george Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 http://michaelv.org.nyud.net/ Have fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazygourmet Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobonzo Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 wow, does that bring it back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Do we really need two threads on the same subject? But yeah, the site is a work of art. Too bad the real Windows 3.1 wasn't as stable... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Oh yes I ran windows 3.11 for many years and loved it, is that what is was like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deke Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Windows 3.11 is still available as a free download on MS TechNet if you want to go retro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTH Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 (edited) Funny, brings back a lot of memories. Edited January 26, 2010 by MTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Excellent! But where's Norton Commander? Nostalgia ain't what it used to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I was working as a computer tekkie at a bank in Germany and had to help the staff with their day to day computer problems under win 3.11. Then win95 came along and with that all this registry stuff....couldn't be bothered to start the learning curve all over again and became a forwarder in Thailand instead....talking about learning curves.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ping Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I got dragged kicking and screaming from DOS to Windows - only because eventually, so many apps would only run in Windows. I well remember all the autoexec.bat and config.sys batch files I had for freeing up RAM when I wanted to run memory-hungry apps in DOS. Remember how many people said that Windows was a passing fad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 (edited) Then win95 came along and with that all this registry stuff....couldn't be bothered to start the learning curve all over again The registry can be 'intimidating' at first, but it isn't rocket science. It's just a matter of getting to know where everything is and understanding how dependencies work. INI files are easier to work with no doubt. I well remember all the autoexec.bat and config.sys batch files I had for freeing up RAM when I wanted to run memory-hungry apps in DOS. Constant tinkering of these files was routine. Free more RAM! Edited January 27, 2010 by Supernova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ping Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 WIMP! (Windows, Icons, Menues, Pointers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetsetBkk Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 <snip>Constant tinkering of these files was routine. Free more RAM! Constant nightmares: LOADHI.SYS, DOS=HIGH, UMB, HIMEM.SYS, EMM386.EXE, DEVICEHIGH=.... rearrangng the order that the drivers got loaded to see if you could get more free RAM <shudder> It was a bit like Tetris - trying to get 20 different sized blocks into an oblong bucket and not leave any holes. What a game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welo Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Windows 3.1 - wasn't that when Microsoft tried to sabotage competing DR-Dos by building incompatibilities into the code so the installation would fail? And wasn't that the operating system that wasn't one (because Windows ran on top of DOS) And wasn't that when all geeks and wannabes hoped that OS/2 would beat Microsoft's Win95 as predecessor of Windows 3.1 welo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfact Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 wasn't that the time when 8mb RAM was enough to run an OS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welo Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 wasn't that the time when 8mb RAM was enough to run an OS... Windows 3.1 (enhanced mode) REQUIREMENTS Released 1992 Computer: 100% IBM Compatible Processor: 80386 or higher processor Memory: 2MB + Drives: 8MB Hard disk drive space3 source: http://www.computerhope.com/win3x.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raro Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I had a 20 GB HDD!! Yeah! was about the size of my sub-notebook and made a sound like a 747 upon take-off when booting up. Connected to my Euro-PC (that was the one with 640 kB!! So much better than the IBMs!) via serial port. Ran Win 2.0 on it but when win 3.1 came along, a 386 was in order with, yes, on your knees and worship me....4 (FOUR!!) MB or RAM. Wasn't cheap either, about 80,000 Baht I had to shell out for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernova Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Ran Win 2.0 on it but when win 3.1 came along, a 386 was in order with, yes, on your knees and worship me....4 (FOUR!!) MB or RAM. Wasn't cheap either, about 80,000 Baht I had to shell out for it... Imagine the computing power 80,000 Baht would get you nowadays... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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