17 Apr
2002
17 Apr
'02
8:24 a.m.
Zenith changed their software packaging a few times
over the years.
This is the same packaging as what I have on OS/2 1.0, and MS-DOS
3.3+.
Consequently, looking back at the calendar, I think that
it's far more likely that this is Windows 2.0 or 2.1.
It's not much help, but the first Z248 that we recieved had MS-DOS 3.x and
Windows 1.0x floppies included with it.
I've never seen a copy of Windows 2.x, however, oddly enough I recently
found a shrinkwrapped copy of Windows 1.0 in the trash!
On a vaguely interesting Windows 1.x note, the PC version of the game
"Balance of Power" included just enough of Windows 1.x to run the game! It
was the only use I ever had for Windows 1.x :^)
Zane
17 Apr
17 Apr
1:29 a.m.
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I've never seen a copy of Windows 2.x, however,
oddly enough I recently
found a shrinkwrapped copy of Windows 1.0 in the trash!
Quite the score! I have Windows 2.0.
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1:43 p.m.
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Zane H. Healy wrote:
So somewhere I have a box of Tandy "Windows 286". That would be near
v3.0, right? Should I go dig it out and report further? IIRC, it's
still shrinkwrapped.
Doc
I've never seen a copy of Windows 2.x,
however, oddly enough I recently
found a shrinkwrapped copy of Windows 1.0 in the trash!
Quite the score! I have Windows 2.0. 
17 Jun
17 Jun
5:56 p.m.
Zip files of the disks (1-6) for Windows 1.03 are available at:
http://www.dualdataproxy.com/download/win103/
-W
18 Apr
18 Apr
4:21 a.m.
--- Sellam Ismail <foo(a)siconic.com> wrote:
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Zane H. Healy wrote:
I've got an old copy of Windows 1.0 that I used as a trade-in for an
old copy of OS/2. It's 1.03 AFAIK. Never loaded it.
-ethan
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I've never seen a copy of Windows 2.x,
however, oddly enough I recently
found a shrinkwrapped copy of Windows 1.0 in the trash!
Quite the score! I have Windows 2.0. 
17 Apr
17 Apr
2:15 p.m.
On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Zane H. Healy wrote:
It's not much help, but the first Z248 that we
recieved had MS-DOS 3.x and
Windows 1.0x floppies included with it.
I've never seen a copy of Windows 2.x, however, oddly enough I recently
found a shrinkwrapped copy of Windows 1.0 in the trash!
On a vaguely interesting Windows 1.x note, the PC version of the game
"Balance of Power" included just enough of Windows 1.x to run the game! It
was the only use I ever had for Windows 1.x :^)
That takes me back. Balance of Power was a cool game. Spent many late
nights in college playing that game (Political Sci major). The graphics
were sort of neat for a strategy-type game. I did not realize that it was
an early windows.
--
23 Apr
23 Apr
3 p.m.
I don't recall any "Windows 2.0", but rather Windows 286 and Windows
386.
"Zane H. Healy" wrote:
Zenith changed their software packaging a few
times over the years.
This is the same packaging as what I have on OS/2 1.0, and MS-DOS
3.3+.
Consequently, looking back at the calendar, I think that
it's far more likely that this is Windows 2.0 or 2.1.
It's not much help, but the first Z248 that we recieved had MS-DOS 3.x and
Windows 1.0x floppies included with it.
I've never seen a copy of Windows 2.x, however, oddly enough I recently
found a shrinkwrapped copy of Windows 1.0 in the trash!
On a vaguely interesting Windows 1.x note, the PC version of the game
"Balance of Power" included just enough of Windows 1.x to run the game! It
was the only use I ever had for Windows 1.x :^)
Zane 
4:46 p.m.
Windows 2 was what they shipped so you could run Excel, which had grown
popular on the MacIntosh, on the PC/AT. That's where much of the prejudice
against "smartdrv" came from, since that first release didn't work very
well.
I don't think there were many other app's for it.
Dick
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From: "Marvin Johnston" <marvin(a)rain.org>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2002 9:00 PM
Subject: Re: "Windows V1.0"
I don't recall any "Windows 2.0", but rather Windows 286 and Windows
386.
"Zane H. Healy" wrote:
>
> > Zenith changed their software packaging a few times over the years.
> >
> > This is the same packaging as what I have on OS/2 1.0, and MS-DOS
> > 3.3+.
> >
> > Consequently, looking back at the calendar, I think that
> > it's far more likely that this is Windows 2.0 or 2.1.
>
> It's not much help, but the first Z248 that we recieved had MS-DOS 3.x and
> Windows 1.0x floppies included with it.
>
> I've never seen a copy of Windows 2.x, however, oddly enough I recently
> found a shrinkwrapped copy of Windows 1.0 in the trash!
>
> On a vaguely interesting Windows 1.x note, the PC version of the game
> "Balance of Power" included just enough of Windows 1.x to run the game!
It
was the only
use I ever had for Windows 1.x :^)
Zane
24 Apr
24 Apr
5:07 a.m.
I don't recall any "Windows 2.0", but rather Windows 286 and Windows
386.
Windows 2.0 originally shipped as Windows 2.0, then split into Windows 286
(which was just Windows 2.0 and would run on an 8080) and Windows 386 (which
was Windows 2.0+EMM386)
Windows didn't really have 386 support until 3.0
Eric
5:34 a.m.
"Eric J. Korpela" wrote:
Dos never had 386 support ...
grrr!
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I don't recall any "Windows 2.0", but rather Windows 286 and Windows
386.
Windows 2.0 originally shipped as Windows 2.0, then split into Windows 286
(which was just Windows 2.0 and would run on an 8080) and Windows 386 (which
was Windows 2.0+EMM386)
Windows didn't really have 386 support until 3.0
5:12 a.m.
I don't recall any "Windows 2.0", but rather Windows 286 and Windows
386.
I should also point out that regardless of the processor Windows 286
ran in real mode without support for XMS. Windows 386 ran under EMM386
which put the processor in Virtual mode. The windows executable was identical
to the 286 version and memory beyond 640k was accessed via the EEMS 3.2
specification (EMS 4.0 didn't yet exist).
Eric
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