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Released on 20th October 1985 by Microsoft Link points to external site.


Timeline
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 87Windows 2.0
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Articles
“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

Links
Windows 1.x screenshots Link points to external site from Nathan Lineback
Featured edition
Welcome splash in Windows 1.01
Windows 1.01
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Ads
5 magazine ads, including:


Bill Gates’s endorsement of Tandy 2000 computers as a perfect platform to run Windows 1.0
One-page advertisement of Windows 1.0 Software Development Kit from Byte 9/86

1 other ad:
A slideshow from 1985’s preview disk
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Featured icons
ClockFile managerGeneralCalendarTerminal
CalculatorNotepadText editorAddress book
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Did you know...

To promote Windows 1.0, Microsoft sent out a press kit featuring... a cotton washcloth to clean windows. Link points to external site

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