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Which was the earlist version of Windows you ever used?

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  • D Dave Kreskowiak

    Since I've been doing this crap since IBM DOS 1.1 was out, I got to experience Windows 1.0. I also remember playing around with IBM's TopView, and, of course, an Apple Lisa. Holy shit, I'm old!

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    Wendelius
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    If I also remember all of those, does it make me old too? I kinda like not remembering if I'm old or not :)

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    • N NormDroid

      Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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      PIEBALDconsult
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      Gem Or do you mean Windows 3.1 ?

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      • L Lost User

        Didja ever play around with the GEM interface? It was kinda cool... in an early 80's sort of way.

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        R Giskard Reventlov
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        Oh yes. Oh the memories... :)

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          Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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          R Giskard Reventlov
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          I'm sure I remember playing around with Windows 1 or 2 but not sure - probably an invented memory; definitely used OS2 and Windows 3.

          "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair. nils illegitimus carborundum me, me, me

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            Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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            Steve Maier
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            I had a chance to play with Windows 1 and 2 for abit.

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            • N NormDroid

              Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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              Gem I wrote a program in pascal that served as a DOS program launcher - I called it Radius. I was on the verge (days away from signing the papers) of selling it to a software manufacturer, and when Windows came out, and I gave the other party a chance to back out of the deal because I thought Windows was a better idea. They did, of course, and I remained a poor white child.

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                Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                Toli Cuturicu
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                Windows 3.1

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                  Gem I wrote a program in pascal that served as a DOS program launcher - I called it Radius. I was on the verge (days away from signing the papers) of selling it to a software manufacturer, and when Windows came out, and I gave the other party a chance to back out of the deal because I thought Windows was a better idea. They did, of course, and I remained a poor white child.

                  ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                  You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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                  "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997

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                  LloydA111
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                  WHAT! You could be rich by now, or at least, slightly famous!

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                  • N NormDroid

                    Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                    Clifford Nelson
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                    Windows 95. Used MSDOS before that, and also the first Macintosh OS.

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                      Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                      Joe Woodbury
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                      Windows 386/2.1. Word required it. Where I worked at the time, we got into the Windows 3.0 beta program and received a beta copy three weeks before 3.0 was released. (Days after we received the beta discs, we received the 3.0 disks with a stern reminder of the NDA we'd signed.)

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                        Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                        Win 3.1. /ravi

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                        • L Lost User

                          Didja ever play around with the GEM interface? It was kinda cool... in an early 80's sort of way.

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                          Dave Kreskowiak
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                          I completely forgot about GEM! I also remember GEOS when it was ported to PC's. Oh man, the memories of the industry trying different things, trying to figure out what works and what doesn't. Who did things better than the other guy. Those were the days!

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                          • W Wendelius

                            If I also remember all of those, does it make me old too? I kinda like not remembering if I'm old or not :)

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                            Dave Kreskowiak
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                            Yep, you're officially old if you've ever used any of the stuff mentioned. :laugh:

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                              Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                              Ron Anders
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                              1.01 on an XT with a V20 chip expanded memory and a 640x480 card.

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                                Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                                Roger Wright
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                                Windows/286 (2.1x) was the first. Windows 2000 was the first that actually worked.

                                Will Rogers never met me.

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                                • T Toli Cuturicu

                                  Windows 3.1

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                                  DattatrayHinge
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                                  Windows95

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                                  • S Steve Maier

                                    I had a chance to play with Windows 1 and 2 for abit.

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                                    Bob Buckingham
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                                    Definitely 1.0; also had the original Lisa's serial numbers 1 and 2, the first Novell Token Ring network ever installed and lots of other cool stuff including an original HP PARC? system with several workstations and printers - the real original windows system. Both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates came by to see this installation. How did this happen? Well, I worked at a research facility.

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                                      Mine was Windows 3.0? The best was Windows NT 4.0 or 3.51+Shell.

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                                      Member 4608898
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                                      Microsoft Windows 1.0 around 1986, quickly followed by 2.1. The first one I ever programmed in was 2.11 (1989) X Windows 5 around 1990.

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