Supposed Interface Manager build
Supposed Interface Manager build
A channel (Spyonclear), known for his WNR content (I won't talk about WNR on this post) had made an video (Windows History with Never Released Versions, Release 3), with the first version appearing on it being a 'Interface Manager 0.2 alpha' build, most likely from mid-1983! The image seems to not have an interface manager, but a DOS-like UI. I do have the image of the supposed build, although I am not sure if this was already shown in previous posts. I think that this isn't a fake build, and rather a real build.
I need to get 3 approved posts to upload an image, so i will try upload it soon (Maybe you can go to the video and see the image inside of it).
I need to get 3 approved posts to upload an image, so i will try upload it soon (Maybe you can go to the video and see the image inside of it).
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Re: Supposed Interface Manager build
*sigh*
Don't even bother with WNR...
Don't even bother with WNR...
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Re: Supposed Interface Manager build
Yeah WRN is all fake. If you want reliable info about known builds and screenshots, Betawiki.net or our very own wiki are the best places to go. YouTube is full of fakes.
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Re: Supposed Interface Manager build
Sorry. That was a random video I came across to that had an mixture of that and that, so I couldn't really know what that would be.
Re: Supposed Interface Manager build
Most WNR related stuff is fanmade content. FYI, there is even a WNR wiki, however its important to keep in mind that they are not actual releases.
"Legit" never launched releases of Windows include Cairo, Nashville, Neptune, Oddisey, Blackcomb, Vienna, Windows 10 Mobile RS4, Santorini. Some of them were just planed stages for the Operating System roadmap, with no active development behind them.
"Legit" never launched releases of Windows include Cairo, Nashville, Neptune, Oddisey, Blackcomb, Vienna, Windows 10 Mobile RS4, Santorini. Some of them were just planed stages for the Operating System roadmap, with no active development behind them.
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Re: Supposed Interface Manager build
Here's the screenshot for anyone's interest.
Some file dates are interesting as well as the boot message. There are however many suspicions:
-Why is "Interface Manager" a registered trademark with only a few months of development and not the name of the final product?
-Why is there no MSIM.exe in the directory list? There's no cd command, so it's the same folder.
-Half of the file dates are from 2020, not 1983.
-Why is there a WRITE.EXE? There is nothing even close to that in the Windows 1.0 beta builds we know of.
-DOS 2.0 was released at least a month after the supposed compiling of this build in February 1983.
-The 1983 Windows pre-alpha had a version number of 0.01. How can this be 0.2, being made 7 months earlier?
Some file dates are interesting as well as the boot message. There are however many suspicions:
-Why is "Interface Manager" a registered trademark with only a few months of development and not the name of the final product?
-Why is there no MSIM.exe in the directory list? There's no cd command, so it's the same folder.
-Half of the file dates are from 2020, not 1983.
-Why is there a WRITE.EXE? There is nothing even close to that in the Windows 1.0 beta builds we know of.
-DOS 2.0 was released at least a month after the supposed compiling of this build in February 1983.
-The 1983 Windows pre-alpha had a version number of 0.01. How can this be 0.2, being made 7 months earlier?
Re: Supposed Interface Manager build
Also, the Interface Manager "registered trademark" never existed in the US Patent and Trademark Office database until 1986 by some company in Atlanta, Georgia.DiskingRound wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2023 4:33 am-Why is "Interface Manager" a registered trademark with only a few months of development and not the name of the final product?
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Re: Supposed Interface Manager build
.EXEs should never be 256 bytes in length. Reversi, Paint and Write didn't exist back them. In 1983 Microsoft used .SYS for drivers and .MOD (or nothing, all statically linked into MSWIN.EXE) for executables, not .DRV and .EXE.
Re: Supposed Interface Manager build
Why, if I may ask?
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DOS linkers do not produce 256-byte .EXE files. Generally the header alone takes up a page (512 bytes).
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vboxflareon
Re: Supposed Interface Manager build
That image is fake I saw it on an OS Mockup video.
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