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Microsoft Windows!
gabyde:
Hi guys!
> That windows is shit, yes in that one they dont > spy on you because I dont think Internet was
> alaviable at that time.
Haha, I'm surfing the net since 1994...
> there's no registry (a HUGE problem with later > windowss in my opinion) and few dlls.
Huh?? My registry is about 4000 lines long and DLLs are nearly 1000. I'm talking about 3.1, not any so-called "Windows Operating System".
> and this screen willl explain what happens on
> everywindows and will never be fixed
> http://www.gaby.de/win3x/screens/nov01.gif
No, this doesn't happen on everywindows. This only happens if you try to fake NT and run a 32bit exe file, which is intelligent enough to notice that something is weired about this "NT".
Look at the taskbar and you'll see that a task named "lie about Win32" is currently running. You can use it to fake either NT or W95.
> um, i actually suspect (although i am not in
> any way betting on it) that that shot has been > doctored.
Good for you that you don't bet. There's nothing doctored.
> the URL that it's windows
> 3x but look, it has a windows start menu and
> toolbar which was not included in windows until > windows 95
If you look at the page title instead (http://www.gaby.de/win3x/escreens.htm), you'll see that these are Calmira Screenshots. I don't know any 3.1 user who still uses Program Manager...
Would you?????
Bye, bye
Gaby
(webmistress of win31.de)
Calum:
i don't know any 3.1 user at all!
well, i know very little about DOS and haven't tried calmira yet. was a little thrown at the windows error considering all the other stuff in the picture is later add on software then.
Gaby, your site is a very good one, by the way, if i do get a windows 3.11 or dos system installed, your site will be on my favourites list.
[ September 08, 2003: Message edited by: Calum ]
gabyde:
Hi Calum,
> i don't know any 3.1 user at all!
Oh, now you know at least one :))
> well, i know very little about DOS and haven't
> tried calmira yet.
Calmira is really great. At first sight it looks like Win9x, but it's a thousand times better
You can turn it upside down and shake it and it just keeps on running (same for 3.1 itself).
For those who are curious:
http://www.calmira.de/
> Gaby, your site is a very good one, by the way,
> if i do get a windows 3.11 or dos system
> installed, your site will be on my favourites
> list.
Oh, thanks!!
Bye, bye
Gaby
Calum:
well i did indeed install a windows.
it is caldera dr-dos 7.03 with the gnu tools and some of the exe and com files from freedos copied over the top (but caldera's edit.com kicks the ass off of freedos' edit.exe so i kept it, and a lot of other stuff, dr-dos seems kind of picky about being ripped to pieces) with windows for workgroups 3.11 on top (dell oem version), and calmira II 3.3 (yes? c33 was the name of the zip file) on top.
Yes the look is identical to windows 95 but it is a shitload more configurable and by fuck it's fast compared to any windows i have ever used!
so dr-dos is kind of open source, calmira and the gnu stuff is all open source, windows isn't.
I think if the calmira people and the freedos people could meet in the middle we would be starting to see this dream open source windows i was talking about before.
i am still baffled about how to get it to connect to the internet using my dialup thing (still haven't tried though to install winsock and all that, will not be using IE so can't follow any of the howtos (yes they ALL assume i use IE 3, which comes with own tcp stack and microsoft java virtual machine apparently))
screenshot to follow when i have some program capable of doing images in windows 3.11, i wonder if gimp and moz and all that will run under it?
and how do i get the gnu compiler collection and install open source source packages on it?
Master of Reality:
thats awesome... i should try that.... hmmm... *looks at computer that doesnt do shit beside him*
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