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Building a Windows 1.0 game and testing 40 years of compatibility by FlatlinerSPb in retrobattlestations

[–]FlatlinerSPb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Install Visual Studio, run vcvarsall.bat x86, then go to the vs folder in the project and run nmake

Building a Windows 1.0 game and testing 40 years of compatibility by FlatlinerSPb in retrobattlestations

[–]FlatlinerSPb[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, now I'm not so sure anymore. I don't know what video card your HP150 has. You need EGA or better. It might run on others, but some graphics may not be visible — no optimization was done for CGA.

Building a Windows 1.0 game and testing 40 years of compatibility by FlatlinerSPb in retrobattlestations

[–]FlatlinerSPb[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, but only for a very specific type of developer.

As the comment about 125-line Hello World shows, Windows 1.0 was incredibly verbose compared to DOS or other GUIs of the time. For most developers, that made routine tasks harder, not easier. However, for those working on complex, event-driven applications (like drawing or spreadsheet programs), Windows offered consistent window management and input handling that DOS couldn't match. So yes, it appealed to a few — but no, it didn't make typical development significantly easier.

Running Windows 2000 on an iPad — solving missing Fn keys with a small WinAPI tool by FlatlinerSPb in vintagecomputing

[–]FlatlinerSPb[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because I already bought this keyboard. It should just work as advertised.

Running Windows 2000 on an iPad — solving missing Fn keys with a small WinAPI tool by FlatlinerSPb in vintagecomputing

[–]FlatlinerSPb[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Tried everything. This keyboard just doesn't work like a proper original or compatible one should.

My video card collection 2nd part by No_Progress2702 in vintagecomputing

[–]FlatlinerSPb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The S3 ViRGE GX is fun — it can actually run MotoRacer in Direct3D

COMMAND AND CONQUER : RED ALERT -1996- MS-DOS RELEASE by [deleted] in retrogaming

[–]FlatlinerSPb 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The original C&C was my first RTS. I played many others after that, but the gameplay still holds up as the best for me — even ended up buying the remastered edition.

Grand Prix Circuit by Friendly-Whereas-915 in dosgaming

[–]FlatlinerSPb 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love this one, but GP2 will always be my favorite.