   
| Release date: | 1986 |
| Media size: | Six 360 KB 5.25 inch floppy disks |
| Installed size: | Around 2.2 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 1.03 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 1.03
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Information about the needed floppy disks (six 360 KByte 5.25 inch
floppy disks) and technical specifications.
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A new feature: support of different keyboard layouts, 26
country layout and a company-specific layout.
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Input device selection (mices, joysticks and lightpen).
Support for PS2-devices (based on IBM's Personal Computer layout) is
included in Windows-2.03 and later.
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Graphic device selection, support is available for different
monochrome and lowres cards (CGA and Hercules) and 16 (or 64) colour
support on EGA-cards.
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Request to insert the next installation floppy.
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Printer selection, now with six additional models available.
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Choose the port the printer is connected to.
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A new feature: support of more than a single printer.
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Finished installation. Now, let's start the magnificant graphical
user interface...
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The main view on MS-DOS Executive - no real changes
compared to Windows 1.01, but many more files included. The small window
in the upper left displays some file-information (name, size, modifcation
time).
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The control panel, the main configuration window for all
adjustable settings of Windows 1.03. Well, not many options - but fine-
tuning of the mouse-settings, printer-management and (as a new feature:
company-settings) were available.
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The calendar, with support of more options.
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A new feature: the printer spooler with all configured printers
(only one with Postscript-support).
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Microsoft Write with the same example-document as in Windows 1.01,
but with different formatting. The internal font-handling seems to be
changed...
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The Microsoft Paint program with no real enhancements.
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Say goodbye to Windows 1.03 using ALT-F4.
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