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Microsoft Word for Windows Version 1.1a Source Code 2016-12-28 09:18:52 Post No. 58214086
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Microsoft Word for Windows Version 1.1a Source Code
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2016-12-28 09:18:52
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>There’s only one way to understand the magic in detail: read the code. With the permission of Microsoft Corporation, the Computer History Museum is pleased to make available, for non-commercial use, the source code of Word for Windows version 1.1a as it was on January 10, 1991. This material is © Copyright by Microsoft.
>The 7 MB zip file contains 1021 files in 33 folders. In the root directory there is a “readme” file that briefly explains the rest of the contents. Most of it is source code in C, but there are also text documents, x86 assembler-language source files, executable tools, batch files, and more.
http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/microsoft-word-for-windows-1-1a-source-code/
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>>58214086
why modern versions need well over 400MB while doing exactly the same thing as the version from 25 years ago.
>tfw you remember autocad R14 and how lightweight it was
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Is word even worth it anymore?
Besides the effective monopoly that office has in the industry it's really been outpaced by it's competitors.
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>>58214330
>why modern versions need well over 400MB while doing exactly the same thing as the version from 25 years ago.
Because they add easter eggs like "accidently" adding the entire Microsoft Flight Simulator into Excel.
Yes, they actually did this.
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>>58215281
kek this
this was added to 98 version only I think
I remember the water animation was fucked up and I almost threw up from it
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>redistribution and derivative works premitted (non-commercially, but permitted)
ported to win32, win64 and gahnoo slash loonix WHEN?
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>>58214086
nice
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>>58215281
>"accidently" adding the entire Microsoft Flight Simulator into Excel.
source on this?
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>>58214086
didn't they also do this with the first version of MS-DOS as well about a year ago?
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impressive that they still have the source
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>>58215281
They added doom to one version of Excel, 95 I think.
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>>58218516
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=excel+easter+egg+flight+simulator
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>>58214910
>outpaced by competitors
By who?
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