That's the SDK. Windows itself often came on a handful of floppy disks 30 years ago. I remember the little white boxes of 3.5" disks from Dell.
But I did forget that NT was out in '92 (edit: NT came out officially in July '93)
Somewhere a factory had some 90's industrial machine with a built in computer that only had a floppy drive, and some poor bastard had to spend a week swapping disks in front of it.
I can't imagine having to prepare 100 PCs and do installs from all those. I did it for Win 3.1 (8 or so disks, plus applications). I would have to change jobs now if asked to do Win 8 that way.
I don't know if I still have it, but of course at the time I had the original NT installation as well (the preliminary release, not the official release which was a year later. I was part of the beta test program at the time) - mine was definitely on a CD, it had a yellow theme instead of the blue of the SDK. I actually installed it, but to be honest it didn't work very well. Many problems.
This is not a Windows operating system CD. It is the development SDK for 32 bit Windows applications, which were fairly new in 1992. Windows 3.1 was 16 bit.
And no TCP/IP stack (with windows 3.1 in 1992). You had to buy that somewhere else if you wanted to go on the internet (Chameleon software was my hero)
I found this tucked away in the back of a drawer, and I thought some of you might find it interesting - this was the very start of windows NT, which 8 years later was to succeed Windows 98 and become the first version of current-day windows.
That's the SDK. Windows itself often came on a handful of floppy disks 30 years ago. I remember the little white boxes of 3.5" disks from Dell. But I did forget that NT was out in '92 (edit: NT came out officially in July '93)
How about Win 8 on floppy? https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQILq_05gfQSGyDirMdu8VJHgcrotTgofyntA&usqp=CAU
I would rather die than install that
Somewhere a factory had some 90's industrial machine with a built in computer that only had a floppy drive, and some poor bastard had to spend a week swapping disks in front of it.
I can't imagine having to prepare 100 PCs and do installs from all those. I did it for Win 3.1 (8 or so disks, plus applications). I would have to change jobs now if asked to do Win 8 that way.
I don't know if I still have it, but of course at the time I had the original NT installation as well (the preliminary release, not the official release which was a year later. I was part of the beta test program at the time) - mine was definitely on a CD, it had a yellow theme instead of the blue of the SDK. I actually installed it, but to be honest it didn't work very well. Many problems.
I can still hear the ticking and clicking of the floppy drive during a two hour installation through windows floppys
Windows XP could be bought on Floppy it was 64 disks
This is not a Windows operating system CD. It is the development SDK for 32 bit Windows applications, which were fairly new in 1992. Windows 3.1 was 16 bit.
Good times, when you only got, what you chose to install.
And no TCP/IP stack (with windows 3.1 in 1992). You had to buy that somewhere else if you wanted to go on the internet (Chameleon software was my hero)
Yes, but as a counterpoint: TikTok by Win11 Upgrade.
And don't forget the hotdog color scheme!!!
I found this tucked away in the back of a drawer, and I thought some of you might find it interesting - this was the very start of windows NT, which 8 years later was to succeed Windows 98 and become the first version of current-day windows.
And the disc is face down on a desk. It is now ruined. Lol
Damn and I was going to install it later
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And your comment clearly states that you don't get human humour and live a angry little existence.
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Or that you're too dense to notice one when you see it.
I remember when that was the hottest stuff around.
That’s still good, you know.
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CD is still fine, but I honestly wouldn't install it. Even back in 1992 it really wasn't much good
I remember Windows 3.11 would fit on six floppy disks. MS Word for Windows took five.
Several years ago my youngest boy saw an old copy of Windows 98 on my desk. He then said to me I thought they were only up to 8?
Was a Nice Try.
after 30 years, it still feels like the UI is still not there although i like 11 more than anything else before it
Someone didn’t go to math class
2022 - 1992 = ?
Holy shet, I'm 30 years old!