The third version of Windows was the first major commercial success. With PCE.js you can also try Windows 3.0 in your browser. The first version of Windows can’t do much though – maybe you could have a fun game of the classic Reversi? With the PC emulator PCE.js by James Friend, you can operate a complete IBM PC XT including floppy drive and Windows 1:01. The public reaction was pretty limited because without expensive hardware like a mouse, hard disk, and memory expansion, Windows had no real purpose.įrom today’s perspective, that’s kind of hard to imagine! Today to run Windows 1:01 all you need is a web browser and Java. The first version of Windows was released on November 20, 1985.
