Specifically, we will use a pre-configured image to easily run Windows 3.1 in VirtualBox. Since most people probably don’t have a 486 or early Pentium machine lying around, we will go with option 2. You can run old software using emulation or virtual machines.
Well the answer is “BECAUSE WE CAN”.Īs expected however, one cannot simply download a copy of Windows 3.1 and expect it to simply run on current hardware. The rest of you, read on…Īnd if you are wondering why run Windows 3.1 in 2020. However, if my intro sparked the retro gaming nostalgia in you and have no interest in setting up a now 27 years old operating system check this post here to satisfy your retro gaming needs. To revisit the OS that revolutionised the PC market and changed computers from machines only a selected few could use to something that everyone could have in their homes. That was an era before the internet came about, an era when you could spend hours just browsing the operating system or playing minesweeper and solitaire. First in early 1990 with a 386 running DOS and later in mid-1993 with a 486DX running Windows 3.1. That’s when I had my first interaction with computers. This post is about what makes my nostalgia go haywire, and that’s none other than PCs in the 90s. This post however is not about a new release of some piece of vintage tech or a remastered version of a retro game. There are many more examples of such releases specifically designed to capture the mind… and wallets of the now 30-40somethings who grew up playing games such as Zelda Link’s Awakening (now remastered for the Nintendo Switch), Crash Bandicoot (released as a new Trilogy with updated graphics), Spyro the Dragon (reignited), etc. Where to begin, from the craze behind the release of the NES/SNES mini consoles by Nintendo to the mega launch of WoW Classic, that’s just a couple of examples of a jam packed with retro/nostalgia releases in 2019.
If I didn’t know any better, I would have sworn we travelled back in time or something. If I had to sum up 2019 in terms of tech it would surely have to be “Retro/Nostalgia Overload”.
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