Calmira

Calmira is an open source Windows -95 -like interface for Windows ( for Workgroups) 3.1x and Windows NT 3.1/3.5x (server). Calmira there is only download on the Internet.

General

During the marketing of Windows 95, there have been efforts to equip Windows 3.x with a modern interface. 1997 was released the first version of Calmira. This program is similar, as well as his start menu, the surface of Windows 95 is fully managed initialization (instead of via entries in the system registry ), most settings can be accessed directly via the options settings. Calmira requires no installation, simply start an entry in the " SYSTEM.INI " file in the system directory. When you first start it imported on request, the program groups and settings from the Program Manager. It can also be used for test purposes without system integration parallel to the Program Manager.

Calmira can be further developed with Delphi 1.0 and translated, it remains free of charge.

History

The development began with the initial release of the source code in February 1997. November 1998 it was renamed Calmira Online II. The current version of Calmira is Calmira LFN 3.3, which provides for long file names, in contrast to previous versions now support ( in Calmira Explorer). Calmira was and is still very popular with Windows 3.1x users.

Calmira source release - History

  • Calmira source release (literally: Source publication, the name of the development line) 1.0 ( February 1997 )
  • Calmira source release 2.0 ( October 1997)
  • Calmira source release 2.1 ( February 1998)
  • Calmira source release 2.2 ( July 1998)

Calmira update - History

  • Calmira English Edition Update 2.11 ( April 1998)
  • Calmira English Edition Update 2.12 ( May 1998)
  • Calmira Online II 3:11 Update ( May 2001)
  • Calmira Online II 3:25 Update ( February 2002)

Calmira Online II - History

  • Calmira Online II 3.0 ( November 1998)
  • Calmira Online II 3:01 ( corrected version ) ( December 1998)
  • Calmira Online II 3.1 Beta 1 ( February 2000)
  • Calmira Online II 3.1 ( January 2001)
  • Calmira Online II 3:12 ( corrected version ) ( June 2001)
  • Calmira Online II 3.2 Beta 1 (December 2001)
  • Calmira Online II 3.2 (January 2002)
  • Calmira Online II 3.3 (May 2002)
  • Calmira Online II 3:31 (2003)
  • Calmira LFN 3.3 (2005)
  • Calmira LFN 3:31 (2006)
  • Calmira LFN 3:32 (2006)

This version of history comes from the official website of Calmira and has been translated here.

Functions

  • Symbol -based file manager similar to Windows Explorer, from Windows 95
  • Explorer window, possibly in a new window
  • Mature Drag and Drop
  • 4DOS compatible files writable
  • Copy, move and delete the files in the background
  • Custom icons for each possible file
  • Desktop and Taskbar
  • Multilingual, including in German, available
  • Trash, similar to that of Windows 95
  • Start menu, similar to that of Windows 95
  • Calmira own banner on the Start menu, similar to that of Windows 95
  • Can be changed by a scripting language

System

  • 386 -compatible processor or higher
  • A VGA monitor or better
  • Microsoft Windows 3.1x ( for Workgroups ), Windows NT 3.x ( server)
  • DOSLFN for long file names
  • 2 MB hard disk space
  • At least 4 MB RAM, 8 MB recommended
  • At least 640 × 480 recommended with 16 colors, 800 × 600 with 256 colors
  • A computer mouse or similar input device

Similar surfaces for older versions of Windows

Besides Calmira also more surfaces are known, of which provide at least the PC Tools a highly configurable system interface with the Taskbar and Start menu. Further developed the program was sold to Symantec in 1995 and as an NT Tools, then development has been suspended. Windows 95 and Windows 2000 and its successors are no longer officially supported.

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