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What was the Windows 3.0/1 graphical alternative that also ran on DOS? (self.retrocomputing)
submitted 5 days ago by evenwicht to c/retrocomputing
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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com -3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

q. name one 'os' that sucked donkey balls getting a functional tcp/ip stack runnin'

[–] evenwicht 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In those days, DOS was the OS. Windows and DESQview were just window manager apps that ran other apps.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

hence the single quotes.. i was just pullin a jeopardy

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Oh Trumpet something... The hell of getting a stack back then

WinSock Trumpet (yea, that was on Win 3.1)