Windows 3.11
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I just logged into MSDN to download Visual Studio 2010 and I noticed I can also download Windows 3.11. I'm thinking of creating a partition for it, just for old times' sake. How big do you thinking I should make the partition? Maybe 100MB? ;P Strangely, though, it looks like I can't download Windows 95 or 98. I wonder why that is. I feel like I'm really missing out. :rolleyes:
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I just logged into MSDN to download Visual Studio 2010 and I noticed I can also download Windows 3.11. I'm thinking of creating a partition for it, just for old times' sake. How big do you thinking I should make the partition? Maybe 100MB? ;P Strangely, though, it looks like I can't download Windows 95 or 98. I wonder why that is. I feel like I'm really missing out. :rolleyes:
Whatever size partition you use, it couldn't be bigger than 2GB, as that was the patition size limit built into FAT16 in DOS. Given how much smaller it was than Windows of today, you could probably get away with 100MB! Win95 and Win98 aren't available because of the Java settlement with Sun. I believe that part of the terms of the settlement agreement were Microsoft would stop distributing them.
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I just logged into MSDN to download Visual Studio 2010 and I noticed I can also download Windows 3.11. I'm thinking of creating a partition for it, just for old times' sake. How big do you thinking I should make the partition? Maybe 100MB? ;P Strangely, though, it looks like I can't download Windows 95 or 98. I wonder why that is. I feel like I'm really missing out. :rolleyes:
I bought my very first PC (a Compaq laptop) in the nineties, I was still heavily using Macs then, as they were way ahead. The little machine had Win3.11 and a 1GB disk, I'm sure I never filled it up as WinWord still fitted on a single floppy. I still must have it somewhere, however I don't expect it to work any more, haven't tried it for years, and am not going to bother... :)
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I just logged into MSDN to download Visual Studio 2010 and I noticed I can also download Windows 3.11. I'm thinking of creating a partition for it, just for old times' sake. How big do you thinking I should make the partition? Maybe 100MB? ;P Strangely, though, it looks like I can't download Windows 95 or 98. I wonder why that is. I feel like I'm really missing out. :rolleyes:
Why not use a Virtual Machine?
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I just logged into MSDN to download Visual Studio 2010 and I noticed I can also download Windows 3.11. I'm thinking of creating a partition for it, just for old times' sake. How big do you thinking I should make the partition? Maybe 100MB? ;P Strangely, though, it looks like I can't download Windows 95 or 98. I wonder why that is. I feel like I'm really missing out. :rolleyes:
Just last week I did the same and also stumbled over Win 3.11 :) Don't forget to also get yourself MS DOS. It's also there and you will need it. And I also was looking for Win 98 to get some older games working again.
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
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Why not use a Virtual Machine?
In my case that's not really a rational decision. I do not use virtual machines or emulators when I can have the real thing. I still have my first computer from 1978 and a few old computers I used along the years. Playing with oldtimers to some extend is just about missing the comfort of a current machine.
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
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I just logged into MSDN to download Visual Studio 2010 and I noticed I can also download Windows 3.11. I'm thinking of creating a partition for it, just for old times' sake. How big do you thinking I should make the partition? Maybe 100MB? ;P Strangely, though, it looks like I can't download Windows 95 or 98. I wonder why that is. I feel like I'm really missing out. :rolleyes:
Sometime last year I found the DOS 6.22 install floppies. I made a copy of them and ran it in a VM :)
See if you can crack this: fb29a481781fe9b3fb8de57cda45fbef
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I just logged into MSDN to download Visual Studio 2010 and I noticed I can also download Windows 3.11. I'm thinking of creating a partition for it, just for old times' sake. How big do you thinking I should make the partition? Maybe 100MB? ;P Strangely, though, it looks like I can't download Windows 95 or 98. I wonder why that is. I feel like I'm really missing out. :rolleyes:
aspdotnetdev wrote:
Windows 3.11
What would you run on it?
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I just logged into MSDN to download Visual Studio 2010 and I noticed I can also download Windows 3.11. I'm thinking of creating a partition for it, just for old times' sake. How big do you thinking I should make the partition? Maybe 100MB? ;P Strangely, though, it looks like I can't download Windows 95 or 98. I wonder why that is. I feel like I'm really missing out. :rolleyes:
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In my case that's not really a rational decision. I do not use virtual machines or emulators when I can have the real thing. I still have my first computer from 1978 and a few old computers I used along the years. Playing with oldtimers to some extend is just about missing the comfort of a current machine.
A while ago he asked me what he should have printed on my business cards. I said 'Wizard'. I read books which nobody else understand. Then I do something which nobody understands. After that the computer does something which nobody understands. When asked, I say things about the results which nobody understand. But everybody expects miracles from me on a regular basis. Looks to me like the classical definition of a wizard.
I guess it depends on the person. For me its not about having a "blast from the past" but rather to experiment whatever i want. In my case VirtualBox rule.
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I just logged into MSDN to download Visual Studio 2010 and I noticed I can also download Windows 3.11. I'm thinking of creating a partition for it, just for old times' sake. How big do you thinking I should make the partition? Maybe 100MB? ;P Strangely, though, it looks like I can't download Windows 95 or 98. I wonder why that is. I feel like I'm really missing out. :rolleyes:
Windows for warehouses 3.11!! That's what we used to call 3.11 because it didn't sell and I was in the biz at the time setting up windows networks on Arcnet lans.
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
Windows 3.11
What would you run on it?
Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity. http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
Windows 3.11
What would you run on it?
Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity. http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com[^] My Site
The file browser! Or maybe some of my old QuickBasic 4.5 programs. I can run them now, but then I'd be running them on Windows 3.11! ;P
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Ah but it won't support modern hardware such as HDD controllers without the drivers.
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Not even if I install it to an IDE hard drive with a partition smaller than 2GB?
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I guess it depends on the person. For me its not about having a "blast from the past" but rather to experiment whatever i want. In my case VirtualBox rule.
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I bought my very first PC (a Compaq laptop) in the nineties, I was still heavily using Macs then, as they were way ahead. The little machine had Win3.11 and a 1GB disk, I'm sure I never filled it up as WinWord still fitted on a single floppy. I still must have it somewhere, however I don't expect it to work any more, haven't tried it for years, and am not going to bother... :)
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My first PC (a 486?) got burned in a garage fire. :( It had DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11. Huh, one version is twice the value of the other. Wonder if that was a coincidence.
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Not even if I install it to an IDE hard drive with a partition smaller than 2GB?
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Sadly controllers have changed - e.g. from ISA to PCI which requires different mapping. The older IDE controllers were at a fixed address.
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Ah. VirtualBox it is!
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I just logged into MSDN to download Visual Studio 2010 and I noticed I can also download Windows 3.11. I'm thinking of creating a partition for it, just for old times' sake. How big do you thinking I should make the partition? Maybe 100MB? ;P Strangely, though, it looks like I can't download Windows 95 or 98. I wonder why that is. I feel like I'm really missing out. :rolleyes:
A while back I installed Windows 3.11 on a minimal spec VM. It absolutely flew.
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The file browser! Or maybe some of my old QuickBasic 4.5 programs. I can run them now, but then I'd be running them on Windows 3.11! ;P
Let me know I might have some ancient legacy apps I might could donate.
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