Windows NT 3.5 build 683

3.5.683.1
Build of Windows NT 3.5
Screenshot
Release nameBeta 2
OS familyWindows NT
Version number3.5
Build number683
Build revision1
Architecturex86, MIPS, DEC Alpha
Compiled on1994-06-08
SKUs
Workstation
Server
About dialog
WindowsNT35-3.5.683-About.png

Windows NT 3.5 build 683 is the official Beta 2 build of Windows NT 3.5. The Workstation edition was originally shared by a warez group in 1994, but the floppy disks were mistakenly dumped in 1.44MB images instead of DMF (1.68MB), resulting in unrecoverable data loss. This means most of the disk images are broken and the floppy version of the Workstation SKU of this build is unusable. A CD version of the Workstation edition of this build with the x86, MIPS and DEC Alpha versions was later found on 18 November 2023.[1]

The floppy version (with boot sector virus) of the Server edition of this build was included on the Chinese warez CD set "立人软件大补贴", of which all but one CD was uploaded by 老光盘交流群 member 独鹤与飞 on 24 March 2019,[2] reuploaded to the Chinese website BetaWorld on 19 October 2019,[3] and reuploaded to the Internet Archive on 2 September 2022.[4] The x86 part of the CD version of the Server edition was found and shared to BetaArchive on 27 September 2020.[5]

This build is also mentioned in the file NETWORKA.WRI from Windows NT 3.51 build 854.1.

NFO files[edit | edit source]

The following NFO files were included as part of the PWA and TML releases.

PWA 

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                █▓▒▒▒▀     ... Pirates With Attitudes
               ▐▓▓▒▀
              ▄▓▓▀           Proudly Presents ...
═══════════════▀═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 │ ⌐     MICROSOFT WINDOWS NT WORKSTATION 3.5 BETA 2     at 06-18-94 20:00 ¬ │
─│───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─
 │ Supplier .....: DARK LORD            │ Type .....: OPERATING SYSTEM       │
 │ Cracker ......: N/A                  │ Video ....: WINDOWS NT COMPATIBLE  │
 │ Packager .....: DARK LORD            │ Audio ....: WINDOWS NT COMPATIBLE  │
 │ Protection ...: N/A                  │ Rating ...: [■■■■■■■■■■]           │
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════


                           
                           -/- This is P.W.A. -\-
 
        We would like to extend greetings to the newest division of PWA to
        hit the Scene today.... The PWA Mac division is born and going 
        strong.  We are currently looking for more suppliers and sites for
        the Mac division to enhance the travel of these great wares!  If you
        are interested, please contact any PWA HQ board for information....
        And look for PWA Mac wares at a quality board's Mac Area near you!

              Assassins' Guild -- PWA Mac Division World Headquarters
                Unlawful Entry -- PWA Mac Division U.S. Headquarters
                             <<>>


┐──────────────────┐────────────────────────────────────────-- -   -  ·· ·  ·
│ President .......│ Orion
└──────────────────┐────────-───- -- ·· ··  ·
│ Council .........│ Blackhawk, Dark Lord, Les Manley, Master of Disaster, 
│                  │ Rambone, Satman, Snake
└──────────────────┐─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Senior Members ..│ Defcon 4, Gordon Gekko, Mooncrow
└──────────────────┐─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Members .........│ Aeon, Avalon, Candy Man, Charlie, Cloudsend, Cookie, 
│                  │ Corruption, Dark Creation, Deathknight, Dream WEaver, 
│                  │ Grendel, Holy Beast, Hoson, Indigo, Khryptic, Knox, 
│                  │ Liquid Flesh, Marlenus, Mortician, Mr. Eagle, Nemesis, 
│                  │ Night Crawler, Potsie, Raw Liquid, Rupert, Sandstorm, 
│                  │ Slum Dweller, Spider Man, Stranger, The Judge, 
│                  │ Top Gun, UnderDweller, Venom, Vigilante, Wizard One
└──────────────────┐─────────────────--- -   -  · · ··   ·
│ Affiliate .......│ Groove Mercenary, Magic Design, and SiN Productions.
│   Programmers ...│
════════════════════════════════════════════════════─════─═───-──-─--  ·· ·  ·

──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 │               ·  · ··<> Courier Coordinators <>·· ·  ·                   │
─│──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─
 │                          Snake & Raw Liquid                              │
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 │                  ·  · ··<> Senior Couriers <>·· ·  ·                     │
─│──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─
 │                     Dominator, Scazzi, The Dreamer                       │
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 │                   ·  ·· ·<> Courier Team <>· ··  ·                       │
─│──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────│─
 │     Archmage, Biteman, Burton, Caine, Chowdery, Deliver, Devil Man,      │
 │ Drizzt, Hellmaster, Injector J, Jack Deth, Kaos, Karon, Kronos, Lord Zai │
 │   Mikel, Mister Big, Nightrider, Nixon, Phengal Kai, Psychotron, Rage,   │
 │  Razor Blade, Scimitar, Skull Twister, Star Master, Sundance, Stingray   │
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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              ·  · ···<> Pirates With Attitudes Site List <>··· ·  ·

 ⌠ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 │ Bulletin Board Name······│ Status······Nodes │ AC· │ SysOp ·············· │
────────────────────────────│───────────────────│─────│────────────────────────
 │ Assassins' Guild ······· │ World HQ ·····[7] │ XXX │ Blackhawk ·········· │
 │ Snake's Place ·········· │ U.S. HQ ······[3] │ XXX │ Snake ·············· │
 │ Spyrit's Home ·········· │ European HQ ··[9] │ +XX │ FBi ················ │
 │ Second Front ··········· │ Scandanavian ·[4] │ +XX │ Les Manley ········· │
 │ Rising Sun ············· │ Info/Apps HQ ·[1] │ XXX │ Orion ·············· │
 │ Falcon's Eye ··········· │ Courier HQ ···[3] │ XXX │ Ixcalthar ·········· │
────────────────────────────│───────────────────│─────│────────────────────────
 │ Craft World ············ │ Member Board ·[4] │ 418 │ Slum Dweller ······· │
 │ Ford Knox ·············· │ Member Board ·[4] │ +31 │ Knox ··············· │
 │ GetaWay ················ │ Member Board ·[5] │ +45 │ Macro Nit ·········· │
 │ Origin Unknown ········· │ Member Board ·[1] │ 619 │ Satman ············· │
 │ Psychotic Wave ········· │ Member Board ·[3] │ 8O3 │ Head Maniac ········ │
 │ Deep Space Nine ········ │ Member Board ·[5] │ +49 │ Sisko ·············· │
 │ Velvet Underground ····· │ Member Board ·[2] │ 516 │ Vigilante ·········· │
────────────────────────────│───────────────────│─────│────────────────────────
 │ Black Flag ············· │ Distribution ·[1] │ 813 │ Cain ··············· │
 │ The Archives ··········· │ Distribution ·[2] │ 619 │ Orion ·············· │
────────────────────────────│───────────────────│─────│────────────────────────
 │ Belly of the Beast······ │ Affiliate ····[1] │ 603 │ Sulfuric Acid ······ │
 │ CompuSin ··············· │ Affiliate ····[1] │ 316 │ Torquemada ········· │
 │ Obscene Phobia ········· │ Affiliate ····[4] │ +46 │ The Judge/Nixon ···· │
 │ Temples of Syrinx ······ │ Affiliate ····[3] │ 813 │ Urick ·············· │
 ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

           If you are going to do it ... Do it with an ATTITUDE!

  If you wish to be support PWA, you can apply at the PWA Application Center,
     813-397-9839, and use the matrix to tell us what you can do for PWA.

────────────────────────────────┤ Final Note ├─────────────────────────────────
 ║ Support the software companies! If you enjoy using a program or using a   ║
 ║ Util, consider buying it! Someone's got to make it worth the programmer's ║
 ║ effort to keep up the high standards... They made it, so they DESERVE it! ║
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

TML 

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                 The Missing Link Couriering Network presents


 ╓───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
 ║           DAYTONA WIN NT V3.5 BETA 2 BUILD 683 ADVANCED SERVER            ║
 ╙───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜



        Supplyer: MS
        Packager: Diamond Brain

        Release Date: 1. Jul '94


 Greetings to: PTG, NTA, THG, HV, FAITH, UTG, ECR, RAZOR, PWA,...............
 

 We are looking for additional Member Boards and Couriers all over the World,
 if you think you would do the job, just write some mail to Diamond Brain,
 Edo, Mgcs or at any known ELiTE BBS around the globe..........

╓─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╖
║                              -=TML Boards=-                                 ║
╟─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
║         no more boards, you should know where to grab the latest            ║
╙─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╜

New features and changes[edit | edit source]

  • The boot menu entries have been changed to include either the term "Workstation" or "Server".
  • This build updates the copyright date of the command prompt from 1985–1993 to 1985–1994.
  • Several new cursor files have been added in this build.
  • SAVEDUMP.EXE has been added, which allows the system to write a pagefile dump upon a bugcheck.

Setup[edit | edit source]

  • This is one of the first builds to introduce the /B parameter for WINNT.EXE and WINNT32.EXE to install or upgrade Windows NT without the use of floppy disks.
  • When saving configuration at the end of the graphical part of setup, a progress bar is now shown instead of an info dialog.
  • The Emergency Repair Disk creation can now be skipped properly, as it has become optional.
  • It is no longer required to setup a network for the Server SKU, as the option to set up a stand-alone server has been introduced, This also means that servers now also can join workgroups if they are set up as such.

File differences[edit | edit source]

The following files have been introduced or removed compared to build 612 Workstation:

Added files
Name Description Version
3dgarro.cur
3dgmove.cur
3dgnesw.cur
3dgno.cur
3dgns.cur
3dgnwse.cur
3dgwe.cur
3dsmove.cur
3dsns.cur
3dsnwse.cur
3dwarro.cur
3dwmove.cur
3dwnesw.cur
3dwno.cur
3dwns.cur
3dwnwse.cur
3dwwe.cur
accessnt.hlp
AIC78XX.SYS AIC-78XX SCSI Controller Driver 3.50
appstar2.ani
appstar3.ani
audiocdc.hlp
avifil32.dll
avifile.dll Microsoft AVI File support library 1.1
colorq.ppd
cross.cur
cxbios.bin
cxfep.bin
dclf02f1.ppd
dclf02_1.ppd
dinosau2.ani
dinosaur.ani
diskdump.sys Crash Dump Disk Driver 3.50
fxbios.bin
fxfep.bin
handapst.ani
handnesw.ani
handno.ani
handns.ani
handnwse.ani
handwait.ani
handwe.ani
harrow.cur
hcross.cur
hibeam.cur
hmove.cur
hnesw.cur
hnodrop.cur
hns.cur
hnwse.cur
hourgla2.ani
hourgla3.ani
hp_650c1.ppd
hwe.cur
ibm4039p.ppd
ibmtok2e.sys IBM Token Ring Busmaster EISA Network Driver 3.50
icmp.dll ICMP DLL 3.50
imaadpcm.acm IMA ADPCM CODEC for MSACM 3.50
ipxroute.exe
ir30_32.dll Intel Indeo(TM) Video R3.2
jx9460ps.ppd
jx9500ps.ppd
jx9600ps.ppd
jx9660ps.ppd
jx9700ps.ppd
KEYBOARD.SYM
lappstrt.cur
larrow.cur
lcross.cur
lh830__1.ppd
lh930__1.ppd
lhpr60_1.ppd
libeam.cur
lmove.cur
lnesw.cur
lnodrop.cur
lns.cur
lnwse.cur
lucon.fot
lucon.ttf
lwait.cur
lwe.cur
mciavi.drv MCI driver for AVI VfW Internal Debug Version 1.15.190
miniqic.sys SCSI Tape Driver 3.50
MITSUMI.SYS Mitsumi CD-ROM device SCSI Emulator Driver 3.50
msadpcm.acm Microsoft ADPCM CODEC for MSACM 3.50
msgsm610.acm Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC for MSACM 3.50
msvideo.dll Microsoft Video for Windows DLL 1.15
nddenb32.dll Network DDE NetBIOS Interface 3.50
ndistapi.sys NDIS 3.0 connection wrapper driver 3.50
ndiswan.sys MS Remote Access network driver 3.50
ntepc.sys Digi International EPC Communications Miniport Driver.

(P/N 80010005G)

v1.1.4.5 (G)
ntlsapi.dll
oemnadte.inf
oemnadzz.inf
olecnv32.dll Microsoft OLE 2.03 for Windows NT(TM) Operating System 2.03
oleprx32.dll Microsoft OLE 2.03 for Windows NT(TM) Operating System 2.03
pid.exe Pid 3.50
pid.hlp
rasapi16.dll Remote Access 16->32 API thunks 3.10
rascbcp.dll Remote Access PPP Callback Control Protocol 3.50
RASCCP.dll Remote Access PPP Compression Control Protocol 3.50
rastapi.dll Remote Access TAPI Compliance Layer 3.50
rdisk.exe Repair Disk Utility 3.50
RDISK.HLP
savedump.exe Windows NT Save Dump Utility 3.50
ss3dfo.scr OpenGL 3D Flying Objects Screen Saver 0.01
sspipes.scr
sxbios.bin
sxfep.bin
t1instal.dll
tapisrv.dll
telnet.hlp
tk220171.ppd
tk220391.ppd
tkp200j1.ppd
tkp220i1.ppd
tkp220j1.ppd
tkp2sdj1.ppd
tkp2sdx1.ppd
tkp300i1.ppd
tkp300j1.ppd
tkp480j1.ppd
tkph4801.ppd
tkphpxi1.ppd
videosim.sys Frame buffer simulator 3.50
weitekp9.dll Weitek P9000 Display Driver 3.50
weitekp9.sys Weitek P9k Miniport Driver 3.50
xabios.bin
xacook.bin
Removed files
Name Description Version
filelist.inf
icmpapi.dll ICMPAPI DLL 3.50
imaadpcm.dll IMA ADPCM CODEC for MSACM 2.02
isdn.dll DigiBoard Telecommunications Group - RAS ISDN Device and Media DLL. v1.0.0.004
keyboard.sys
msadpcm.dll Microsoft ADPCM CODEC for MSACM 2.02
mscon.fot
mscon.ttf
msgsm610.dll Microsoft GSM 6.10 Audio CODEC for MSACM 2.02
netbios.dll Network DDE NetBIOS Interface 3.50
NT.FNT
NT2.FNT
ole2pr32.dll Cairole Proxy DLL 3.50
pscript.sep
rashub.sys MS Remote Access network driver 3.50
repair.inf
REVIEW.SEQ
winfile.ini
winsrpc.dll

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Boot screen

    Boot screen

  • Windows Setup - File system warning

    Windows Setup - File system warning

  • Copying files

    Copying files

  • Display setup

    Display setup

  • Desktop background

    Desktop background

Workstation (i386) version[edit | edit source]

  • Setup

    Setup

  • Logon

    Logon

  • Desktop

    Desktop

Workstation (MIPS) version[edit | edit source]

  • Setup

    Setup

  • Boot screen

    Boot screen

  • Desktop

    Desktop

BetaWorld screenshots[edit | edit source]

  • Insert Windows NT Server Setup disk #2

    Insert Windows NT Server Setup disk #2

  • File system warning

    File system warning

  • End of text-mode setup

    End of text-mode setup

  • Name and organization entry

    Name and organization entry

  • Installation - Insert Windows NT Server Setup disk #9

    Installation - Insert Windows NT Server Setup disk #9

  • Creating Program Manager groups

    Creating Program Manager groups

  • Network settings - configuring network

    Network settings - configuring network

  • Product ID

    Product ID

  • Finish installing

    Finish installing

  • Select OS to start

    Select OS to start

  • OS Loader

    OS Loader

  • Boot screen, AUTOCHK and setting security on system files

    Boot screen, AUTOCHK and setting security on system files

  • Ctrl+Alt+Del prompt

    Ctrl+Alt+Del prompt

  • Login screen

    Login screen

  • Desktop

    Desktop

  • WinBug

    WinBug

  • About Help app

    About Help app

  • Demo

    Demo

Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]

  • x86 English CD [Workstation]

    x86 English CD [Workstation]

  • x86 English CD [Server] (undumped)

    x86 English CD [Server] (undumped)

  • Boot floppy disk

    Boot floppy disk

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/nt_workstation_3.5_Beta2
  2. ↑ http://nuduseng.com/laoguangpan/search.asp?gp_iso=1&gp_id=613457
  3. ↑ https://wiki.betaworld.cn/Windows_NT_3.5:3.5.683.1
  4. ↑ https://archive.org/details/liren-large-software-subsidy
  5. ↑ https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41875
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