An interesting read "Closing Windows"

[Steve]

Windows 3.X Nice hardware requirement comparison.

[Inactive]

I read that earlier Steve, I never used 3.1, my first Windoze was 95.

Interesting read, especially the bit about 3.1 being used in modern aircraft.

[Rik]

 

I remember it well.

[Rik]

Interesting read, especially the bit about 3.1 being used in modern aircraft.

Though, hopefully, not for the flight controls. 

[Inactive]

Though, hopefully, not for the flight controls. 

Possibly with Ryanair.

[Rik]

[Steve]

I remember well the hardware costs I think an equivalent inkjet is now about a fifth of the price as was when I was using 3.11

[Rik]

Not to mention hard drives and memory, Steve.

[kinmel]

Ahh 3.11............

Such memories, I think I will dig out the 6 floppies and give it a run in a Virtualbox 

[Rik]

I go right back to v1, runtime. Happy times.

(Of course, it crashed several times a day, but it was such a big step forward...)

[sobranie]

I'm still using my abacus 

[Inactive]

 

I gave up on mine after someone said that was making a right colourful balls up of it.

[Rik]

You obviously weren't employing your click-clack properly, In.

[Den]

Amiga Workbench was much better than Windows 3.1 IMO 

[Glenn]

  They just made huge mistakes with marketing the Amiga range

[Sebby]

Windows 3.1 was such a classic. I can't believe they've only just stopped issuing licences.

[Rik]

I wonder how it would feel to go back to it?

[talos2]

I've got an old laptop which is still running it, and it runs just fine, if it does what you want it to why change.

[Rik]

I agree, Bob, though I don't think I'd now use it on the net.

[talos2]

Much too slow for the net, but I did use it on the old bulletin boards at one time.

[Rik]

300baud, everything appearing at typing speed?

[talos2]

Those were the days, life seemed so uncomplicated then

[Rik]

No AV, no firewalls... Happy days.

[Myst]

They just made huge mistakes with marketing the Amiga range

Shame the British side of things couldn't do a buy out when US side went tits up as they were running quite profitably, the Amiga was always a bigger success here and Germany than in America

I still have my A500 and Phillips monitor that come out now and again for some Sensi Soccer 
Just wish i had teh space to keep it set up 24/7 - best machine ever.

[Rik]

I remember seeing the graphics and being blown away by them. It was all so new and exciting in those days.

[Sebby]

No AV, no firewalls... Happy days.

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Mac or Linux.

[Rik]

Give them time, Seb, they will.

[Sebby]