It is a long-standing tradition for Microsoft to use a runtime copy of Windows as a part of Windows Setup.
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It is a long-standing tradition for Microsoft to use a runtime copy of Windows as a part of Windows Setup. But the copy is so stripped-down, it cannot run anything but the setup program (winsetup.bin).
OR IS IT?
A mini-challenge for myself: create a semi-working desktop only based on runtime Windows 3.10 shipped with Windows 95 installer but not using any other Microsoft products.
Lots of nostalgic and weird screenshots in this 🧵 thread
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It is a long-standing tradition for Microsoft to use a runtime copy of Windows as a part of Windows Setup. But the copy is so stripped-down, it cannot run anything but the setup program (winsetup.bin).
OR IS IT?
A mini-challenge for myself: create a semi-working desktop only based on runtime Windows 3.10 shipped with Windows 95 installer but not using any other Microsoft products.
Lots of nostalgic and weird screenshots in this 🧵 thread
@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt MINI.CAB my beloved
there used to be a page about windows 3.1 minification which described essentially what you're attempting :akko_giggle: i used it as a basis for my win3flash project
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@nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt MINI.CAB my beloved
there used to be a page about windows 3.1 minification which described essentially what you're attempting :akko_giggle: i used it as a basis for my win3flash project
@domi @nina_kali_nina What's win3flash??????
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@domi @nina_kali_nina What's win3flash??????
@speaktrap@pol.social @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt https://sdomi.pl/weblog/07-windows-3-flash-edition/
the blogpost is not up to my modern standards, remember it's nearly a decade old
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@speaktrap@pol.social @nina_kali_nina@tech.lgbt https://sdomi.pl/weblog/07-windows-3-flash-edition/
the blogpost is not up to my modern standards, remember it's nearly a decade old
@domi @speaktrap @nina_kali_nina I wonder what we could cram into modern SPI chips (32MB, but memory-mapped to 16MB).
You could cram IFD (4K), ME (5M), BIOS (CBFS - coreboot w/libgfxinit + SeaBIOS) (8M) into the upped 16M boundary, giving you 16MB of SPI space just for the floppy image.
If we would hack CFBS to support splits, you could get up-to 22MB of space to play around with -
It is a long-standing tradition for Microsoft to use a runtime copy of Windows as a part of Windows Setup. But the copy is so stripped-down, it cannot run anything but the setup program (winsetup.bin).
OR IS IT?
A mini-challenge for myself: create a semi-working desktop only based on runtime Windows 3.10 shipped with Windows 95 installer but not using any other Microsoft products.
Lots of nostalgic and weird screenshots in this 🧵 thread
@nina_kali_nina I think China DOS Union already did that before -
@domi @speaktrap @nina_kali_nina I wonder what we could cram into modern SPI chips (32MB, but memory-mapped to 16MB).
You could cram IFD (4K), ME (5M), BIOS (CBFS - coreboot w/libgfxinit + SeaBIOS) (8M) into the upped 16M boundary, giving you 16MB of SPI space just for the floppy image.
If we would hack CFBS to support splits, you could get up-to 22MB of space to play around with
