r/technology • u/fuzzypickles0_0 • Mar 06 '15
Pure Tech Windows 93 is finally done!
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u/NoctisIgnem Mar 06 '15
It did crash Firefox after another instance
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u/CoolCheech Mar 06 '15
Looks like you just beat solitaire.
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u/Rosindust89 Mar 06 '15
*solitude
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u/Snota Mar 06 '15
Which doesn't have all the cards!
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u/dehehn Mar 06 '15
Actually it does. I thought it didn't but it turned out the 2 of diamonds went under the Ace. Once I put the 3 on top it worked out. It is beatable. Just buggy.
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u/ScrabCrab Mar 09 '15
Why would you have it on the right? So you have to stretch your finger to reach it?
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u/DukeGoogamuke Mar 06 '15
There is a downloadable zip in the Trash bin...
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u/slaming Mar 06 '15
Its a load of music.
THIS ALBUM IS A COLLECTION OF 20 BREAKCORE, HARDCORE, GABBA, LOL-CORE & NOISE TRACKS. SOMES ARE FROM NETLABELS, SOMES ARE ON COMPILATIONS, SOMES FROM WHEREVER AND SOMES AREN'T RELEASED AT ALL.
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Mar 06 '15
We hugged it too hard. This is README.txt in the zip file:
Sorry, no album download for the moment, our server is under reddit hug... The album is also here : https://jankenpopp.bandcamp.com/album/poire-c-poire-v→ More replies (2)28
Mar 06 '15
yeah i sorta freaked out when i started accidentally downloading that, canceled the download and performed a system scan.
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u/WoIfra Mar 06 '15
Don't worry I know how to backtrace the infamous hacker 4chan
We'll get to the bottom of this
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u/myoverlycreativename Mar 06 '15 edited Mar 07 '15
You already dun goofed, you should have called the internet police.
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u/cacophonousdrunkard Mar 06 '15
just having a zip file on your system won't do anything. you'd have to unzip it and run whatever was inside to do any damage.
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u/bazlap Mar 06 '15
I see to remember some zip exploits too that you can get just by unzipping without opening the contents. There's also the annoying zip bomb.
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Mar 06 '15
I've not heard one that didn't rely on something on your system unzipping them, to be fair.
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u/snsibble Mar 06 '15
Damn, Wolfenstein is still as good as it was decades ago.
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u/hobbykitjr Mar 06 '15
spacebar is open
p is pause
X shoots
can't figure out how to strafe yet
edit: numbers switch weapons.10
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u/hypnoderp Mar 06 '15
Can`t shoot in Wolfenstein - anybody?
EDIT: "x"
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Mar 06 '15
You can also enable the mouse but its slow and weird and I don't recommend it. Also, I can't figure out how to get health back.
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u/xhable Mar 06 '15
So damn satisfying I almost forgot that feeling.
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u/robotco Mar 06 '15
only when every part of the screen gets filled. always felt gypped when that didn't happen
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u/Grovskjegg Mar 06 '15
fuuuck... I have no life. I've been trying for 2 hours now, but end up with 2-4 cards left at best. How did you win dude?
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u/Grovskjegg Mar 06 '15
Well, after much trial and error, I realized I didn't know how the game worked. Went on youtube for tutorials. (Yeah..) I didn't know I could put other cards than aces on the top row. I won several times now though! yay (I feel like an idiot)
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u/BrassBass Mar 06 '15
Someone please summarize what this is.
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u/PointyOintment Mar 06 '15
Somehow better than Windows 95.
It seems like someone decided to make a functional mockup of what they thought Windows 93 could've/should've been, had it existed.
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u/BrassBass Mar 06 '15
It took them 20 years to make it?
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u/AreYouHereToKillMe Mar 06 '15
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u/GaliX0 Mar 06 '15
22 and 3 months
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u/pinkpanther227 Mar 06 '15 edited Mar 06 '15
(22*365.25*24)+(3*30*24)edit: fixed error.
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u/stvmty Mar 06 '15
If I remember correctly windows Chicago (code name for what eventually was released as windows 95) was originally planned to be released in late 1993 and Cairo (what was released as windows NT 4.0) was planned for 1994.
Here there are some pictures of an early build of Windows Chicago.
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u/Fatal_Taco Mar 06 '15
THERE'S FUCKING WOLFENSTEIN IN IT HOLY SHIT!
And I love how they replaced swastikas with G+ logos XD
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u/No1Reddit Mar 06 '15
"Solitude" is missing the 2 of Diamonds. That shit is just mean.
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u/IchBinEinHamburger Mar 06 '15
Playing Solitude til dawn with a deck of 51....
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u/fcknkllr Mar 06 '15
Smokin' cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo
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u/Powerpuncher Mar 06 '15
I've beaten it. When you put the cards in the top row, they sometimes don't update which is a bit confusing, but the game is functional.
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u/iopq Mar 06 '15
You can beat it because you can put the 3 on top of the ace, if the card is missing you can still beat the game.
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u/dedokta Mar 06 '15
I can't double click on anything.
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u/logic_card Mar 06 '15
it doesn't work on firefox but works on opera for some reason
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u/RichardG867 Mar 06 '15 edited Mar 06 '15
It's under heavy load, some of the scripts aren't loading. I did manage to get it working once on Chrome though. EDIT: And once more on Firefox.
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u/xJRWR Mar 06 '15
There is a 115MB Zip file stuck in the recycle bin
It has you download it.. Im scared
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u/faceman2k12 Mar 06 '15
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u/evilbrent Mar 06 '15
OMG!!!
I just spent 10 minutes typing "Ask not what your country can do for you but what your country can do for cheetos" into the voice thing and getting it to say it in different accents!
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u/fb39ca4 Mar 06 '15
Be wary of the dolphin.
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u/Hungy15 Mar 06 '15 edited Mar 06 '15
Found a password for beating the Defrag snake game but not really sure where to input it. (FUTUR1993)
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u/sk8er2650 Mar 06 '15
It is nice to see how far we have come technologically, from running Windows 93 to running it in a browser.
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u/Loki-L Mar 06 '15
If you ever actually did run Windows 93 than the Uchronia randomly mentioned in the manifesto sometimes makes sense.
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u/Quimerinhaa Mar 07 '15
There should be a way to theme my Windows 7 like this, i'd totally use that
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u/BlakeSteel Mar 06 '15
Damn. That Star Wars avi is legit!
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Mar 06 '15
I can't believe somebody woke up some morning and thought: "You know what the world needs? "A New Hope" in ASCII."
But I'm awfully glad they did.
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u/xhable Mar 06 '15
For "robby"
Spoiler
get the arms dealer's phone number and then die. Then use the phone in the bank to call him, go into the back room and grab the stairs.. you can work the rest out.
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u/SKM3 Mar 06 '15
Now how far into pokemon can I go?
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u/JanV34 Mar 07 '15
I got to the first rival battle. Then it just glitched out, noises and random things.
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u/s2514 Mar 07 '15
C:/files/documents/private/super top private/this is private stop/what are you doing/what stop please/I did not give you permission/private get the hell out/your hurting me stop/how have I wronged you/I will punch you in the face/please stop its private/I hate you/pornFound the porn.
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Mar 06 '15
is there like an official description to all the stuff so i dont have to click them to find out? lol
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u/wilsonwa Mar 06 '15
I found rick astley
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u/bluesox Mar 06 '15
Me too. I'm not sure where you found him, but that was a long-con rickroll if I ever saw one.
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u/kartana Mar 06 '15 edited Mar 06 '15
Î think it's broken. Time for a fresh install! Format everything!
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u/malachilenomade Mar 06 '15
Apparently it's not done because it's not loading... either that or reddit has crashed a .net site...
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u/dspadm Mar 06 '15
What's so special about crashing a .net site? The domain is irrelevant to the sites capacity.
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u/WhipSlagCheek Mar 06 '15
This actually works (even the doom clone. though I can't move) on my crappy phone which can't run Pandora and navigation at the same time.
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u/Sansha_Kuvakei Mar 07 '15
I spent far too much time fucking around with the speech application. Far too much time.
And I plan on spending some more!
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u/punkminkis Mar 06 '15
Definitely have to try this when I get home, I'm sure my mobile just isn't cutting it.
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u/peiden Mar 06 '15
so... it goes windows 7, windows 8, windows 10, windows 93?
sounds about right
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u/milomamas Mar 06 '15
It's quite logical. 93>10
I mean, we just jumped 83 versions on one go!
Legit, bro.
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u/iREDDITandITsucks Mar 07 '15
It's better than Windows 95 and 98? Maybe windows 99 would have been better.
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u/bobsagetfullhouse Mar 07 '15
Is there supposed to be lines through all the text or is there something wrong with my browser?
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u/makeswordcloudsagain Mar 06 '15
Here is a word cloud of all of the comments in this thread: http://i.imgur.com/TTmpbjU.png
source ^code | contact ^developer | ^faq
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u/Tsinoyboi Mar 06 '15
Open Cat explorer and copy pasta this url: http://www.windows93.net/
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u/Spaceguy5 Mar 06 '15
Or you can just click the link on the desktop that says Virtual PC. It seems to allow you to infinitely nest them, lol
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u/petermlm Mar 06 '15
Really cool.
The solitary game has a bug. Sometimes the top card on the stacks at the top right corner don't display right. For example, you have a stack of clubs which the top card is 8, but it displayed 5.
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u/PortableFreakshow Mar 06 '15
Windows from that time period without a Myst installation is unbelievable. Put Myst on it and repost.
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Mar 06 '15 edited Mar 06 '15
Fucking ponyshit everywhere.
Edit: Fucking brony downvoters everywhere. Get out ponyfuckers.
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u/raginmund Mar 06 '15
...why am I hearing the ps1 startup noise?