If you were wondering if you could print from a #hpux system running a #windows3 application via Wabi via JetDirect being emulated on an Oki c542 printer.
Yes, yes you can. It all just kind of works without much fuss, except that I had to change the snmp community name for my printer because the old hpux drivers don't seem to like the snmpv2 stuff?
I'm kind of floored this all works.
Ok .. I really wanna try this out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbXkvM3b2Qg #windows3.1 #retro #vga #gpu
@nina_kali_nina Do you see the fonts named 'Roman', 'Modern', or 'Script'?
You wouldn't believe (actually, you would) how hard these are to google.
Anyway they're a dumpster fire but they totally work … if you are into non-intersecting polygons. This is when Adobe Type Manager was hella expensive, and TrueType was a liberating dream coming soon, from two enemies joining forces f.f.s.finally.
BTW, yes this screenshot is from Windows 3.0 Runtime (or something like that … CONTROL.EXE not found haha) but they are the fonts that Windows 3 inherited, I swear
Nach 33 Jahren enthüllt die Designerin Virginia Howlett die Wahrheit hinter dem berüchtigten "Hot-Dog-Stand"-#UI-#Design von #Windows3.1, für das das #Microsoft-#Betriebssystem von 1992 bis heute berühmt ist. https://winfuture.de/news,155504.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia
It's about to be #patchtuesday but this one is bittersweet. This month will be my last patching my own personal #windows installations. With the upcoming end to #windows10 support, I'm migrating to #linux .
This month marks the end of my continuous personal Windows use dating back to #windows3 in 1990, 35 years ago. I went to work at #microsoft just as #windowsforworkgroups 3.11 went into beta in 1993. Through a very random set of circumstances, I gave the first press demo of #windows95, to the tech reporter for the #houstonchronicle . Years later, I managed a wonderful team for #windows7 security assurance, and I couldn't be prouder of what we accomplished.
My relationship with Windows runs deep, to say the least. But the time has come for that relationship to end. I will migrate my main computer in about a week.
👋 :windows: 😢
I've pushed myself a bit and tossed a rough tutorial on cross-compiling for #Windows3, #WindowsNT, #Windows95, and #MSDOS with #OpenWatcom up on the web zone: https://indigoparadox.zone/tutorials/watcom.html
It's late, so I don't trust my proofreading, but I've been asked about this enough where a quick and dirty tutorial has become a practical consideration. Hopefully it's useful!
Finally got this working last night, but I gave it the wrong deploy key before I went to bed... but I fixed it this morning and so now: automatic beans: https://codeberg.org/indigoparadox/mbean/releases
More platforms and projects to come, but at least I got the basic process working so that's nice.
Look, it's a #listicle of 💀 software fails from the Jurassic era of desktop publishing. Because nothing says "innovative" like reminiscing about programs that couldn't hack it in a world of Windows 3.1. But hey, at least we can waste pixels on them now! 🖥️🚮
https://tedium.co/2022/10/12/forgotten-desktop-publishing-tools-history/ #softwarefails #nostalgia #desktoppublishing #Windows3.1 #techhumor #HackerNews #ngated
I also decided to move Analysis in the page dedicated to my old programs. Analysis was a Windows 3.1 program I wrote between 1998-2002 and that could draw mathematical functions. It was mainly written in Visual Basic 3.0, with a DLL written in C that could parse functions: http://davbucci.chez-alice.fr/index.php?argument=retroc/oldp/oldp.inc
BRNDNBRG.mid remix
#renoise #music #electronic #trapmusic #bullshit #midi #windows #windows3 #windows3x #midimusic
Happy International Jazz Day! 🎷
Throwing it back with the classic WinJammer Demo—timeless grooves on vintage synths and pianos.
Tracks feature Martinic AX73, Pianet T, Kee Bass & AXFX, all sequenced in Windows 3.1 style.
Listen & explore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks1NKxFvGik
#WinJammer #Sequencer #JazzDay #Windows3 #Piano #Synthesizer #Effects
Startup of an old 386 computer running #Windows3.11 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdEDab73vaw
How OS/2 flop went on to shape modern #software
#Windows3 beat #OS2 because #IBM insisted that OS/2 ran on #80286, which crippled the new #OS. IBM's determination to serve its customers with 80286 PS/2s, and keep a promise, resulted in OS/2 being a failure. That is what allowed #Microsoft #Windows to gain the upper hand.
Soon after Windows 3.0 turned out to be a hit, OS/2 NT was rebranded as #WindowsNT. Even ardent Linux enthusiasts must concede Windows NT did quite well. https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/01/05/microsoft_os2_flop_future/
#RetroGaming Did you know?
- #WingCommander *didn't* hack a DPMI error when it closed. That's a myth.
- #Myst was written in HyperCard on the Mac, w/ a plugin for big 256-color images. Broderbund created a custom(?) engine to port it to Windows.
- #Undertale has some wonky code, but it still works! Good code is only important if you want your game to run on a 486 (I wish Undertale ran on a 486!)
- #SimCity2000 for #Windows3 had a use-after-free bug that #Windows95 was patched to accommodate.
GVim – it looks like Windows 3.11 and it is a advanced text editor
https://dimalinkeng.blogspot.com/2024/12/gvim-it-looks-like-windows-311-and-it.html
#gvim #learningprogramming #ide #retroprogramming #codeeditor #freebasic #compile #makefile #writecode #programming #newskills #knowledge #firstexpirience #software #windows3.11 #retrovisual #advancedtool #basic #soft
While I do very much like my PC booting up in a matter of seconds and not having to try and configure boot disks to get games to run, I do miss the clicks, whirrs and beeps of starting up old PCs.
Now that we saved this 486, let's see what was inside…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdikHOZh7Ws
#Live #RetroComputing #Varta #DestroyerOfWorlds #LiveAtFabrico #i486 #MSDOS #Windows3
(had to restart the stream)
