

The Windows client was originally built for Windows 3.1 - so it'll generate an error under Windows 2000 when you first launch it after installing (it may make the same error under Win XP) about WINNLS not being a valid Windows image.
#FIRSTCLASS CLIENT .FC SETTINGS INSTALL#
I'll assume you know enough about the internet to find and use the appropriate utilities to decompress these files and extract their contents to install and launch the application. The Windows File is self-extracting ZIP file, so put the "exe" into a folder before you double-click to extract it, then double click "setup" to launch the installer, while the Mac file is an HQX'ed Stuffit file. Click to download First Class Client for Windows Click to download First Class Client for Macintosh

Telnet into the BBS rather than use the graphical client (more on this at However, if you've got access to a command line, you can always try to Unfortunately clients only exist for Macintosh and Windows. It allows you to use your mouse "online" to access messages and files and provides all sorts of nifty things like integrated chat while provding a nice encrypted proprietary protocol for doing many tasks simultaneously - so you can be uploading, downloading, chatting and sending messages all at the same time. "First Class" is a client-server application that has Bulletin-Board-like capabilities and as such is used often (or at least, used to be used often) as BBS's for Macintosh support groups and for other purposes.
