Main Page: Difference between revisions

From BetaArchive Wiki
(Home page is unlocked...)
m (We need to keep macOS to it's official and current name to stay up to date. I'm not sure why we wouldn't want to since it's likely going to be like that for the next decade.)
(45 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
__NOTOC__
__NOTOC__
<span style="background: #F5FAFF; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #cedff2; font-size: 16px;">'''[http://www.betaarchive.com Back to BetaArchive]'''</span>
<!-- Part of code was taken from Wikipedia, BetaWiki -->
<!-- Welcome header -->
{| style="width: 100%;"
|style="font-size: 150%;"|<h1 align="center">Welcome to the BetaArchive Wiki!</h1>
|-
|<center style="font-size: 110%">''A place to collect, learn, and preserve software from every category!''</center>
|-
|style="font-size: 100%"|<center> [https://betaarchive.com/ &bull; Back to the homepage] [https://discord.gg/epK3r6A &bull; Discord] [[Special:WantedPages|&bull; Wanted Pages]] [[Wiki Guidelines|&bull; Wiki Guidelines]] [[The Definitive Guide to BetaArchive|&bull; The Defnitive Guide to BetaArchive]] [https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Stubs &bull; Incomplete Pages] </center>
<p><center>[[File:BetaArchive Wiki under construction.png|400px|Page under construction. Expect some stuff not working.]]</center></p>
<center>If you have any questions or want to join, PM Andy on the forum.</center>
<p align="center"><strong>NOTE: You need to be a member of the forum for a month, and have at least 25 posts, to get a wiki account.</strong></p>
|}
 
<table style="width: 100%; margin: 2px 2px">
<br/>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%; border: 1px solid lightgray; padding: 5px; ">
<center>
<span style="font-size:133%;">{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}</span> <br> articles
</center>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%; border: 1px solid lightgray; padding: 5px; ">
<center>
<span style="font-size:133%;">{{NUMBEROFEDITS}}</span> <br> edits
</center>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%; border: 1px solid lightgray; padding: 5px; ">
<center>
<span style="font-size:133%;">{{NUMBEROFFILES}}</span> <br> files
</center>
</td>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 25%; border: 1px solid lightgray; padding: 5px; ">
<center>
<span style="font-size:133%;">{{NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS}}</span>
<br> active users
</center>
</td>
</table>
 
== [https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Categories Categories] ==


<!-- = '''BetaArchive Wiki''' = -->
<!-- Operating Systems table -->
<!-- Style Stolen.. ahem I mean borrowed from Wikipedia Homepage -->
<table style="width: 100%; margin: 2px 0px">
{| style="margin:4px 0 0 0; width:100%; border:1px solid #ddcef2; background:#faf5ff; vertical-align:top; "
<tr>
| class="MainPageBG" style="width:100%; border:1px color:#000;"|
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 100%; border: 1px solid #ddcef2; background-color:#faf5ff; padding:10px;">
{| style="vertical-align:top; background:#faf5ff; color:#000; width:100%"
{| style="width: 100%"
! style="padding:2px" | <h1 id="mp-tfp-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#ddcef2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #afa3bf; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em">Welcome to BetaArchive Wiki</h1>
<h2>[[:Category:Operating Systems|Operating Systems]]</h2>
|-
|-
| style="color:#000;padding: 2px" | <div id="mp-tfp">Highlights from the wiki will eventually go here.<br>
|<gallery widths=48px heights=48px align="center">
When creating new articles please use this clear naming system: <code>Product name:version.subversion:'''full''' known build string</code></div>
File:WindowsLogo.png|link=Annex:Microsoft Windows versions|<center>[[Annex:Microsoft Windows versions|Windows]]</center>
|}
File:MacOSlogo.png|link=Mac_OS_X|<center>[[Mac OS X|macOS]]</center>
File:Ms-dos-logo.png|link=MS-DOS|<center>[[MS-DOS]]</center>
File:os2-logo.png|link=OS/2|<center>[[IBM:OS/2|OS/2]]</center>
File:linux-logo.png|link=Linux|<center>[[Linux]]</center>
<-- File:More.png|link=:Category:Operating Systems|<center>[[:Category:Operating Systems|Others]] --!> </center>
</gallery>
|}
|}
</td>
</tr>
</table>


<!-- = '''Registering''' = -->
<table style="width: 100%; margin: 2px 0px">
<!-- Style Stolen.. ahem I mean borrowed from Wikipedia Homepage -->
<tr>
{| style="margin:4px 0 0 0; width:100%; border:1px solid #F2CECE; background:#FFF5F5; vertical-align:top; "
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%; border: .5px solid #41555f; background-color:#faf5ff; padding:10px;">
| class="MainPageBG" style="width:100%; border:1px color:#000;"|
<!-- Did you know-->
{| style="vertical-align:top; background:#FFF5F5; color:#000; width:100%"
{| style="width: 100%"
! style="padding:2px" | <h1 id="mp-tfp-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#F2CECE; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #BFA3A3; text-align:left; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em">Registering for the Wiki</h1>
! style="font-size: 120%; color: #ffffff; text-align: left; border: 0px solid #afa3bf; background-color: #41555f; padding:0.2em 0.4em"|Did you know...
|-
|-
| style="color:#000;padding: 2px" | <div id="mp-tfp">'''Due to vandalism you will need to [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/ucp.php?i=pm&mode=compose&u=2 PM Andy on the forum] to register an account.'''
|
 
* ...that Bill Gates wanted '''[[Windows]]''' to be called Interface Manager?
Requirements: 1 month or more forum membership and 25 or more posts.<br />
* ...that you can't create a folder called CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9. anywhere on any Windows computer?
* ...that the team that created '''[[Windows NT]]''' was first called the "Portable Systems" team?
* ...that in '''[[Windows:Longhorn:4042.main.030905-1800]]''' folders exist with names from both the XP-style 'My' name and the Vista-style name which dropped the 'My'?
* ...that Microsoft's first Press Kit contained a Squeegee (Window washer) and a wash cloth to announce Windows 1.0?
|}
|}
</td>
<td/>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%; border: 1px solid #ddcef2; background-color:#faf5ff; padding:10px;">
<!-- Featured article -->
{| style="width: 100%"
! style="font-size: 120%; color: #ffffff; text-align: left; border: 1px solid #afa3bf; background-color: #41555f; padding:0.2em 0.4em"|Featured article
|-
|}
|}
<includeonly>{{#ask: [[:+]]
[[modification date::+]]<!--prevent deleted pages from showing up-->
|format=embedded
|limit=1
|searchlabel=
|offset={{#expr: (({{#time:U|today}}+{{{2|{{#time:z|today}}}}} + 67)*67) mod {{#ask: [[:+]]
[[modification date::+]]<!--prevent deleted pages from showing up-->
|format=count
}}}}}}</includeonly>


 
</td>
<!-- INDEX -->
</tr>
{| style="margin:4px 0 0 0; width:100%; border:1px solid #cedff2; background:#f5faff; vertical-align:top; "
</table>
| color:#000;"|
<table style="width: 100%; margin: 2px 0px">
{| style="width: 100%; vertical-align:top; background:#f5faff;"
<tr>
! style="padding:2px" colspan="4" | <div style="width:100%;"><h2 id="mp-itn-h2" style="margin:3px; background:#cedff2; font-size:120%; font-weight:bold; border:1px solid #a3b0bf; text-align:center; color:#000; padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Index</h2></div>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%; border: .5px solid #41555f; background-color:#faf5ff; padding:10px;">
<div>
<!-- Latest Leaked Build of Windows-->
{| style="width: 100%"
! style="font-size: 120%; color: #ffffff; text-align: left; border: 0px solid #afa3bf; background-color: #41555f; padding:0.2em 0.4em"|Latest Leaked Build
|-
|
Latest Leaked build:
==== Windows for Workgroups 3.11 ====
*[[Windows for Workgroups 3.11 build 100]]
==== Windows 98 Second Edition ====
*[[Windows 98 build 2170a]]
</td>
<td/>
<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 50%; border: 1px solid #ddcef2; background-color:#faf5ff; padding:10px;">
<!-- Featured article -->
{| style="width: 100%"
! style="font-size: 120%; color: #ffffff; text-align: left; border: 1px solid #afa3bf; background-color: #41555f; padding:0.2em 0.4em"|Helpful Hints for Editors
|-
|-
| style="width:25%; font-size:95%;" |
<h2>Operating Systems</h2>
*[[Microsoft Windows]]
*[[Mac OS]]
*[[Mac OS X]]
*[[MS-DOS]]
*[[Linux]]
*[[Unix]]
*[[:Category:Operating Systems|More...]]
<br>
| style="width:25%; font-size:95%; vertical-align:top;" |
<h2>Applications</h2>
*[[Microsoft Office]]
*[[Internet Explorer]]
*[[:Category:Applications|More...]]
| style="width:25%; font-size:95%; vertical-align:top;" |
<h2>Games</h2>
*[[:Category:PC Games|PC]]
*[[:Category:Gamecube|Gamecube]]
*[[:Category:Nintendo_64|Nintendo 64]]
*[[:Category:Sega_Saturn|Sega Saturn]]
*[[:Category:Playstation|Playstation]]
*[[:Category:Xbox|Xbox]]
*[[:Category:Games|More...]]
| style="width:25%; font-size:95%; vertical-align:top;" |
<h2>Other categories</h2>
*[[:Category:Shells|Shells]]
*[[:Category:Cancelled Projects|Cancelled Projects]]
*[[:Category:Fakes|Fakes]]
*[[:Category:Community Projects|Community Projects]]
*[[:Category:Corporations|Corporations]]
*[[:Category:People|People]]
*[[:Category:Websites|Websites]]
*[[:Category:Disc_References|Disc References]]
| style="color:#000;padding: 2px" | <div id="mp-tfp"></div>
</div>
|}
|}
|}
 
* To assign an article to a category put at the beginning of the code [[Category:<yourcategory>]].  This ensures that our wiki will be organized.
 
* Make Pages for recently leaked builds!
All images from the previous wiki are available here: http://www.betaarchive.com/screenshots/index.php?load=Wiki%20Images/
* Help us to organize by placing pages in their right category. Example: Windows 1.0 should go in the category "Microsoft Windows"
 
* Search for articles that can be improved. The stub category is a nice place to start
 
</td>
'''Recent changes can be seen here:''' [[Special:RecentChanges|Recent Changes]]
</tr>
*'''Number of Uploads:''' [[Special:ListFiles|{{NUMBEROFFILES}}]]
</table>
*'''Confirmed Users:''' [[Special:ListUsers|{{NUMBEROFUSERS}}]]
*'''Number of Pages:''' {{NUMBEROFPAGES}}
*'''Number of Articles:''' [[Special:AllPages|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]]
*'''Number of Edits:''' {{NUMBEROFEDITS}}

Revision as of 19:52, 20 January 2019

Welcome to the BetaArchive Wiki!

A place to collect, learn, and preserve software from every category!
• Back to the homepage • Discord • Wanted Pages • Wiki Guidelines • The Defnitive Guide to BetaArchive • Incomplete Pages

Page under construction. Expect some stuff not working.

If you have any questions or want to join, PM Andy on the forum.

NOTE: You need to be a member of the forum for a month, and have at least 25 posts, to get a wiki account.


2,258
articles

434,570
edits

18,980
files

20
active users

Categories

Operating Systems
Did you know...
  • ...that Bill Gates wanted Windows to be called Interface Manager?
  • ...that you can't create a folder called CON, PRN, AUX, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9. anywhere on any Windows computer?
  • ...that the team that created Windows NT was first called the "Portable Systems" team?
  • ...that in Windows:Longhorn:4042.main.030905-1800 folders exist with names from both the XP-style 'My' name and the Vista-style name which dropped the 'My'?
  • ...that Microsoft's first Press Kit contained a Squeegee (Window washer) and a wash cloth to announce Windows 1.0?
Featured article


Latest Leaked Build

Latest Leaked build:

Windows for Workgroups 3.11

Windows 98 Second Edition
Helpful Hints for Editors
  • To assign an article to a category put at the beginning of the code [[Category:<yourcategory>]]. This ensures that our wiki will be organized.
  • Make Pages for recently leaked builds!
  • Help us to organize by placing pages in their right category. Example: Windows 1.0 should go in the category "Microsoft Windows"
  • Search for articles that can be improved. The stub category is a nice place to start
Retrieved from ‘https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=13040’
the Creative Commons 3.0 ShareAlike (except the Microsoft KB Archive).
Powered by MediaWiki