Looking for an old Hanzi trainer from 20 years ago for Windows I once had

[miri83]

Hello, everyone.

 

After a 20-year hiatus from learning Chinese I want to give it another go. I remember having a simple hanzi trainer that was just awesome. It was Windows only and would open up in a small window. The background was yellow and all the information was given in text areas with a white background. It had basically all the characters (one could choose between traditional and simplified) and one would have to give all the pronunciations in Pinyin to go on to the next character. You really could churn through a lot of characters with that thing and it would keep a simple statistic in one of the corners of the application to let you know where you where at.

I can't for the life of me remember its name?

Maybe some of the old-timers here know this one and give me its name.

 

Thank you,

Miriam

[roddy]

I'm pretty sure it's not, but it did remind me of Clavis Sinica.

[miri83]

Yeah, it's not the one, but quite interesting, too. Kind of reminds me of the Wenlin dictionary app.

[Jan Finster]

Do you still have Windows 98? (just kidding ?

[abcdefg]

Could it have been "Yellow Bridge?" 

[roddy]

Declan Software produced products that might fit, though you'll need to delve into the Internet Archive to find any info.

[miri83]

@Jan FinsterHa, I said good-bye to that a long time ago.?

 

@abcdefgNo, it was a standalone .exe-appliaction.

[miri83]

@roddyAh, this brings back so many memories. I remember the Declan stuff.? Great tip about the Wayback Machine!

[roddy]

@mikelove, you're as likely to know as anyone, any ideas?

[Xiao Kui]

Was it trainchinese ?  I also enjoyed it, nice dopamine effect and loved the way it kept track of how many actual characters you knew. 

 

I used it back in 2005. Trainchinese.com still features an app, but it doesn't really look like the amazing, bare bones original.  Still might be worth checking out.

[mikelove]

My first thought was Clavis Sinica but that's already been ruled out. A quick Google Image search led to something I'd never heard of called "Han Trainer Pro" that seems like it might match your description, though it's maybe a bit newer than 20 years ago.

 

Maybe some interactive CD type thing that was bundled with a textbook? (very trendy thing in the mid-to-late '90s)