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|title = Window Manager Demonstration Version 0.01 | |title = Window Manager Demonstration Version 0.01 | ||
|image = Windows-0.01-demo-Sept1983.jpg | |image = Windows-0.01-demo-Sept1983.jpg | ||
|arch = x86 (16-bit) | |arch = x86 (16-bit) | ||
|compiled = September | |compiled = September 12, 1983 | ||
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'''Window Manager Demonstration Version 0.01''' is an early demonstration version of [[Microsoft]] [[Windows 1.0]]. It is dated September | '''Window Manager Demonstration Version 0.01''' is an early demonstration version of [[Microsoft]] [[Windows 1.0]]. It is dated September 12, 1983<ref name="Twitter">https://web.archive.org/web/20220816202615/https://twitter.com/beta_collector/status/1501618247564767238</ref> and was reviewed in a December 1983 [[wikipedia:Byte (magazine)|BYTE]] magazine issue. | ||
On March | On March 9, 2022, [[BetaArchive]] member ReflectiaX posted a photo of a 5,25" floppy disk containing this demo,<ref name="Twitter" /> though he later reported that the data were intentionally erased using a magnet. However, other copies of the disk are supposed to exist.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220810155445/https://twitter.com/beta_collector/status/1502030146143928327</ref> | ||
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Although this pre-release version was intended to be used alongside MS-DOS-based applications, one Windows application that shipped with this version was a sample "CHART" application which provided an early look at Windows software and which also demonstrated the use of popup dialogs. | Although this pre-release version was intended to be used alongside MS-DOS-based applications, one Windows application that shipped with this version was a sample "CHART" application which provided an early look at Windows software and which also demonstrated the use of popup dialogs. | ||
The same application also was among the first to utilize the device-independent graphics system, also known as the GDI (Graphics Device Interface), which works by passing calls down to the graphics driver which in turn displays the graphics on screen. --> | The same application also was among the first to utilize the device-independent graphics system, also known as the GDI (Graphics Device Interface), which works by passing calls down to the graphics driver which in turn displays the graphics on screen. | ||
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== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
*[http://toastytech.com/guis/win1983.html Microsoft Windows 1983 pre-Version 1.0 demo] | *[http://toastytech.com/guis/win1983.html Microsoft Windows 1983 pre-Version 1.0 demo] | ||
*[https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-12 BYTE | *[https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-12 BYTE magazine December 1983 issue] | ||
[[Category:Windows 1.0]] | [[Category:Windows 1.0]] | ||
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Window Manager Demonstration Version 0.01 is an early demonstration version of Microsoft Windows 1.0. It is dated September 12, 1983[1] and was reviewed in a December 1983 BYTE magazine issue.
On March 9, 2022, BetaArchive member ReflectiaX posted a photo of a 5,25" floppy disk containing this demo,[1] though he later reported that the data were intentionally erased using a magnet. However, other copies of the disk are supposed to exist.[2]
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