edd_t Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Has anyone got a copy of Windows version 1? probably on a floppy disk or something. We want to have a go at loading it on Virual PC and see what its like! (Thursday afternoons in an IT office are SOOOO much fun) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Ooer, lol - perverse. Did Windows 1 ever make it to release? I always thought it was demo'd but never used in anger!? Shows what I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob wild Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Do you mean 3.1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Oooh Windows Windows 1.0 released on November 20, 1985. Blimeys, and it didn't receive an update till 1987... I remember back in the day using 2.0, sod all you could do with it back then though - I think it had a god awful version of paint and a tacky word processor on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulrik Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Just get Windows 95...horrible as it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 oh yes version 1 did exist! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_windows dont want to bother with 3.1 as thats what i trained on in college! we still have a '95 pc running here! just the one though, would never update it to '98, that was worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Aye, Windows 1.0 was a little before my exposure to PC's (was released when I was 10!), only had access to BBC's, PET's and a Vic 20 back then!! Nostalgia++ Having a grope around to see if I can source you an ancient dusty copy of 1.0 :D lol, don't think our MSDN subscription covers it though lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Hang on, ill check my windows DVD..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Hang on, ill check my windows DVD..... Nope, not on there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 bummers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Sorry dude, it seems that I can get MS-DOS 5.0 -> 6.22 and Windows 3.1 -> 3.2 (Had no idea there was a 3.2 - although that seems to have been introduced to allow for Chinese character sets). Oddly enough though I cannot source Windows 95/98 and ME - I know these were EOL'd - but then why still have the MS-DOS and ancient 3.x versions !!?! Hehe, ah well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 damn it! what am i sposed to do whilst sitting here drinking tea and eating donuts! grrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cashpoint Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 You still have a machine with a floppy drive Have your tried the torrent network or limewire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 You wont get it, I tried a while back, best I could do was 3.0 Im an MVP and they wouldnt give it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 You still have a machine with a floppy drive removable usb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdavies Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 If you are bored, download one of those self contained Linux disty's like Chubby Puppy or something. That is much more fun (and quite possibly useful) to get working , won't work on USB Drives bigger than 1Gig though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Check out the torrents, I remember seeing that a while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Got it here... http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3503537/All_Windows_Versions_-_1.01_to_Server_2003 Want a VMware image of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Tis the season for giving *grin* A complete OS on a single 1.44mb floppy image, those were the days... (mind you, hardly a complete OS by today's standards) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd_t Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 Tis the season for giving *grin* A complete OS on a single 1.44mb floppy image, those were the days... (mind you, hardly a complete OS by today's standards) nice one http://www.danerd.com/media/2206_windows%201.0+%20overcharging+%20funny+%20price%20tag+%20ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I've seen Windows 2.something and it was crappy and blocky. Not an operating system either, more like a GUI over DOS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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