Windows 3.11 for Workgroups

[[DRuG]NikT]

Just replaced a system which had died over Christmas in Microbiology.. backed it up then restored the image onto a new system for them... TA-DAAA - Windows 3.11 for Workgroups running perfectly on a P4. HAH! First 3.11 box I've seen this century.

[[DRuG]Shane0]

HA HA legendary, i haven't seem one in ages, but its one of the most stable windows operating systems, after that windows was just full of bloatware imho.

[[DRuG]NikT]

Agreed..

When I finally got onto a machine capable of running it, I used Windows 3.11 to run Trumpet Winsock and NCSA Mosaic to browse the web on a 2400 baud (2.4k/sec) modem... on a 66MHz machine. This is a 3.2GHz machine. I thought it deserved an IBM though..

[[DRuG]Grish]

surely there is more current versions of the software they run on that thing.
why don't they upgrade it?

[[DRuG]NikT]

Big old medical diagnostic instrument... software devs long since out of biz... works just great on the old software.. new stuff would cost literally millions.

[[DRuG]Shane0]

What nikt said grish, i know of some mines and other factories that use a old 486 / penitum 1 wtih windows 3.1 / windows 95 cause the isa controller card and its software is only compatible with those operating systems.

[n3M351s]

I still got an old Olivetti 286 running Windows 3.1 sitting around. Its only 2-3 meters away from me though I haven't touched it in years.

Used to have a 486 (Running 3.11) too but it screwed up and ended up getting gutted. Still got the 120mb hard drive though.

They both got heavy use until 2001 when we got a new computer shortly after XP was released.

[[DRuG]Mortal]

WOW 3.11, 3.1 was my first OS man, after a real old dos box I used to play Leisure Suit Larry on.

[zog]

Windows 3.11 was the last MS operating system I really knew well, as a user and supporting it working as an ISP tech.

After that I ascended into happy joy joy Linux server land.. though I have to support a bit of (spit) MS server 2003 in corporate land now.

My first OS was CP/M 2.2.. woohoo (on a Morrow Microdecision MD4, followed by a Microbee Computer In A Book).

I think theres some kids on my lawn now.. I better hobble off