Someone ported Microsoft Word from 1990 onto x64 systems, and you can download it right now
A glimpse into how Microsoft's productivity suite started its life.
Someone has ported Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1 to modern x64 systems, allowing users to download and run the 30-year-old software. The port was created by developer Justin Marshall, who used the original source code that Microsoft shared with the community in 2014.
The port brings the original Word for Windows experience to modern Windows systems, with the original application running with its original resources and UI elements intact. No emulation, virtualization, or reimplementation was involved in the process.
Marshall had to adapt specific behaviors tied to the Win16 API to modern Win32 APIs and rebuild dialogs, cursors, and bitmap elements with native host tools. The port is now available for download, offering a nostalgic look back at the early days of Microsoft Word.
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