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unusual facts about Windows 3.11



Binary Research

This program was available in DOS, Windows 3.x, OS/2 2.0 and SCO Unix versions, and claimed to transfer files more rapidly than Laplink at that time.

Bug!

It was later ported to Windows 3.x and Windows 95 on August 31, 1996 by Beam Software, on one CD that contains both versions of the game.

Gerdi Staelens

He is responsible for Winkin' 1.0, the first administrative software package in Belgium running on Windows 3.0, presented at the Bureau '91 fair (18-25 September 1991).

Indent style

It was also popular in the early days of Windows, since it was used in three influential Windows programming books, Programmer's Guide to Windows by Durant, Carlson & Yao, Programming Windows by Petzold, and Windows 3.0 Power Programming Techniques by Norton & Yao.

Kinesoft

In addition to games development, Kinesoft also released WinCD, a software CD player, and the film It's a Wonderful Life on CD-ROM for Windows 3.1.

Lyman Memorial High School

At the time, the school had a surprisingly modern computer system, running Novell NetWare and Windows 3.11.

PC Magazine

PC Magazine was a booster of early versions of the OS/2 operating system in the late 1980s, but then switched to a strong endorsement of the Microsoft Windows operating environment after the release of Windows 3.0 in May 1990.

Process.h

Most C compilers that target DOS, Windows 3.1x, Win32, OS/2, Novell NetWare or DOS extenders supply this header and the library functions in their C library.

Steve Matteson

In 1990 Matteson began work at Monotype Corporation (later Agfa-Monotype) contributing to the creation of the Windows 3.1x core TrueType fonts: Arial, Times New Roman and Courier New.

Windows 3.0

The Control Panel, previously available as a standard-looking applet, was re-modeled after the one in Mac OS.


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