Sep
17
by Peter
Not many people have seen Windows 1.0. I believe the first version I used was 2.0 or 2.1. Well, here’s some nostalgic videos from the early days of Windows.
Windows 1.0 Commercial (Check out Steve Ballmer! A little too much coffee?)
Windows 1.0 Running on IBM XT (clickety-clack)
Windows 1.0 Features Slideshow
David Letterman’s History of Microsoft
More Windows 1.0 Goodies
- 20 things you didn’t know about Windows 1.0
- From Windows 1.0 to Vista photo history
- More historical screenshots
- Wikipedia entry for Windows 1.0
- Wikipedia entry for Microsoft Windows
- Download a copy of Windows 1.0 (905KB RAR file)
And last, but not least, buy your own copy of Microsoft Windows 1.0 on eBay! At the time of this post, there was one copy available with six bids and a high bid of $22.51.
