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Windows 2.0

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Developers: Microsoft
Date of the premiere of the system: 1987/11/01
Technology: OS

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Windows 2.0 is the graphical operating environment released Microsoft corporation on November 1, 1987.

History

The new Windows 2.03 released in November, 1987 differed from the predecessors in the advanced interface, the implemented system of the blocked windows, PS/2 mouse support.

On May 27, 1988 version 2.10 in which the HIMEM.SYS driver appeared was released, support of the new equipment, etc. was added.

Windows 2.10, also as well as the next version 2.11 (1989) existed in two editions - Windows/286 and Windows/386.

In Windows 2.11 small errors in memory management were corrected, AppleTalk support is added, drivers of printers are updated, the print speed is increased.

Specific Features

In Windows 2.x the control interface of windows was seriously reviewed: now in the upper right corner of a window there were two buttons – "contract" also "unroll/recover." Besides, the size of a window could be changed, having pulled a mouse for a frame. Windows which size could not be changed in the upper right corner had only one button – "contract".

The version of Windows/286 was Windows 2.03 improved by the version with support of the protocol of extended memory management of EMS 4.0.

The version of Windows/386 gave slightly more opportunities, Using hardware advantages of processor 80386, this Wednesday could emulate an extended memory in an add-in memory and execute at the same time several programs.

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