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A word processing program from Microsoft that is actually two completely different codebases. The first one was a text mode version designed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie and was developed on Microsoft's in house UCSD Pascal derived system and shipped for DOS and XENIX with versions appearing a little later for most personal computers available at the time.

Versions

DOS

Nov 1983: Word 1.00
1984: Word 1.10
Sep 1984: Word 1.15
1985: Word 2.0
1986: Word 3.0
Nov 1986: Word 3.1
1987: Word 4.0
1993: Word 6.0 (last known DOS version)

DOS & OS/2 (FAPI)

1989: Word 5.0
1990: Word 5.5
1999: Y2K-compatible version

The DOS 5.5 version is available as a free download from Microsoft. Link is to US English version, other languages are available.

UNIX

3.0 (1987) - for XENIX (286)
3.0.1 (1988)
3.0.2 (1988)
3.0.3 (Oct 1988) - fixes for SCO XENIX Release 2.3
3.0.4 (1989)
5.0.0 (1990) - for SCO XENIX Operating System Release 2.3.0 or SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2.0
5.0.1 (Apr 1990) - for SCO XENIX/UNIX 386, AT&T UNIX R3.2 for 6386 & 3B2
5.0.2 (1991)
5.0.4 (1991) - AT&T UNIX for 3B2
5.1.0 (1991) - for SCO XENIX/UNIX 386, AT&T UNIX for 6386
5.1.1 (1991) - for SCO XENIX/UNIX 386 & Open Desktop, AT&T UNIX for 6386

Publications

Peter Rinearson: Microsoft Word Style Sheets - Microsoft Press 1988, ISBN 1-55615-005-9
Peter Rinearson: Word Processing Power With Microsoft Word (3rd Edition) - Microsoft Press 1989, ISBN 1-55615-126-8

Links

SCO TA #108642

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-A word processing program from [[Microsoft]] that is actually two completely different codebases. The first one was designed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie and was developed on Microsoft's in house [[UCSD Pascal]] derived system and shipped for [[DOS]] and [[XENIX]] with versions appearing a little later for most personal computers available at the time.
+A word processing program from [[Microsoft]] that is actually two completely different codebases. The first one was a text mode version designed by Charles Simonyi and Richard Brodie and was developed on Microsoft's in house [[UCSD Pascal]] derived system and shipped for [[DOS]] and [[XENIX]] with versions appearing a little later for most personal computers available at the time.
 ==Versions==
-* Last known OS/2 VIO version: Microsoft Word v5.5
+[[File:MSWord55-2.png|thumb|Microsoft Word 5.5B]]
-: The DOS 5.5 version is available as a free download from Microsoft.
+;DOS
-* Last known DOS version: Microsoft Word v6.0
+* Nov 1983: Word 1.00
-* Last known OS/2 PM version: Microsoft Word for OS/2 v1.1b
+* 1984: Word 1.10
+* Sep 1984: Word 1.15
+* 1985: Word 2.0
+* 1986: Word 3.0
+* Nov 1986: Word 3.1
+* 1987: Word 4.0
+* 1993: Word 6.0 (last known DOS version)
-==Authors & publisher==
+;DOS & OS/2 (FAPI)
-* [[Microsoft]]
+* 1989: Word 5.0
-* Charles Simonyi
+* 1990: Word 5.5
-* Richard Brodie (MS Word VIO)
+* 1999: Y2K-compatible version
+: The [http://download.microsoft.com/download/word97win/Wd55_be/97/WIN98/EN-US/Wd55_ben.exe DOS 5.5] version is available as a free download from Microsoft. Link is to US English version, other languages are available.
-[[Category:Word processors]]
+;UNIX
-[[Category:DOS word processors]]
+* 3.0 (1987) - for XENIX (286)
-[[Category:WinOS/2 word processors]]
+* 3.0.1 (1988)
+* 3.0.2 (1988)
+* 3.0.3 (Oct 1988) - fixes for SCO XENIX Release 2.3
+* 3.0.4 (1989)
+* 5.0.0 (1990) - for SCO XENIX Operating System Release 2.3.0 or SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2.0
+* 5.0.1 (Apr 1990) - for SCO XENIX/UNIX 386, AT&T UNIX R3.2 for 6386 & 3B2
+* 5.0.2 (1991)
+* 5.0.4 (1991) - AT&T UNIX for 3B2
+* 5.1.0 (1991) - for SCO XENIX/UNIX 386, AT&T UNIX for 6386
+* 5.1.1 (1991) - for SCO XENIX/UNIX 386 & Open Desktop, AT&T UNIX for 6386
+==Publications==
+*Peter Rinearson: ''Microsoft Word Style Sheets'' - Microsoft Press 1988, ISBN 1-55615-005-9
+*Peter Rinearson: ''Word Processing Power With Microsoft Word'' (3rd Edition) - Microsoft Press 1989, ISBN 1-55615-126-8
+==Links==
+* SCO [http://wdb1.sco.com/kb/tasearch.print?taid=108642 TA #108642]
+[[Category:Microsoft Product]][[Category:Word Processor]]