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    Upgrade from Windows 1.0 to 8 ... possible! :)

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by HTWingNut, Oct 13, 2014.

  1. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    Pretty interesting....

    <iframe width='640' height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8WP7AkJo3OE?rel=0&controls=1&showinfo=0" frameborder='0' allowfullscreen=""></iframe>
     
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  2. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    There was a similar vid up to Windows 7 a while ago. It isn't exactly smooth, but the fact that it works is pretty amazing in itself.
     
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    2.0 Former NBR Macro-Mod®

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    I hope aliens don't intercept our internet communications and learn just how far we HAVEN'T really come.

    We'll be easy pickings.
     
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    Qing Dao Notebook Deity

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    Even if it were being beamed into space, by the time they receive it and then travel here, we will likely either be beyond the solar system or long gone.
     
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  5. HTWingNut

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    I know even the fact that we still use keyboard and mouse. How quaint.

    <iframe width='640' height="360" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/JSmGjB-G6v8?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0&start=64" frameborder='0' allowfullscreen></iframe>
     
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  6. Jobine

    Jobine Notebook Prophet

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    If youre staying on x86 (32bit) Windows i wouldn't be surprised if some of the 16 bit software from 1.0x still ran on 8.1 and even 10.

    But aside from a VM, no PC has the drivers to support every version of windows ever made (feel free to prove me wrong here).
     
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    Actually, the video that HTWingNut posted, did attempt this on actual hardware.

    But the No PC have drivers that support every version of Windows, bothers me a little. (With Deep Pockets, you can.)
    It would be correct to say Most consumer class hardware don't have official drivers that support every version of Windows ever made.
     
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  8. Apollo13

    Apollo13 100% 16:10 Screens

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    I don't know, it seems like it's kind of cheating to start with MS-DOS 7.0. That wasn't available until a full decade after Windows 1.01. To fit in the timeline correctly, it'd be necessary to start with, what, PC-DOS 3.1?

    Pretty impressive all in all though, and props on doing the work to get it to all work on one computer. I've made it up to Windows 98 so far, and in terms of install time, 9x sure seems bloated compared to 3.1 and earlier!

    Most modern laptops actually have pretty decent generic touchpad and mousepad support. I was able to use my touchpad quite well with a native Windows 3.11 install on my Inspiron 1520 that shipped with Vista. Scrolling with the touchpad didn't work, but basic tasks in 3.11 were easy enough to do.

    Now I want to go buy a 256 MB SO-DIMM so I can downgrade my RAM and put Windows 95 on my Core 2 Duo...
     
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  9. radji

    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    Jumping from 1.0 to 8.0...wasn't this how Skynet started?

    :eek2:
     
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    Windows wishes it could become self-aware! :radar:
     
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