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Windows turns 35: a visual history - From Windows 1.0 to Windows 10 (Flashback: Nov 20, 1985)
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| Nov 20, 2020
| Tom Warren
Posted on 11/20/2020 8:31:22 PM PST by dayglored
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LONG article with tons of photos and descriptive text. Actually pretty good, and quite interesting, if you are interested in anything having to do with Windows and how we got to where we are.
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posted on
11/20/2020 8:31:22 PM PST
by
dayglored
To: Abby4116; afraidfortherepublic; aft_lizard; AF_Blue; AppyPappy; arnoldc1; ATOMIC_PUNK; bajabaja; ...
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posted on
11/20/2020 8:32:08 PM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: dayglored
Bill Gates is such a dreamboat in this picture.
To: dayglored
Why do I picture Clippy jumping up and down yelling “Don’t forget about me, don’t forget about me!”
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posted on
11/20/2020 8:39:24 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: dayglored
I remember having fun editing my autoexec.bat
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posted on
11/20/2020 8:39:52 PM PST
by
GreatRoad
('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act' )
To: dayglored
Did they roll in PARC and Apple?
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posted on
11/20/2020 8:40:09 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: dayglored
I came on the computing scene around windows 9 - it was kind of a nightmare- what with drivers being a pain to install, to peripherals not working- and using dialup at i think it was 28K (Does that sound right?) to try to diagnose computer problems-
My neighbour was way before windows 9 but not sure what version- i remembered him saying how much ‘better 9 was’ lol- He died a few years ago- before windows 10 got established- -
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posted on
11/20/2020 8:40:18 PM PST
by
Bob434
To: dayglored; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON
George and Lloyd almost put him out of business.
To: Bob434
There never was a “Windows 9”. You have Windows 7, 8, Vista, 10.
You may be remember either Windows 95 or Windows 98/98se if you are talking about dialup modems.
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posted on
11/20/2020 8:49:46 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: dayglored
remember when you got to choose if and when to update your windows version?
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posted on
11/20/2020 8:50:36 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
I remember when I went full-in with Linux about 5 years ago.
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posted on
11/20/2020 8:53:59 PM PST
by
Paladin2
To: GreatRoad
autoexec.bat and config.sys
That’s where the magic happened.
To: Dr. Sivana
Yes dang it- 95- memory not what it used to be- then 98 came along with soem pretty good improvments but still kinda tricky-
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posted on
11/20/2020 8:58:16 PM PST
by
Bob434
To: Secret Agent Man
Hell yeah — you had to work at it to get it upgraded.
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posted on
11/20/2020 8:59:12 PM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: Still Thinking
A whole separate history article could be written about Clippy.
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posted on
11/20/2020 8:59:53 PM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: Dr. Sivana
What was the one before 95 if you remember? My friend had a set of floppy drives with the operating system on them-
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posted on
11/20/2020 9:00:04 PM PST
by
Bob434
To: bigdaddy45
Bill Gates was still a rich, single nerd, hadn’t met Melinda yet.
OTOH, Steve Ballmer was his over-the-top self from the very beginning, as that famous sales clip demonstrates.
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posted on
11/20/2020 9:02:01 PM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: Bob434
Before Win95 was Win3.11 (Windows for Workgroups), the first with an attempt at networking.
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posted on
11/20/2020 9:03:29 PM PST
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government."`)
To: bigdaddy45
Oh that brings back memories . I had a 286 with MS DOS . It was given to me cause the company that bought it couldn’t figure how to use it . It was a nice upgrade to my Tandy lol My sister was in college at the time and when the 386 came out she bought one and could not figure out how to use and she gave it to me . I put Windows 3 on it and it could barely run it . When the 486 came out I bought one right away 3.1 on it and it was awesome at the time . It’s come so far .
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posted on
11/20/2020 9:03:38 PM PST
by
Lera
(1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
To: dayglored
The picture of Windows 1.0 from 1985
it says Disk Free Space 30024K
What? They had 30 megabyte hard drives back then?
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posted on
11/20/2020 9:04:02 PM PST
by
qam1
(There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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