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 Development 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.

This build predates NE and uses the .MOD extension as the main executable format.

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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 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.
+This build predates NE and uses the <code>.MOD</code> extension as the main executable format.
 '''The files here are as follows:'''