Windows 1.0/Development Release 2: Difference between revisions

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

Development 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.

For some reason, this build does not include the Clipboard app, which was included again in the next 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.RES: Color demo
CALC.MOD/CALC.RES: Calculator application
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
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
TIMER.MOD: System timer driver file
WINDOWS.MOD/WINDOWS.RES: Microsoft Windows User component

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-[[File:T2000_Jun84.png|thumb|Developer Release 2 (DR2) demonstrated on the Tandy 2000 personal computer.]]
+[[File:T2000_Jun84.png|thumb|Development 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.
+'''Development 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.
 For some reason, this build does not include the Clipboard app, which was included again in the [[Windows 1.0/Later Tandy 2000 build|next build]].
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 '''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>CALC.RES</code>: Resource file for Calculator application
 * <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 24: / Line 22: @@
 * <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>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