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| Microsoft Windows 3.0 PC World Test Drive | |
| Codename Preliminary name |
Unknown |
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| Kernel version | 3.0 |
| CPU architecture | x86 |
| Release date | July 4, 1990 |
| Support end | Unknown |
| Preceded by | Windows 2.x |
| Succeeded by | Windows 95 |
Windows 3.0 Test Drive is a demonstration version of Windows 3.0, that was given away for free with issues of the InfoWorld magazine.[1]
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.[2]
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.
Installation on VGA systems
Only the EGA version has been found thus far.[3] The Setup program in this version gets confused if you try to install it on a machine with VGA. To fix this, edit the [display] section of SETUP.INF and add the line:
vga = 1:ega.drv, "EGA", "133,96,72", , 1:egalogo.lgo, , , , 1:egalogo.rle
