Windows 3 (DOS)

Windows 3

Platform: DOS Year: 1990 Developer: Microsoft Corporation Buy: Amazon

Windows 3 is an operating environment developed by Microsoft. It is a stepping block between the command line interface of DOS and the GUI OS of Windows 95. It is also the first widely popular version of Windows. Though Windows is not a game, it did include a now-popular music files Canyon.mid and Passport.mid.

Screenshots

The boot up screen. Media Player playing Canyon.mid. Media Player playing Almonds.mid.

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Music

The Media Extensions version of Windows 3, which didn't ship until 1991, included example MIDI files from Passport Designs. Due to the lack of standards among sound cards at the time, the Windows 3 soundtrack has been recorded using popular devices at the moment.

Recording

The Roland SCC-1 recording was made using BASSMIDI with SCC-1 SoundFont, the Voyetra Super SAPI FM OPL3 and Creative Sound Blaster 16 recordings were made using DOSBox SVN Daum with OPL3 emulation.

The Roland SCC-1 recording starts with a 1, the Voyetra Super SAPI FM recording starts with a 2, and the Sound Blaster 16 with 3.

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
101	Trip Through the Grand Canyon	George Stone	George Stone	2:02		Download
102	Almonds	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	1:57		Download
103	Brandenburg Concerto No.6 1st movement	Johann Sebastian Bach	Passport Designs	0:52		Download
104	Sunflower Daisy	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	1:59		Download
105	Lite 'N Dreamy	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	2:16		Download
106	Metal Mosh	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	2:05		Download
107	Passport Please	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	2:03		Download
108	The Four Seasons	Antonio Vivaldi	Passport Designs	1:28		Download
109	Someone's Band	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	1:58		Download
110	King George's Stomp	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	1:48		Download
111	Piece of Cake	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	2:01		Download

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
201	Trip Through the Grand Canyon	George Stone	George Stone	2:01		Download
202	Almonds	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	1:56		Download
203	Brandenburg Concerto No.6 1st movement	Johann Sebastian Bach	Passport Designs	0:50		Download
204	Sunflower Daisy	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	2:00		Download
205	Lite 'N Dreamy	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	2:11		Download
206	Metal Mosh	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	2:03		Download
207	Passport Please	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	2:03		Download
208	The Four Seasons	Antonio Vivaldi	Passport Designs	1:26		Download
209	Someone's Band	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	1:56		Download
210	King George's Stomp	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	1:47		Download
211	Piece of Cake	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	2:02		Download

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
301	Trip Through the Grand Canyon	George Stone	George Stone	2:00		Download
302	Almonds	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	1:55		Download
303	Brandenburg Concerto No.6 1st movement	Johann Sebastian Bach	Passport Designs	0:49		Download
304	Sunflower Daisy	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	1:58		Download
305	Lite 'N Dreamy	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	2:11		Download
306	Metal Mosh	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	2:03		Download
307	Passport Please	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	2:02		Download
308	The Four Seasons	Antonio Vivaldi	Passport Designs	1:26		Download
309	Someone's Band	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	1:56		Download
310	King George's Stomp	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	1:50		Download
311	Piece of Cake	Passport Designs	Passport Designs	2:00		Download

Credits

• Ripper: TheAlmightyGuru, binarymaster
• Recorder: binarymaster
• Game Credits:
  • Composer: Passport Designs credited as Passport Designs, Inc.
  • Not Credited Composer: George Stone
  • Not Credited Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Not Credited Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

Game Rip

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This rip includes the MIDI files, as well as all of the default WAV files used by Windows. Music and sounds were ripped from the default Windows directory, some additional music was ripped from MWindows\MMData directory.

There are converted MIDI files in the root of archive, since MIDI channels 13-16 are used for "Basic" playback mode in Windows 3 and are not supported by modern players. The original files are also included.

Audio Devices

Like all Windows operating systems that would come after it, Windows 3 would support any sound card with a compatible driver. And MIDI music was altered through the sequencer. To adjust which sequencer to use, open the Main program group, and run Control Panel. Then, open MIDI Mapper and you'll be able to adjust which device Windows 3 will send its MIDI commands.

There are some device drivers which are included within the system:

Music
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Releases

World Title: Windows 3 Platform: DOS Released: 1990-05-22 Publisher: Microsoft Corporation

Links

• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_3 - Wikipedia.