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An anonymous developer has created a ChatGPT client for Windows 3.1, because some people like to keep one foot firmly in the past even as they explore the…

There is now a ChatGPT client for Windows 3.1 users, which will also work in any newer version of 16- or 32-bit Windows.

Even though Windows 3.1 is over 30 years old now, there’s still occasionally new apps and games, thanks to the retro computing community. This time, a ChatGPT client has been released for Windows 3.1, called WinGPT.

An old PC enthusiast managed to develop a way to make ChatGPT work on IBM 1984 through DOS and several hacks March 30th 2023 - 4:51 pm (updated at 7:03

With ChatGPT clients appearing on new devices every day, one person decided to get the AI platform running on an MS-DOS PC from 1984.

The DOS ChatGPT client was developed using Windows 11 and a virtual machine, but tested on a 1984 IBM Portable PC running MS-DOS 6.22.

An MS-DOS-based Portable PC from 1984 is shown to be running the modern-day ChatGPT client without any issues.

ChatGPT for DOS spans a 40 year computing era divide, but it wasnt without some pretty tall hurdles.

IBM PC client allows futuristic AI conversations on vintage hardware.

A hobbyist software developer and retro computing enthusiast has accomplished an impressive feat by bridging the gap between ChatGPT and the vintage IBM PC-XT computer, which came out in the year 1984.