where can i download an older version of icq?

[sandmanwake]

Since I hear 2000b is a major memory hog, where could i get a less bloated version of icq?

 

[kassy]

I have copies of most of the earlier versions, so yell if you cant find the one that you want.

 

[sandmanwake]

yelling . . .
Please email, I guess, a copy of version 99b to sandmanwake@yahoo.com.
99b hadn't gotten too screwed up yet right?

Thanks.

 

[Thegonagle]

I have 98a and 99a, if you like. 98a is only 1,673K.

 

[kassy]

Personally I think ICQ started getting screwy after 98a, but thats just my opinion.

 

[sandmanwake]

Ok, I'll take 98a then.

Thanks.

 

[RSI]

Are you nuts? 99b is the perfect version, much better than 98a! 99b has Activelist compatibility plus the shortcut keys!! I wouldn't use ICQ without those.. WTF, do you actually like to double click every time you have a message and every time you send a message , etc etc? blech.

-RSI

 

[sandmanwake]

About the only thing I'll be using it for is sending messages and transferring files, so I don't need to have too many features. Yes, I know AIM would suffice also for just these things, but there are certain people out there who only use icq and there is a certain file I've been trying to get for the about half a month now, and I may have found someone who has it, but I think I'll need icq to get it.

 

[kassy]

to save clogging up your mail, I managed to find a site that still has 99b for download. So check here

RSI - yep I know what you mean, but for what I used ICQ for, well, they altered certain features.

 

[sandmanwake]

An interesting question has come up though, and being the curious person that I am, I would like to have have this answered: What version of icq does everyone think is best and why. Take into account how many of the features of each version you actually use, how much of a system's resource it uses, ect.

 

[kassy]

I prefered 98 because I could easily access the IP, trace and for the most part figure out if my new 'contact' was legit or some ass pissing in the wind ( I had a couple of friends who liked collecting ICQ numbers and trying to 'catch me out' )
It was a quick download and the database would fit on a floppy so if I was away I could just download 98, pop in the database and I was away laughing.
Sure the later ones have all the bells and whistles but, *shrug*, 98a is still my favourite.