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**Development Release #2**

Kernel version	1.0
CPU architecture	x86 (16-bit)
Compile date	June 1984

Development Release #2 is an early pre-release build of the Microsoft Windows 1.0 operating system, compiled sometime in June 1984. Only the Tandy 2000 variant of this build is currently known to exist, however, a PC-compatible variant of this build would've been shipped as well.

Overview

This build, respectively its Tandy 2000 variant, was demonstrated at the Boston Computer Society meeting in June 1984. Just like the previous, this build was launched from a file called DEMO.BAT, and was ran from a single 5,25" floppy disk. It can be seen that this build uses the .MOD extension and thus predates the NE executable format. This remains until Development Release #5.

The Clipboard application was not included in the demonstration. It is currently unknown why it was removed.

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

DOS Window
"Special" menu
DOS Window (long-view)
Multitasking
Resizing windows
Puzzle application
Color Demo (palette)
Color Demo (boxes)
Status bar menu

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 '''Development Release #2''' is an early pre-release build of the [[Microsoft]] [[Windows 1.0]] operating system, compiled sometime in June 1984. Only the [[wikipedia:Tandy 2000|Tandy 2000]] variant of this build is currently known to exist, however, a PC-compatible variant of this build would've been shipped as well.
-The Clipboard application was not included in this build. It is currently unknown why it was removed. <!-- unfinished -->
+== Overview ==
+This build, respectively its Tandy 2000 variant, was demonstrated at the Boston Computer Society meeting in June 1984. Just like the [[Windows 1.0/Development Release 1|previous]], this build was launched from a file called <code>DEMO.BAT</code>, and was ran from a single 5,25" floppy disk. It can be seen that this build uses the <code>.MOD</code> extension and thus predates the [[wikipedia:New Executable|NE]] executable format. This remains until [[Windows 1.0/Development Release 5|Development Release #5]].
-== Overview ==
+The Clipboard application was not included in the demonstration. It is currently unknown why it was removed.
-Just like the [[Windows 1.0/Development Release 1|previous build]], this build was launched from a file called <code>DEMO.BAT</code>, and was ran from a single 5,25" floppy disk. It also uses the <code>.MOD</code> extension as the main executable format and thus predates NE.
 == File list ==
-This build came with the following files:
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 File list (as seen in the DOS Window)