Description

Windows 3.1 was released on April 6, 1992, it has become a very popular version of all the 3.x releases. It dropped support for 'real mode', added TrueType font support, enhances support for multimedia, and added workgroup computer networking. Some other new components are introduced in version 3.1, such as icon drag and drop, Windows registry etc.

General information from Windows 3.0

Windows 3.0 was a highly successful version. It is a 16 bit operating system, which has been optimized for Intel 286 and 386 processors. Version 3.0 includes a number of improvements in the graphical user interface, the default MS-DOS executive file manager comes with Windows 1.x and 2.x, has now been replaced with the Program Manager in this version, which allows easy to manage interface with icons.

Specification

System requirements

Minimum:

• Intel 80286 processor or higher.
• 2MB RAM.
• 20 MB hard disk.
• MS-DOS 3.1.