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lightsup55
01-21-2003, 12:07 AM
I was just curious to know how you found OldVersion.com.

Light10084
01-21-2003, 01:15 AM
From Friend>> Brother, actually.


Silly light. :D :blink:

Pete
01-21-2003, 08:46 AM
An announcement at the FreedomList message board. I was familiar with some other message boards run by the same people, so I decided to check it out.

OldVersion.com Admin
01-24-2003, 04:14 PM
Bump, I like this poll :)

pam
01-30-2003, 04:23 PM
i found it by searching the web under msn.messenger.com. :D

SSS
01-30-2003, 04:37 PM
Originally posted by pam@Jan 30 2003, 04:23 PM
i found it by searching the web under msn.messenger.com. :D
:blink: :blink: :blink:

zyxmd
02-01-2003, 02:31 PM
LINKDUMP (http://www.linkdump.be/)

The Informant
02-01-2003, 07:26 PM
Found you at another forum babe...
http://members.lycos.co.uk/oldos/phpBB2/vi...topic.php?t=454 (http://members.lycos.co.uk/oldos/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=454)

Keep it up! :rolleyes:

dnavarrojr
02-09-2003, 02:09 AM
alt.comp.freeware newsgroup.

--Dave

rgm714
02-10-2003, 01:28 AM
FreedomList message board

ZenWarrior
02-20-2003, 09:28 PM
I found a link to this place at some [unremembered] real estate site.

lifeover.com
03-13-2003, 04:35 AM
i got a link @ starmen.net

chief
03-16-2003, 02:54 PM
Being an "Old version" myself, I really forgot which other site I got here from. I was looking for an old version of IE, that much I remember, I think. :D :) :unsure:

wishkar
03-16-2003, 03:38 PM
it was on the 100 best websites article from pc magazine. i found the pc magazine article as a link from fark.com.

kees gelder
04-01-2003, 03:59 PM
i found it via my favorite warez site www.djtozz.ws
there was a link to internet explorer 1.0

tnx
Kees
www.gelder.tk (http://www.gelder.tk)

peppycomputer
04-30-2003, 01:17 AM
I was looking for software that would run lighter and quicker on my older IBM and was searching under old software. Well as you can see I found this site and have downloaded many Items and removed lots of memory hog newer versions. This is is fantastic so I joined.

My computer is acting like a new one now!!!! Well at least to me it is!!!

LAKOTA
05-10-2003, 04:51 AM
:blink: I read about it in the tech section of the Houston Newspaper. Try to keep up with whats new out there :)

Brian
05-10-2003, 04:48 PM
I found this site by accident when I mistyped messenger.msn.com, and it came up so I checked it out. I am familiar with some members here from other bulletin boards (ie. AddleBrain, FreeISP (?) (the one that Alex and Igor currently or used to run.) :)

lightsup55
05-11-2003, 02:36 AM
Originally posted by Brian@May 10 2003, 05:48 PM
I found this site by accident when I mistyped messenger.msn.com
I'd like to know how you could have possibly done that.

peppycomputer
05-14-2003, 12:11 AM
:o I also was very interested in how Brian did that. since I have nothing in life to do but work all the time! I went on a search, mispelling messenger. I could not come any where near this site. I tried! I really am glad he typed what he did though because he joined up and thats what counts. Now if I could just get his talent to find web sites, to work for me, I can not spell at all.
(Just kidding with you Brian) Still though, now I will probley be typing messenger wrong for years trying to get to this site............mesenger, masenger,moldgeer, .... This could go on for years,.......................................
........................................... <_< :angry: :( :blink: :wacko: :unsure:

OldVersion.com Admin
05-14-2003, 08:47 AM
Originally posted by Brian@May 10 2003, 04:48 PM
I found this site by accident when I mistyped messenger.msn.com, and it came up so I checked it out. I am familiar with some members here from other bulletin boards (ie. AddleBrain, FreeISP (?) (the one that Alex and Igor currently or used to run.) :)
heh, brings back the memories :D

CALM
05-24-2003, 03:22 PM
I asked Jeeves. (we always askjeeves first) Even tho we have a brand new puter the old one is setup side by side and some of the older stuff runs better on the new one too. Its nice here. :) :)

McCthulhu
05-25-2003, 03:30 AM
Found oldversion.com by searching google for archived versions of Internet Explorer 5.x.

Results had this site and evolt.com for best bets.

I didn&#39;t think it would be this hard to do a complete rebuild of a Win95 machine :angry:

tom_meir
05-26-2003, 11:48 AM
A warez site

locustfurnace
05-31-2003, 05:37 PM
in my bookmarks, i had it bookmarked from a while back, so i can&#39;t rem exactly how I found it. prolly found it when I was restoring an old 286 laptop and was looking for an old version of Kermit for transferring files from server to old 286.
never got an old Kermit or whatever I was looking for. but did give alot of life to old 286 laptop.
or maybe it was when I was looking for TandyDesktop.

maybe I got it from
http://lightspeedref.web1000.com/main.html
which is a place for old win3.1 information.

Goslow
08-08-2003, 06:05 AM
Was walking along the beach admiring the wheeling gulls and frolicking dolphins when a large wave broke and as the water receded there spelled out in seaweed was OLDVERSION.COM

Guest
08-11-2003, 09:50 PM
not sure, i think the forums of the-underdogs.org

[don&#39;t remember; had it bookmarked a long time ago...]

MaDDoG
08-19-2003, 03:21 PM
found it at a MSN community help site ............ hmmmmmmmmmm go figure &#33; lol :lol:

CPInteract
08-19-2003, 06:55 PM
I know the administrator somewhat.

Very cool guy.

willperk
08-27-2003, 12:06 AM
Searching google for "F-Prot AV for DOS", the following turned up:

Local Knowledge (http://www.weaverlane.com/localknowledge/archives/september0.html)

Under the heading "Because newer is not always better", there was a link to
OLD VERSIONS, and I decided to check it out.

-- willperk

Sweet Andy Licious
08-27-2003, 06:11 PM
Where else? alt.comp.freeware

That&#39;s where. ;)

Threln
08-31-2003, 05:10 AM
Just heard about oldversion.com from someone on Slashdot (http://www.slashdot.org), a good tech news site. :)

Very cool idea&#33; I love the motto.

OldVersion.com Admin
08-31-2003, 11:43 AM
Originally posted by Threln@Aug 31 2003, 05:10 AM
Just heard about oldversion.com from someone on Slashdot (http://www.slashdot.org), a good tech news site. :)

Very cool idea&#33; I love the motto.
Hm, where on SlashDot? I&#39;ve never seen us mentioned there. :(

locachica
09-17-2003, 05:53 PM
From a friend&#33; :)

And i find this site incredible&#33;&#33;&#33; thanks a lot to all that make it possible&#33; :)

Gary Tait
09-24-2003, 01:01 AM
Heard about in on The Screensavers long ago, found the site using Google.

Osa
09-30-2003, 10:54 PM
A link in hacker.com.ve

.:DZ:.KNIGHT 1ajs hobo
11-11-2003, 11:07 PM
i found it looking for an old version of winamp (cause winamp 3 suxs keeps crashing my computer).
long befor i had sat to wach tech tv...

Volred
11-19-2003, 07:22 PM
[M]

matt
11-21-2003, 10:57 PM
go 2 burn word there all on there there the best out of all copying sofware cd clone i down load all of them e mall me and i wiil send the to u if u still cant get them my e mall is matte4338@aol.co.uk

locustfurnace
11-22-2003, 06:38 AM
Originally posted by matt@Nov 21 2003, 11:57 PM
go 2 burn word there all on there there the best out of all copying sofware cd clone i down load all of them e mall me and i wiil send the to u if u still cant get them my e mall is matte4338@aol.co.uk
thats very off topic. has nothing to do with "How you got to OV". don&#39;t post a reply unless your posting into the correct topic

gardet
12-02-2003, 07:07 PM
I was looking for winamp, an early version, and searched on google, and here i am...
now i just need to bookmark this page, because its great.

aem4162
12-03-2003, 03:07 PM
read about it on call for help

zebra
12-04-2003, 12:45 PM
I also got it from call for help news letter....and will have to save this is awesome and thanks for all the help already

matt
12-04-2003, 06:08 PM
I found it by watching techtv.

Myself
12-11-2003, 11:42 PM
I was searching for an old version of some open-source DOS project. (I forgot what it was, but the project was cancelled, and I never found it.) Of course, I came across this site, and it is awesome&#33;

gengar56
12-12-2003, 09:28 PM
Originally posted by ABlix+Aug 31 2003, 11:43 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ABlix @ Aug 31 2003, 11:43 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin--Threln@Aug 31 2003, 05:10 AM
Just heard about oldversion.com from someone on Slashdot (http://www.slashdot.org), a good tech news site. :)

Very cool idea&#33; I love the motto.
Hm, where on SlashDot? I&#39;ve never seen us mentioned there. :( [/b][/quote]
It has been mentioned in people&#39;s comments:
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=44178&cid=4598965
http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=67036&cid=6159071
:)

defragthis
12-16-2003, 02:11 AM
i was hunting for dos, basic and visual basic freeware progs i use to have but lost over time because flopies are unreliable. these oldies are getting hard to find and this site was highly recomended by one of the dos sites i was visiting. if this doesn&#39;t ring any bells all i can say is you&#39;re making more friends than you can keep track of. well , that is a good thing&#33;

TheBulbasaurfreak
01-16-2004, 01:42 PM
I found this website when it was recommended by BBC&#39;s Click Online programme.

the gaffer
01-16-2004, 04:08 PM
i found it by accident, the first and only accident i ever had that didnt hurt, pleased i did though, top lot you are :D

beanboy89
01-16-2004, 08:16 PM
I found oldversion . com from the techtv . com website a while back. I think I found it here http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/downloa...3396043,00.html (http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/downloadoftheday/story/0,24330,3396043,00.html)

Drumbo
01-16-2004, 08:47 PM
someone was talking good stuff about it on the Aston shell forum site
www.astonshell.com/forum

TheBulbasaurfreak
01-17-2004, 06:37 AM
I&#39;m glad I found this site&#33;

Sayonaraa.
01-17-2004, 05:56 PM
When i was a 1337 h4xx0r in another swedish forum B)

David
01-18-2004, 09:44 AM
was looking for kazaa lite ++ and this was the first website that had it. Then i got an old winamp coz the knew are fudge

TheBulbasaurfreak
01-18-2004, 12:56 PM
What do u mean?

Salopette
01-18-2004, 02:34 PM
I was using Kazaa Hack and it said to me that if I wanted to download an older version of Kazaa to go to a site called OldVersion.com

pun
02-15-2004, 05:09 PM
I needed an older version of ACDSee v 2.43 (Also known as Classic). At the time I was running a 486 and the newest version at the time wouldn&#39;t install and kept crashing my computer. But I had ACDSee 2.43 earlier before a crash wiped out the program. One of the searches for this program I found listed www.oldversion.com A lucky find at the time. Not only did you have the viewer I knew worked on my 486 you had a ton of older programs that the dinosaur could run.

Every time I upgrade I save my favourites to a floppy and take OV along into my next machine.

I have found I hate the ATX boards so the best I&#39;ve found in the AT is a board that run a P II AMD K6-2 450 with 384 RAM. One day I might have to upgrade to an ATX power supply but for now I like what I have. So old versions still comes in handy even today.

As for why I hate the ATX, a bad power supply kept glitching at the wrong times totally shutting down my computer, wiping out what I was working on. A few hours of that and I sent that JUNK back to the shop. As the old 486 AT supply never gave me any trouble I went back to that style. And yes, I&#39;ve heard the arguement before, "It was just 1 bad power supply. No reason no to give another ATX computer a chance." Once bitten, Twice shy. So long as what I have will do what I need I&#39;m content. But I think the disappearance of the serial mouse might force me to upgrade unless I find a good PS-2 adaptor card.

locustfurnace
02-15-2004, 05:49 PM
Originally posted by pun@Feb 15 2004, 06:09 PM
..... But I think the disappearance of the serial mouse might force me to upgrade unless I find a good PS-2 adaptor card.
As for why I hate the ATX, a bad power supply kept glitching at the wrong times totally shutting down my computer, wiping out what I was working on.
There are ps/2 to serial adapter plugs, you plug the ps/2 mouse into it, then plug that into your serial port. No need for a card.
As for the power supply glitching - most likely could have been an under-powered supply, dont waste the money on anything less than 300 watts.
ATX do have some bad "improvements," such as no way to turn em on when they are not hooked up to a M/B. Which makes testing M/B&#39;s alittle inconvenient at times. as you basically have to stuff them into a case now to test them if your not carrying along jumper wires.

demented
02-18-2004, 03:03 AM
Someone had posted it on a board.

6sentido
03-12-2004, 06:58 PM
Just searching in google for KazaaLite

kch
03-23-2004, 12:09 PM
Google :rolleyes:

Tweak
03-23-2004, 05:23 PM
I found it with google I think. Wow you guys, you have saved my chat communication life&#33;&#33;&#33;

I lost an old version of AIM, and needed to reinstall, so like a dumbo, I installed the latest beta version of AIM, and wow I was pulling my hair out it sucked so bad. I could NOT stand it. I wanted to go back to the old version of AIM and I couldn&#39;t get an old install from any of my friends, and I really did not know where else I could find an old version.

Then I felt reallllly stupid when I found this site called "oldversion.com" with google and got my file, reinstalled, and now I am back to normal. This really made my day :)

I could write many many testimonials for this if you&#39;d like, rofl :D :ph34r: B)

-Tweak

Muad'Dib
03-24-2004, 12:41 AM
IRC chat room.

John Harrelson
03-24-2004, 02:37 PM
New computer and looking for new version of "Win Zip" that I have used for many years..

So I did a Yahoo search and this "Old Version" site was among the sites listed..

When searching the other sites I found out that they now want to sell it instead of giving it away for free..

I was about to say screw it and install the older version that I have on floppy, when I decided to check out just one more site in the list....

and here I is... and you can bet that I&#39;m gonna spread the word all over the many forums that I am a member of.... They are mostly RV forums that talk about motor homes, travel trailers, etc....

Everyone should know about this place &#33;&#33;&#33;

John

The Traveler
03-24-2004, 05:16 PM
I am an example of the previous post. I saw his post on another forum and came here. B) :rolleyes:

guard0
03-27-2004, 12:32 PM
Originally posted by Volred@Nov 19 2003, 08:22 PM
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Guest
03-31-2004, 08:28 PM
Googled while looking for old version of power archiver

gurgg
04-05-2004, 05:55 PM
I found this from a friend who actually has been since arrested for cyber crime (lol go figure) but anyway it was a great motherf**kin site

Akromix
04-07-2004, 11:13 PM
Ablix, the main guy...told me about it.

BunkFace
04-09-2004, 07:26 AM
I got it from the zeropaid.com forums looking for a link to download Kazaa Lite K++ 2.4.3. Since the official website and other websites that host it have been shutdown by Sharman..

The Dude
04-09-2004, 10:40 AM
I dunno how i found this site,but im glad i did&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

Old Version ROCKS&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;&#33;

The Dude :)

tabby
04-17-2004, 11:28 AM
Recommended by a member on my favourite site. www.helponthenet.org

Very glad I saw the link he posted. :D

Guest
04-17-2004, 11:38 AM
Originally posted by tabby@Apr 17 2004, 11:28 AM


Edit. wrong link.

Recommended by a member on my favourite site. http://forums.techguy.org/

Very glad I saw the link he posted. :D

sue
04-17-2004, 01:01 PM
Annoyances.org directed me here to get old version of msn messenger for my friends ancient pc that only has windows 95. thanks guys :P

supered
04-18-2004, 04:55 PM
l found Oldversion in PC Utilities mag(uk)

Hells_Trinity
05-02-2004, 12:17 PM
i was looking for an old version of DEAD AIM and was just sitting at my computer and said wouldnt it be cool if there was a website that had OLDVERSIONs of programs so i typed it in and here i am :D

guest_billy
05-09-2004, 08:14 PM
my drug dealer told me about this site&#33;

boxit
05-09-2004, 11:12 PM
[CODE]

<_< :(

Guest
05-09-2004, 11:21 PM
Originally posted by boxit@May 9 2004, 11:12 PM
in Browser under view source
[QUOTE]in browser under view source

Guest
05-14-2004, 01:07 PM
From a Friend

Moses
05-28-2004, 05:16 PM
Michael J. Fox came to me in a dream and said "go to oldversion.com or I&#39;ll make Back To The Future IV and many people will die..."

so I did.

Unregistered User
07-04-2004, 01:15 PM
http://www.mess.be