You've Been In The Pipeline Filling In Time Part 1 - Preview

Windows 2.03.

THIS TIME THERE IS A MOUSE THAT WORKS!

Windows 2.0 is a 16-bit Microsoft Windows GUI-based operating environment that was released on December 9, 1987, and is the successor to Windows 1.0

Windows 2.0 allowed application windows to overlap each other unlike its predecessor Windows 1.0, which could display only tiled windows. Windows 2.0 also introduced more sophisticated keyboard-shortcuts and the terminology of "Minimize" and "Maximize", as opposed to "Iconize" and "Zoom" in Windows 1.0. The basic window setup introduced here would last through Windows 3.1. Like Windows 1.x, Windows 2.x applications cannot be run on Windows 3.1 or up without modifications since they were not designed for protected mode. Windows 2.0 was also the first Windows version to integrate the control panel.

New features in Windows 2.0 included VGA graphics (although 16 colors only). It was also the last version of Windows that did not require a hard disk. With the improved speed, reliability and usability, computers now started becoming a part of daily life for some workers. Desktop icons and use of keyboard shortcuts helped to speed up the work. The Windows 2.x EGA, VGA, and Tandy drivers notably provided a workaround in Windows 3.0 for users who wanted color graphics on 8086 machines (a feature that version normally did not support). EMS memory support also appeared for the first time. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2.0

That is Wikipedia-ness.

Couple of screens now then some actual stuff later on.

 The front box art from Windows 2.11.  We aren't going to be looking much at this version at the moment because DosBox cannot handle the memory requirements.

So here we have the directory readout and software version. Thirty-one files and a whopping 1.3MB...Seems kind of sparse, eh?

Here is the same screen from Windows 7, just for the sake of comparison.  35 files, 56 directories and a whopping 6.6GB for this install.  I realize this is not stock, but the installation DVD is almost 4GB.

My understanding is that this version of Windows is the last that is able to be installed and run from a floppy disk(gasp!)

Have a splash screen!

Anyway, real content to come later.  Maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after...Who knows.

I feel good about being able to get through all of these though.