Windows 3.1 gets installed on Nokia's N810, looks badly out of place

After seeing Android all lit up on Nokia's N810 internet tablet, seeing this antiquate piece of software on there just seems... wrong. Still, we can't deny that we're a huge fan of the work, and to be frank, we'd highly recommend anyone with a fair amount of spare time give it a whirl just for nostalgia's sake. Wait, is that a tear we see forming? You softy.

[Via PDAToday, thanks Bill]

[retro77 @ Jul 17th 2008 6:48PM]

Classic! I remember having to create PIFs. Gonna have to put this on the Touch Pro when it comes in.....

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Jul 18th 2008 12:08AM]

Yeah, now it will play DOOM.

[Alexander @ Jul 18th 2008 11:14AM]

Doom never played in Windows 3.1 you moran. It ran in DOS. :P

[retro77 @ Jul 18th 2008 11:23AM]

Ah, but if you did your PIF file correctly, then it would run in Windows.

[Coral @ Jul 18th 2008 8:21PM]

Note to Alexander: if you call someone a moron, make sure you spell it properly. It just doesn't have much impact otherwise.

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Jul 19th 2008 1:55AM]

Alexander, you obviously know very little about Windows 3.xx.

[Mitch R. @ Jul 17th 2008 6:50PM]

You are amazing. I wish I could contribute such thoughtful posts.

[Lowest Ranked @ Jul 17th 2008 6:49PM]

3.1 how I miss you! Brings back memories.

The only place I see you anymore is on Windows Installer...

[Sarig @ Jul 17th 2008 7:18PM]

It's what I played with from I was 7 to 12, when we got one of those fancy PIII's running Win98.

Aah, I sort of miss it! I just know it's the sort of nostalgia where you have good memories that have absolutely nothing to do with how it actually was.

I'll add it to the list of reasons to get an internet-tablet...far down the list, but on it nonetheless!

[allislost @ Jul 17th 2008 6:49PM]

These are tears... tears from seeing such a beautiful device get desecrated by antiquated software.

[bjay @ Jul 17th 2008 7:27PM]

Dont worry you ll be notify when you can dual boot Leopard and Vista from it.

[Chris @ Jul 17th 2008 6:50PM]

Next time try counting before you fail.

[Ninjakamster (PS360 FTW!) @ Jul 17th 2008 6:50PM]

Give me some bacon asshole, I'm hungry.

[Bones3D @ Jul 17th 2008 6:55PM]

If it runs fast enough, you could install Photoshop 3 on that puppy and have a decent, portable image editing studio in your pocket. Bonus points if you can actually get 3D Studio R4 up and running on the thing...

[MarkZ @ Jul 17th 2008 6:56PM]

Hey, it looks like they've upgraded Ubuntu!

[Jakob Henner @ Jul 17th 2008 7:01PM]

I wish this will come on the iPhone too. Really miss a proper painting app (and people will stop complaining about missing cut-and-paste)

[Benson @ Jul 18th 2008 2:59PM]

No; but if I had an iPhone, I would. Because then I wouldn't be able to cut-and-paste my criticism, to wit:

Did they add cut and paste yet?

(BTW, this N800 does have it. :P to his Jobsness...)

[Nigel @ Jul 17th 2008 7:15PM]

13th!! - who's the man???

[phizzer @ Jul 17th 2008 7:19PM]

not u.

[The Dude @ Jul 17th 2008 7:23PM]

You da man now, dawg.

[TareX @ Jul 17th 2008 7:06PM]

MS Paint 3.1.... I drew a complete stadium with adds, crowds, and shaded green on this baby when I was 10.

Why isn't there an Android Photoshop-eque program in the works?

[cromas @ Jul 17th 2008 7:12PM]

Werd. Paint on 3.1 was magnificent to behold.

[TareX @ Jul 17th 2008 7:38PM]

Yeah and I nailed it. My computer teacher saw me once fiddle around with it and draw the shaded pitch grass... he was standing behind me saying: "uh...How did u do that?"

[tiuk @ Jul 18th 2008 4:39PM]

I remember when I was in grade school I re-colored a picture of Mr. Burns so his skin was red, like a devil. Fill didn't work because there were a few different shades, I did almost the entire thing pixel-by-pixel.

God I was a fucking loser.

[Chuckles McGee @ Jul 17th 2008 7:06PM]

@Ninja
I hope you meant to say

"Give me some bacon, asshole, I'm hungry."

Otherwise, those poor sodomized pigs!!!

[phanbouy @ Jul 17th 2008 7:10PM]

i'm not sure i'd want to eat bacon asshole; that's like double un-kosher!

[phanbouy @ Jul 17th 2008 7:11PM]

ha.. chuckles beat me to it. thanks, Weblogs Inc. for your shitty, intermittent-comment hiding!

[Spyvie @ Jul 17th 2008 7:11PM]

I'd install it just to play Reversi, and maybe Chuck Yeager's Air Combat.

[AC @ Jul 17th 2008 7:31PM]

Nothing but Chip's Challenge for me....

[retro77 @ Jul 18th 2008 12:01AM]

I wonder if it'll run Falcon 3.0!

ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_(computer_game)

[Benson @ Jul 18th 2008 3:03PM]

We got chip's challenge ported a long time ago, so we run that native...
Still, great old game!

[Toadlet @ Jul 17th 2008 7:11PM]

But how will he browse the internet without Mosaic?

Retro redundancy ftw

[img eL @ Jul 17th 2008 7:16PM]

I think im gonna through up:(

[phanbouy @ Jul 17th 2008 7:21PM]

don't worry... just keep working on that gag reflex

[chefgon_ign @ Jul 17th 2008 7:13PM]

Windows 3.1 was my first "real" introduction to computers, not counting some earlier computers like Apple II and the early Macs, which I just thought of as toys, so I'm quite nostalgic about it.

That said, I don't think I would ever put myself through using it again. Windows 95 was hugely liberating from the ridiculous confines of Windows 3.1, it just isn't worth revisiting.

[iPriest @ Jul 17th 2008 7:18PM]

Does look like WM 6.1 tough

[The Dude @ Jul 17th 2008 7:26PM]

Phail.

The N810 comes with WM 6.1 Pro. There is no WM 6.1 Tough.

[Phoenix @ Jul 17th 2008 7:30PM]

Except... Not.

[Phoenix @ Jul 17th 2008 7:34PM]

@the dude

No... the N810 uses some kind of Nokia OS... Plus to be running WM6.1 pro you need to have to have a "phone" aerial... It would be WM6.1 Classic

[ptar.mock @ Jul 17th 2008 8:47PM]

What the hell? "Some kind of Nokia OS"??
Linux, you moron.

[CraigJ @ Jul 17th 2008 7:18PM]

That's not out of place, that is a thing of exceptional beauty. All they need now is the hot dog stand theme.

[Nytrojen @ Jul 17th 2008 7:24PM]

Oh man... it makes me want to play that downhill skiing game. You know the one: where the Yeti eats you after a certain amount of time. Classic!

[Jon @ Jul 17th 2008 7:46PM]

SKIFREE!!!!

[Sean @ Jul 17th 2008 7:26PM]

man that takes me back. still remember when people were making "lose.bat" files because they didn't want to run "win".

[dagwud @ Jul 17th 2008 7:30PM]

Why is it that the old USENET adage about feeding trolls comes to mind.

[andres @ Jul 17th 2008 7:31PM]

grade is when he dropped out of school apparently

[bjay @ Jul 17th 2008 7:32PM]

@The Dude

Nokia tablets do not come with Win mobile 6.1 pro, the OS is MAEMO.

BTW I do agree with you that it those not come with Win Mobile 6.1 though,.... lol

[digitallysick @ Jul 17th 2008 7:36PM]

Windows 3.1 best os ever, no stupid task bar with a start button

[CraigJ @ Jul 17th 2008 7:49PM]

Windows 95: The OS that taught us to click start to stop.

[patsy @ Jul 17th 2008 10:30PM]

Win3.1 wasn't an OS, just a desktop environment.