Here's someone's personal archive of weird miscellanea, including old Windows wallpapers which is what reminded me. I use unironically use the classic Packard Bell tile background on my computers because it reminds me of my grandmother's PC which is one of the first I ever used.
These personal collections are always neat to see. I'd like to start my own (beyond scraps in my local Pictures folder) but I'm not sure how to structure it. I might just build a grid of tagged/categorized media, like a chaotic memory palace.
It's weird that those give me nostalgia when I clearly remember our PC having a monochrome monitor. I wonder if my brain is retrofitting stuff or whether if any of those survived to Windows 98.
Gosh, my brain just got all fuzzy going through those one after the next. Transitioning from the previous era of CGA to 16 colors was so very exciting at the time.
As an aside, that keyboard in particular had the best click I've ever experienced.
https://www.dvd3000.ca/wp/extra/pb.html
one is “Mastering Windows 3.1”
it’s fun to run in the background while working
for your enjoyment, here’s a similar 3.1 tutorial video from that era uploaded to YouTube
https://youtu.be/KRi5mjMgORk?si=OFH7UhOQif5EUCtg
On CRT displays, did these not cause visual problems in the same way? I remember having no trouble looking at these years ago.
That’s long enough in tech to be considered retro in and of itself… let alone the age of these tiled backgrounds!
And the kid could be born when this upload was done, and now be downloading!
Thanks for sharing. :-)
Tried it as my background for a bit as it looks good tiled, but mainly used the two tartans or just a solid blue.