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To install DR5 you will need PCem or an equal IBM AT/XT emulator. Also DR5 only run on [[MS-DOS]] up to Version 2.x.
To install DR5 you will need PCem or an equal IBM AT/XT emulator. Also DR5 only run on [[MS-DOS]] up to Version 2.x.


===Hercules Graphics Adapter support===
=System requirements=
 
==Hercules Graphics Adapter support==
Windows 1.0 DR5 includes drivers for Hercules Graphics Adapter (HGA), however the installator doesn't provide an option to choose and installs Color Graphics Adapter (CGA) drivers by default. To install Hercules drivers you may either edit INSTALL.BAT installation file or install DR5 with defaul CGA drivers and replace them with HGA drivers later.

Revision as of 00:18, 20 September 2010

Windows Developer Release 5 (known as DR5) is an alpha version of Windows 1.x.

There are sample application to demonstrate the "power" of windows.

  • Graph & Chart application
  • Font application
  • Clock
  • Puzzle game
  • Reversi game

To install DR5 you will need PCem or an equal IBM AT/XT emulator. Also DR5 only run on MS-DOS up to Version 2.x.

System requirements

Hercules Graphics Adapter support

Windows 1.0 DR5 includes drivers for Hercules Graphics Adapter (HGA), however the installator doesn't provide an option to choose and installs Color Graphics Adapter (CGA) drivers by default. To install Hercules drivers you may either edit INSTALL.BAT installation file or install DR5 with defaul CGA drivers and replace them with HGA drivers later.