Windows 3.0 build 48

1.48
Build of Windows 3.0
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OS family16-bit Windows
Version number3.0
Build number48
Architecturex86 16-bit
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A forged video claiming to show Windows 3.0 build 48 running within a virtual machine was uploaded onto YouTube on 8 June 2020.[1] It is apparent that the video aims to replicate the build shown by Kraig Brockschmidt, the developer of the Windows 3.0 Calculator application, as it shows the same color scheme and wallpaper, and the version of Calculator matches the one in Brockschmidt's photograph. Aside from the version numbers, copyright dates of various programs and the presence of the SDK Tools program group, the shown build is otherwise identical to build 55.

MicroVideos, the publisher of the video, has neither shared the build nor have they responded to queries surrounding it. The user has not been active since the video was first uploaded, bringing the legitimacy of this build into question.

The build was eventually proven fake when build 52 was found in 2024 after being originally leaked in 1990 and then lost, which includes the same version of Calculator as in Brockschmidt's photograph, but also an earlier version of Terminal than the fake build featured in the video.

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