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]
[Via PDAToday, thanks Bill]

















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
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.
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.
Mitch R. @ Jul 17th 2008 6:50PM
You are amazing. I wish I could contribute such thoughtful posts.
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...)
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
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.
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.
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
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.