Posting from Windows NT 3.51, because the boredom is that overwhelming
Getting this up and running has been... a challenge.
First off, I had to find a driver to enable true color and higher resolutions, then to get lynx installed for -some- access to the web I had to create a couple floppy images, then copy everything over to the hard drive. Getting files into the VM took uploading some files and redownloading them with lynx because I couldn't get VirtualBox shares working and there's no guest additions for NT 3.51.
...Then, finding software that works! WinRAR 2 wouldn't work (threw errors with extraction), but 3.0 installed and works just fine (but crashes when you close it, no big deal). Eventually I was able to extract and install the service packs, and get RetroZilla up and running.
Hey, let's post a thread! But let's get the screenshot and everything done in NT 3.51 too, why not? I was able to find a screenshot utility for Windows 3.1 that worked fine on NT 3.51, but lacks the long file name support of course. This only saves in bitmap format, of course... so we've gotta convert that. Time for IrfanView!
...Oh, shit, the installer won't start. Poked at oldversion, found some standalone executables... hey, they start! Oh, shit, the file open dialog won't start. Surely this worked on NT 3.51 at SOME point though, right?
Sure enough, older versions worked, and I poked at various versions until I found the last one that worked: 2.27 could load and save PNGs, and even change my desktop background! (Which is nice, because it saves me from having to convert everything to BMP.)
Oh, I still have to upload it. Fortunately, finding a version of WS_FTP LE that worked on 3.51 was pretty simple, after a bit of failed flailing about with command line ftp. (6.00, for the curious.)
And now, here I am, posting. What an adventure.
What the hell am I even gonna use this for?
And I didn't even mention 7-zip and modified versions of SeaMonkey not working.
I'm sure there's some other stuff I can install to extend 3.51's functionality... but a lot of it escapes me right now. It's not 98, so nothing like KernelEx to my knowledge...
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