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Windows 3.1, any cop? (stifle laughter please!)
Nobber:
Windows 3.1? Way too modern!
You should try Windows 1.01. You have to run it on DOS 5.0 or earlier, because it spits out garbage when you try to run it on DOS 6 and above. Still, it's quite nice, in a minimalist sort of way. No bloat, not too many colours, no PS/2 mouse support, not even a file manager (that didn't come till 3.0). Aye, things were simple back then...
(Oh, and it runs like a fox with a rocket up its arse on my Athlon 1.4GHz!)
Master of Reality:
quote:Originally posted by X11:
Its on 6!!!, i have it right in front of me and its on my PC. Runs nice and fast.
Windows 3.11 For Workgroups is 8
--- End quote ---
ya, ya... i have workgroups 3.11, it is 8 disks.
and my special version of 3.00 is 7 disks.
[ April 28, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality ]
[ April 28, 2002: Message edited by: Master of Reality ]
Calum:
windows 1! no mouse, no file manager! what did it have then?
i suppose support for a serial mouse...
Also, can windows 3. be run on any other DOS except MS DOS? eg, can i get one of those things that runs DOS programs in linux, and run windows 3.1 under linux?
Calum:
Well, here's a page which purports to have all the dos based versions of windows for download, and also a couple of programs, such as w4w version 1.1!
i tried to download 3.1 yesterday (the op shop was shut) but it was a corrupt archive, so off out to the op shop today i think!
Here's the homepage for the open source DOS project, it aims to be totally compatible with MS DOS, so with those two links, you could conceivably run windows on an open source OS. unusual thought...
And here's a thread i found very useful in my quest.
I know it looks like i am answering my own questions, but it's only in case anybody else fancies doing this as well, the info might as well be here for those people to see...
Calum:
if you look inside a ball mouse, you'll see those wheels inside, the ball just moves them around.
Hey, does anybody know where i can see some screenshots of windows 1, 2 and 3 in action? (especially windows 1!)ta!
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