Re: Windows at 30

[Kari Eveli lexitec@xxxxxxxx]

Carl,

Yes, I still remember Win 3.0, which worked even on an AT with a
Hercules card. Win 3.1 was more robust, but it needed more resources and
would have been much better without TrueType. ATM was the better
solution that was adopted for OS/2 by IBM. MS botched this at the time,
but in the long run was proved right. Why license, if you can build a
somewhat working solution yourself.


Let's not forget about the alternatives of the day that were able
contenders for a graphical operating system. There were quite a few
(Xerox, GEM, Deskmate, etc.):

http://toastytech.com/guis/index.html

On the same page, more interesting things, like the Win shells built on
top of Win 3.1x (NewWave, hDC Windows Express). I have fond memories of
hDC applications that had XP-like start menus and Win 8-style start
boxes back in the early 1990's. The hDC guys were a bunch of ex-MS
developers that had very good knowledge of the Windows internals, and
their hDC Power Keyboard is one of greatest Win 3.1 utilities. I am
still using it in Win 3.1.


Best regards,

Kari Eveli
LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
lexitec@xxxxxxxx

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6.3.2016, 2:57, Carl Distefano wrote:
> A stroll down (Random-Access) Memory Lane for all of you Windows fans:
>
> http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/19/9759874/microsoft-windows-visual-history-30-years