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Old 27-03-2008, 06:19 PM
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Default The History of Windows

A complete chronology of the development of Microsoft Windows OS

























































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Old 27-03-2008, 06:42 PM
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Omg Windows 3.1.1. they had that on the computers when I started with the Rev back in 2000!!
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I liked windows 3.11 - Mind yuo my first PC (was a retro buy) had a green screen.
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My first computer was a Commodore Vic 20:

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Commodore VIC-20
Introduced:June 1980
Released:January 1981
Price:US $299
CPU:MOS 6502, 1MHz
RAM:5K (3.5K for the user)
Display:22 X 23 text

176 X 184, 16 colors max
Ports:composite video

joystick, cartridge, user port

serial peripheral port
Peripherals:cassette recorder

printer, modem

external floppy drive
OS:ROM BASIC
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Old 27-03-2008, 08:08 PM
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cassette recorder - get in!
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Old 27-03-2008, 08:21 PM
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I'll tell ya what man.. come 1988, the Commodore Amiga was all the rage in the visual arts industry.
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Old 27-03-2008, 08:25 PM
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you should use it now. retrocool!
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Old 27-03-2008, 08:27 PM
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HA!! yeah, maybe not.
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Old 27-03-2008, 08:47 PM
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My first pc was an Amstrad. It rocked.
The jump from that DOS interface to windows 3.11 and then from 3.11 to 95 was amazing.
There's been no real ingenuity since then.
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Old 27-03-2008, 08:57 PM
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hey, i had an amstrad too :D the speccy/commodore type though :D
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