2022-12-27                         from the editor of ~insom
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   Bought the third edition of Petzold's "Programming Windows"
   from a charity shop, because I once gave away my copy of the
   fifth edition and so I felt it was a sign I should not pass
   up. That said: I also have the fifth edition, so the third
   is an historical artifact. (i.e. it's literally for Windows
   3.1 although that's basically still how Win32 programming
   works even today).

   This lead me down an unproductive rabbit-hole of looking
   into Windows NT 3.1 through 3.51 software development, and
   if I could emulate an environment and make binaries that
   work from 3.1 through to Windows 10.

   I'm at a very specific place when it comes to nostalgia for
   computers:

   - Windows 3.1 aesthetic, not Windows 95.

   - But! Quake, not Doom.

   - IPX/SPX LAN on thin coax ethernet, not dial-up
   multi-player.

   - System 6 on an SE/30, not OS9 on an iMac.

   I don't know what to do with this information, but I've
   noticed that many retro accounts on Youtube and on social
   media are _obsessed_ with the Doom and DOS era -- slide
   right over 3.1 -- and into Windows 95.

   Joshua Stein is absolutely doing amazing work with System 6
   on Compact Macs, though.

=> https://jcs.org/