![]() ![]() All I needed to do was select File → Print Setup from the main menu. ![]() I was expecting problems running this 16-bit Windows executable in Wine from the repository, but instead, PFS: WindowWorks launched as expected. The quotes here are necessary as there are spaces in the filename of the executable. Wine "~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files \ (x86)/WINWORKS/EXEC/WINWORKS.EXE" ![]() The productivity suite was preloaded onto the machine and no diskettes were provided, hence necessitating the need to use InfoZip.Īs a separate task, I restored the contents of C:\WINWORKS into ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/WINWORKS, from the floppies then ran: To this day, I still have the backup diskettes in storage, and can still be used inside VirtualBox.Īlso, I have backed up PFS:WindowWorks to three floppies using InfoZIP to create three archives to store on diskettes (by compressing the contents of C:\WINWORKS). ![]() On that machine, I installed an original SoundBlaster audio card and disabled the built-in audio to get a real audio chipset.Ĭompaq (before the HP takeover) provided a utility that allowed the entire system to be backed up to thirteen diskettes, in addition to a Diagnostics diskette and a BIOS setup diskette which were included in the original packaging.īesides the graphical interface and the voicemail software, a copy of PFS:WindowWorks 2.0 was preinstalled on the machine. However, the audio chipset that was included was proprietary and was used only by the so-called voicemail software that was pre-installed as was the Windows 3.1 interface developed by Xerox at the same Palo Alto facility where the first graphical user interface was developed. The video chip was a Cirrus 3440, and there was a parallel port, a serial port, and a built-in modem which (thankfully) supported the Hayes AT command set, which was the standard for modem access at that time. The machine was an all-in-one 486SX where the monitor and CPU were integrated into one unit. My first computer was a Compaq Presario 425 with 4MB of RAM, a 200MB hard drive (IDE), and a single 3.5" floppy drive. This was certainly the case when I was rummaging through all my old belongings stored away from the last century. If you have been around computers as long as I have, you will have a collection of software in storage on CDs and diskettes. ![]()
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