The Windows 11 you use today is still identified as "Windows NT" in some ways, and that's because its lineage extends all the way back to the venerable Windows NT. Version 3.5 is widely considered the ...

Over the course of the 1990s we saw huge developments in the world of PC graphics cards, going from little more than the original IBM VGA standard through super VGA and then so-called “Windows ...

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In a nutshell: The source code for Microsoft's original Xbox console has found its way to the Internet along with code for an early version of Windows. The significance of the leaks is negligible, ...

Windows 3.1 turned 30 years old this month and if you were around when it came out, don't forget to take your pain pills for your back. I'm reminding myself as much as anyone else—my roots in ...

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The source code for Microsoft's original Xbox gaming console and Windows NT 3.5 has leaked, as spotted by The Verge today. The report also confirms that the Xbox leak is authentic, including the Xbox ...

Windows 3.1 can now be installed on your iPad, thanks to an MS-DOS emulator named iDOS 2 available in the App Store. Here is how you can install Windows 3.1 on your iPad. First, you will need to ...

Fast Company tech editor Harry McCracken has figured out a way to install a classic version of Windows, version 3.1 to be exact, on the iPad. Using an app called iDOS, you can install the traditional ...

Way back when: People used screensavers to prevent "burn-in" on CRT monitors, where static images could permanently damage the screen. Screensavers like 3D Pipes animated the display during inactivity ...

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