GEOWORKS (was Re: Old MS-DOS & WIN Software)

[Eric J Korpela]

>> I'm also looking for a copy of the devkit for Windows 1.0X.
>> Being able to code for Windows 1 would kick a**.
>>
>
>ICK!  Have you ever run Windows 1 for any productive purpose?

Yes.  Windows 1 was much better than Windows 2.  It was smaller and
faster and it could multitask well behaved MS-DOS applications (i.e.
ones I wrote myself) in a window.  It was great for compiling code in
the background.  Who needs overlapping windows....

I used to use In-a-Vision for CAD.  Once I got an ATI VGA Wonder for
my V30 machine, I was running Windows 1.0 at 800x600 in 16 lovely
colors.

I was so annoyed after upgrading to Windows 3.0 that In-a-Vision only
worked in real mode, but not in standard or enhanced (386 protected)
modes.  I was even more annoyed when Windows 3.1 got rid of real mode.
 (Yes, I have used Windows 3.0 on an XT.  It's very painful)

Eric