this-software]
Requests to identify retro software, based on an appearance within other media or some other criteria.
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Decades ago (and probably earlier), there was a free program that scanned your HDD and updated all your application software
I don't remember the name of it I think it was an animal name. But I think it worked in win 95. It was free, too. What was it, and does it still work?
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Which version of InstallShield can produce an installer showing three vertical meter bars, and how to do it?
I'm trying to create a similar installation to the one used for a game. I don't mean a one-to-one copy, but an installation with the same kind of progress bar as shown here (specifically at the 0:17 ...
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How was animated movie The Flying Luna Clipper created on the ASCII MSX2?
The Flying Luna Clipper is a 55 minute animated film that was created predominantly or entirely with MSX2 computer(s). https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2021/09/03/the-flying-luna-clipper/ The movie ...
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Where can I find an EGA demo by IBM that created a full screen animation by redefining the EGA character glyphs?
It was an IBM demo of the EGA's ability to show arbitrary text characters, like Chinese or hieroglyphics. It was a full screen animation of a waterfall and a brook and trees with waving leaves. but it ...
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Identify this bouncing ball screensaver in DOS
This is an odd ask, but I remember using a DOS TSR screensaver long ago that I've been trying to find without luck. I've dug through shareware archives and never found it. Perhaps someone knows what ...
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Which program is used in this shot of the movie "The Wrong Woman"
There is a software screen shown at minute 4 in the 1995 movie The Wrong Woman. What Software was used?
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What is the “data file browser” that appears in the film “Segreto di stato” (1995)?
From the movie "Segreto di stato" (1995) at minute 01:29
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In the 1999 movie The Matrix, what is the news reader software that is being used?
The above is a screenshot from the film. The application icons seem reminiscent of the Tkinter Perl applications from the late 2000s, which would suggest a Gtk1 or Gtk2 icon set(?) What is this ...
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Hierarchical/navigational database engine available on RSX-11M
Around 1988-1990 I worked for a company that was using an old RSX-11M system to host an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) application. The application used a third-party database product of which I ...
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Name of application that showed cursor coordinates (both global and local)
There was a classic Macintosh shareware/freeware application - which may have been a CDEV/INIT (control panel or extension), DA (desk accessory), or an application - that displayed both the global and ...
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DEC (probably PDP-11) operating system with a guest mode allowing to run BASIC programs
In the mid 1970's I used an OS on DEC equipment (I believe PDP-11) that had a guest mode. If you weren't an authorised user you could login as guest mode where you supplied a name and if it didn't ...
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Blue-Green Software Mascot
I recall seeing a mascot for some sort of computer platform or program. I've seen images many times, but am now struggling to find it. Here are the details I can remember: I think it was a 1990s ...
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Linux BBS software from the year 1992
What was the right name of a software platform for some Linux BBSs in the year 1992? "Galactico" if I remember well...
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Windows screensaver showing "natural selection"
Some time around the (late?) 1990s, I remember seeing a novelty screensaver which showed a fantasy environment- possibly underwater- with its denizens occasionally eating each other and acquiring ...
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Document format for a DOS word processor where control commands begin with a dot
I successfully achieved the reading of several 5.25″ old floppies. They contain old documents from a retired lawyer. For the memories, we want to read them correctly, nevertheless, I don't find which ...
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