Windows 1.0 Premiere Edition Windows 1.0 was the first release of what eventually made it onto almost every desktop computer in the entire world. Many of you are probably unaware of this release from 1985; conceived from ideas found in the original Lisa/Macintosh and Xerox Star system, Windows 1.0 was Microsoft's attempt at a graphical multitasking operating environment for the IBM PC. Install Windows 1 01 Dosbox Frontend Guide to play SEGA games on Windows 10, Windows 8 and Windows 7, XP and Vista with the KEGA Fusion SEGA emulator, which emulates the Megadrive/Genesis, Game Gear. Install, compile and execute C program with Visual C 2008 Express Edition with SP1 in Windows Download and install.
Windows 1.0 was the first release of what eventually made it onto almost every desktop computer in the entire world. Many of you are probably unaware of this release from 1985; conceived from ideas found in the original Lisa/Macintosh and Xerox Star system, Windows 1.0 was Microsoft's attempt at a graphical multitasking operating environment for the IBM PC.
The earliest known appearance of 'Microsoft Windows' was in a 1983 Byte Magazine, and it was heavily promoted at the Fall 1983 Comdex. It was marketed as a response to GUI environments such as Digital Research GSX, VisiCorp Visi On, and Apple Macintosh, although the first completed release was not until late 1985.
Windows 1.0x features co-operative multitasking, tiled windows, ability to launch and integrate with DOS programs, runs on top of existing DOS, supports 8088 based PCs with IBM CGA, Hercules Monochrome, and IBM EGA video.
It was followed up by Windows 2.x.
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'DR5' is the earliest release known to still exist. If you think you have found an earlier build, please see our contributions section!
This was the 5th pre-release of Windows given to developers. It contained sample applications, some with source code. This requires MS-DOS 2.x or 3.0 to run. A serial or bus mouse is also required.
CGA and Hercules graphics support was included in both.
Installation instructions
PCem is known to run this. You will need the Generic XT BIOS ROM and PCem 0.5 or better. You will need to create a hard disk in PCem to use, 32 sectors, 16 heads and 30 cylinders will get you an 8MB hard disk. You will need to install DOS before Windows DR 5.
To switch from default CGA graphics to Hercules, do the following on command line:
- path C:windowsbin
- cd C:Windowstest
- drivers HERCURLES
You can swap back by running drivers IBMCOLOR to go back to CGA.
![Install Install](http://blog.windows8downloads.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1.jpg)
Screenshots courtesy of ToastyTech
Description
Windows is the the shorthand name usually referring to Windows 3.11 (or Windows for Workgroups 3.11). It is a graphical shell as well as a thin Operating Environment (not quite an operating system, but close) for applications to share information and interact with certain hardware (like Sound Cards, Printers, Networking (in later versions), Mice etc). While Windows is not a game, the ability to run windows opens up a new library of games that cannot run from the command line.
Status
Windows makes heavy use of system hardware so while it executes, there is still a lot of work to do in making each aspect of it work. The overall status of Windows is that it can work (to a degree) but this level of compatibility varies version to version.
Making it work
To get Windows before 3.0 to run, you must set the DOS version to a pre 5.0 number.Ex: VER SET 4.0
3.0 does not need this, and will run with DOSBox's default setting of 5.0.
Versions
- Windows 3.0 (includes versions 3.1 and 3.11)
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