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Sunday, April 22 2018

Evolution of Windows 1.0 part 6: Wang's Comdex demo

Sunday, April 22 2018, 11:30 / no comments

Finally, we reach Comdex Fall 83, which took place between 28th November and 2nd December 1983 in Las Vegas. Microsoft was there, of course, showing off their freshly announced Windows, along with their OEM partners who already signed up to support the OS. One of them was Wang. Some brief footage of their demo is available online for us to take look at.

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Wednesday, April 4 2018

Evolution of Windows 1.0 Part 2 Update

Wednesday, April 4 2018, 13:22 / no comments

A couple of new photos of the announcement build were found.

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Friday, February 23 2018

Evolution of Windows 1.0 Part 5: COMDEX promotional material

Friday, February 23 2018, 20:18 / no comments

Windows 1.0 was demonstrated at fall COMDEX 1983 on 29th November. Microsoft also prepared some promotional material for this occasion, which includes three photos of the OS.

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Friday, February 16 2018

Evolution of Windows 1.0 Part 4 update

Friday, February 16 2018, 19:59 / no comments

Today I found some new photos in various French magazines, including two I've already discussed in part 4. These new ones are in much better quality though.

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Wednesday, January 31 2018

List of Windows 1.0 OEM releases

Wednesday, January 31 2018, 13:14 / no comments

Despite the known fact that Windows 1.0 was quite a commercial failure, you'd be surprised to know how many OEMs shipped it with their hardware.

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