Hackernews posts about Windows 3.1

Windows 3.1 is an early version of the Microsoft Windows operating system released in 1992, featuring a graphical user interface and support for multitasking on x86-based PCs.

1. Windows 3.1 tiled background .bmp archive (github.com)
   275 points by justsomehnguy 12 days ago | 75 comments
2. Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1 (github.com)
   2 points by userbinator 13 minutes ago | discuss
3. Ask HN: Not much interest in offline CPU LLMs that may kill SaaS?
   2 points by adinhitlore 2 days ago | 2 comments
4. One Dog vs. the Windows 3.1 Graphics Stack (wuffs.org)
   234 points by todsacerdoti over 1 year ago | 92 comments
5. Emulated Windows 3.11 in the Browser (pieter.com)
   166 points by jalev about 1 month ago | 83 comments
6. Virtual Windows 3.11 Computer (pieter.com)
   160 points by duck over 1 year ago | 75 comments
7. The true story of the Windows 3.1 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme (www.pcgamer.com)
   148 points by naves 4 months ago | 56 comments
8. Windows 3.1 in a Windows 95 Virtual Machine (2022) (www.geoffchappell.com)
   71 points by Lammy 6 months ago | 54 comments
9. Windows 3.1 in the Browser (www.pcjs.org)
   57 points by memalign 4 months ago | 4 comments
10. Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1 (github.com)
    50 points by rcarmo about 1 year ago | 7 comments
11. MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 still run train dashboards at German railway (Jan'24) (www.tomshardware.com)
    49 points by wojtczyk about 1 year ago | 14 comments
12. Windows 3.11 in your browser with working dial-up internet, IRC, FTP and more (pieter.com)
    42 points by pieterhg 6 months ago | 3 comments
13. Windows 3.1 saves Southwest Airlines during CrowdStrike outage (www.tomshardware.com)
    26 points by smsm42 over 1 year ago | 30 comments
14. $200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on Windows 3.1 era (arstechnica.com)
    22 points by Brajeshwar almost 2 years ago | 12 comments
15. Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1 (github.com)
    14 points by mysterydip over 1 year ago | discuss
16. Windows 3.1 'Hot Dog Stand' color scheme, original UI designer explains why (www.pcgamer.com)
    10 points by rmason 4 months ago | 3 comments
17. Create a semi-working desktop only based on runtime Windows 3.10 shipped with W (tech.lgbt)
    7 points by todsacerdoti 3 months ago | discuss
18. What did the Ignore button do in Windows 3.1 when an app encountered a fault? (devblogs.microsoft.com)
    4 points by davikr over 1 year ago | 1 comments
19. Windows 3.11 on QEMU 5.2.0 (popey.com)
    4 points by jandeboevrie over 1 year ago | discuss
20. Windows 3.1's 'Hot Dog Stand' UI Color Scheme (daringfireball.net)
    3 points by tosh 4 months ago | 2 comments
21. Windows 3.1 released April 6, 1992 (dfarq.homeip.net)
    3 points by rbanffy 12 months ago | discuss
22. Semi-working desktop based on runtime Windows 3.10 shipped with Win 95 installer (tech.lgbt)
    2 points by PaulHoule 2 months ago | discuss
23. Create a Desktop Using Windows 3.10 from Windows 95 Installer (tech.lgbt)
    1 points by birdculture 3 months ago | discuss
24. Installing Windows 3.1 on DR DOS 6.0 (rubenerd.com)
    1 points by ingve 8 months ago | discuss
25. Windows 3.11 on QEMU 5.2.0 (popey.com)
    1 points by rcarmo about 1 year ago | discuss
26. Thirty Years Later, the Windows 3.1 Video Driver You Needed (hackaday.com)
    1 points by guiambros about 1 year ago | discuss
27. Writing a Windows 3.1 16-bit application (twitter.com)
    1 points by taubek over 1 year ago | discuss
28. Show HN: I made crowdwave – imagine Twitter/Reddit but every post is a voicemail (www.crowdwave.com)
    217 points by andrewstuart over 1 year ago | 120 comments
29. Show HN: Pobshell – A Bash‑like shell for live Python objects (github.com)
    4 points by cogs 9 months ago | 1 comments
30. Show HN: Pobshell: A Bash-like shell to explore live Python object hierarchies (github.com)
    1 points by cogs 9 months ago | 1 comments
31. The UX failures of desktopOS-on-tablet
    1 points by juliendorra over 1 year ago | 1 comments
32. TCP/IP on Windows for Workgroups 3.11 in 2025 under QEMU (www.uninformativ.de)
    16 points by zdw 10 months ago | 4 comments
33. Discord Was Ported to Windows 95 and NT 3.1 (hackaday.com)
    2 points by viniciosbarros 10 months ago | discuss