Happy Birthday: Windows 3.1 is 25 years old

  • 7 April 2017
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7th April 2017 By Michael Firth
 
Forget what you know about Windows for a moment. The start menu doesn't exist, 16-bit is all the rage, but 32-bit is coming, and the taskbar is nowhere to be seen. Your computers UI is almost entirely devoid of color, and MS-DOS is actually running the computer in the background.
Welcome to Windows 3.1, or more specifically, its 25th anniversary.
 

 
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Timely reminder there Jasper that it's about time I upgraded - when is Windows 3.2 due out? 😃
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Ah,...memories! They just don't make them like that anymore, eh? ;)
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Well I did not get into computers till 1998 so I missed out on this system! 😃
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Ah well, Sherry...you missed all the fun...;)
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