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| |title = Build of [[Windows 3.x|Windows 3.0]] | |
| |image = Windows 3.0 PC World Test Drive WineMine.png
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| |imagecaption = Microsoft Windows 3.0 PC World Test Drive
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| |codename = Unknown
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| |kernel = 3.0
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| |arch = x86
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| |build = [[Windows:3.00 PC World Test Drive|Windows 3.0 PC World Test Drive]]
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| |release = July 4, 1990
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| |licence = Microsoft EULA
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| |support = Unknown
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| |previous = [[Windows 2.x|Windows 2.x]]
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| |next = ''[[Windows 95|Windows 95]]
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| '''Windows 3.0 Test Drive''' is a demonstration version of [[Windows 3.x|Windows 3.0]], that was given away for free with issues of the InfoWorld magazine.<ref>http://toastytech.com/guis/misce.html</ref>
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| It doesn't include much. Only a PC World slideshow, a Standard Mode kernel, Program Manager, File Manager, WinHelp, Control Panel, and everyone's favorite: Solitaire. It is crippled so that it will not run regular Windows 3.0 applications; however, it is possible to run other Windows 3.0 applications by inserting the string "DEMOAPP" in to an EXE's application description header.<ref>https://betawiki.net/wiki/Windows_3.00_Demo</ref>
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| According to magazine advertisements, there were separate versions for EGA and VGA as well as 5.25" 1.2MB and 3.5" 1.44MB floppies.
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| ==Installation on VGA systems==
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| Only the EGA version has been found thus far.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeSNEFRznCY</ref> The Setup program in this version gets confused if you try to install it on a machine with VGA. To fix this, edit the '''<code>[display]</code>''' section of <code>SETUP.INF</code> and add the line:
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| <pre>vga = 1:ega.drv, "EGA", "133,96,72", , 1:egalogo.lgo, , , , 1:egalogo.rle</pre>
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| ==References==
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| <References>
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| </References>
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