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Released on 20th October 1985 by Microsoft .


		20 Oct 85	Windows 1.0
		85	Windows 1.01 (30 screenshots)
			Windows 1.02
		86	Windows 1.03
		86	Windows 1.04

		9 Dec 87	Windows 2.0

“Microsoft Windows” from Byte 1983

“Microsoft does Windows” from PC World 1984

“Drawing back the curtain on Windows shows Microsoft has a clear edge” from PC Magazine 1985

“Microsoft Windows” from 1985

“Microsoft Windows” from 1986

“Sorting out fact from fiction in the Apple-Microsoft lawsuit” from PC Magazine 1988

“One thousand square pixels of canvas” by Marcin Wichary, 2003

“Interview with Nathan Lineback” by Marcin Wichary, 2005

Windows 1.x screenshots

from Nathan Lineback

Windows 1.01

5 magazine ads, including:

Eight-page advertisement of Windows 1.0 from Byte 1/1986

Two-page advertisement of Windows 1.0 from PC Magazine 1985

1 other ad:

A slideshow from 1985’s preview disk

Write and Paint were originally thought to be bundled with Windows 1.0 only as a promotional offer, similarly to what Apple did with original Macintosh. However, both Paint and Write (and its successor, WordPad) are included with Windows to this date.