   
| Release date: | 1985 |
| Media size: | Five 360 KB 5.25 inch floppy disks |
| Installed size: | Less than 1 MByte |
| Usability: | Small: no icons for executable programs, no program groups,
no real multitasking, but better than MS-DOS only |
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Start of the Microsoft Windows 1.01 setup program,
running on a MS-DOS 5.0 operating system. The most modern graphic
card was a EGA (Enhanced graphic adapter) with more than 64 KByte RAM,
capable to display 16 colours on a 640*350 pixel resolution.
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Specify the installation path for Windows 1.01
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Information about the needed floppy disks (five 360 KByte 5.25 inch
floppy disks) and technical specifications.
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Pointing device selection (different kind of mices, light pens and joysticks).
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Graphic adapter selection. Support was available for CGA (monochrome), Hercules
(monochrome, high-resolution) and EGA (4 to 16 colours at 640*350 pixels).
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Request to insert the next setup floppy.
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Printer selection. 19 different models were available.
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Port selection for the choosen printer device.
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Finished setup and installation.
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The main view on Windows 1.01. No icons, no program groups - just files.
Windows 1.01 consist of all shown files - no more, no less. Quite simple menues. Notice
the Name MS-DOS Executive.
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Notepad, a small text editor with fixed-sized fonts only, no status-bar
etc.
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The calendar, typical view of the current day. Alarms and views
could be changed and managed.
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The control panel, the main configuration window for all
adjustable settings of Windows 1.01. Well, not many options - but fine-
tuning of the mouse-settings and printer-management was available.
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The Reversi-game with different skills of the computer-opponent.
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Microsoft Write 1.00, a text-processor. Supports more than one
font, supports formatting of paragraphs and characters. The file-extension
has been specified with ".DOC".
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One of the two example documents for Microsoft Write,
written by Allen himself. Contains some more or less usefull hints
for selling a house.
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The terminal emulation for accessing remote servers via
a Null-modem-cable. There is no TCP/IP-based networking in Windows up
to version 3.11!
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Microsoft Paint, a drawing-program. Supports simple shapes,
different line-types and text...
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The builtin clock-programm, maximized to full screen.
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Say goodbye via ALT-F4 to Windows 1.01.
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