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mindsConnectedBack in 2006, when some companies had ancient systems and didn't want to upgrade to Windows XP, they turned to a lesser-known alternative (and no, it wasn't Linux). <a href="https://mindsconnected.tech/index.php?showtopic=1106&view=getnewpost" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mindsconnected.tech/index.php?showtopic=1106&view=getnewpost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windowsnt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windowsnt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/winflp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#winflp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legacysystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legacysystems</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/operatingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#operatingsystem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/os" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#os</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a>

MikeWhile reading MSDN Library 2001 I came across mention that Exchange Server 5.5 supports AppleTalk. I setup Exchange 5.5 and tried to find some version of MIcrosoft Mail for Macintosh that would work and/or do something, but ended up destroying my MacOS 9.2 virtual machine instead.I just wanted to bring enterprise-grade mail services to the network :[<a href="https://mas.to/tags/AppleTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AppleTalk</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a>

mindsConnectedFor anyone here that happens to dabble with older versions of Windows NT (specifically NT 3.51), there's a long read about its multimedia capabilities 👉 <a href="https://mindsconnected.tech/index.php?showtopic=1099&view=getnewpost" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mindsconnected.tech/index.php?showtopic=1099&view=getnewpost</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windowsnt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windowsnt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/multimedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#multimedia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#video</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sound</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/winamp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#winamp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vlc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vlc</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a>

MikeMicrosoft of the 90s: you can't install a database server because your web browser needs to be updated.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SQLServer7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SQLServer7</a>

Wossen Wyatt 🇬🇾🐧💿💾This is neat. 👌🏾Netbooting Windows 95 from NT Server 4.0 on a diskless client. <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=-BXvk3aVqAg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=-BXvk3aVqAg</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retronetworking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retronetworking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windows95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows95</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windowsnt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windowsnt</a>

Mark GardnerDid I just do a <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Markdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Markdown</a> conversion of Mark Russinovich’s seminal 1998 article on <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a> (and by extension, all modern versions of <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/MicrosoftWindows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicrosoftWindows</a>)’ debt to <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEC</a>’s <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/VMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VMS</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/OperatingSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OperatingSystem</a>? Just so I could have a decent copy apart from the dusty carried-over archived version at <a href="https://www.ITProToday.com/server-virtualization/windows-nt-and-vms-the-rest-of-the-story" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.ITProToday.com/server-virtualization/windows-nt-and-vms-the-rest-of-the-story</a> ?Why yes, yes I did. Why not?<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/VAX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VAX</a>

SemmelstulleWe literally got - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wii</a> inside PC - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameCube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameCube</a> - WPA2 on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PSP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PSP</a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Firefox</a> "turning evil" - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Orion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Orion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Browser</a> for Linux - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sonic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sonic</a> Unleashed on Phones - Michael Fisher‘s Clicks Keyboard for Android phones - "<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GTA5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GTA5</a> legacy" - ... before <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GTA6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GTA6</a>

Hacker NewsWindows NT for GameCube/Wii — <a href="https://github.com/Wack0/entii-for-workcubes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/Wack0/entii-for-workcubes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackerNews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameCube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameCube</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wii</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroGaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Homebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Homebrew</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameDevelopment</a>

plaesWas it really only 3 floppy disks? (Windows NT Server version 4.0)[Edit]: Apparently not.. there was also a CD ;)<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/windowsnt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windowsnt</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/floppydisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#floppydisk</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬How OS/2 flop went on to shape modern <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Windows3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows3</a> beat <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OS2</a> because <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IBM</a> insisted that OS/2 ran on #80286, which crippled the new <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OS</a>. IBM's determination to serve its customers with 80286 PS/2s, and keep a promise, resulted in OS/2 being a failure. That is what allowed <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> to gain the upper hand. Soon after Windows 3.0 turned out to be a hit, OS/2 NT was rebranded as <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a>. Even ardent Linux enthusiasts must concede Windows NT did quite well. <a href="https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/01/05/microsoft_os2_flop_future/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2025/01/05/microsoft_os2_flop_future/</a>

DesertFOXHab gerade mal ein paar "speziellere", deutsche Diskettenpakete nach archive.org hochgeladen.Neben "CorelDRAW 4", "Novell DOS 7" und einer OEM Version von "MS-DOS 5" gibt es auch vollständige DMF KryoFlux Images von Microsoft's "Word 6.0 und Excel 5.0 für Windows NT".<a href="https://archive.org/details/@dfxthomas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/@dfxthomas</a>Das macht alles in allem weitere 38 Disketten, die ich noch retten konnte.Viel Spaß !!!<a href="https://techhub.social/tags/KryoFlux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KryoFlux</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/FloppyDisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FloppyDisk</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Disketten" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Disketten</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Word" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Word</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Excel</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/NT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NT</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DMF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DMF</a>

Ramin HonaryWeird question about Microsoft ExcelSo I have been wanting to learn more about how to use Microsoft Excel so I can teach other people about some of the more advanced programming techniques (EDIT: 1-on-1 lessons on their own computer with their own licensed copies of Excel). I want to teach myself more about Excel so I was going to install it on my own computer and do some advanced tutorials. But then I really do not want to burn up all of that disk space just to run Wine and Excel.So I got to thinking:<ol><li>is there an older version of Microsoft Excel I could use instead?</li><li>The “ribbon” UI/UX asside, how far back in time (in Excel software versions) would I have to go before the formula language and cell computation engine became too different from the most recent Excel that it would not be very useful for me as a learning/teaching tool?</li><li>Would it take less disk space to run this in a minimal Windows NT 2000 or Windows XP instance on QEMU than it would take on Wine?</li></ol><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/excel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Excel</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/microsoftexcel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicrosoftExcel</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/msexcel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSExcel</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/spreadsheet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spreadsheet</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/software" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#software</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/tech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/linuxwine" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxWine</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/qemu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QEMU</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/emulation" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Emulation</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/windowsxp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsXP</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/windowsnt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a>

Sinclair-SpeccyDid you know that the concept of "OS-tan" has existed way before even ME-tan was made?Take OS Idol Win-chan as an example. Win-chan's earliest appearance in media seems to be from a promotional CD by Enterbrain, which dates back as early as October 1998. This would mean that Win-chan predates Me-tan by almost 5 years. It's not specified what Windows version she represents.Another example can be Magical Toko-chan who is from around 1999. She seems to represent BSD, has a theme song called "Rainbow Holy☆Trident" and has a sister that represents Solaris.There is also also another "Wintel Miku" although there’s little art of her. She seems to represent WindowsNT4.0/95/98 and was created as the creator was inspired by Mgaical Toko.Besides Win-Chan, Magical Toko, Solaris-Chan and Wintel Miku all have sites dedicared to them!Toko: <a href="http://tokochan.haun.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://tokochan.haun.org/</a>Solaris-Chan: <a href="https://pony.tail.net/toko/sol.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pony.tail.net/toko/sol.html</a>Wintel Miku: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20000226063048/http://www.quark-jp.co.jp/~hide/DirectGirl/index.asp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20000226063048/http://www.quark-jp.co.jp/~hide/DirectGirl/index.asp</a>Also fun fact, Win-chan was made by the creator of Sgt.Frog and the concept designer for Kemono Friends, Yoshizaki Mine! This can be seen on his profile for his site here: <a href="http://mnet.nicomi.com/MINEprofile/YOSPRO.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://mnet.nicomi.com/MINEprofile/YOSPRO.html</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OStan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OStan</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Gijinkas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gijinkas</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Personification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Personification</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OStans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OStans</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Gijinka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gijinka</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Anime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anime</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OS%E5%A8%98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OS娘</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OS%E3%81%9F%E3%82%93" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OSたん</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Windows98" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows98</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Windows95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows95</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BSD</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Solaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Solaris</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#90s</a>

Rick T-137 🥒<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@argv_minus_one" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@argv_minus_one</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@Ryanteck" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Ryanteck</a> The really old stuff is available on winworldpc.com - like MS-DOS, original Apple System disks, OS/2 and WIndows versions before XP (like 2000, 95, 98, and the best of them all... NT 3.51).<a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Abandonware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abandonware</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/IBMOS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IBMOS2</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/System6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#System6</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/System7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#System7</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Windows95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows95</a>

JdeBP<a href="https://digipres.club/@foone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@foone</a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/@cstross" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cstross</a> And *your* kernel already had a proper access control system that prevents unprivileged processes from overwriting disc volumes directly. (-:<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a>

Retrópolis“É o caminhão do garbage collector passando na sua rua!”<a href="https://retropolis.com.br/2024/10/08/e-o-caminhao-do-garbage-collector-passando-na-sua-rua/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://retropolis.com.br/2024/10/08/e-o-caminhao-do-garbage-collector-passando-na-sua-rua/</a><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/MundoRetro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MundoRetro</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/ConvergentWorkSlate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConvergentWorkSlate</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/GarbageCollector" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GarbageCollector</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Intel4004" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Intel4004</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Libretto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libretto</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSDOS</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/RaspberryPiPico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RaspberryPiPico</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Thinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Thinkpad</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/TMS9918" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TMS9918</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/toshiba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#toshiba</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/UNIX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UNIX</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/usbc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usbc</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/VDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VDP</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/VNCFOX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VNCFOX</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Workstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Workstation</a>

adacostaThe <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> was obviously the first usable home computer, but its safe to say by <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> 3.0 <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> had gotten and even surpassed the Mac by the time <a href="https://twit.social/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a> and <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Windows95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows95</a> were available. The 1998 launch of the <a href="https://twit.social/tags/iMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iMac</a> brought fun and whimsy to PC's again and that was a nice win and even to this day there is nothing like that in Windows PC world.

Amin GirasolI'd completely forgotten about <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DrWatson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DrWatson</a> for <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a>!I seem to remember Dr. Watson started life as a separate set of utilities not unlike Norton Utilities. Am I misremembering?<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Watson_(debugger)" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Watson_(debugger)</a><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Utilities" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Utilities</a>

Mark Gardner<a href="https://liberdon.com/@kpeace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kpeace</a> Kinda.If you’re talking about current <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> and its NT heritage, it was bought *engineering*, specifically <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/DEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEC</a> developers led by Dave Cutler.Therefore, many elements of <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a>’s design were inspired by DEC’s <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/VMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VMS</a>, <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/VAXELN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VAXELN</a>, <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/RSX11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RSX11</a>, and (unreleased) <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/MICA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MICA</a> operating systems.<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> eventually paid off DEC and supported NT on the latter’s <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/Alpha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alpha</a> architecture machines rather than face a lawsuit.

Paolo AmorosoJulio Merino dove into a comparison between the design of Windows NT and Unix. Here are his findings.This is something that was discussed a lot back in the days of the Halloween documents.<a href="https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/windows-nt-vs-unix-design" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/windows-nt-vs-unix-design</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WindowsNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WindowsNT</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unix</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

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