Run Windows 3.1 in your browser.

[JMH]

As seen on CrunchGear, Michael Vincent has made an awesome website for those who want to kick it oldschool. Whether you're old enough to remember using it, or too young to know what it is, Windows 3.1 was, undeniably, the turning point for Microsoft's Windows OS. While it didn't offer much in terms of new functionality over its predecessor, Windows 3.0, Windows 3.1 was the first widely used version of Microsoft's world dominating OS.

Source -
Neowin.net - Run Windows 3.1 in your browser

 

[Night Hawk]

That certainly brings back memories! Great find!

I had been trying to get 3.1 on a virtual machine but had a problem with the first of the 6 original 3 1/2" floppy disks binding up. Bought those retail a long, long time ago in a place far, far away at this point!
:roflmao:

 

[jimbo45]

Hi all

Why would you actually want to run it in a Browser - although it might be an academic exercise for running OS'es in browsers as we get nearer "The Cloud".

You can also run this stuff quite easily in a Virtual Machine - and Windows 3 is still downloadable from Technet for those who have a subscription.

Note you can set any "Floppy" device on a Virtual Machine to use a floppy image file.

When the VM asks for the next floppy in the install sequence just use the VM's menu to disconnect the ist floppy image and mount the next one.


Cheers
jimbo

 

[patio]

The site emulates 3.1 in your browser when you visit it...

 

[valtonray]

yeah i played with this last night and made a post on it

 

[Fantail]

It needs the hotdog theme :devil:

 

[valtonray]

oooo i forgot the hotdog theme

 

[Zathras]

I can't check out this site right now... does it actually allow you to "install" & run Win 3.1/16 bit applications on it? I have some ancient Win 3.1 image editing software that won't run in Windows 7 that I'd like to use again....

 

[valtonray]

no you can't actually install it, it's similar to a cloud os

 

[jav]

I am posting into sevenforum through browser in Window 3.1 in my browser in windows 7....
lol

 

[Night Hawk]

Someone obvious got the idea for seeing 3.1 in a browser from coming across another site sometime back for Windows4all. http://www.silveos.com/ I'm posting through the IE there as well.

 

[Frostmourne]

Someone obvious got the idea for seeing 3.1 in a browser from coming across another site sometime back for Windows4all. http://www.silveos.com/ I'm posting through the IE there as well.

Hmmm, maybe I should install Win 95 in a virtualized system and play Wolf 3D in its original format.

 

[Night Hawk]

You don't even need any old version on a vm with DOSBox to run the old stuff! How about some old Duke Nukem another 8bit classic dos game?!

Just imagine hearing an old 8BIT'r like that in 5.1 not through a tiny speaker on the board!

 

[Frostmourne]

You don't even need any old version on a vm with DOSBox to run the old stuff! How about some old Duke Nukem another 8bit classic dos game?!

Just imagine hearing an old 8BIT'r like that in 5.1 not through a tiny speaker on the board!

Yes, but its . . . traditional.

 

[Night Hawk]

I actually had DN running on a 98 machine at one time by simply using the selective startup and not loading the autoexec.bat file to run it from dos as well as the Duke3D.

As for Wolf3D I ended up with the sequel RTWC running on the 64bit 7. I would need to make a 95 boot floppy to see 95 on VBox to accompany 98 there already!

The idea behind these sites however is to allow anyone to run an old Legacy version without any custom setups, VM wares on their own machine. For those that started off with 98, ME, 2K, or XP they never saw what 3.1 looked like being 95's predacessor there.