It will be nostalgic today as I dive into the world of classic networking!
In this video, I'll set up Windows for Workgroups 3.1 and 3.11 and test its interoperability.
But what about Windows Me? Well, let's see, as I explore the network features of Windows for Workgroups, even realmode DOS, shared mail and calendards, which look like very early conceptual precursors to Outlook and Exchange, and even Windows Chat, which might have been the Microsoft Teams of the past.


00:00 Intro
00:46 The Test Setup explained
04:17 Installing Windows for Workgroups 3.1
06:49 About Sharing and Resource Priorities
07:49 Sharing Folders to the Workgroup
08:50 Resolving Connectivity Issues
09:48 Applications scattered everywhere!
11:00 Workgroup PostOffice and Mail
13:09 Workgroup Calendars
14:16 MSDOS realmode networking
15:11 The improved Windows for Workgroups 3.11
17:51 WinPopup
18:08 Compatibility between WfW 3.1 and 3.11
18:20 Protected or RealMode Networking, or a mix of both?
18:43 What about ... Windows 9x?
20:02 Conclusion
21:17 Preview / Next on TPC


Links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows...

Workgroup addon, and User's Guide:
https://archive.org/details/microsoft...
https://archive.org/details/microsoft...

More Windows 3.1 User's Guides:
https://archive.org/details/win31us...
https://archive.org/details/microsoft...

More tech reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NE1000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBIOS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10BASE2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual...

Was Windows 3.x a 32bit OS or not?
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnew...

Windows for Warehouses:
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnew...


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