RUN WINDOWS 3.1 IN YOUR BROWER FOR FREE!

摘要

Boot up your current computer and you'll be greeted by flashy graphics, smooth fonts and gigabytes of powerful, easy-to-use programs. But it wasn't always like that. For a reminder of what computing was like 24 years ago, you should head online to the Internet Archive, where you'll find a fully working version of Windows 3.1 that runs within your web browser, as well as more than 1,300 free games and programs built for it. We'll explain what's inside this fascinating time capsule. First, a short history lesson. People often cite Windows 95 as the turning point for Microsoft, but Windows 3.1 - its 16bit predecessor - was just as significant. By 1992, Windows had been around for several years, but early versions were crude and unreliable. When Windows 3.1 came along, it was markedly different in a number of ways. Firstly, it was more stable. It pioneered new technologies, too. You needed a PC with a hard drive to run it, and it was the first version of the OS to be distributed on CD-ROM as well as floppy disks.