Microsoft Window Manager Demonstration is the earliest build of Microsoft Windows confirmed to exist. It was shown in the December 1983 issue of BYTE Magazine, though the build itself (version 0.01) is much older and was already obsolete by the time the article was published, was compiled on September 12, 1983.[1] Microsoft redesigned the user interface sometime before the official announcement on November 10, 1983 and the new UI had little in common with this early one.[2]
Description[]
The interface is very similar to Microsoft's DOS applications such as Word and Multiplan which were also released or in development at the time, with a command bar at the bottom of the screen, and featured overlapping windows that were later replaced by tiling windows. It was demonstrated to certain members of the press sometime in 1983. It remains unclear whether the build and applications demonstrated were actually fully functional or just cleverly crafted to create an illusion of a working system.
Photos of various MS-DOS computers running this build were also published.
Similar mock build[]
The Microsoft Interface Manager Internal Test Release #3 was actually later based on the images seen on the December 1983 "BYTE" magazine. It is a mock version of the early Windows 1.0 build, and isn't real.[3]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Windows 1.0 BYTE demo, BetaWiki. Accessed 2022-04-19.
- ↑ Nov. 10, 1983: Gates Opens Windows a Bit Early, Wired. 2011-11-10.
- ↑ Interface Manager Internal Test Release 3, BetaWiki. Accessed 2022-04-19.
External links[]
- "Microsoft Windows" A mouse with modest requirements by Phil Lemmons, reprinted from Byte p.48-54 (1983-12)
- Microsoft Windows 1983 pre-Version 1.0 demo by Phil Lemmons at Toasty Technology