Strange version of Windows 3.1 marked with a "W" logo
Jan 4, 2022 · It looks like the base install of 3.1, which came on seven diskettes. 3.1 can be differentiated from 3.11, because 3.10 uses SZDD compression (the first four characters of a …
Why did fonts in Windows 1.01's Write application look so poor?
Jul 31, 2021 · In Windows 1.01 Write, the fonts were kind of blocky: Here's what the same text looked like in a modern word processor: Even the terminal had smoother text than Windows 1.01: Why did …
Why does Windows 1.01 crash at the splash screen?
Aug 24, 2021 · When Windows 1.01 is started under DOSBox, FreeDOS or one of the later versions of MS-DOS, garbage characters are printed on the screen right after displaying the Microsoft logo. …
Why did Windows 95 crash the whole system but newer Windows only ...
Jul 29, 2019 · Example situation. You are using a program in Windows 95 and screen goes blue only for you to restart the whole computer You are using a program in Windows 7 and the program stops …
How to use / start Windows 3.11 with FreeDOS
Aug 5, 2023 · 5 I can't start Windows 3.11 in FreeDOS due some protected mode issues: win /s (standard mode) => Can't start Windows in Standard Mode. Try to use the extended mode win /3 win …
gui - When did the floppy disk icon become the standard symbol for …
Apr 12, 2024 · Version 4.2, released in 1993 for MacOS, Windows 3.1 and Windows NT, featured icon toolbars with a floppy icon in all programs in the suite. The use of the floppy disk in this fashion dates …
What was the main implementation programming language of old 16 …
Sep 12, 2024 · But, what was the main programming language of old 16-bit Windows versions, from Windows 1 to Windows 3.11? Did they use C, or were they primarily implemented in assembly like …
graphics - Usage of Windows default 20-color palette
Oct 13, 2021 · 11 Currently I'm digging in the history of computer graphics and found the Windows default 20-color palette. It's based on the Windows and IBM OS/2 default 16-color palette but has the …
Disassembling Windows IO.SYS - Retrocomputing Stack Exchange
Jul 5, 2020 · Windows 95 and 98 IO.SYS / WINBOOT.SYS consists of three parts: the initial loader, the payload and the device configuration manager executable. The initial loader (MSLOAD) comprises …
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