Article mentioning FrameMaker 3

I also started on FM3, on Unix (HP-UX), and bought a copy for Windows 3.1 at home (as in those days Frame Technology was still trying to break into the mass WP/DTP market, so FM was fairly cheap).

I probably still have the Windows floppies & codeword around here somewhere (as they were needed for later upgrades in those days). I don't presently have a machine that could run Win3.1 or Win95 (which would be needed, as FM3 is likely awash in 16-bit x86 code, and perhaps also need RealMode drivers).

One thing the software industry has been pretty competent about is forward compatibility. Any later version of FM can open the .fm & .book binaries of any earlier version (±system font issues, and some cautionary dialogs). FM goes a step further, in that earlier FMs can open the MIFs of later ones, if the MIFs exist or can be created). There's no reason to be able to run old versions, other than tech support for users still on them.

Thanks for that ride on the time machine… FrameMaker 3.1 on Mac was the first version I've been working with. On a Mac Quadra 800, later converted to a PowerMac 8100 🙂

Bernd