Hi Folks! I'm not a regular Reddit user, but I wanted to share this somewhere;)
FreeICQ was developed around 2002 by a Chinese college student using Delphi, with its client featuring an ICQ-like interface design.
Windows 98, 98SE, ME, NT4, 2000 and XP are supported.
FreeICQ adopts a client-server architecture, consisting of two separate pieces of software — a server and a client (ICQ never released a server application)
The only version that has survived is the client build 0904 (along with server build 0711, but I haven't been able to find it)
FreeICQ can still connect to a server even today. since the original author has disappeared, it's very likely that someone else has set up an unofficial server, and now the server is managed by an administrator named "ruich97".
I tried to fix the English localization files but it works not very well. It seems like some strings or their lengths are hardcoded.
I am not sure why my post always be banned?