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Are you kidding me? Nothing Microsoft did in the GUI arena was marginally original, GUIs have been around since 1973. Here's a screenshot timeline-- note that even in 1983 MS were in the habit of announcing software long before delivery. The first Windows post-dates the first X. And every major change to Windows is foreshadowed in some other GUI.

Frankly, I don't care what Microsoft did anyways, this is a ridiculous competition, this Windows vs. Linux stuff. Obviously Microsoft have been writing software for a very long time now and have some talented programmers and designers working for them-- and while they make some bad decisions, overall the software is not bad. But since all of that is overshadowed by the way they price their products and treat their customers, they could be coding software that turned lead to gold and some of us would do our best to avoid it.

You'll find some links to archaic software here.

You'll find GEM as well as other gems here.

Boring, bland blue screen of death begone. Welcome teal, magenta, mahogany screens of death.

I WANT COPIES OF MS DOS 1,2,3,4,5 WIN 1.0 (exists?)

Yup, and you can see screenshots of it (and MANY more) at http://pla-netx.com/linebackn/guis/

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How do you do this red screen of death?

BSOD Properties and Other Customizations. This page has a little VB3 app to easily let you make the changes. Or, if you don't want to bother with that, it tells you what to add to SYSTEM.INI.

I made my BSOD red for a while too. But I found it induced too much anger in me, so I switched it back.

Not exactly a timeline but interesting, anyhow:

http://pla-netx.com/linebackn/guis/index.html

http://www.windrivers.com/TIMELINE/1.htm

...they're essentially the same, I believe, so someone must be copying/mirroring/whatever someone.

There's no need to wait for M$ to change the code. Simply head to here for information on changing the colors (at my last job I chose red lettering on a black background).

Not sure where, but I know there is a file you can screw with to customise the colour of the BSOD.

Just download BSOD Properties. [Check out the banner on top of that page, it's hilarious]

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> I've seen the same thing done by linux sites but with ie users as the targets.

Exactly. But in that case it's not justified because these people are just being anti-MS because they don't like success. Whereas this case has got absolutely nothing to do with being anti-AOL (the fact that even AOL don't use Netscape says a lot about how awful Netscape is), and everything to do with a justified commercial decision, pages like this (ways to torment IE users) have everything to do with jealousy and are unjustified.

It's time non-Microsft users realize that the world has left them behind.

• A Summary of Principles for User-Interface Design.
• Graphical User Interfaces gallery.
• Human Computer Interfaces (graphics oriented)
• Towards the Anti-Mac (note the comments -- is the Adventure Shell non-GUI or only moving the images into your head?)

ChangeLog: 3 Nov 2000 @ 20:37 EST: Had to fix the formatting. Well....
Since Linux happens to be IBM's current hard-on, and they want it on EVERYTHING, who's gonna add support for 8,000+ processors in the Linux kernel. Might be in 2.4, if it ever gets released! (100 2.3 versions and so far 10 2.4pre's, and it ain't ready????)

That said, who'd want to run Internet Explorer, uh, I mean Windows on it, even if it did support that many processors? MS has a reputation for slowing even the fastest machines to a crawl with Internet Exploder.

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/* * Microsoft Confidential * Copyright (C) 1975-2004 Microsoft Corp. * * asci_wh.c - adds support for IBM's ASCI White computer. * Also causes BSOD's when ASCI White runs out of * power when trying to run IE. */ ....
(I just had to do that. Thanks to MS-DOS 6 source, I got most of the commenting right....)

Well.... Since Linux happens to be IBM's current hard-on, and they want it on EVERYTHING, who's gonna add support for 8,000+ processors in the Linux kernel. Might be in 2.4, if it ever gets released! (100 2.3 versions and so far 10 2.4pre's, and it ain't ready????) That said, who'd want to run Internet Explorer, uh, I mean Windows on it, even if it did support that many processors? MS has a reputation for slowing even the fastest machines to a crawl with Internet Exploder. .... /* * Microsoft Confidential * Copyright (C) 1975-2004 Microsoft Corp. * * asci_wh.c - adds support for IBM's ASCI White computer. * Also causes BSOD's when ASCI White runs out of * power when trying to run IE. */ .... (I just had to do that. Thanks to MS-DOS 6 source, I got most of the commenting right....)

HOT DAMN! IT'S BACK! Thanks! That was one of the great Apple II disk image sites...it went down with a message a while back and then disappeared. Here are some Apple II sites, dealing with everyone's favorite 70's machine:
Graphical User Interface Gallery Has a tad bit of Apple II info, but tons of links and cynical reviews of GUIs!
Zophar's Domain General Emulation Info...with Apple II sections.
Also ODP has a few sections of Apple II info.
Check these sites

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Found this out there in the ether Nathan's Toasty Tech Page Don't knoiw if genuine, but hey...who really cares?

Here is a link to a little win95 program called BSOD properties which DOES let you change the colour of the (B)SOD quite easily. Mine's a nice alarming bright red :).

BSOD Properties

And lets face it, (Windows 1.0 )needed work.

For anyone who hasn't seen programs running under Wine, I have some screenshots here: http://pla-netx.com/linebackn/guis/wine.html

Think this was a joke that circulated on the net. See microsoft customizable BSOD announcement

I there was a freeware program (BSOD Properties) floating around that let you customize BSOD somewhat, but it basically let you change the background and text colors. Doubt this is what you were thinking of but was somewhat related.

BSOD properties

HCF==Halt and Catch Fire. It used to be a wizard wheez for a certain type to go into Office Equipment shops, type a few lines of BASIC and watch the machine die with a little whisp of smoke curling out of the back. Ah reminiscences, the BSOD just doesn't have the same cachet.

• Windows 1.0 screenshots
• Timeline of GUIs
• PC Magazine

• Windows 1.0 screenshots
• Timeline of GUIs
• PC Magazine

Sure, it's offtopic, but so is the parent...

Paxman only plays hardball with certain politicians, depending on the BBC's bias at the time. I've seen him turn into a complete big girls blouse when interviewing certain Cabinet ministers.
I'd love to see Bill interviewed by a total animal like Clive Anderson (anybody remember him completely taking apart Jeffery Archer a while back?), or a terrier like Raj Persaud. But how much of the interview do you think the Micro$lop spin doctors will leave on the cutting floor, even if Paxman does have a workout on Barking Billy?
And I'll bet this is never mentioned in any interview, but it's a great link.

Windows may be blue out of the box, but there are ways to make it much more happy. At least the part of it you see most...

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/. is like a steer's horns, a point here, a point there and a lot of bull in between.

Another interesting, and tangentally on-topic site, is a graphical history of GUIs.

I don't mean to nitpick, but that's not a BSOD. The BSOD is a NT term.

You are right, but the term seems to have filtered downwards to WinDOS. Take a look at BSOD Properties which lets you have a Red Screen of Death, etc, on WinDOS.

In my four years of experience administering NT boxes, every BSOD I've seen has been caused by NT not liking a particular combination of hardware devices or drivers.

Try running the DOS binary of XaoS.

Seriously, Windows 1.0 is a perfect example of something which has no value these days, and obviously is not supported, so why not make it available.
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