Windows1 (1985) PC XT Hercules 

Ohhh the times when computers ask: "Keyboard not detected, press Enter to continue" WTF ??

If you were lucky to have one of these in your house, back in the days, you were fortunate and your parents most likely had a good job.

The heart rate increasing when you hear that retry noise from the floppy disk drive, and the relief when you see that the file number finally increased... oh my

It's amazing how much Notepad has not changed in almost 40 years.

I saw this computer in my grandmas house when I was 8 and I was like: This is the future.

For all those who are making fun of this, it was an awesome thing of its time. The graphical representation of tools like calculator, clock, notepad etc. was somthing people had never seen before. Show some respect. People worked their asses off to get pc to where it stands today.

I am in my 40's and it is super fun to see PC tech I could never afford as a kid.

I always wanted to see this on actual hardware! Old computers fascinate me for reasons I can’t really explain. I guess it’s the historical factor, especially since digital history isn’t preserved as well as textbook history. It’s always a treat to see old tech and learn how it works.

Now imagine When you think about windows 10 in 2050.

this version is so old it's still displaying west germany on it

This was ground breaking at the time. I can't tell you how exciting it was if you weren't around before this. We all take these things for granted now. In the late '70s my friend had a TRS-80 with 4k memory and you loaded a program every time you wanted to use it by command prompt LOAD while simultaneously pressing play on the tape recorder, hoping the volume was set to the right level to eventually load the program into memory.

That is a very advanced machine for the era! I was working setting these up for the offices on the University of Iowa campus at this time. A Hercules card was a considerable step up from the IBM display card. The XT ran its 8088 processor at 8MHz, much faster than the original PC at 4.77. And a 40 MB HDD was a real luxury. Most had only 1 or 2 of the 360 KB FDDs. They came stock with just 64 KB RAM, but many upgraded to 256 KB. It wasn't till the AT came out that we saw much more than that. Our team probably set up 2000 of these bad boys.

Just LOVE that sound of the floppy disk drive's motor running!

The fact that a computer like this is still running at this day and age is amazing.

Fun fact - windows1's explorer (MS-DOS Executive) still can run on windows 10 and even all of the functions is working.

That feeling that a window to another world was about to open, was real!❤

2007: But can it run Crysis ? 2020: But can it run Cyberpunk ? 1985: But can it run Paint ?

Those days when pressing keys on a keyborad itself gave adrenalin rush. Felt like super geek.

It's great to see this again. This was an amazing tool for the PC at the time. I spent more time in MS-DOS since I was using the PC to connect to local BBS's but I used CARDFILE and WRITE a lot back then. Thank you for showing this on RU-vid.

The noise of the FDD brings back memories. Been there done that, many times.

I'm crying. Many memories. So many sacrifices from many to achieve that wonder. The children of today despise her, without knowing that they are on the shoulders of giants.

Rich kids at that time be like: I have a computer which has calculator, calendar, notepad and even paint His friends: 😯😮😨😱😵

I started my career working and supporting these machines. Still love DOS, it was so clear and easy to understand. Also upgrading to new versions was easy because you only had to focus on the new commands and features and they were very well documented as well.🙂

So incredible! Many thanks!

*11:51* A horse delivers your request to the CPU.

That whining and hissing right to the center of the ear has never left my memory.

I remember buying a copy of Windows 1.0 at my university's book/computer shop. It was merely a curiosity as I had no software to run on Windows at the time, so I played a bit with Clock and Calendar then went back to DOS and Word and resumed my productive work 🙂

This thing opened the memory floodgates. When I was going to school in the 80s, all you heard in computer labs, when you walked in, was the sound of all the computer cooling fans spinning at full speed. I’m surprised this thing is still functioning as it did 40 or so years ago. Amazing!!!

"Mom i need a new computer for my online classes" "We already got a computer at home!" Computer at home:

People in 1985: WOW THAT LOAD WAS SO FAST AND DIDN'T FEEL LIKE A YEAR AT ALL!

Wow, this takes me back to the beginning of my IT career! Before I even read the description I could tell a 5.25" floppy drive was in use by the sounds it makes. These were the days my friend.

Thanks for making and posting the wonderful video. The sound of the FDD made me feel nostalgic. I so loved working on DOS and Unix.

Computer: Press any key to continue. User: Where's the any key.

Imagine bringing a windows 10 computer back to 1984

I have to admit it is fascinating to see Windows 1.0 for the first time. The first version of Windows I ever used was 3.0, and I was an elementary school kid at the time. 🖥️

Oh, the good old days! My very first job was with a company in Walton-on-Thames that built IBM XT/AT compatible clones. This does brings back some great memories of the early days of PC's. Thanks for the great video.

Me: How can i upgrade this computer? RU-vid: Change the playback speed to 2

I showed this to my dad, he told me that this brought back memories of when he and his dad first installed windows, went out to the garage, brought in a box, and showed me tons of floppy’s, telling me about what each one was for, and showed me tons of pictures taken by my grandma showing my dad and my grandpa installing windows 1.0 on the computer. Most showing my grandpa either mashing keys on the keyboard, or him fiddling with all the floppy’s while my dad is trying to read the manual. My aunt was seen in the back in some photos, and even seen messing with the inner components of the pc while my grandpa is yelling at her. Memories.

Thank you for remembering how old I am. Remembering each sound from 5,25 inch floppy to harddisk positioning and the keyboard typing like it was yesterday when I was using such a PC.

Amazing! Thanks for sharing such a great piece of history.

OMG I had this in 1988. The beep sound after the ROM reaches 640Kb brings many memories to me.

When programming was hardcore and used every bit of memory (no pun intended).

Thank you so much for the memories. I just love reliving the former computer days. To tell you the truth, sometimes I wish I could repeat those days over so I could really dive in more than I had done before.

I remember those sounds It was so much the future I dreamed about the days when it would be like it is now I am glad I got to see it

This old PC didn't even have a battery-backed clock! It still boots up thinking that it's back in 1980... Ahhh... those were some of my best memories! 😊

Son: mom I want a new Computer Mom: no, we have a computer at home already Computer at home:

I enjoyed this video very much and it brought back a lot of memories, particularly the installation of Windows from multiple floppy disks. I had (and still have) an original Compaq “luggable” since it weighed about 30 pounds. It had 256 Kbytes RAM and dual 3.5 inch floppy drives. I bought it in 1983. I haven’t fired it up in quite a while, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it still ran. But I was disappointed that you didn’t load two or more apps and have them run simultaneously, with one of them being the clock so that you can see that it was multitasking. Now that was awesome, even though it was “cooperative” rather than premptive multitasking. Each application had to explicitly release the CPU for another application to run, and Windows would decide which one of the ready-to-run applications would execute. But if all applications were well-behaved (i.e. not selfish!) it sort of worked, as long as you didn’t mind waiting while applications were swapped to floppy disk (!) And viewers would get a chuckle to see that Windows 1.x did not have overlapping windows but instead had tile windows. I know, I still have my version of Windows 1.03 which was actually a little older than the 1.04 version shown in the video.

Amazing! I love throw back hardware and software. Very fond memories. 😊

Paint has the same functionality even today!

1985:computers big 2020: *laptop*

Sure does bring back the memories. I remember as a kid in the mid to late eighties having an XT with a whole bunch of games. I found it super tedious to locate and load up the games i played, so i cobbled together a menu system that would start with the computer. I used ascii text, batch files and the like to make this happen. Needless to say my friends at school thought i was a hero lol.

I loved this video, thank you so much for reminding the sweet days of computing.

Back when you actually had to know something about computers to use them...

i love that read sound.. damn

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I like the mechanical clanking noises of older pc.. The HD, floppy, some even when testing memory. Or when you first boot it up it makes this airplane noise. Wonderful

13:20 he finally opens paint

Those keyboard sounds, though... I can't get enough of it

I loved this. Those whirring floppies bring back memories. my first computer was a 10mb hard drive Olivetti. Someone gave me a windows 1.0 and I couldn’t figure out why I would want it since the DOS command line, and Lotus 123 was everything anyone would ever need!

Crazy interesting....thanks for posting that

Had my first PC in 1991 with win 3.11 And I remember my dad saying "wow, it's such a progress from windows1 !" )))

Windows 3 came out before this thing booted up

This is cool. I played “Balance of Power” on my 8088 based Epson Equity I+ with a Hercules Graphics card on it. It ran on windows 1. The graphics were gorgeous.

super bro u have remined me the old technology thanks bro....

That disk drive grind brings back so many memories.

This brought back alot of memories. Especially the sounds!

Thank goodness for this video in case I ever need to start one of these.

Wow. This is a blast from the past. I barely remember this OS. It's amazing just how advanced the Windows OS has become since then. From 1 to 95 to 98 to NT to XP (Xtra Problems) to 7 to 8 to 10 and now Windows 11. It's really grown.

2020: wow 640 kb of ram, so "powerful" 1980: let me present the world's most powerful computer!

I had a commodore 64 on 1982. They had the best coding team on earth, later on transferred to IBM after C=64's downfall. We've experienced 16 colours gameplay, had animation and drawing apps, and much more.

Hearing that floppy drive brought a big smile to my face! The memories it brings back.

It's amazing to see how far we've come I'm sure this was top notch in 85

Good old days ... Since I was 14 years old (1984), my career has started with the Commodore C64, then Commodore C128d and Commodore PC10-II. Beginning with Windows 3.0 and 3.11. First 1200bd PacketRadio (HamRadio), then 2400bd modem up to 56k mailbox, BTX and internet connection. Good old memories.

Jokes aside, I find this to be really beautiful, it brings memories of my early childhood when my dad worked on PCs similar to this one

Great work masterpiece You have old hardware still work. And windows 1 floppy are still working great

This video sent me to that feeling i had when i turn on my first computer.

I can smell it. It was one of the best experiences of my life. I really love computers.

640 kb ram.... you definitely should install chrome

Thanks for posting what a cool flashback! It would be 10 more years til I owned my first 486 PC with Win 3.1 however I did see it once or twice and thought wow the future is here 😂

Wow, this is a throwback. I was there in those days! Amazing how quickly we’ve gotten to where we are now.

“ it is now safe to turn off your computer”

Notepad is still the same. 2019, 34 years later.

Wood powered. Thank you for sharing this relic!

Those sounds of a floppy disk reading melts my heart! I think ii i hear the sound of a “kings bounty” game loading i will recognize itby ear.

Imagine setting this up on hundreds of computers in an office.

seems like Paint had more options back in 85 then now with Windows 10

Memories!!! Wow - seems like it was a million years ago, but i was there :) I had bought myself an XT for $3000, and a wide carriage Epson printer for another $1000... As i was doing programming back then I learned a lot coming up through the evolution of computers.

Oh boy, this brings back memories! Starting with the box-shaped genius-mouse with the three "delicate" buttons, the age-long memory test and the typical hiss of the floppy drive.... I spend nights on this thing, also had a Hercules monochrome graphic card but my monitor was amber. The CGA-emulator i had to use for gaming needed so much RAM that some games would not start..... nevertheless I had loooots of fun with this thing!!

The Soviet Union was actually alive when this came out

i remember all that so well...ahh the good old days. i am 61 btw

fun fact: the context menu on the top-left corner is still around on Windows 11, you can try it on any win32 window such as the explorer. Double clicking it will close the window

I remember this. It was amazing. ❤

8:10 Installation Over. Enjoy the goodies

I'm 18 so i never had the chance to mess with these retro computers but they still fascinate me and even more than that, i love sounds they make, especially the hard drive sounds

Man, this brings back memories..I mean nightmares...definitely nightmares.

This Computer give us the Real VIBES of Computer

The best part of Windows 1 was definitely the quick boot up

remember the days when 1.44mb was counted as a huge amount of storage

husté video, mě tehdy bylo 12 a pamatuji si z té doby medvěda olympijského z Olympiády v Moskvě, o existenci něčeho jako počítač jsme neměli ani páru, maximálně jsme se setkali s prvními digihodinkami

My first computer was the Commodore 64. Then started with one of these. Oregon Trail and Carmen Sandiego in school on a 5.25" floppy. Miss those days.