win 3.1

what is win 3.1 all about?

[R.I.P.]

http://www.computerhope.com/dosshell.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Microsoft_Windows

http://www.guidebookgallery.org/screenshots/win31

LOL not @ you for not knowing but because it's like a history lesson for you and a memory for me  

I learned on DOS and the first OS I used was 3.1, which later got network capabilities : SHOCK!  
they called it windows for workgoups 3.11

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And the whole of 3.11 took up 20-30MBs, ran happily on a 486 with 4MBs of RAM.

Dare I admit it :-?

I still run WFW 3.11 on a 486 with 4mb but with Dos 7.10a.  Bios date is 7.7.91.  Also have a couple of pc's so elderly they don't have a hdd and rely on 5" floppies.

Nothing to do with age..    just enthusiasm for keeping the old ones going for as long as possible.

funny only yesterday I threw out loads of 486 stuff, about 12 mobos, a few processors, about 40 sticks of ram, fans & coolers, about 20 assorted isa cards new in box
guess I thought I'd had them long enough

speaking of fans remember the 486 was the first processor to have a fan and heat sink on the processor

ahhh memory lane, is the best place to visit for a short break

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I'm still running WFW on my P4 with W2K, it goes like a Zirtec.

I'm still running WFW on my P4 with W2K, it goes like a Zirtec.

Zirtec antihistamine (Googled) or do you mean like a rat up a drainpipe :-?

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TV ad in Australia Dusty, your hayfever will go like a Zirtec.

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Okay since we're goin down memory lane ...what was the one tweak that made WWFG 3.1 scream with speed ? ?

patio.   8-)

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I give up Patio?
(You must be really old LOL)

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I give up Patio?
(You must be really old LOL)

I'm so old that when i was born the Dead Sea was only sick...

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LOL

Nothing to do with age..    just enthusiasm for keeping the old ones going for as long as possible.

I guess I apply the same principle with my parents.