IBM TopView

A DOS text mode windowing shell from IBM that had some innovative object-oriented features that foreshadowed the WPS. In addition to the shell itself IBM sold a small number of TopView aware DOS applications.

Versions

 * TopView 1.00 (1985-03-05)
 * TopView 1.01 (1985)
 * TopView 1.10 (1986-04-02) - P/N 6024454
 * TopView 1.12 (1987-04-02) - P/N 6024475
 * Last known version, Item# 95X2974, AAS# 5604-037


 * Mar 1985: TopView Programmer's ToolKit Version 1.00 (P/N 6024133)
 * Apr 1986: TopView Programmer's ToolKit Version 1.10 (P/N 6024453)

Publications

 * Alan R. Miller: The Programmer's Guide to TopView - SYBEX 1985, ISBN 0-89588-273-6

Links

 * TopView 1.12 announcement from IBM

Authors & publishers

 * David C. Morrill
 * IBM