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> I wonder if I could get Lotus SmartSuite for Windows 95 running again, just to try it for nostalgia.

I've tried it on Win11. The whole suite worked perfectly but with 1 big caveat: Win11 no longer understands the old Help file format. So, no online help. Big snag.

SmartSuite 9.8 was the last edition:

https://winworldpc.com/product/lotus-smartsuite/9-8

With the fixpak to take it to 9.8.6.1, that is the final ever release.

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Cool that you even tried it! I was considering trying it out in Wine since I've had some dumb luck when it's configured to run as various past versions of Windows. Maybe a long shot though.

A Register reader asked me how to run 1-2-3 on modern Windows, after I wrote this:

https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/28/friday_foss_fest_runn...

This seemed the easiest way, and so it was. I told them how to do it; no reply.

:-(

IIRC Smartsuite was also supported on OS/2 and so it should be "clean" and will probably work well on WINE.

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