Sparta - A Shell Replacement/Enhancer for Windows 3.1
So today I take a look at one of many Windows 3.1 Shell enhancements/replacements, this one called Sparta. It was recommended to me by someone who watched my Calmira video. So for this Windows on Wednesday, let's take a look at 2 versions: 1.2 and 1.5.
It's a bit of a longer video, so timestamps are below for your convinience.
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Sources:
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Sparta 1.2 Registered:
https://archive.org/details/sparta-12-registered
Sparta 1.5 Shareware:
https://archive.org/details/sparta15
Norton Desktop:
https://winworldpc.com/product/norton-desktop/10-for-windows
Xerox Rooms:
https://winworldpc.com/product/xerox-rooms/10
Windows 1.02:
https://winworldpc.com/product/windows-10/102
Windows 2:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2.0
Windows 2.0 Image:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aldus_Pagemaker_on_Windows_2.0.png
XP PowerToys Virtual Desktop Manager:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ceslava/3289567975
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Music Used:
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The Inner Sound - Jesse Gallagher
Satya Yuga - Jesse Gallagher
Sunday Rain - Cheel
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Timestamps:
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0:00 Intro
1:15 Brief overview of Windows 3.1 and Program Manager
2:30 Looking at Sparta 1.2's Help to see the features
6:37 Launching Sparta 1.2 and demoing some of its features
15:27 Launching and looking at Sparta 1.5
18:30 Looking at Sparta 1.5's Help to see what the changes are
23:26 Making Sparta 1.5 the default shell (Replacing Program Manager)
24:25 Demoing 1.5 some more
27:00 Final thoughts
29:09 Outro
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