ExtremeTech

How to run Windows 1.01 in your browser

Thanks to the surprising power and flexibility of JavaScript, you can now run Windows 1.01 in your web browser. Yes, despite missing the boat by some 28 years, you can now draw stunning monochrome art ...
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Windows 1.01 was launched 40 years ago, but it didn't start well — Microsoft's graphical OS adventures were uncompetitive at launch

Windows 1.01 was released by Microsoft 40 years ago. It was the software company’s first commercially released WIMP (Windows, Icons, Menus, and Pointer)-driven shell, laying the foundations for the ...
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Downgrading Microsoft Windows -- from Windows 11 to Windows 1.01

From Windows 1.01, released in 1985, to Windows 11, introduced in 2021, each iteration of Microsoft's operating system has brought its own set of features and improvements. Windows 1.01, with its ...
GeekWire

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

Members of the Windows 1.0 team at their 40-year reunion this week. L-R, kneeling/sitting: Joe Barello, Ed Mills, Tandy Trower, Mark Cliggett, Steve Ballmer (holding a Windows 1.0 screenshot) and Don ...