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Goddess of the Apocalypse Level: 201    
Posts: 12114/14042 EXP: 115713156 Next: 1433472 Since: 01-03-12 From: Boston, MA Last post: 597 days Last view: 597 days |
♥12114 ✿4835 ★28 ed, the "standard text editor" of Unix fame, was recently updated (well, okay, this is GNU ed, but still), which made me think, what's the oldest piece of software you use regularly? I doubt many people here are using ed for most of their text editing, of course... and let's also exclude retro computing and count programs on your main computer only.
OSes are probably a decent guess in my case; I'm on a Mac and NeXTSTEP dates to 1989. (This is older than vim, which dates back to 1991) The bash shell also dates back to '89. |
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The Sorceress. Boing~ Level: 238
Posts: 19656/20774 EXP: 208262767 Next: 2790779 Since: 01-01-12 From: UK Last post: 1182 days Last view: 9 hours |
Paint Shop Pro 5 (1998 build) is the most classical software I have that runs. I use it as my go-to image editor if I don't need to do anything fancy - it also loads faster than Microsoft's Paint.
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Posts: 3303/3393 EXP: 13749935 Next: 209710 Since: 12-30-11 From: Akron, Ohio; USA Last post: 244 days Last view: 1 day |
The oldest program I use is the bsd 'core' utils that come with OSX. Since those are all traced back to the BSD split which could be traced to 1977. I also use the coreutils from gnu which go back to the '80s (1983). Not quite the unique answer sadly.  The Dynamic Profile Administrator™"Never Knows Best" Note: if you can see this my layout broke. ALL THE CREDITS WILL BE REVEALED!! 'Victory Noriko' by @thatsheepagain. 'Chibi Dance Noriko' by @Haru__Kitsu. 'Deity's Night Out (Featuring Gabbie)' by @thatsheepagain Noriko Emotes by @Haru__Kitsu. Side Bar Noriko by @thatsheepagain 'Noriko's Nature Walk' by @projectTiGER_ Emotive Noriko by @thatsheepagain. "Space Candy Noriko" by BerryVerrine. "Super Sharp Noriko" by Xionfes. A gift illustration from the wonderful EverKinzPony! "Magical Girl Noriko" by @cute_hospital! "Patient Chibi Noriko" by @Ruii_ki! 'Dapper '60s Noriko' by @thatsheepagain. 'Shiny Chibi Noriko' by @inioli. 'Flower Veil Noriko' by @Sushiee_. 'Noriko in Realism' by @_Sarybuu. 'Noriko's Midnight Adventure' by @projectTiGER_ 'Yukata Noriko' by @yunyunmaru_ 'Birthday Wishes Noriko' by @thatsheepagain |
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Posts: 847/1264 EXP: 3066435 Next: 100679 Since: 07-01-12 Last post: 1065 days Last view: 85 days |
I still use Microsoft Paint for most of my per-pixel image editing -- the build I'm using is from Windows XP (probably built in 2001 unless it got rebuilt in a Service Pack, but I doubt it), and the actual program itself has roots in Microsoft Paintbrush... which itself dates all the way back to 1985 in Windows 1.0... which further was a licensed version of PC Paintbrush by ZSoft from 1984! I couldn't tell you how much old code is still in the version of Paint that I use, though: it seems mostly adapted from Windows 95's Paint, but also given that Microsoft's never been shy about reusing legacy code, who knows 
I use bash, too, along with a bunch of GNU coreutils, but I couldn't tell you when most of those were written... I don't use the BSD ones anymore since I'm not on macOS anymore, though... |
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MagicDisc for mounting ISO images, made in 2005 but it seems to support systems as old as Windows 98. MagicISO itself is from 2001. It may not be that old date-wise but believe me, it sure feels old when you use it. Most important is the fact that it has no user interface, you select all its options using a context menu. I use it because it's more reliable than WinCDemu. I'm not even sure if it works with Windows 10. Not a problem for me now, but it will be when I upgrade from 7. "The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear." --Ram Dass |
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The Sorceress. Boing~ Level: 238
Posts: 19741/20774 EXP: 208262767 Next: 2790779 Since: 01-01-12 From: UK Last post: 1182 days Last view: 9 hours |
I have to say, PSP5 works on Windows 10. Version 5.01 has a bug which causes it to crash on Windows 10, but applying the version 5.03 update - which is archived on those software archiving websites - fixes it.
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Nightmare has to be ancient at this point. Mostly because all the translations for the games it edits are absurdly dated (but endearing at the same time) |
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 Hero of Winds the future is now Level: 115
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vim. that counts, right? ____________________ produced by or under license from cat witches co, ltd |
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Posts: 1848/3223 EXP: 9673658 Next: 326342 Since: 08-05-17 From: Africa Last post: 1359 days Last view: 1359 days |
Well, I'm not sure if this counts or not, but since I compose music for the PC-98 soundchip for a game I'm working on and I use PMD to compose the notes and a DOS emulator to run the MC compiler program.
If that doesn't count probably Adobe Flash CS3, which is from '07 I think. I use that for animations on the odd occasion I do those. I see no reason to use anything past CS3 really. Adobe never really added any useful features within it outside of maybe the Actionscript side, but who the hell scripts anything in Flash these days anyway? Oh actually I guess VLC Media Player also counts since that's from '01. ____________________ Giant Paratroopa Affected by 'Wooster Syndrome' ++++!! Handsome Gentleman 7/23/18 |
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Hero of Winds the future is now Level: 115
Posts: 1508/4975 EXP: 16345437 Next: 465927 Since: 04-23-19 Last post: 621 days Last view: 621 days |
depends on the version of vlc, since version 2 was released in 2012 and 3 in 2018. i guess winamp counts since version 5 is from 2003 ____________________ produced by or under license from cat witches co, ltd |
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