THE VIDEO SHELF · windows backward compatibility
Chain of Fools : Upgrading through every version of windows (HQ)
TheRasteri installs MS-DOS and Windows 1.0, then upgrades in place through nearly every Windows version up to Windows 7, checking which programs survive. Even Doom from 1993 still runs at the end.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN cites it as evidence of Microsoft's backward compatibility and of upgrade engineering done well.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- TheRasteri
- Topic
- windows backward compatibility
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 12
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2011–2021
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
Reminds of a video I saw of a guy upgrading through every version of Windows. It's a sight to behold. [VIDEO]
slmbrhrt on Hacker News · 2011-10
In Imagine if your house had Windows> I often think about how incredibly inefficient modern software is given that we've had roughly the same level of productivity software ability (with varying levels of usability) for a few decades now. I distinctly remember my NT4 system of the late 90's, and how …
alexsb92 on Hacker News · 2013-03
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Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.