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Jun 30, 2023 · Fundamentals

Running ChatGPT on Windows 3.1: A Retro C Client with TLS 1.3

An anonymous developer built WinGPT, a C‑based ChatGPT client that runs on Windows 3.1 and later 16‑or 32‑bit Windows versions, using native TLS 1.3 to connect to OpenAI’s API, highlighting the challenges of retro UI controls, Winsock dependency, and icon creation on legacy systems.