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{{Infobox Buildinfo
{{Infobox Buildinfo
|title = "BYTE" magazine demonstration
|title = Window Manager Demonstration Version 0.01
|image = Windowsbyte13.png
|image = Windows-0.01-demo-Sept1983.jpg
|kernel = 1.0
|arch = x86 (16-bit)
|arch = x86 (16-bit)
|compiled = September 12, 1983
}}
}}
This pre-release version of [[Microsoft]] [[Windows]] was shipped to testers by November 1983 and was reviewed in the December 1983 BYTE Magazine issue.
'''Window Manager Demonstration Version 0.01''' is an early demonstration version of [[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.


== User Interface ==
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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== User interface ==
The general user interface uses a menu-driven interface, similar to Microsoft Word. In this fashion, the user would select the relevant commands from the bar at the bottom of the screen, known as the "session-control layer".
The general user interface uses a menu-driven interface, similar to Microsoft Word. In this fashion, the user would select the relevant commands from the bar at the bottom of the screen, known as the "session-control layer".


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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 ==
<gallery>
<gallery>
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== References ==
== References ==
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== 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 Magazine December 1983 issue]
*[https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine-1983-12 BYTE magazine December 1983 issue]
 
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Latest revision as of 19:39, 28 April 2023

Window Manager Demonstration Version 0.01
Windows-0.01-demo-Sept1983.jpg
CPU architecture x86 (16-bit)
Compile date September 12, 1983

Window Manager Demonstration Version 0.01 is an early demonstration version of 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]

Gallery

References

External links