Windows 3.1 and Liberty BASIC v0.9 - both 30 years old!
Apr 8, 2022 12:13:02 GMT -5
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Post by Carl Gundel on Apr 8, 2022 12:13:02 GMT -5
I noticed an announcement that Windows 3.1 has had it's 30th birthday. This was the first truly usable version of Windows, I think.
I realized that Liberty BASIC was also released back in 1992, and that it was developed on top of Windows 3.1.
It is worth noting that the first shipping version of Liberty BASIC was actually 0.9. I don't know why I didn't just call it v1.0 but it's an interesting bit of trivia.
Another interesting fact is that early development was on a gray Dolch style lunchbox portable 386SX computer running Windows 3.1. Also interesting is that computer was stolen from my office at work.
justinmiller.io/posts/2020/04/26/project-386-part-1/portable.jpg
I realized that Liberty BASIC was also released back in 1992, and that it was developed on top of Windows 3.1.
It is worth noting that the first shipping version of Liberty BASIC was actually 0.9. I don't know why I didn't just call it v1.0 but it's an interesting bit of trivia.
Another interesting fact is that early development was on a gray Dolch style lunchbox portable 386SX computer running Windows 3.1. Also interesting is that computer was stolen from my office at work.
justinmiller.io/posts/2020/04/26/project-386-part-1/portable.jpg
