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  • Long time ago.

    From Euclides Zoto@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 22 12:38:45 2021
    Its been a long time posting here. I remember how much fun it was in
    here using Win 3.1. Miss those days. Windows 3.1 was the big deal
    then.

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  • From Auric__@21:1/5 to Euclides Zoto on Wed Mar 24 06:22:35 2021
    Euclides Zoto wrote:

    Its been a long time posting here. I remember how much fun it was in
    here using Win 3.1. Miss those days. Windows 3.1 was the big deal
    then.

    I recently resurrected an old Vista-era machine, scrubbed it and installed MS-DOS 7.1. (I tried PTS-DOS but it had issues.) I'm thinking about putting Win3x on it just for giggles; just have to find the patch(es) to allow it.
    I'm also thinking about alternate GUIs, too. GEM, Desqview/X, etc. For now, it's all Norton Commander and the command line.

    --
    Every man has the same final destination: death at the end of life's road.
    But the path we travel makes all the difference.
    Some of us have maps and goals. Others are just lost.

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  • From Euclides Zoto@21:1/5 to not.my.real@email.address on Wed Mar 24 15:24:00 2021
    On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 06:22:35 -0000 (UTC), "Auric__"
    <not.my.real@email.address> wrote:

    Euclides Zoto wrote:

    Its been a long time posting here. I remember how much fun it was in
    here using Win 3.1. Miss those days. Windows 3.1 was the big deal
    then.

    I recently resurrected an old Vista-era machine, scrubbed it and installed >MS-DOS 7.1. (I tried PTS-DOS but it had issues.) I'm thinking about putting >Win3x on it just for giggles; just have to find the patch(es) to allow it. >I'm also thinking about alternate GUIs, too. GEM, Desqview/X, etc. For now, >it's all Norton Commander and the command line.

    Awesome ! You know if you use a large amount of ram you will have to
    use the 3start patch. Have you tried Norton Desktop for Dos? That
    with Norton commander gives you a lot of control in Dos. I'm still
    using MS-DOS 6.22 only because its the native enviroment for Windows
    3.1 and WFW. There are still sites that are alive with all dos and
    win 3.1. Still alive thankfully !

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  • From Auric__@21:1/5 to Euclides Zoto on Thu Mar 25 19:47:36 2021
    Euclides Zoto wrote:

    On Wed, 24 Mar 2021 06:22:35 -0000 (UTC), "Auric__" <not.my.real@email.address> wrote:

    Euclides Zoto wrote:

    Its been a long time posting here. I remember how much fun it was in
    here using Win 3.1. Miss those days. Windows 3.1 was the big deal
    then.

    I recently resurrected an old Vista-era machine, scrubbed it and
    installed MS-DOS 7.1. (I tried PTS-DOS but it had issues.) I'm thinking >>about putting Win3x on it just for giggles; just have to find the
    patch(es) to allow it. I'm also thinking about alternate GUIs, too. GEM, >>Desqview/X, etc. For now, it's all Norton Commander and the command
    line.

    Awesome ! You know if you use a large amount of ram you will have to
    use the 3start patch.

    That's one of the patches I have in mind; the machine has 4GB RAM. DOS
    seems to work ok without any patches, but I haven't tried anything memory-intensive.

    Have you tried Norton Desktop for Dos? That with Norton commander gives
    you a lot of control in Dos.

    Don't think I ever have. Not sure whether or not I have it in storage.

    I'm still using MS-DOS 6.22 only because its the native enviroment for Windows 3.1 and WFW.

    I went with 7.1 because I was trying to install Win98. The 4GB patch didn't work for me, so...

    There are still sites that are alive with all dos and win 3.1. Still
    alive thankfully !

    Yep, I have several of them bookmarked.

    --
    If we ain't outta here in ten minutes,
    we won't need no rocket to fly through space.

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