Windows NT 3.x 3.5

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Windows NT 3.x 3.5

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kk777

please upload korean windows nt 3.5 workstation and server

win32

The source code of build 782 has leaked. I'm not going to link directly to it due to its sensitive nature but it's on an "archive" site.

MateoHideg

@win32 said:
The source code of build 782 has leaked. I'm not going to link directly to it due to its sensitive nature but it's on an "archive" site.

Yup, but the problem is compiling it.

Yuds2003

It was determined that build 854 is a very early build of 3.51, because of its features that are similar to build 896 (not available here). This happened after the leak of build 896.

DeFacto

This was further confirmed when build 889 leaked with the same feature set.

win32

Apparently, NT 3.5 PPC is not supposed to exist:

https://web.archive.org/web/20100604082534/http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winserver2k3_gold1.asp

"Windows NT 3.51 was dubbed the Power PC release, because it was designed around the Power PC version of NT, which was originally supposed to ship in version 3.5. But IBM constantly delayed the Power PC chips, necessitating a separate NT release. "NT 3.51 was a very unrewarding release," Thompson said, contrasting it with Daytona. "After Daytona was completed, we basically sat around for 9 months fixing bugs while we waited for IBM to finish the Power PC hardware. But because of this, NT 3.51 was a solid release, and our customers loved it." NT 3.51 eventually shipped in May 1995."

DeFacto

Well, the IBM OEM release sure seems to exist.

Greenpickles987

wanted: floppy disks

ScaniaKing326

NT 3.5 Server doesnt have a floppy disk so medium is unusable

Keishi

You could always create your own for installation.
Real issue with 3.5 Server ISO is that it also has modified files SETUP.IN_ and INITIAL.IN_ like it was recently discussed on NT 3.1 page. Is there any chance to have unmodified ISO?

helloisthispizzahut

How do I install the Power PC version in QEMU?

thrsded2333

bootcamp should have existed early because windows was also on the PPC platform. (lol)

Then_What58

doesn't work!
says "setup is unable to locate the hard drive" even though its partitioned and formatted with ms-dos 6.22 floppy
(3.50.807)
but it happens only on 0:0
on 1:0 it gives a bsod with kmode exception not handled

jonirob

@Then_What58

It works fine for me (in 86Box).

MrBetaSebi

For those who have issues installing Microsoft Windows NT 3.50 Workstation 3.50.807:
Firstly, don't try it via the boot floppies offered. They don't work (gives an error regarding the search of the hard drive failing)
Instead, you need to install MS-DOS 6.22, then get the MSCDEX drive so that MS-DOS can detect CD-ROMs and then go to the i386 directory in the CD-ROM and run winnt.exe. Then make 3 blank 1.44 MB floppies and name them as setup says and insert them one by one in the way that setup specifies (typically from 3 to 1). Then try to boot with the floppies created.
If it doesn't work, repeat the process until you arrive at i386 (the drive can be anything but it is mostly D or E) . Here, you can run winnt.exe /b instead to opt for a floppyless installation.
This was tested in 86Box so I can't guarantee that it will be working, especially on other software (VirtualBox, VMware, PCEm, etc.) or with a different 86Box configuration.

thrsded2333

when i used a msdos live floppy that used msdos 6.22 with cd rom support. it worked and i was able to install it (VBOX).