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{{Infobox Windows
{{Infobox Windows
|image = Windows_1.x_Logo.png
|image = Windows_1.x_Logo.png
|imagecaption = Microsoft Windows 1.0
|codename = ''Interface Manager''
|codename = ''Previously known as Interface Manager''
|kernel = 1.0
|kernel = 1.0
|arch = x86
|arch = x86
|build = [[/1.04|1.04]]
|release = November 20, 1985
|release = 20th November 1985
|support = December 31, 2001
|licence = Microsoft EULA
|next = [[Windows 2.x]]
|support = Ended on 31st December 2001
|previous = N/A
|next = ''[[Windows 2.x]]
}}
}}
[[Image:Windows 1.x Box.jpg|thumb|Microsoft Windows 1.0 packaging]]
[[File:Windows 1.x Box.jpg|250px|thumb|Windows 1.0 packaging]]
'''Microsoft Windows 1.0''' is the first version of [[Microsoft]] [[Windows]] that was released, and was made available for users of IBM and COMPAQ personal computers running Microsoft MS-DOS and IBM DOS.
'''Windows 1.0''' is the first version of [[Microsoft]] [[Windows]] that was released on November 20, 1985, and was made available for users of IBM and COMPAQ personal computers running [[MS-DOS]] and [[IBM PC-DOS]].


Originally, Microsoft started work on a new graphical environment for MS-DOS-based personal computers, known as "Interface Manager". This environment would include support for existing MS-DOS-based applications, as well as GUI applications that were specifically designed for the new environment.
Originally, Microsoft started work on a new graphical environment for MS-DOS-based personal computers, known as "Interface Manager". This environment would include support for existing MS-DOS-based applications, as well as GUI applications that were specifically designed for the new environment.


Later, at COMDEX 1983 in November, Microsoft demonstrated a new upcoming product, "Microsoft Windows", running on a personal computer with monochrome graphics, and with
Later, at COMDEX 1983 in November, Microsoft demonstrated a new upcoming product, "Microsoft Windows", running on a personal computer with monochrome graphics, and with various applications running alongside each other in "windows".
various applications running alongside each other in "windows".


During the course of its development, several pre-release versions of Microsoft Windows were also made available to testers and developers, including a "Development Release #5" from around November 1984, as well as later pre-release versions such as those from January 1985 (Alpha), May 1985 (Beta), and Premiere Edition in July 1985.
During the course of its development, several pre-release versions of Windows were also made available to testers and developers, including a "[[/Development Release 5|Development Release #5]]" from around November 1984, as well as later pre-release versions such as those from January 1985 ([[/Alpha Release/]]) and May 1985 ([[/Beta Release/]]).


A final preliminary release, [[Windows 1.0/Premiere Edition|Premiere Edition (1.00)]], was released to a group of users for testing Windows prior to its release. [[Windows 1.0/1.01|Windows 1.01]], released on 20th November 1985, was the first version of [[Windows]] to be released to general availability, whereas several more versions, Windows 1.02 and Windows 1.03, were released as more changes were made to Windows, up to, [[Windows 1.0/1.04|1.04]], which was released in April 1987, the latter of which also added support for the newly introduced IBM PS/2 series of personal computers which was released at that same time.
A final preliminary release, [[/Premiere Edition/]], was released to a group of users for testing Windows prior to its release. [[/1.01|Windows 1.01]], released on November 20, 1985, was the first version of Windows to be released to general availability, whereas several more versions, [[/1.02/]] and [[/1.03/]], were released as more changes were made to Windows, up to, [[/1.04/]], which was released in April 1987, the latter of which also added support for the newly introduced IBM PS/2 series of personal computers which was released at that same time.


Several versions in other languages, such as Windows 1.03 in German and French and Windows 1.03 Japanese for the NEC PC-9801, were also released, as well as OEM versions such as a version of Windows 1.01 for Zenith personal computers, as well as versions of Windows 1.03 for Olivetti and Siemens machines.
Several versions in other languages were also released, as well as OEM versions for both PC and non-PC compatible models (such as the [[wikipedia:Zenith Z-100|Zenith Z-100]]).


== Builds ==
== Builds ==
{{Builds Legend}}
{{Builds Legend}}
=== Pre-release and development ===
=== Pre-release and development ===
''Early builds of Microsoft Windows include the early Interface Manager environment, as well as the demonstration at COMDEX 1983, along with subsequent pre-release versions of Microsoft Windows that were shipped prior to release.''
''Early pre-release builds of Windows include the early Interface Manager environment, as well as the demonstration at COMDEX 1983, along with subsequent pre-release versions of Windows that were shipped prior to release.''
* '''[[Windows 1.0/BYTE|BYTE magazine demonstration]]'''
 
* '''[[Windows 1.0/COMDEX 1983|COMDEX 1983 demonstration]]'''
* '''[[Windows 1.0/BYTE|"Window Manager Demonstration Version 0.01" ''(September 12, 1983)'']]'''
* '''[[Windows 1.0/April 1984 build|April 1984 build]]'''
* '''[[Windows 1.0/COMDEX 1983|Fall COMDEX 1983 demonstration]]'''
* '''[[Windows 1.0/DR1|Development Release #1 (DR1) (May 1984)]]'''
* '''[[Windows 1.0/Development Release 1|Development Release #1 ''(May 1984)'']]'''
* '''[[Windows 1.0/DR2|Development Release #2 (DR2) (June 1984)]]'''
* '''[[Windows 1.0/Development Release 2|Development Release #2 ''(June 1984)'']]'''
* '''[[Windows 1.0/Later Tandy 2000 build|Later Tandy 2000 build]]'''
* '''[[Windows 1.0/Development Release 3|Development Release #3 ''(July 1984)'']]'''
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/DR5|Development Release #5 (DR5) (November 1984)]]''''' ✔
* '''[[Windows 1.0/Development Release 4|Development Release #4 ''(August 1984)'']]'''
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/Development Release 5|Development Release #5 (October 1984)]]''''' ✔
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/Alpha Release|Alpha Release (January 1985)]]''''' ✔
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/Alpha Release|Alpha Release (January 1985)]]''''' ✔
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/Beta Release|Beta Release (May 1985)]]''''' ✔
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/Beta Release|Beta Release (May 1985)]]''''' ✔
* '''[[Windows 1.0/Preliminary Version 0.50|Preliminary Version 0.50 (June 1985)]]'''
* '''[[Windows 1.0/Preliminary Version 0.50|Preliminary Version 0.50 ''(June 1985)'']]'''
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/Premiere Edition|Premiere Edition (July 1985)]]''''' ✔
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/Premiere Edition|Premiere Edition (July 1985)]]''''' ✔
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/1.xx|1.xx/1.xy (September 1985)]]''''' ✔
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/1.xx|1.xx/1.xy (September 1985)]]''''' ✔
* '''[[Windows 1.0/PC Magazine|"PC Magazine" demonstration]]'''
* '''[[Windows 1.0/PC Magazine build|"PC Magazine" demonstration]]'''
 
=== Microsoft Windows 1.01 ===
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/1.01|Microsoft Windows 1.01]]''''' ✔
 
=== Microsoft Windows 1.02 ===
* '''[[Windows 1.0/1.02.02|Microsoft Windows 1.02.02]]'''
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/1.02|Microsoft Windows 1.02]]''''' ✔
 
=== Microsoft Windows 1.03 ===
* '''[[Windows 1.0/1.03.04|Microsoft Windows 1.03.04]]'''
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/1.03|Microsoft Windows 1.03]]''''' ✔
 
=== Microsoft Windows 1.04 ===
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/1.04|Microsoft Windows 1.04]]''''' ✔
 
=== Later versions ===
The Ray Ozzie's Meeting Notes from 1985 also mentions "Windows 1.1", which was scheduled for release roughly six months after [[Windows 1.0/1.01|Windows 1.01]]:
 
{{quotation|
Summary of Meeting with Microsoft Corporation<br>
November 18-19, 1985
 
 
 


December 9, 1985
=== 1.01 ===
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/1.01|Windows 1.01]]''''' ✔


=== 1.02 ===
* '''[[Windows 1.0/1.02.02|Windows 1.02.02 (pre-release)]]'''
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/1.02|Windows 1.02]]''''' ✔


The Windows 1.1 schedule, as it turns out, will probably be too late for the Iris product to use in its first customer shipment. Since there are some serious problems with the performance and user-visible behavior of the Iris product running under Windows 1.01, shipment of an Iris product under 1.01 might force Iris to issue KERNEL and USER patches in order to ship a viable product.
=== 1.03 ===
* '''[[Windows 1.0/1.03.04|Windows 1.03.04 (pre-release)]]'''
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/1.03|Windows 1.03]]''''' ✔


An alternative would be for Microsoft to allow Iris/Lotus to ship a product with a slightly enhanced version of Windows, say 1.02, that contained only those Windows changes that Iris would be attempting to work around. We would like to see such an option seriously considered. I have denoted "absolutely necessary" changes with a two asterisks, and those that would be EXTREMELY HELPFUL with one asterisk. The other (unmarked) topics we would still need in 1.1, but would most likely be able to do without in our first customer shipments.}}
=== 1.04 ===
* '''''[[Windows 1.0/1.04|Windows 1.04]]''''' ✔


== Gallery ==
== Gallery ==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Win1.0Beta.jpg|Image from an early demonstration of Microsoft Windows from 1984
Windows_1.0_in_1983_-_1st_November_1983.png|Image from an early demonstration of Windows from November 1983
Win1.0Beta.jpg|[[/Development Release 1|Development Release #1]] running on the [[wikipedia:Tandy 2000|Tandy 2000]] personal computer ({{circa|May 1984}})
</gallery>
</gallery>


== Press Kit ==
== Press kit ==
In late 1983 (over two years before Windows 1.0 was actually released), Microsoft sent out press kits which contained a squeegee (window washer) and a washcloth. It also contained an invitation to attend a press conference in New York on November 10, 1983, where the official name of Windows was released.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190121234259/https://www.sambadance.com/squeegee/</ref>
In late 1983 (over two years before Windows 1.0 was actually released), Microsoft sent out press kits which contained a squeegee (window washer) and a washcloth. It also contained an invitation to attend a press conference in New York on November 10, 1983, where the official name of Windows was revealed.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190121234259/https://www.sambadance.com/squeegee/</ref>


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sforhbLiwLA Microsoft Windows 1.0 advertisement with Steve Ballmer]  
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgJS2tQPGKQ Microsoft Windows 1.0 advertisement with Steve Ballmer]  
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TeQKkObWRQ History of Microsoft - 1985] ''(see 2:02 to 8:39 for Microsoft Windows 1.0)''
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TeQKkObWRQ History of Microsoft - 1985] ''(see 2:02 to 8:39 for Microsoft Windows 1.0)''


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Windows 1.0
Windows 1.x Logo.png
Codename
Preliminary name
Interface Manager
Kernel version 1.0
CPU architecture x86
Release date November 20, 1985
Support end December 31, 2001
Succeeded by Windows 2.x
Windows 1.0 packaging

Windows 1.0 is the first version of Microsoft Windows that was released on November 20, 1985, and was made available for users of IBM and COMPAQ personal computers running MS-DOS and IBM PC-DOS.

Originally, Microsoft started work on a new graphical environment for MS-DOS-based personal computers, known as "Interface Manager". This environment would include support for existing MS-DOS-based applications, as well as GUI applications that were specifically designed for the new environment.

Later, at COMDEX 1983 in November, Microsoft demonstrated a new upcoming product, "Microsoft Windows", running on a personal computer with monochrome graphics, and with various applications running alongside each other in "windows".

During the course of its development, several pre-release versions of Windows were also made available to testers and developers, including a "Development Release #5" from around November 1984, as well as later pre-release versions such as those from January 1985 (Alpha Release) and May 1985 (Beta Release).

A final preliminary release, Premiere Edition, was released to a group of users for testing Windows prior to its release. Windows 1.01, released on November 20, 1985, was the first version of Windows to be released to general availability, whereas several more versions, 1.02 and 1.03, were released as more changes were made to Windows, up to, 1.04, which was released in April 1987, the latter of which also added support for the newly introduced IBM PS/2 series of personal computers which was released at that same time.

Several versions in other languages were also released, as well as OEM versions for both PC and non-PC compatible models (such as the Zenith Z-100).

Builds

  • No information available
  • Existence doubtful
  • Information or pictures available
  • Leaked or released

Pre-release and development

Early pre-release builds of Windows include the early Interface Manager environment, as well as the demonstration at COMDEX 1983, along with subsequent pre-release versions of Windows that were shipped prior to release.

1.01

1.02

1.03

1.04

Gallery

Press kit

In late 1983 (over two years before Windows 1.0 was actually released), Microsoft sent out press kits which contained a squeegee (window washer) and a washcloth. It also contained an invitation to attend a press conference in New York on November 10, 1983, where the official name of Windows was revealed.[1]

External links

References