Microsoft Windows 1.01, the first public version of Windows, was released on November 20, 1985.It is shown here running on an IBM PC XT (Model 5160) with an EGA Display. You can also run Windows 1.01with a CGA Display. Or just for fun, on four machines simultaneously.
Pc Logo For Windows Version 1.01
Windows version 1.01, released on November 6, 1985, was the first public release of Windows. The first international release, Windows version 1.02, was released in May 1986. Windows version 1.03, released in August 1986, included enhancements that made it consistent with the international release, like drivers for European keyboards and additional screen and printer drivers. Windows version 1.04, released in April 1987, added support for the new IBM PS/2 computers, although no support for PS/2 mice or new VGA graphics modes was provided. However, on May 27, 1987, an OEM version was released by IBM, which added VGA support, PS/2 mouse support, MCGA support, and support for the 8514/A display driver.
The first release version was actually numbered 1.01. It has been rumored that version 1.00 was actually released but quickly pulled due to a severe flaw having to do with keyboard input. However, this rumour has now been fairly conclusively disproven through a number of reliable sources comments on the version history of Windows 1.x. For example, Ben Armstrong's (A program manager for Microsoft's Virtual Machine Technology Team) comments on Windows 1.0:
...few people know that Windows 1.0 was actually never released. Windows 1.0 was the version of Windows that was demonstrated at the '83 Comdex. It would be 14 months until Microsoft eventually released Windows 1.01 - which included some minor bug fixes - to the general public.
Their is Windows Version TC 1.00 is OEM version of Windows 1.01 produced by Tulip Computers in early 1986. A final (slightly modified due incorrect format(s)) converted version, based on a two-disk update set which converted their previous release Windows 1.xx.
Targus has finished engineering validation of the Targus MAC Address Clone (TMAC) utility version 1.01.033 adding support for forthcoming Targus Universal Docking Station products releases and enhanced functionality for non-Targus DisplayLink USB GbE solutions. It is recommended, and some cases necessary, to update from older versions of TMAC to version 1.01.033. It is recommended clients using TMAC should complete their own comprehensive validation before deploying TMAC company wide.
Background: The earliest confirmed build of Windows 1.0 dates back to May 1983 and was the feature of an article in BYTE magazine. Windows 1.0 is the first public version of the Windows line of operating systems (although Windows 1 through 3.1 were graphical shells installed on top of MS-DOS). Unlike future versions, Windows 1.x is the only one not to include overlapping and freely positionable windows on the desktop. Apple's Macintosh, released the previous year, already used overlapping windows. Microsoft decided to use "tiling" (which has made a bit of a comeback since Windows 7) in order to avoid a lawsuit from Apple Category:Education.
Screen: On a blue background, we see two white segmented copies of the then-current Microsoft logo at the top of the screen, blending together to form one whole logo. After they blend, text appears below the logo that reads "Microsoft Windows, Version 1.01."in white At the bottom of the screen is a copyright notice.Variants:
Cheesy Factor: None for the normal variant. However, on the Dell variant, Dell simply pasted their text and logo onto the raw source of the logo, which is a file called logo.sys. However, logo.sys is stored with a horizontal squish and Dell pasted the normal text onto the squished raw version, so the text and Dell logo looks stretched out when it is displayed normally.
Availability: Rare, due to Windows Vista rapidly losing usage following the release of Windows 7, as well as it not being used as much as other versions of Windows to begin with. Thisprecedes the logon screen, as the actual boot screen is very similar to the previous one.
In a post by gHacks, they have shared some sites where you can relive the ancient Windows versions for free. Windows 1.01 runs with the help of a PCJS emulator and gives you a taste of this breakthrough OS by Microsoft.
Windows 1.01 was launched in 1985 and allowed the users to multitask a taskbar similar to the latest versions of Windows. Those who have used older systems, would find this Windows 1.01 online version nostalgic.
Short Bytes: You can use the first GUI-enabled version of Microsoft Windows i.e. Windows 1.01, which has been put into an emulator by replicating the configuration of IBM PC XT 5160. The Windows 1.01 works inside your web browser.
The CGA graphics card-based version of the emulator appears to be black and white because it is so. For a colored version of Windows 1.01, EGA (Enhanced Color Display) graphics card was used which was a successor to CGA. These graphics cards were based on the architecture developed by Motorola. 2ff7e9595c
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