Description

Windows 1.04 was released in April 1987, compared to the previous 1.0x versions, many bugs have been fixed in version 1.04. Microsoft also added support for IBM personal system / 2 computers in this version.

General information from Windows 1.x

It requires running the MS-DOS environment on the system because it runs as an application on top of the Microsoft DOS (MS-DOS) operating system. Windows 1.x does not have an OS like DOS, it is a MS-DOS application that comes with a graphical user interface. As soon as you boot the operating system, you can see the graphical user interface (GUI), not DOS command line. Users can use the mouse and keyboard to use the software. The home (desktop) screen shows you MS-DOS executive file manager, which lists several programs such as CALC.EXE (calculator), PAINT.EXE (paint), COMMAND.COM (DOS command line) etc.

Specification

System requirements

• MS-DOS 2.0.
• 256 KB RAM.
• Two floppy disk drives or an hard drive.