dotTech - Topic: Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 Locutus on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/page-2/#p2559 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/page-2/#p2559 Windows 95... then went straight to XP in 2003.  Then got me olde laptop in 2006, and finally this one in 2009. 

]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:34:27 -0800 karen on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2558 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2558 Hard drive of less than a GB. That wasn't that long ago. I think the first computer I had that actually had a hard drive was a 386 running Windows 3.0. And it's hard drive was considered fairly large at 40MB. And to install Borland C++ took 15 3.5 inch floppies.

My first computer was a Commodore 64 with no hard drives. And it was a really big deal when WordPerfect came out with a version that contained a WYSIWYG mode to check your work before printing it.

]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:23:34 -0800 Pwnana on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2550 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2550 My first was 95. It was on a "top of the line" machine that now would barely pass for a high school calculator. Then we had 98, and ME. I remember I was kinda confused when my dad upgraded to XP and I had no idea what was going on XD. I never used a DOS, but I do remember with our ancient 95 laptop that we basically HAD to use discs for everything because the harddrive was so small. I don't remember, but it could very well have been less than half a GB.

]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:50:53 -0800 Wheezer on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2526 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2526 That's a thought provoking question Locutus.

When I started thinking about it, I had a hard time remembering. But it finally came to me. I used AppleWorks. Then used AOL to connect to the internet. If I remember right. I think that's how I did it, I really didn't have any idea of what I was doing back then.

I know I used an Apple II-GS, with 2 disk drives (no hard drive at all), and had to load the program off the 5.3 (?) inch floppy disks every time I started the computer. I remember it was so cool, because I had a color monitor too! Laugh

We've come a long way...Smile

]]> Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:25:55 -0800 Locutus on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2513 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2513 @ASHRAF:  IF YOU READ THIS I AM GIVING YOU A FREE ARTICLE!!!
Ask dotTech:  What was the first operating system you used?

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:52:34 -0800 Wheezer on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2512 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2512

Refpeuk said:

Being as young as I am I have missed out on this OS completely. Ah well - today's OS's have so much more potential; I can do without the gimmicks of the ancients.

Ancients? I'd be offended, if I wasn't one...  LaughWinkSmile

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:48:15 -0800 Locutus on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2507 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2507 I actually didn't use Windows until 95, myself... shhh it's a secret, don't tell the rest of dotTech.

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:50:20 -0800 Refpeuk on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2505 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2505 Being as young as I am I have missed out on this OS completely. Ah well - today's OS's have so much more potential; I can do without the gimmicks of the ancients.

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:37:39 -0800 Locutus on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2504 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2504 I think it was most "early-adopting" people's first Windows.

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:23:35 -0800 sean on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2502 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2502 it's hard to imagine an operating system now being so dependent on DOS XD

Thanks for the memories

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:26:33 -0800 OldElmerFudd on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2499 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2499 Ahh... My first Winderz OS. Can't remember what versions of DOS and BASIC I used back in the Dark Ages!
Cool

]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:12:22 -0800 Locutus on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2238 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2238 Yeah, I used an image of the disc.  But I can't provide you with it...

]]> Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:37:41 -0800 Pwnana on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2236 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2236 Did you use a disc or floppy image then? If so, where can I get one, provided its not still illegal?

]]> Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:02:28 -0800 Someguy on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2234 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2234 A virtual machine basically runs of a disk or diskette and some operating systems like Google chrome OS can be different but it is another story for Windows.

]]> Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:19:16 -0800 Locutus on Windows 3.1 Hotdog Stand http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2227 Talk it up http://dottech.org/forums/talk-it-up/windows-3-1-hotdog-stand/#p2227 Erm, what disc?

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