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Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

https://github.com/jmarshall23/msword

23•BruceEel•1h ago

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ulfw•43m ago

A screenshot or two would have been nice

consp•35m ago

Might the lack there of be copyright related? I guess not something you want to burn your hands on.

qingcharles•30m ago

The original source for WfW 1.1a was open sourced (I realize that doesn't mean there isn't copyright, but it's unlikely to be the reason that there are no pics):

https://github.com/danielcosta/MSWORD

warpech•33m ago

There is a screenshot in the original source code release: https://computerhistory.org/blog/microsoft-word-for-windows-...

qingcharles•28m ago

There are pics from the developer in this article (not sure why he neglected them in the README):

https://www.neowin.net/news/developer-ported-word-for-window...

zatkin•6m ago

>This project is a fully working native Windows x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, whose historical codename was Opus.

Not to be confused with the Anthropic LLM model Opus - what was once an old codename is as good as new once again!

Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

https://github.com/jmarshall23/msword

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