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A developer got Word 1.1a from 1990 to run on Windows 11 - try it yourself

zdnet.com · 8h

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Longing for a plain, old-fashioned version of Microsoft Word without all the bells, whistles, and AI slop? One developer managed to coax Word 1.1a to run on today's Windows.

First report: x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a arrives — you can now run this seminal 1990 word processor natively in Windows 11 tomshardware.com, 2d

The coverage

  1. 'Not all heroes wear capes': Someone ported Word from 1990 to run in Windows 11, and it's perhaps the ultimate protest against Microsoft's bloat

    techradar.com · 8h

  2. Microsoft Word circa 1990 can now run on modern Windows, thanks to a new native port

    techspot.com · 1d

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