Software Archaeology
Most of these programs are 10–20 years old and no longer maintained. They may not run on a modern system — if you're feeling lucky, give them a try.
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Webcam Publisher 2
Publish still images from a Windows-compatible camera to the web.
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Disk Space Analyzer
Find out what is taking up all your disk space. Written as a coding exercise in building C++ applications with an HTML interface.
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Startup Manager 2.21
View the programs that start with Windows and disable or delete them. Runs from the system tray. Ironic, I know.
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Outlook Express Archiver
Export all your Outlook Express email to themeable HTML viewable in any browser, with indexing and search.
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Winspike 1.6
A system tray menu whose options you drag onto any window to perform that operation on it.
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Clock Player 1.4
A shape-shifting desktop clock with dozens of schemes, alarms, post-it notes and NIST time sync. It also tells time. 100% fat free.
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Webcam Publisher 1.15
The original: publish still images from a Windows-compatible camera to the web.
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CaptionFX 2.0
Audio-driven effects in the active window's title bar, plus the name of the playing track. Supports Winamp visualization plugins.
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Pack-X 1.0
Creates compressed self-extracting executables for Windows. Originally released as freeware on Amazing Planet.
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Pack-X 2.0
The never-quite-finished successor to Pack-X. It builds install and uninstall packages — including most of the installers on this site.
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Bug-X 1.2
Snapshots important system information as text, for bug reports that can actually be reproduced.
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Ant Screen Saver 1.0
Not the latest in biological simulation technology — but it kinda looks like ants scurrying around looking for food.
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Title Toy for Winamp 1.0
A Winamp plugin that displays nifty effects in the title bar of the active window.
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MMC 1.0
Keeps popup windows from straddling two monitors by moving them entirely onto one. Supports up to a 32×32 monitor grid.
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Q-Tune 1.0
Generates pure tones through your sound card for tuning an instrument. Includes guitar tunings and a chord simulator.
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CodeBloc 1.0
Reformats jumbled C/C++ source so it's somewhat readable. Always back up your code first!
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Textize 1.0
Converts a bitmap or JPEG into text art using the font and size of your choice.
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DFT 1.0
Steps through a Discrete Fourier Transform so you can watch the amplitude cancel away from the reference frequency.