WinGPT
AI
chatbot client
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
11 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 37 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.
Idea: 5 for, 0 againstExecution: 2 for, 3 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Native TLS 1.2/1.3 on Windows 3.1 is impressive
From 3 comments
Native TLS is the most impressive part. I remember being told that modern cryptography isn't usable on old CPUs simply because of the amount of unoptimizable number crunching…
grishka on HNIf you got TLS 1.3 to work in Win 3.11, you deserve an award from Microsoft.
1970-01-01 on HNGetting TLS 1.2 and 1.3 working on Windows 3.1 so that WinGPT could directly connect to OpenAI's server without relying on a modern machine for TLS termination. That's in a…
userbinator on HN
Fun retro concept and nostalgic UI
From 2 comments
Such a cool project! Also the example conversation in the screenshot is hilarious.
dangrover on HNI maybe feel nostalgic, but the old ui is so much... Better :)
coolgoose on HN
Objections
Does not run on 64-bit Windows
From 1 comment
> It will not work on 64-bit versions of Windows ouch
2h on HN
Writing Windows 3.1 apps in raw C is painful compared to Delphi or VB
From 1 comment
Cool project, but as the author quickly found out there was a good reason why non masochists were already using C++ frameworks, TPW, VB, Delphi, VF, VO,...instead of raw C.
pjmlp on HN
Requests
Make the system prompt customizable
From 1 comment
This is extremely neat and I will probably try it on one of my actual Windows 3.1 machines :) A suggestion (which seems easy enough to implement, I might give it a try if I can…
einr on HN
Publish the source code
From 1 comment
Would be nice to see the source :)
colesantiago on HN
Port to Windows NT 3.51 or Win 3.11
From 2 comments
So cool! Can it run on Windows NT 3.51? Would doing so solve some of the memory limitations?
scrutinizer80 on HNHow about Win 3.11 ? It has networking support, you know.
hulitu on HN
Questions
Would it run on Windows NT 3.51?
From 1 comment
So cool! Can it run on Windows NT 3.51? Would doing so solve some of the memory limitations?
scrutinizer80 on HN
Alternatives named
Clippy integration suggested
From 2 comments
Have you considered building it into Clippy?
solarkraft on HNShame microsoft agent (clippy) is 98 or later only, could be pretty fun integrated into that.
RobotToaster on HN
Win32s for Windows 3.1 instead of segmented memory
From 1 comment
If you used Win32s for Windows 3.1, you wouldn't have to bother with the segmented memory model and it could also work on 64-bit Windows.
Grom_PE on HN