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Windows 1.0 was the first release of the Microsoft Windows environment for [[MS-DOS]].  It was not a commercial sucess, however its design would influence the Presentation Manager for OS/2.
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Windows 1.0 was the first release of the Microsoft Windows environment for [[MS-DOS]].  It was not a commercial success, however its design would influence the Presentation Manager for OS/2.
  
 
Windows 1.0 did not have overlapping windows, and it did not support PS/2 mice.  It only ran in real mode.  Needless to say this was *NOT* a popular version.  It really only is of historical interest.
 
Windows 1.0 did not have overlapping windows, and it did not support PS/2 mice.  It only ran in real mode.  Needless to say this was *NOT* a popular version.  It really only is of historical interest.

Revision as of 16:18, 18 January 2013

Windows 1.0

Windows 1.0 was the first release of the Microsoft Windows environment for MS-DOS. It was not a commercial success, however its design would influence the Presentation Manager for OS/2.

Windows 1.0 did not have overlapping windows, and it did not support PS/2 mice. It only ran in real mode. Needless to say this was *NOT* a popular version. It really only is of historical interest.

Even in a primitive state like this, it did have all of the components such as, USER, GDI, KERNEL etc..

There is an excellent article on the development of Windows 1.0 here.