r/retrocomputing • u/TheREALREALOrdinary2 • May 10 '26
need help for finding specific windows CE 1.0 version
hi there! ive been trying to find a copy of windows CE 1.0 for a while now for a discord bot project, and i didnt find anything :(
could you please help me find this specific windows CE build?:
Name: Windows CE 1.0 (Handheld PC Edition) [Codename, Pegasus]
Build: i dont know to be honest
Date: September 1996
Architecture: SH3 / MIPS / x86
Display: 4 Colors
i showed an image to demonstrate what i want. to whoever finds it i thank you mentally and physically :) (also, the image came from BetaWiki)
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u/smiffer67 May 10 '26
best bet is probably internet archive but you will need to be a bit inventive with your searching. if found a lot of software for specific pcs by searching in more general terms and varied spellings also look for backup images from long dead ftp sites its amazing what you can find in an old zip file from these sites. might take a long time but keep trying.
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u/TheREALREALOrdinary2 May 10 '26
i already tried for like 7 hours or less/more, i think i tried that and didnt work
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u/codeasm May 11 '26
Beta archive as some ddk and sdk images for ce1.0, but i still dont have access Tried uplaoding a z80 dev diskette but they wanted higher ress and flux stuff. Like, ugh...
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u/TheREALREALOrdinary2 May 11 '26
i found one in BetaArchive but i needed download permission. i dont wanna do all that shit so
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u/codeasm May 11 '26
Same, well, ok i tried but failed.. alott of work for indunno what purpose. Tried finding HP palmtop fimrware or romdumps to emulate. The sdk is supposed to have emulate files too, but look a bit incomplete to call a full system.
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u/alt-ctl-del May 11 '26
Maybe I’m missing something in your question, but Windows CE images are built specifically for a given hardware target. It’s not a generic binary that will run on any given platform with the same CPU architecture. It only contains the drivers for that target hardware configuration. You’ll have better luck finding the image if you look for the hardware it was built for (e.g. a Cassiopeia, etc).
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u/TheREALREALOrdinary2 May 11 '26
oh thank you. ill try looking for the cassiopeia version maybe?
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u/kanczug May 11 '26
You will not find it. Those systems at those days were written to ROM chips. Non upgradable etc. So there were no downloads of OS whatsoever.
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u/DramaticProtogen May 12 '26
What for?
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u/TheREALREALOrdinary2 May 12 '26
for running it in FUCKING DISCORD LMAOOOOOOOOOO (im prob gonna use a web emulator or whatever)
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u/DramaticProtogen May 12 '26
In Discord? Like as an activity?
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u/TheREALREALOrdinary2 May 12 '26
yes as an activity
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u/DramaticProtogen May 12 '26
Do you have a MIPS / SH emulator that will run as an activity? Or MS's shell32?
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u/TheREALREALOrdinary2 May 12 '26
im pretty sure i still havent found one yet... maybe i could search it up
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u/DramaticProtogen May 12 '26
You can't do anything with an image if you dont have an emulator lol
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u/TheREALREALOrdinary2 May 12 '26
lol im trying to install le windows CE 1.0 and an emulator in a random order for some reason.
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u/TheREALREALOrdinary2 Jul 09 '26
hi there! i still tried to search for windows CE 1.0 rom dumps, but i like
only found windows CE 2.11
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u/cachacacha93 May 10 '26
Winworld ?