A basic Windows 3.1 environment is then configured, and loaded into a specially patched DOSBOX that allows automated demo recording in a headless environment.

It might be difficult for modern audiences to believe, but at one point Microsoft Windows fit on floppy disks. This was a simpler time, with smaller hard drives, lower resolution displays, and no h… ...

Twenty-five years ago, Microsoft launched Windows 3.1. This first attempt to move beyond the operating system's DOS roots introduced many features we recognize in Windows today.

Don't want Windows 10? No problem, upgrade to Windows 3.1 instead Meet the Microsoft operating system that ushered in much of what we experience in desktop computing today.

Only time will tell. In the meantime, here are 10 Windows 3.1 programs you probably forgot existed; check out more over at the Internet Archive. My, how time flies! 1. Monopoly Deluxe ...

But his demo became more popular than the animation software, so Goble transformed it into a full shareware title, which was one of the rare puzzle/action platformers for Windows 3.1.