Denis W. Veteran Posted September 9, 2006 Veteran Share Posted September 9, 2006 I have this pack of Windows 1.0 apps that were converted to Windows 3.x EXEs, and compared them with their modern day counterparts: Windows 1.0 apps (running in Vista) (note: Paint's toolbar is messed up) Windows Vista apps It's nice to see what 20 years can do to UI design. Of course, four of those applications have had the same UI for 10 years. Alas. (side note: At last, older applications don't fall back to the classic window borders, as is with the case in XP.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrp04 Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Wouldnt the OS run better without all this legacy code? I dont think anyone still uses a program from windows 3.1, why do they still work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin.B Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Wouldnt the OS run better without all this legacy code? I dont think anyone still uses a program from windows 3.1, why do they still work? I can write some code in Qbasic, convert it into EXE, and it will work just fine. It doesn't matter how old the EXE is, and it has nothing to do with the OS having "legacy code". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buu Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Is quite amazing innit :) I wonder what the OS in 40 years will look like :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 within 40 years we'll probably have a 3d OS that you can see everywhere around you, that you can hear, that you can feel, and that you can use wherever you are because it's built in in our brains or something :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jus1haz2 Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Well hopefully then our brains dont get viruses or bsod lol >< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meraklis56 Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 see the difirences of the clock in win 1.x and vista...nothing changed lol :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimsonhead Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 I still find calc ugly. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitebread Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 What, exactly, would you like the programs to look like? :blink: I agree some additional features would be great, but come on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Caro Posted September 9, 2006 Share Posted September 9, 2006 Notepad hasnt changed much :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ericson Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Wow Reversi has changed to Minesweeper, that's quite a huge change ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Suraci Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 Ugh, I hate how pre-win2k apps look :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted September 10, 2006 Veteran Share Posted September 10, 2006 Wouldnt the OS run better without all this legacy code? I dont think anyone still uses a program from windows 3.1, why do they still work? No not really. DOS, Win 3.x, and non-Win32 Win9x apps run in a Virtual Machine called "Windows On Windows". It's just so transparent that you don't really notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ericson Posted September 10, 2006 Share Posted September 10, 2006 You've been blogged! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hello1024 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 No not really. DOS, Win 3.x, and non-Win32 Win9x apps run in a Virtual Machine called "Windows On Windows". It's just so transparent that you don't really notice. Um - except the "8 NTVDM.EXE" in the taskbar - that must be a bug - NTVDM's shouldn't be grouped like that. Does anyone have a copy of windows 1.0 or 2 or 3 or 3.1? - I'd like to test it on a new pc - I don't think ms will sue for piracy on that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jb23fan Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 haha.. very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garbagestrike Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Wouldnt the OS run better without all this legacy code? I dont think anyone still uses a program from windows 3.1, why do they still work? ever heard of backwards compatibility? some people still use DOS in their businesses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XerXis Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 i love the win 1.x control panel :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denis W. Veteran Posted November 10, 2006 Author Veteran Share Posted November 10, 2006 (edited) Does anyone have a copy of windows 1.0 or 2 or 3 or 3.1? - I'd like to test it on a new pc - I don't think ms will sue for piracy on that! Windows 1.0's boot disk is on the same site I got those Windows 1.x -> 3.x applications from. (Not too sure if linking to this old stuff is illegal. Please remove this link if need be.) Edited November 10, 2006 by rm20010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz99 Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 I just discovered at the office that a pc (IBM PII) still running windows 3.11 because of a software called (if I remember it) Data Express or something like this..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindscape Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Frys Electronics still uses DOS i believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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