Windows 1.0/Development Release 2

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Development Release #2
Windows 1.0 DR2 - Desktop.png
Kernel version 1.0
CPU architecture x86 (16-bit)
Compile date June 1984

Development Release #2 is a pre-release build of Windows 1.0, compiled sometime in June 1984.

Overview

This build, respectively its Tandy 2000 variant, was demonstrated at a Boston Computer Society meeting in June 1984.[1] Just like the previous, this build was launched from a file called DEMO.BAT, and was ran from a single 5,25" floppy disk.

For some reason, the Clipboard application wasn't included with the demo.

File list

File list (as seen in the DOS Window)

  • BOXES.MOD/BOXES.RES - Boxes application (color demo)
  • CALC.MOD/CALC.RES - Calculator application
  • COMMAND.COM - Microsoft MS-DOS command interpreter
  • CONFIG.BIN - The system configuration file
  • CURSOR.MOD - The Cursor Routines file
  • DEMO.BAT - A batch file used to launch the Microsoft Windows demonstration
  • DISPLAY.MOD - Display driver
  • FONT.RES - Font resources
  • GDI.MOD - GDI (Graphics Device Interface) 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
  • PUZZLE.MOD/PUZZLE.RES - Puzzle application
  • REVERSI.MOD/REVERSI.RES - Reversi application
  • SAMPLE.MOD/ SAMPLE.RES - Sample application
  • SHELL.MOD/SHELL.RES - "DOS Window" shell application (later became MS-DOS Executive (MSDOS.EXE)
  • TIMER.MOD - System timer driver
  • WINDOWS.MOD/WINDOWS.RES - Microsoft Windows User component

Gallery

References

  1. Computer History Museum: Radio Shack Presents Tandy 2000 with John Roach (around 55:35)