Windows 1.0 Alpha

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Microsoft Windows 1.0 Alpha
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Microsoft Windows 1.0 Alpha
Creator: Microsoft
Architecture: i8086
Date Released: 1985


Windows 1.0 Alpha Build is a pre-release build of Windows 1.0. This build is very similar to Developer Release 5, and was the last known build to include the source code of sample applications.

Easter Eggs

In FONTTEST.C, there is a funny quote:

  1. define Alphabet (LPSTR)"Jackdaws love my big sphinx of quartz. ABCDEFGHIjKLMOPQRSTUVWXYZ"

Said sentence, interestingly, uses every letter in the alphabet.