News Readers

last updated February 7, 1996

Agent 16-bit
Version 0.99g
Date 12/5/96
Size 1859 Kb
Location ftp://ftp.forteinc.com/pub/forte/agent/a16-99g.exe
Description The powerful commercial release of Free Agent
Status Commercial software - $29 ($40 shrink-wrapped)
Company Forte
Information About Agent Newsreader
Notes Agent is available on the 'net but you must first get a registration key to run it
Also Available 32-bit version
Free Agent 16-bit
Version 1.1
Date 10/21/96
Size 1071 Kb
Location ftp://papa.indstate.edu/winsock-l/news/fa16-11.exe
Description Feature for feature, the best freeware newsreader available
Status Free for academic and non-profit use. Commercial Version also available
Company Forte
Information About Free Agent Newsreader
Also Available 32-bit version
News Xpress for Windows 3.x
Version 1.0b4
Date 6/20/95
Size 207 Kb
Location ftp://ftp.microserve.com/pub/windows/internet/news_readers/nx10b4-p.exe
Description A strong contender to Free Agent but still in beta release
Status Freeware
Author mailto:kenng@hk.super.net W.L. Ken, Ng
Information The News Xpress FAQ
Also Available Windows 95 version
WinVN for Windows 3.x
Version 0.99.9 Beta 1
Date 2/9/97
Size 317 Kb
Location ftp://ftp.ksc.nasa.gov/pub/winvn/beta/wv16_99_9-b1.zip
Description A quick and efficient newsreader nearly on par with Agent and News Xpress
Status Freeware Feedback The WinVN Development Team
Information About WinVN
Also Available Windows 95/NT versions
Smart NewsReader for Win 3.x
Version 1.33 Beta
Date 6/23/96
Size 2104 Kb
Location http://www.intel.com/iaweb/aplets/setup.exe
Description A newsreader with unique information evaluation and objectify capabilities
Status Commercial software - $40
Company Intel Corporation
Information About Smart NewsReader
Also Available Windows 3.x version
QNews
Version 0.9a5
Date 5/15/95
Size 369 Kb
Location http://www.magi.com/~rdavies/qn09a5.zip
Description A new newsreader with features very similar to WinVN
Status Shareware - $10. Free 10 day evaluation
Author Robin Davies
Information QNews Home Page
Trumpet News
Version 1.0b4
Date 9/7/94
Size 164 Kb
Location ftp://ftp.cyberspace.com/pub/ppp/windows/utils/wt_wsk.zip
Description The oldest, most outdated newsreader available on the 'net
Status Shareware - $40
Author Peter Tattam of Trumpet Software International