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| {{Infobox_Software |
| | #REDIRECT [[Windows 3.0]] |
| software_name = Windows 3.x|
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| software_image = [[File:windows_3.0_box.jpg|300px]]|
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| developer = [[Microsoft]]|
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| publisher = [[Microsoft]]|
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| systems = [[x86]]|
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| release = 3.0: May 22, 1990<br />3.0a: December 1990<br />MPC: October 1991<br />3.1: April 6, 1992<br />Workgroups 3.1: October 1992<br />NT 3.1: July 27, 1993<br />Workgroups 3.11: August 11, 1993<br />3.11: November 8, 1993<br />3.2: November 22, 1993<br />NT 3.5: September 21, 1994<br />NT 3.51: May 30, 1995|
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| added_to_museum = Not yet|
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| }}
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| '''Windows 3.x''' is a group of [[operating system]]s that constitute the third iteration of the [[Windows]] product line by [[Microsoft]].
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| ==Multimedia PC standard==
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| Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions, released in 1991, was based on Windows 3.0a. It supported sound cards and CD-ROM drives. It was the minimum operating system recommended for Multimedia PCs, and games and applications of the time sometimes listed MPC as the recommended operating system. | |
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| ==Differences from previous versions==
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| Windows 3.0, 3.0a, 3.1, 3.11, and the Simplified Chinese-exclusive Windows 3.2 had 16-bit file access but weren't compatible with the [[Windows 1.x|Windows 1]] and [[Windows 2.x|Windows 2]] lines due to the use of protected mode. These versions relied on the [[DOS]] operating system for essential functions, and thus in most cases were restricted to the 16-bit architecture of DOS.
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| These versions of Windows ran DOS programs through a DOS-based Virtual DOS Machine, which was first present in Windows/386 2.10.
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| ==Windows for Workgroups==
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| Windows for Workgroups was an extension that used the SMB protocol over NetBIOS, allowing for networking of local computers without a centralized authentication server.
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| Like the mainline Windows 3, Windows for Workgroups 3.1 had 16-bit file access and relied on the DOS operating system for essential functions.
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| Windows for Workgroups 3.11 also relied on DOS but had a 32-bit protected mode driver instead of the standard 16-bit driver to allow for 32-bit disk access.
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| ==Windows NT==
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| NT development originally began as NT OS/2, for the Intel i860 chip, the latter of which was codenamed "N10" and gave NT its name. This built on the source code for [[OS/2]] which Microsoft co-developed with [[IBM]]. However, before release Microsoft switched to the [[x86]] processor and forked the source code, allowing IBM to continue OS/2 development on their own.
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| Windows NT 3.1, labeled as such to keep up with the Windows numbering system, was the first version of Windows that was a complete 32-bit operating system. 16-bit Windows applications were run through a compatibility layer known as Windows on Windows.
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| It also had the DOS-based Virtual DOS Machine of the mainline Windows 3. This DOS-based VDM and WoW compatibility layer for backward-compatibility were used in Windows NT 3.1, Windows NT 3.5, and Windows NT 3.51.
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| ==Physical 16-bit Windows 3.x games owned by WEC Museum==
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| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
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| !| Title
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| !| Developer
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| !| Date Added to the Museum
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Myst]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Cyan]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1993
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | January 2, 2015
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Windows 3.1 and Windows MPC (Multimedia Personal Computer) versions.
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Tetris Gold]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Microprose|Spectrum Holobyte]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1992
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | April 5, 2020
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Contains ''[[Super Tetris]]'' and ''[[Tetris (Spectrum Holobyte)|Tetris Classic]]''.
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| |}
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| ==Digital 16-bit Windows 3.x games owned by WEC Museum==
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| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Checkers Game]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Gregory Thatcher]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | April 26, 2019
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |
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| |}
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| ==Digital 16-bit Windows 3.x applications owned by WEC Museum==
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| {| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Klik & Play]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Europress|Europress Software]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1994
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | April 25, 2019
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Klik & Play for Schools version, made freeware for general use in 2006.
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| |}
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| [[Category: Application software]]
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| [[Category: Application software developed by Microsoft]]
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| [[Category: Application software published by Microsoft]]
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| [[Category: Application software released in 1990]]
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| [[Category: Windows]]
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