Walk down Free42 Memory Lane!! ;)

[Thomas Okken]

(12-01-2017 03:14 AM)Didier Lachieze Wrote:  The official announcement of Free42 1.0 on this forum is here.
It was closely followed by v1.0.1, v1.0.4, v1.1, v1.2...

(11-29-2017 06:03 AM)zeno333 Wrote:  Would love to have Version 1.0...the oldest I found online is Version 1.4.36

Version 1.0.12 is available here, at least for Linux and PalmOS, not for Windows. But you may be able to compile the source files and recreate a Windows version.

The earliest Windows version I've found so far is this one: v1.14.27

Setting up a development environment for building those old versions can be a chore. I still have all the required tools on a couple of CD-R discs, but I'll be happy never to touch those again.

The only thing I miss is the built-in resource editors in Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 -- I've been too cheap to pay for the full version of VC++ 2008 so far, and the free Express Edition lacks that functionality, so changes to dialogs and such are a bit of a hassle.

Anyway, I recommend sticking with recent builds. While I am honored that Free42 has apparently reached an age where it can be the subject of nostalgia, I wouldn't touch those old versions anymore myself. Too buggy. :-)