Offer: Russian floppy images of Windows 95 RTM (Retail) and Windows 95 OSR1 (Upgrade)

jheronimus

Here are the files: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/vvucsymztfsy6c29mtyup/AC3QqL53eG8Z1uNclcLspak?rlkey=pqao85yp34iy0kudacp0f740n&st=fl495skm&dl=0

The "Patch" folder in the "OSR1" also contains the Russian OSR1 update for Win95

SlashNet

Nice, thanks!
Do you have Windows 3.1 Russian floppy version (Not 3.11!)?

jheronimus

@SlashNet Added the 3.5" version to the same folder, source http://old-dos.ru/index.php?page=files&mode=files&do=show&id=322

jheronimus

Also added Russian (well, more like Soviet) versions of DOS 4.01, DOS 5.0, Windows 2.11 — all seem to be missing on Winworld

SomeGuy

Are any of these dumped from original media? Or verifiable complete from an original product?

I don't usually bother with really crufty non-English stuff, as I have no way to verify completeness.

SlashNet

Same question.
The copy of Win 3.1 on DropBox mostly seems like being taken from original media, and all others look like a crazy file dump. What about Russian Windows 3.0? Does it exist? I've seen one ages ago, though unsure if it was genuine, or a custom translation.

Offtop: I live in Russia for 36 years, started to use PCs when I was 6 years old, and personally I always used English versions because Russian versions often were more buggy, used more RAM, and translation mostly is FAR from perfect, especially in 3.1x and 95. But people still need them. I've never seen how Windows 3.1 retail box looks like, and I never heard of anyone buying it, during that times no one cared about piracy. That's why it's important to get original media, for the sake of historic preservation. Custom builds, hacked builds, and so on - they have less historical value.