Daily Archives: February 26, 2011

Windows

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Product progression

Original line

    * Windows 1.0
    * Windows 2.0
    * Windows 2.1 aka Windows/286 and Windows/386
    * Windows 3.0
    * Windows 3.1
    * Windows 3.11 aka Windows for Workgroups
    * Windows 3.2

Windows 9x

    * Windows 4.0 (Windows 95)
    * Windows 4.1 (Windows 98)
    * Windows 4.9 (Windows Me)

Windows NT

    * Windows NT 3.1
    * Windows NT 3.5
    * Windows NT 3.51
    * Windows NT 4.0
    * Windows NT 5.0 (Windows 2000)
    * Windows NT 5.1 (Windows XP)
    * Windows NT 5.2 (Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition)
    * Windows NT 6.0 (Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008)
    * Windows NT 6.1 (Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2)

   
— Wikipedia on History of Microsoft Windows

2011.02.26 Saturday ACHK

Windows 3.1x

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Legacy

Windows 3.x was superseded by the release of Windows 95 in August 1995.

Windows 3.1 found a niche market as an embedded operating system after becoming obsolete in the PC world. Up until November 2008, both Virgin Atlantic and Qantas employed it for some of the onboard entertainment systems on long-distance jets. It also sees continued use as an embedded OS in retail cash tills.

On 9 July 2008, it was announced that Windows for Workgroups 3.11 for the embedded devices channel would no longer be made available for OEM distribution as of 1 November 2008.

— Wikipedia on Windows 3.1x

2011.02.26 Saturday ACHK

Windows API

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Windows API itself is a virtual machine.

Windows API abstracts the hardware away from the application programs.

With Windows API, a programmer does not need to care exactly which hardware the computer is based on.

— Me@2011.02.25

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Chrono Cross

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Chrono Trigger 2

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An Ancient Fort-
Chasing phantoms in one’s dreams…

Arni Village –
Where the tides start to turn…

Opassa Beach –
A calling from beyond time…

Arni Village –
Nothing has changed but everything!

Cape Howl –
A reminder of one’s former self…

Heading North –
In search of some answers…

The Port Town of Termina –
The pride of the Acacia Dragoons…

Viper Manor –
Where lies the key to the past…

Guldove –
Where ripples become waves…

Hermit’s Hideaway –
Meeting with the ‘other’ swordsman…

From Pirate Ship to Ghost Ship –
A mariner’s worst nightmare…

On to Water Dragon Isle –
In search of the dragon blue…

Fort Dragonia –
Ancient dragons’ dream in ruins…

Temporal Vortex –
Where lost souls wander…

The Lost Portal –
Isolation of people from the world…

Termina –
Knight or day…?

Marbule –
The village of the demi-humans…

The Masamune –
The blood-stained sword of evil…

The Dead Sea –
A place forsaken by the gods…

A Portal Reopened –
And the planet began to shake…

Back to Viper Manor –
A captive audience awaits…

Surprise Attack!!! –
Pursuers with heavy-hearts…

To the Sea of Eden –
Through the hidden holes in time…

The Arbiter of Time –
On whom the three Fates smile…

Terra Tower –
Caught in an echo of time…

Chrono Cross –
The point where destinies meet…

For all the Dreamers –
Our planet’s dream is not over yet…

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– Chrono Compendium

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2011.02.26 Saturday ACHK