Windows 1.0/Development Release 2: Difference between revisions

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Developer Release 2 (DR2) demonstrated on the Tandy 2000 personal computer.

Developer Release 2 is an early pre-release build of Microsoft Windows 1.0, demonstrated on the Tandy 2000 personal computer. It is the second build from the Developer Release line.

Changes

The Clipboard app was dropped from this build.

Files

Just like the previous build, 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.

Note that whereas versions of Windows for the IBM PC and compatibles generally used the .EXE file extension for executable program files, this demonstration instead used the .MOD extension for most executable files.

The files here are as follows:

BOXES.MOD: Boxes sample
BOXES.RES: Resource file for Boxes sample
CALC.MOD: Calculator application
CALC.RES: Resource file for Calculator application
COMMAND.COM: Microsoft MS-DOS command interpreter
CONFIG.BIN: System configuration file
CURSOR.MOD: Mouse cursor file
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
KERNEL.MOD: Microsoft Windows kernel system file
KEYBOARD.MOD: Keyboard system file
KEYNAMES.BIN: Extra keyboard system file
MB.EXE: Mapbase application (MS-DOS)
MOUSE.MOD: Mouse driver file
PUZZLE.MOD: Puzzle sample application
PUZZLE.RES: Resource file for Puzzle sample application
REVERSI.MOD: Reversi sample application
REVERSI.RES: Resource file for Reversi sample application
SAMPLE.MOD: Sample Application
SAMPLE.RES: Resource file for Sample Application
SHELL.MOD: "DOS Window" shell application
SHELL.RES: Resource file for "DOS Window" shell application
TIMER.MOD: System timer driver file
WINDOWS.MOD: Microsoft Windows executable file
WINDOWS.RES: Resource file for Microsoft Windows executable file

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 '''Developer Release 2''' is an early pre-release build of [[Microsoft]] [[Windows 1.0]], demonstrated on the Tandy 2000 personal computer. It is the second build from the Developer Release line.
+== Changes ==
+* The Clipboard app was dropped from this build.
 == Files ==
-Like [[Windows 1.0/DR1|Developer Release 1]], 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.
+Just like the [[Windows 1.0/DR1|previous build]], 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.
 Note that whereas versions of Windows for the IBM PC and compatibles generally used the <code>.EXE</code> file extension for executable program files, this demonstration instead used the <code>.MOD</code> extension for most executable files.