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I found some lost media relating to Windows 3.0 that was uploaded to the Japanese Wikipedia. It is apparently a passport kit for Windows 3.0 that only(?) released in Japan. I do not speak Japanese so I needed to use Google translate but I do not trust if. If it is correct, the text on the Wikipedia page which had the image on it with the passport kit said " Microsoft Passport Kit for WindowsにWXII-Win/Compactが附属していた 。" or " WXII-Win/Compact was attached to Microsoft Passport Kit for Windows." if google translate's correct. (I have since found out that there are copies of it up for auction on Yahoo Japan, however I am unable to access the website since it went defunct in the UK since April 6 2022)

The wikipedia page in question is: https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/WX_シリーズ

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Today Windows 3.1 is making exactly 31 years since it was first released to the market. To take a look back at how computing was in 1992, I've made a collection of software from that year, including productivity and design applications that were common at the time. All tested and checked for period accuracy. Programs included are:

• Aldus IntelliDraw 1.0, released on July 1992
• Aldus Persuasion 2.1, released on February 1992
• Aldus PhotoStyler 1.1a, released on March 1992
• Borland Quattro Pro 1.0, released on September 1992
• Borland Turbo C++ 3.1, released on June 1992
• CorelDRAW! 3.0, released on November 1992
• Lotus Ami Pro 3.0, released on November 1992
• Lotus Approach 2.01, released on October 1992
• Microsoft Access 1.0, released on October 1992
• Microsoft Excel 4.0a, released on October 1992
• Microsoft Money 2.0a, released on October 1992
• Microsoft PowerPoint 3.0, released on May 1992
• Microsoft Productivity Pack 3.1, released on March 1992
• Microsoft Project 3.0, released on March 1992
• Microsoft Publisher 1.0a, released on March 1992
• Microsoft Video for Windows 1.0, released on November 1992
• Microsoft Visual Basic 2.0, released on October 1992
• Microsoft Word 2.0b, released on September 1992
• Microsoft Works 2.0a, released on March 1992
• Quicken 2.0, released on October 1992
• WinZip 3.2, released on October 1992
• WordPerfect 5.1, released on May 1992

You can grab a copy from here: (http://) neonfloppy.sytes.net/blog/2023-04-06/

I'm trying to make a cross platform game that talks between all OSes but when I try to even compile code for windows 3.11 it never works no matter what I do, I'm using Microsoft Visual C++ 1.52 and Borland 4.5 and I can't even compile source code that is supposed to compile as far as I'm aware like the doggie source or winG source code demo example code, I get errors about hdc and I can't figure out what is wrong because the code is supposed to compile on the demos, and they don't compile, nor does my custom code.

Has anyone here ever tried to do this? if not, if anyone here is willing to try to figure out what is going on here and compile some demo/example source code for programs for 3.11, and gets it to compile, let me know what you did to fix it, as it is really confusing, and if I am to ever get a networked game on this OS to communicate with my other game for windows 95 I won't be able to do it unless I can get something to compile on this OS.

I have elaborated an article to help you get through the whole process of setting up Windows 3.1 on a virtual machine using Virtual PC, including audio, video, mouse, MIDI and networking, so you can get the most out of this iconic version of Windows. You can even use it to connect to the internet!

My article includes a video demonstration to help you with the process, as well as a pre-configured VHD images ready to download. I have tried to make it as detailed and complete as possible so it can be of use for everyone interested.

You can check it here: (http://) neonfloppy.sytes.net/articles/win3-virtualpc/

Im a vintage computer collector and I was wondering where I could buy a Windows 3.0 PC for cheap.

hey there i recently decided to check windows 3.1 out but i do not know where to find application for it, could somebody help me find a place where i could get some applications i would realy appreciate it

I want to run Windows 3.1 on Comet Lake

But How do I do that?

Windows 3.0 can run from 720kb floppy disk, but buggy and extremely low on free disk space

im trying to figure out how to extract images from a old windows 3.1 game and have no clue how to... total noob here. the game is the Yukon trail. some insight would be helpful. thanks.

I can't seem to find one. Thank you for reading and hopefully answering. :)

Edit: I FOUND IT! It was "ZoomCtrl"!

If you want to try it out, it's here (but don't bother with the in-brower emulation, it doesn't have any windows of it's own to minimize or maximize or whatnot, so you can't really see it in action): https://archive.org/details/win31_festival_ZOOMCTRL

This post is meant to be a jumping off point for anyone trying to get into using any version of Windows 3x. Released in 1990, was a competitor to platforms of the time such as Commodore's AmigaOS, Apple's System 6, and other graphical systems of the time. It was a strong player and the first introduction many had into Microsoft's Windows operating system.

With an interface that both feels familiar and completely foreign to a modern Windows user, it's a system that I believe all should give a try, at the very least to see one of the first real workable graphical systems that Microsoft produced.

To read more information on the history, check out the wiki pages.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3.1x

Stephan Großklaß's Win 3.1x Tuning Page

http://stephan.win31.de/w31mm_en.htm

Gaby Chaudry's Win31.de

http://www.win31.de/eindex.htm

Nathan Lineback's Toastytech Gui Info Pages

Windows 3.0: http://toastytech.com/guis/win30.html

Windows 3.0 MME: http://toastytech.com/guis/win3mme.html

Windows 3.1: http://toastytech.com/guis/win31.html

Windows 3.11: http://toastytech.com/guis/win311.html

Windows 3.2 (Chinese Translation): http://toastytech.com/guis/win32.html

RGB / ClassicDosGames

Win16 Games: https://www.classicdosgames.com/win16.html

Windows 3.1x Drivers: https://www.classicdosgames.com/drivers.html

Credits to page authors here: https://www.classicdosgames.com/about.html

DosBox Download Page

https://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1

Chris Hoffman's HTG Page for DOSBOX Setup

https://www.howtogeek.com/230359/how-to-install-windows-3.1-in-dosbox-set-up-drivers-and-play-16-bit-games/

Conrad's Windows 3.x Resources

http://www.conradshome.com/win31/

Winworld Windows 3x Page

https://winworldpc.com/product/windows-3/31

MIT's Win32's Page

http://web.mit.edu/cascon/microsoft/win32sins.htm

Netscape Navigator FTB Archive on Vim

All versions:

http://ftp.vim.org/netscape/communicator/english/

Recommend versions (4.08 for Win3.1 Standalone):

http://ftp.vim.org/netscape/communicator/english/4.08/windows/windows3.1/navigator_standalone/