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Applications for Windows 1.x and 2.x
Or "Sick Windows Tricks 4"!
I had previously posted some freeware games and developer samples for
Windows 1.x and 2.x w1w2app.zip Since then a
few more applications have surfaced.
Lets start with this little surprise: How often do you see a NEW application
for Windows 1? Well then, make this the first time since about 1987!
I present WineMine for Windows 1.01!
This is a port of the MineSweeper program used by ReactOS and Wine.
Surprisingly it uses a conservative set of WIN APIs that made it easy to
recompile for Windows 1. After working around a couple of Windows 1.x/2.x
bugs and shortcomings, it seems to work fairly well!
It runs natively under Windows 1.x, 2.x and in "compatibility mode"
under Windows 3.x. The Windows 1.x version will not run under Windows 95/NT
or later, but I have included a resource converted version that will.
Download here: win1winemine.zip
While searching around for Windows 1.0 applications, I came across
the site of Charles Petzold, who has written a number of books on Win 16/32
programming over the years: http://www.charlespetzold.com/etc/windows1/
On this page he demonstrates a sample "Cake" program for Windows 1.x, but
where is the executable? Is the cake a lie?!
The source code is posted, and probably the intent is that you should
compile it yourself. But for your convenience, I made you a cake!
Windows 1.0 cake program: win1cake.zip
Here is an interesting game that was written in 1985 for Windows 1.01
called "Balance of Power".
It appears it was distributed as a "DOS" program on a self-booting 360k
floppy disk, and used a very minimal Windows 1.01 runtime.
Download Balance of Power: BOPIMA.zip (set
up for DOSBox)
At long, long, last a copy of Aldus PageMaker 1.00 has appeared!
You could probably count the number of significant commercial applications
developed for Windows 1.x on one hand, and this was one of them.
For the sake of historical preservation: AldusPageMaker1_0.zip
Also a slightly newer version with the Windows 1.04 runtime: Aldus
PageMaker 1.0A.zip
Update:Update:Update:Micrografx
In*a*Vision!!!
The other known significant commercial application for Windows 1.x was
Micrografx In*a*Vision. The Windows 2 and later versions of this were renamed
to "Designer".
Micrografx In-A-Vision 1.23.zip
Update: ZSoft PC Paintbrush
for Windows version 1.05 turned up.
PC Paintbrush 1.05 for Microsoft Windows is a port of ZSoft's DOS-Based
PC Paintbrush program to the Microsoft Windows environment. This version
was included on the mouse driver disk of some Windows 2 / Microsoft Mouse
bundles, but ZSoft also advertised it as a standalone product. A later
version of this program was bundled with Windows 3.x as Microsoft Paintbrush.
Although it was bundled with and intended for use with Windows 2, it
is also designed to run under Windows 1.x.
This Windows version should not be confused with the more popular version
of PC Paintbrush for DOS. Also when Zsoft was bought out, Softkey confusingly
restarted the version number over with PC Paintbrush 1.00 for their commercial
Windows 3.x version release. (It is also no relation to the software "PC
Paint" bundled with Mouse Systems mice.)
The ability to edit and display color bit-mapped graphics under Windows
1 is an interesting feat. Windows 1 and 2 only support monochrome device
independent bitmaps, with no concept of a pallet. As such, all color PCX
files are assumed to match the 8-color EGA pallet used by Windows 1 and
2. (So to create a PCX file it will open, it must have the first 8 colors
match that pallet)
PC Paintbrush for
Windows 1.05 (3.5).zip
Update: Micrografx Draw
turned up! It is a vector drawing tool, similar to In*A*Vision, but geared
more towards drawing clipart rather than an illustration tool. It bundles
a Windows 1.03 runtime, and includes a few extra drivers not supplied by
Microsoft.
Micrografx Windows Draw 1.04.zip
Manuals:
Micrografx
Windows Draw 1.04 - Readme 1st.pdf
Micrografx
Windows Draw 1.04 - Getting Started.pdf
Micrografx Windows
Draw 1.04.pdf
Portfolio, a clipart viewer and clipboard tool for Draw/In*A*Vision:
Micrografx Portfolio 1.0.zip
Micrografx
Portfolio 1.0 Manual.pdf
(click for the full size version)
And here is another sick Windows 1 trick, Windows 1 running at 800*600
thanks to this driver modification: http://www.seasip.info/Misc/win1.html
Here is a local copy just in case: win1vga.zip
Finally, here are a few more small code sample apps that run under
Windows 1.x and happen to be slightly useful or interesting on their own.
This includes a hexadecimal calculator, a simple bouncing ball program,
a tool for saving the contents of the clipboard, and a clock that sits
in the icon area - similar to Windows 95 and later.
Code sample programs: win1samples.zip
Also came across several more shareware programs. First, a Mah Jong
program called Taipei that seems to run great under Windows 1, although
the readme suggests it was for Windows 2. Also an earlier version of the
Missile Command-like Starbase program that works under Windows 1. And finally
some miscellaneous shareware apps including a checkers program that happen
to run under Windows 1.
Win1Taipei1.02.zip
Win1Starbase0.02.zip
Win1MoreMiscApps.zip
Win1Puzzle.zip
Update:
morewin1.zip
Video Drivers:
Persyst BoB 16 Win 1.01
Drivers.zip
New: ATI VGA Wonder Driver
1.03.zip - Includes Win 1.x and 2.x drivers
New: ATI VGA Wonder Driver
1.05.zip ATI
VGA Wonder Manual
Update:
A Microsoft Windows 1.03 driver disk set with drivers for:
Moniterm Viking I
Sigma Color 400
STB HT Chauffer
STB Multi Res
Tseng EVA
Video-7 Vega Deluxe with NEC Multisync Enhanced Color display
Vermont Microsystems Inc. Image Manager 1024
Wyse WY-700 High Resolution Display Adapter
win1drv.zip
It looks like there is also supposed to be a printers driver disk with
this set, but is missing.
A driver disk that adds support for the Tandy 2000 to Windows 1.
Win1Tandy2000Drivers.zip
Win1OpusComposer104SW.zip -
A Win1.x music composer, the full version would have MIDI support.
Win1WinSong201SW.zip - A later renamed
version of the above.
Others known/suspected to run under Windows 1:
hDC ClickStart - a menuing / automation tool from hDC Computer Corp
- became hDC Windows Express (source PC Mag Dec 22, 1987)
Micrografx Windows Graph - a graphing tool from Micrografx Inc.
Omnis Quartz - a database package from Blyth Software
ATI EGA Wonder 800+ Drivers (Possibly other earlier ATI EGA Wonder
variants also)
Publisher's Type Foundry from ZSoft. |
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