Author Topic: Windows 3.1... Really? (Read 15189 times)

quadibloc · « **Reply #50 on:** Tue, 02 November 2010, 19:54:39 »

Quote from: mr_a500;241632

I'll see if I can recreate the experiment using my new VT-100 keyboard:

Interesting. The keycaps seem to be nonstandard. The VT52 terminal, and the VT78 word processor, had nice colorful keycaps, but the usual run of VT100s - which that is a keyboard for, not one of those other two, because they didn't have the row of cursor keys at the top - had a bland color scheme, all the keys being black with white lettering.

Oqsy · « **Reply #51 on:** Tue, 02 November 2010, 23:27:04 »

Quote from: mr_a500

I've heard stories of ECG machines crashing in hospitals (after converting from dedicated machines to MS-based ones) and technicians having to regularly reboot them.

I don't know of ANY ECG machines on the market that use any MS OS. Perhaps you refer to telemetry systems, or cardiac ultrasound machines? The ECG machines are still using very dedicated software and hardware because there's no reason not to. I use a GE MAC5500 on a daily basis, as well as a Philips Sonos 7500, and an IE33, and I can tell you that the Philips machines use WindowsXP Embedded for networking, and that's all... The GE EKG machine has nothing remotely resembling XP on it, nor should it.

mr_a500 · « **Reply #52 on:** Tue, 02 November 2010, 23:59:52 »

Quote from: Oqsy;241920

I don't know of ANY ECG machines on the market that use any MS OS. Perhaps you refer to telemetry systems, or cardiac ultrasound machines? The ECG machines are still using very dedicated software and hardware because there's no reason not to. I use a GE MAC5500 on a daily basis, as well as a Philips Sonos 7500, and an IE33, and I can tell you that the Philips machines use WindowsXP Embedded for networking, and that's all... The GE EKG machine has nothing remotely resembling XP on it, nor should it.

You're right. It was the blood testing computers and other lab work computers, not the ECG machines. So hopefully Windows is not installed on anything vital. :wink:

Here's a hospital blue-screen. (only an information computer, though)

If you can't find the information you need on the hospital board, you can always make a phone call.

Just don't expect to be going anywhere...

ricercar · « **Reply #53 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 01:57:18 »

I bought Mathematicafor Macintosh System 6 in grad school with a student discount. I figured it made a $50 game as well as any other software boX I could buy off the shelf. k Was WAY cool!

keyboardlover · « **Reply #54 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 07:46:23 »

Quote from: didjamatic;240021

If you seriously use Win 3.1 that is hardcore.

I don't think using an antiquated OS is so much "hardcore" as it is "boring" and "lame".

ch_123 · « **Reply #55 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 16:36:15 »

Depends on whether you define antiquated in terms of age, or sheer uselessness. In the case of Windows 3.11, it's both, so I'd agree.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #56 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 16:48:40 »

Quote from: mr_a500;241937

Just don't expect to be going anywhere...
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All three of those systems in those pictures are using Windows 3.1.

TexasFlood · « **Reply #57 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 17:05:48 »

Quote from: ricercar;240382

OS/2 Warp totally pwned Win3, NT, and Win 95. Microsoft should not have dropped IBM; IBM knew more about writing and maintaining an OS than Microsoft ever will.

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Unfortunately Micro$ofts area of expertise is in crushing competition.

TexasFlood · « **Reply #58 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 17:07:36 »

Quote from: ch_123;240417

If I was using computers back then, I'd want me an SGI IRIX workstation. Now that a great OS for its time...

Used to have an SGI Indigo 2 workstation with two big wonderful monitors, it was great.

TexasFlood · « **Reply #59 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 17:08:55 »

Quote from: kishy;240179

I believe it IS still in use, actually...read something about some ATMs running OS/2 a while ago.

I saw OS/2 running in production data centers as recent as a couple of years ago. They might still be there, but I haven't been to look.

CodeChef · « **Reply #60 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 19:45:39 »

Does anyone realize OS/2 has been remade as eComStation? Apparently it's *somewhat* popular. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EComStation

microsoft windows · « **Reply #61 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 19:48:01 »

That's interesting. I don't recollect hearing anything about eConStation ever before.

D-EJ915 · « **Reply #62 on:** Wed, 03 November 2010, 22:59:39 »

Considering you have never used a good OS before I am 100% not surprised. The OS/2 guys are actually pretty incredible, they churn out firefox ports like nobody's business.

CodeChef · « **Reply #63 on:** Thu, 04 November 2010, 08:22:11 »

Quote from: D-EJ915;242378

Considering you have never used a good OS before I am 100% not surprised. The OS/2 guys are actually pretty incredible, they churn out firefox ports like nobody's business.

Ouch. What do you define as a "good" OS? If you say anything Apple-developed, I will internet-*****-slap you.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #64 on:** Thu, 04 November 2010, 17:17:32 »

Quote from: D-EJ915;242378

Considering you have never used a good OS before I am 100% not surprised. The OS/2 guys are actually pretty incredible, they churn out firefox ports like nobody's business.

MA-DOS is a perfectly good OS.

zefrer · « **Reply #65 on:** Fri, 05 November 2010, 09:19:57 »

According to certain definitions of 'good' :heh:

quadibloc · « **Reply #66 on:** Sat, 06 November 2010, 02:12:22 »

Quote from: CodeChef;242474

Ouch. What do you define as a "good" OS? If you say anything Apple-developed, I will internet-*****-slap you.

What I think of as an OS that in some ways would be an improvement on Windows and even Linux - as a basis; it's kind of out of date, and thus missing some newer features - would be VAX/VMS.

And I'm shamelessly partial to the Michigan Terminal System as well.

ch_123 · « **Reply #67 on:** Sat, 06 November 2010, 08:52:46 »

Supposedly Irish Rail had a VAX which had VMS up for almost twenty years straight, and was only restarted in order to test it for Y2K compliance.

That is indeed a good OS.

CodeChef · « **Reply #68 on:** Sat, 06 November 2010, 21:28:32 »

Yeah, OK. But it's a server OS. I'm talking desktop OSes here. If you can find a modern desktop OS that's better than Windows (easy) and Linux (hard) then I'll eat my shorts.

ch_123 · « **Reply #69 on:** Sun, 07 November 2010, 07:51:50 »

I'm tempted to say OS X, half-trollingly, half seriously.

Incidentally, VMS was sold as a workstation OS for quite some time. However, using CDE as a desktop environment is about as rewarding as slamming your balls on a cupboard door.

microsoft windows · « **Reply #70 on:** Sun, 07 November 2010, 08:56:44 »

Windows 2000 is a good home operating system. It starts up and shuts down extremely fast on a home network with no customization/optomization. It's compatible with just about everything but iTunes. It will also run very well on just about any computer system made in the last 15 years, with just about the only optomization needed being the occasional run through the start-up processes and services.

If an OS requires little maintenance, runs fast, and is compatible with most software, isn't that the definition of a good operating system?

And with Windows 3.1, you can't do everything on it, but I still use it for a lot of my Internet browsing, Solitaire playing, and word processing.

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Author Topic: Windows 3.1... Really? (Read 15189 times)