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Development Release #1 (DR1) demonstrated on the Tandy 2000 personal computer.

Development Release #1 is an early pre-release build of Microsoft Windows 1.0, demonstrated on the Tandy 2000 personal computer. It is the first build from the Development Release line.

Background

The Tandy 2000 was an Intel 80186-based computer. Since the 80186 processor was not fully compatible with the IBM PC and compatibles, this created compatibility issues dividing it from other machines of the time.

The version of Windows demonstrated here is one that was specifically designed for the Tandy 2000 personal computer, including the Intel 80186 processor and also the high resolution graphics (640x400 screen resolution at 16 colors) used by the machine itself.

Files

This build was launched from a file called DEMO.BAT and was intended to be run from a single floppy disk. This loaded a copy of Windows with several sample applications which could easily be loaded from there.

This build also predates NE and uses the .MOD extension as the main executable format.

The files here are as follows:

BOXES.MOD/BOXES.RES: Color demo
CALC.MOD/CALC.RES: Calculator application
CLIP.MOD/CLIP.RES: Clipboard
COMMAND.COM: Microsoft MS-DOS command interpreter
CONFIG.BIN: System configuration file
CURSOR.MOD: Cursor routines
DEMO.BAT: Used to launch the Microsoft Windows demonstration
DISPLAY.MOD: Display driver file
FONT.RES: Font resources
GDI.MOD: GDI (Graphics Device Interface) system file
GDI16.MOD: GDI (Graphics Device Interface) 16-bit system file
GDI8.MOD: GDI (Graphics Device Interface) 8-bit system file
KERNEL.MOD: Microsoft Windows kernel system file
KEYBOARD.MOD: Keyboard system file
KEYNAMES.BIN: Input translation table lookup file
MB.EXE: Module boot
MOUSE.MOD: Mouse driver file
PUZZLE.MOD/PUZZLE.RES: Puzzle sample application
REVERSI.MOD/REVERSI.RES: Reversi sample application
SAMPLE.MOD/ SAMPLE.RES: Sample Application
SHELL.MOD/SHELL.RES: "DOS Window" shell application
TEST.MOD: Test executable file
TIMER.MOD: System timer driver file
WINDOWS.MOD/WINDOWS.RES: Microsoft Windows User component

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 [[File:Win1.0Beta.jpg|thumb|Development Release #1 (DR1) demonstrated on the Tandy 2000 personal computer.]]
-'''Development Release #1''' is an early pre-release build of [[Microsoft]] [[Windows 1.0]], demonstrated on the Tandy 2000 personal computer. It is the first build from the Developer Release line.
+'''Development Release #1''' is an early pre-release build of [[Microsoft]] [[Windows 1.0]], demonstrated on the Tandy 2000 personal computer. It is the first build from the Development Release line.
 == Background ==
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 This build was launched from a file called <code>DEMO.BAT</code> and was intended to be run from a single floppy disk. This loaded a copy of Windows with several sample applications which could easily be loaded from there.
-This build predates NE and uses the <code>.MOD</code> extension as the main executable format.
+This build also predates NE and uses the <code>.MOD</code> extension as the main executable format.
 '''The files here are as follows:'''
-* <code>BOXES.MOD</code>: Boxes sample
+* <code>BOXES.MOD</code>/<code>BOXES.RES</code>: Color demo
-* <code>BOXES.RES</code>: Resource file for Boxes sample
+* <code>CALC.MOD</code>/<code>CALC.RES</code>: Calculator application
-* <code>CALC.MOD</code>: Calculator application
+* <code>CLIP.MOD</code>/<code>CLIP.RES</code>: Clipboard
-* <code>CALC.RES</code>: Resource file for Calculator application
-* <code>CLIP.MOD</code>: Clipboard
-* <code>CLIP.RES</code>: Resource file for Clipboard
 * <code>COMMAND.COM</code>: Microsoft MS-DOS command interpreter
 * <code>CONFIG.BIN</code>: System configuration file
-* <code>CURSOR.MOD</code>: Mouse cursor file
+* <code>CURSOR.MOD</code>: Cursor routines
 * <code>DEMO.BAT</code>: Used to launch the Microsoft Windows demonstration
 * <code>DISPLAY.MOD</code>: Display driver file
@@ Line 30: / Line 27: @@
 * <code>KERNEL.MOD</code>: Microsoft Windows kernel system file
 * <code>KEYBOARD.MOD</code>: Keyboard system file
-* <code>KEYNAMES.BIN</code>: Extra keyboard system file
+* <code>KEYNAMES.BIN</code>: Input translation table lookup file
-* <code>MB.EXE</code>: Mapbase application (MS-DOS)
+* <code>MB.EXE</code>: Module boot
 * <code>MOUSE.MOD</code>: Mouse driver file
-* <code>PUZZLE.MOD</code>: Puzzle sample application
+* <code>PUZZLE.MOD</code>/<code>PUZZLE.RES</code>: Puzzle sample application
-* <code>PUZZLE.RES</code>: Resource file for Puzzle sample application
+* <code>REVERSI.MOD</code>/<code>REVERSI.RES</code>: Reversi sample application
-* <code>REVERSI.MOD</code>: Reversi sample application
+* <code>SAMPLE.MOD</code>/ <code>SAMPLE.RES</code>: Sample Application
-* <code>REVERSI.RES</code>: Resource file for Reversi sample application
+* <code>SHELL.MOD</code>/<code>SHELL.RES</code>: "DOS Window" shell application
-* <code>SAMPLE.MOD</code>: Sample Application
-* <code>SAMPLE.RES</code>: Resource file for Sample Application
-* <code>SHELL.MOD</code>: "DOS Window" shell application
-* <code>SHELL.RES</code>: Resource file for "DOS Window" shell application
 * <code>TEST.MOD</code>: Test executable file
 * <code>TIMER.MOD</code>: System timer driver file
-* <code>WINDOWS.MOD</code>: Microsoft Windows executable file
+* <code>WINDOWS.MOD</code>/<code>WINDOWS.RES</code>: Microsoft Windows User component
-* <code>WINDOWS.RES</code>: Resource file for Microsoft Windows executable file