Why does Windows 1.01 crash at the splash screen?
Aug 24, 2021 · When Windows 1.01 is started under DOSBox, FreeDOS or one of the later versions of MS-DOS, garbage characters are printed on the screen right after displaying the …
Why did fonts in Windows 1.01's Write application look so poor?
Jul 31, 2021 · In Windows 1.01 Write, the fonts were kind of blocky: Here's what the same text looked like in a modern word processor: Even the terminal had smoother text than Windows …
Where can I find software that was designed for Windows 1.0?
Jul 3, 2020 · I've tried using Google to find old Windows 1.0 applications, but what you end up with is simply version 1.0's of applications written for Windows, not applications written for …
history - What UI first distinguished radio buttons from …
Jun 23, 2025 · Windows 1.01 of 1985 was the first to clearly show Radio-Buttons as circles and checkboxes as squares, both in front of text and taking/flipping marks. Both throughout the …
What made Windows Me so crash-prone? - Retrocomputing Stack …
Jul 14, 2019 · It left a bitter taste, especially when compared to its predecessor Windows 98 SE which was a real treat compared to Windows 95. I am unsure about what made it so crash …
In the classic "Windows 98 crashes live on CNN" video, why does …
Apr 22, 2022 · The Windows desktop runs in some graphics mode (looks like 640x480, likely 60 Hz) while the BSoD is in text mode (720x400 at 70 Hz). The adapter used for splicing the VGA …
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In Windows 1.01 Write, the fonts were kind of blocky: Here's what the same text looked like in a modern word processor: Even the terminal had smoother text than Windows 1.01: Why did …
Why did Windows 95 crash the whole system but newer Windows …
Jul 29, 2019 · Example situation. You are using a program in Windows 95 and screen goes blue only for you to restart the whole computer You are using a program in Windows 7 and the …
Since when does Windows support forward slash as path separator?
Jan 27, 2024 · Thus all DOS functions that take a path name - and all Windows function that forward a path name to DOS - will support both ways (*2) since Windows 1.0 (*3) This can …
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Is there a screen recording application for Windows 3.1? I am looking for an application that runs in Windows 3.1 and will save the screen to a video file on a disk. I know Windows 3.1 had a …