Installing Windows 3.1 on an iPhone From Floppy Disks!

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Yeah, you read the title correctly. Today I'm going to attempt a Windows 3.1 installation on my iPhone using the original installation media. This one's gonna need a lot of explaining...

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1. Craig MacArthur - The DeLong Incident
2. Kevin MacLeod - Spy Groove
3. Silent Partner - Hookah Bar
4. Kevin MacLeod - Aces High
5. Silent Partner - Called Upon
6. glaciære - Sitting in silence for half an hour
7. John Deley and the 41 Players - Supreme
8. Kevin MacLeod - Airport Lounge
9. Otis McDonald - Rest
10. Bad Snacks - Kawaii!
11. TrackTribe - A Brand New Start

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[DavidWonn]

I recall once just displaying an image of the Windows 3.1 splash screen on a Windows Phone (back when those were very briefly a thing) and it was enough to fool some co-workers into thinking it was a hung installation.

[jlinkels]

There was a time that software manufacturers tried to make their software as functional and versatile as possible. During the last decade this has totally changed to a policy to restrict as much a possible. Adding functionality is trivial, but all effort is put in allowing exactly what the manufacturers wants and restrict everything else. This it true for Windows and Apple. I am happy that Linux still adheres to the policy to enable as much as possible.

[profvonshredder]

Michael…you have a great voice for these kind of videos. This was hilarious and I loved your persistence in not giving up

[MrCreativeXYZ]

As I remember, back in the day we used to copy the contents of all the disks in one folder and then type Setup.. it won’t ask for disks. I don’t recall if we used to put the contents of each disk in folders or just all of them in one folder though.. man you brought me back 30 years 🥲

[davetelling]

All I can say is, as a person who started on a homebrew 6502 system and worked my way thru a variety of DOS versions on PCs, this is totally amazing!!! What a fantastic project!

[xamtastic]

Michael MJD in 100 years:
"Installing Windows 11 on a typewriter on Mars"

[alissaniehus]

I just got this video shown in my feed. I have no idea how but I watched this entire video on something I have no clue on and no special interest in. ADHD to thank. I really like how each problem along the way is shown and explained and also the solution is very simply and immediately highlighted. I just love we all watch you complete something we think 'would be cool to do' 👌🏻👌🏻

[BizkitAnuki]

This was so fun watching you do this! It must have cost you over $60.00 and you do it for us. Thank you for the entertainment, Michael. Really. You are underrated and deserve more subs! So this is a sub for you! ❤

[darkestlost]

This is just a mjd instant classic. When everything goes wrong but end up successfully well

[ralphwiggum]

The most amazing part of the video is that floppy disks that are over 25 years old still work just fine. I seem to remember hearing they would last 5-10 years. All six of them beat the year range (well, five because he didn't actually use the sixth disk).

[ion]

Great to see your tenacity and the troubleshooting process. Well done, an impressive feat!

[stingerutube]

man! that paint tool bar, the tool icons, brought so many old memories, thank you!

[codrn]

I read the title and was very shocked that this was even possible.

[RisingRevengeance]

People had fun so naturally Apple removed it. That's usually how it goes with iOS.

[CoopyKat]

I can't even believe you were able to do this! Windows 3.1 was the first OS I used as far back as 1992. It seemed so modern at the time, until Windows 95 came out. I love this retro stuff, being able to put that on an iPhone 11 is very COOL!

[silvaalex]

I appreciate so much your content made with love and fun for us, I hope you continue making more thinks like this I watch your videos from Nicaragua

[Eyetrauma]

Had a good laugh while MJD covered the history of this app. I remember a year or two ago Apple couldn’t stop running ads about how “oh iPad is a real computer, get rid of your computer ‘cause iPads are the future!”
Meanwhile we won’t let you run a sandboxed application that uses official Apple APIs and requires that you supply all your own files.
Gotta say a little prayer to OSS and indie developers, ‘cause just imagine the computing hellscape we’d be in without them.

[jay-ofoq]

Probably one of the cleanest ad transitions I've witnessed

[ryanpaaz]

Man, that tip to restore previous purchases was a great find. I now have it on my phone again! I remember all the hoops with him signing me up as a beta tester to get the file sharing, so yeah. Windows 3.1 will be installed!

[epix]

This was hilarious 😂 thanks for all your entertaining nostalgic videos!