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Windows for Workgroups birthday

in Milliways
Hi, everyone! Today it's the birthday of Windows for Workgroups. The first version, v3.10, was released 25 years ago, on October, 27th of 1992. It was the last version of Windows to run on PC/AT PCs with 80286 processors. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1x#Windows_for_Workgroups_3.1 What …

Re: "Old" Capacitors

I wonder, since we're talking about electrolytics.. Where can I find out date codes of these caps ? - If I wander through my local electronics shop of choice, I'll see the same looking capacitors again and again. How can I be sure these are still good and not something like ~15 years old already ? - …

Re: My First 286

Well done. Just keep in mind that late-80s 286 machines sometimes had this config: 1.2MB HD 5.25" drive, 720KB DD 3.5" drive. So maybe you're required to change these settings in the CMOS setup accordingly. (Yes, I know, later 286 machines also had 1.44MB drives already..:) ) Anyway, if you …

Re: My First 286

Yes, but that shouldn't be a real issue, since you're the owner and have access to the inside of the PC. As far as I know, there should be a little plug/cable thing that goes from the key lock to the lower left/center corner of the mainboard. If you're lucky, the header on the mainboard is labeled " …

Re: My First 286

Congrats on your first 286! :) Now you've got a clean and pure 16-Bit (/24-Bit) machine. It looks fine from what I can tell by the photo, also. If it has at least one MiB of overall memory, you can load DOS in HMA, load EMM286, run Windows 3.1 (on its knees, but still), etc. Speaking of Windows, I'm …

Re: Actual Windows Emulator

in PC Emulation
Wait, are you talking about that universally beloved space cadet thing (the monkey island of pinball games, so to say) ? In case you do, it also works on good ol' Windows 3.1 via Win32s. 😀 http://gunkies.org/wiki/File:Windows_NT_4.0_p … g_on_Win32s.jpg

Re: Actual Windows Emulator

in PC Emulation
Any suggestions for a good classic small game for Windows 3.1 that is free or at least has a demo? Hi, you'll find quite a lot at archive.org's software library. :) https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_win3_games Some small games I know of: http://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?p=490710# …

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