KRNL386 - A site about retro computing2024-03-27T16:30:17+01:00David Simuničurn:md5:0cc3974c3510daf46f099f080b3f9601DotclearMissed opportunity: interesting Windows 1.0 pre-release disks show up for saleurn:md5:d52be9b9185decf81f2161df1cfcd97a2021-01-23T10:11:00+01:002021-01-23T12:14:26+01:00David SimuničWindows 1.0<h2>The two lots of disks sold for a really modest price to an unknown buyer.</h2> <p>Fellow beta community member ReflectiaX alerted us to the two lots, both of which have unfortunately already been sold, which included several Windows 1.0 pre-release disks. You can see the first lot here and the second one here. The first lot with original Microsoft disks includes:
Two sets of Premiere Edition disks,
Microsoft Windows,... <a href="https://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?post/2021/01/23/Missed-opportunity%3A-interesting-Windows-1.0-pre-release-disks-show-up-for-sale"><em>Read</em> Missed opportunity: interesting Windows 1.0 pre-release disks show up for sale</a></p>https://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?post/2021/01/23/Missed-opportunity%3A-interesting-Windows-1.0-pre-release-disks-show-up-for-sale#comment-formhttps://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?feed/atom/comments/392020 statistics for KRNL386urn:md5:fb3645d532340ac969f5dd55594364752021-01-01T10:43:00+01:002021-01-01T10:44:15+01:00David SimuničSite updates<h2>I forgot to do the stats post last year, so let's do one for the amazing year of 2020.</h2> <p>Main site (www.krnl386.com)
Total number of unique visitors in 2020 was almost 20,000. Monthly high was in February with 7,579 visitors. Highest bandwidth use was in May (second place in number of unique visitors) with 17.94GB. This year's top three countries of visitor origin are the US, Russia and Ukraine. Nothing's changed since 2018 in terms... <a href="https://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?post/2021/01/01/2020-statistics-for-KRNL386"><em>Read</em> 2020 statistics for KRNL386</a></p>https://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?post/2021/01/01/2020-statistics-for-KRNL386#comment-formhttps://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?feed/atom/comments/38How to do kernel debugging for Windows NT 3.1 build 196urn:md5:89391c87c801db49bba969e4fc2a20352020-12-23T13:03:00+01:002021-01-03T11:06:48+01:00David SimuničWindows NT 3.1<h2>Spoiler: it's fairly straightforward, especially if you've done NT kernel debugging before.</h2> <p>If you've been messing around with the recently uploaded build 196 of Windows NT 3.1 from September 1991 - now the earliest publicly available build of Windows NT (thanks to ReflectiaX for this one!), you probably noticed that it likes to hang a lot. And since it is a checked (debug) build, this raises the question: is the system actually crashing... <a href="https://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?post/2020/12/23/How-to-do-kernel-debugging-for-Windows-NT-3.1-build-196"><em>Read</em> How to do kernel debugging for Windows NT 3.1 build 196</a></p>https://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?post/2020/12/23/How-to-do-kernel-debugging-for-Windows-NT-3.1-build-196#comment-formhttps://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?feed/atom/comments/37Windows 3.0 Test Drive: a demo, bundled with a magazineurn:md5:63a7f0a98036e8d5cfb6a4ec89189f682019-12-27T14:30:00+01:002020-05-18T17:07:53+02:00David SimuničWindows 3.0<h2>Windows 3.0 was a major improvement over its predecessor and Microsoft wanted everyone to see and use it. In fact, they wanted this so much, they gave away copies for free! Well, sort of...</h2> <p>I'm talking about the special PC World Test Drive release of Windows 3.0, made in mid-1990 after the retail release. It was included with the PC World magazine issues from mid-1990 and came in EGA and VGA-capable variants, and each of these was available on 3.5" 1.44MB or 5.25" 1.2MB floppy disks. Essentially, this was a stripped down and crippled... <a href="https://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?post/2019/01/28/Windows-3.0-Test-Drive%3A-a-demo%2C-bundled-with-a-magazine"><em>Read</em> Windows 3.0 Test Drive: a demo, bundled with a magazine</a></p>https://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?post/2019/01/28/Windows-3.0-Test-Drive%3A-a-demo%2C-bundled-with-a-magazine#comment-formhttps://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?feed/atom/comments/27Evolution of Windows 1.0 part 9: 1983/11/20 buildurn:md5:043e6fd8ff3996b66dbb311412641c022019-03-21T18:33:00+01:002019-03-21T18:33:00+01:00David SimuničWindows 1.0<h2>February 1984 issue of the French computer magazine L'Ordinateur Individuel contained a brief article on Microsoft Windows with lots of high quality photos.</h2> <p>Scans of the relevant pages were provided to me by a collector of such magazines (thank you!).
The first photo shows us an empty desktop with a few minimized applications (left to right: MS-DOS window, two instances of Art, Calendar, Spread Sheet, Text and Clock). The status bar at the top says "Microsoft Windows Version 1.00 (11/20/83)".... <a href="https://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?post/2019/03/01/Evolution-of-Windows-1.0-part-9%3A-1983/11/20-build"><em>Read</em> Evolution of Windows 1.0 part 9: 1983/11/20 build</a></p>https://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?post/2019/03/01/Evolution-of-Windows-1.0-part-9%3A-1983/11/20-build#comment-formhttps://blog.krnl386.com/index.php?feed/atom/comments/31