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Scans of the 5.25 inch floppy drives on which the "Premiere Edition" of Microsoft Windows was distributed.
A: Bellevue, Washington, United States
Microsoft introduces Windows 1.0 for the PC
11/20/1985
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Screenshot of Microsoft Windows 1.0.
On November 20, 1985 Microsoft introduced
Windows 1.0
for the PC. Rather than a completely new operating system, Windows 1.0 was a
graphical user interface (GUI)
multi-tasking
operating environment
extension of MS-DOS.
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