Windows 3.11
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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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oooo can I get Pong?
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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:
Ah, Windows 3.11... the last great version of Windows. How I miss it. ::sniff::
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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've got an old floppy case that has Win NT (some version), Win 3.11, DOS 6.22 etc in, I doubt I'll ever throw them out. I've also got Commander Keen, Crystal Caverns and Frontier around somewhere along with some newer ones on CD that ran on DOS.
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Ah. VirtualBox it is!
You'll need about a 30MB virtual HD to install it on. I managed to fit it onto a 20MB vhd but it was a pain. From what I remember I also had to download a bootable DOS disk from bootdisk.com because the images you get from MSDN aren't bootable.
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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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:cool: From which site I can download windows 3.11 or DOS 6.22, just for the sake of oldtimers. praveen.
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:cool: From which site I can download windows 3.11 or DOS 6.22, just for the sake of oldtimers. praveen.
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:cool: From which site I can download windows 3.11 or DOS 6.22, just for the sake of oldtimers. praveen.
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From which site I can download windows 3.11 or DOS 6.22
You can download it from MSDN, but if you don't already have a subscription, believe me you don't want to pay for one just for DOS and Windows 3.11.
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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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Nope. I do remember the very first "Winchester disks" with a 5 or 10 MB capacity though. And early PC's where a hard disk (or a second 8" floppy drive) was a luxurious option. :)
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Nope. I do remember the very first "Winchester disks" with a 5 or 10 MB capacity though. And early PC's where a hard disk (or a second 8" floppy drive) was a luxurious option. :)
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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 think my old system had a 500M disk, which was considered pretty big at the time. I'm not tempted to go back; I like Windows 7... Also missing from MSDN downloads: Windows Millenium, NT, and 2000. I have some of those from an old MSDN subscription, but doubt I'll ever use them...
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Windows 3.11
What would you run on it?
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What can you run on Windows 3.11? Lots of things. Excel 4, Word 6. Visual C++ 1.0 Trumpet Winsock Netscape Navigator 4 What else do you really need? :laugh:
