The very first Windows and the Granddaddy of WinXP.

[Shawn]

Windows 1.01 and Windows NT 3.1.

Check out the rest of the site too, it's really interesting to see the development of GUIs.
http://toastytech.com/guis/index.html

 

[FoBoT]

aww, notepad, even in v.1 😀

 

[EyeMWing]

I booted 1.01 on an Athlon once. Was an interesting challenge. I'm yet to actually be able to use it - because it does not recognize PS/2 keyboards!

 

[screw3d]

Hmm wow.. old school. The oldest Windows OS for me was Windows 3.11 for workgroups.. or something like that.

 

[Eli]

Wow, the memories...

I used WFW 3.11 for the longest time.....

 

[gopunk]

i remember just using dos prompt.... man those were the days. nibbles!

 

[Heisenberg]

Yikes that's old. The first Windows I used was 3.1. Used WFW 3.11 mostly though...

 

[geno]

I actually miss windows 3.1

🙁

 

[Spoooon]

Be sure to check out Banana Junior. 😀

 

[JBAR]

What about Windows 95? Rolling Stones' START ME UP. And give me BSOD.

 

[Shawn]

Change Win9x's BSOD color! LOL!

 

[UNCjigga]

Sweet...I just turned that Windows 1.01 boot-up screen into my XP boot sequence background!

 

[Freejack2]

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[PowerEngineer]

I remember running a run-time version of Windows 2.0 that can with an ancient version of Excel.

 

[Jeff7181]

I remember using Windows 3.1 with Norton Desktop... I didn't know that wasn't what Windows 3.1 looked like until I used my grandpa's computer. Anyone remember Norton Desktop? Was pretty handy.

 

[TommyVercetti]

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
Sweet...I just turned that Windows 1.01 boot-up screen into my XP boot sequence background!

How do you do that?

 

[Rob9874]

Originally posted by: uncJIGGA
Sweet...I just turned that Windows 1.01 boot-up screen into my XP boot sequence background!

Ooh...tell me how!

 

[OokiiNeko]

My first "Windows" was GEOS on my Commodore 128. 😱

 

[IEatChildren]

I remember running Windows 2.0
But before that, it was all about command line DOS and XTree Gold.
And before that, I played cartridge games on my dad's Spectravideo 😀
Zaxxon was the coolest game ever

Edit: Speaking of which, anybody know where I can buy a spectravideo computer? I haven't seen one in ages and ebay doesn't have any 🙁

 

[Crusty]

Site is sooooooooo sloooooooooooooooow....or is it just me.

 

[RU482]

Hahaha, Microsoft BOB 1.0

 

[Snapster]

I have windows 1.01 setup somewhere, just never bothered trying to load it up. I might try it on my old old old pc. 😀

 

[OulOat]

Originally posted by: Snapster
I have windows 1.01 setup somewhere, just never bothered trying to load it up. I might try it on my old old old pc. 😀

Share it!

 

[conjur]

heh...Chicago.

I remember the first beta of Chicago we got in on floppies...one was bad and had to wait until a replacement arrived.

My first taste with Windows was 2.1 and going to a client site and helping some guy with Excel.

Before that, obviously, DOS...2.1 was the first, I believe...for the PC world. Atari/Commodore before that.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: conjur
heh...Chicago.

I remember the first beta of Chicago we got in on floppies...one was bad and had to wait until a replacement arrived.

My first taste with Windows was 2.1 and going to a client site and helping some guy with Excel.

Before that, obviously, DOS...2.1 was the first, I believe...for the PC world. Atari/Commodore before that.

Dos 2.1 was soooo bad. lol.