DEC Windows User Notes August 1988
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The files included on these three disks are:
WINDOW3.ARC (Useful MS-Windows programs -- These versions are no longer sold).
WRITE.EXE MS-Windows Write... WYSIWYG word processor... nice.
PAINT.EXE MS-Windows Paint... Drawing program... nice.
MSW-ART1.ARC Sample Paint clip art file.
VANNA.MSP Sample Paint picture.
WINDOWS.WRI Sample Write file...lists Windows compatible programs.
WINDRV.ARC For techies... these are the individual drivers (less
the MS-mouse driver) for DEC Windows, but are only
provided as a curiosity, because without the SET-UP disk,
which is not available here, you cannot do anything
with these files.
WINDOW1.ARC (everything you need, including Microsoft mouse and LA50 drivers)
WIN.COM Start up program.
WIN.INI Adaptable Windows Initialization file.
WIN100.BIN File containing applicable drivers (incl. mouse driver).
WIN100.OVL Overlay file for Windows start up program.
WINOLDAP.GRB Display driver file.
WINOLDAP.MOD Another display driver file.
LA50.DRV LA-50 Printer Driver
TMSRA.FON Fonts for Windows WRITE and PAINT.
COURA.FON "
HELVA.FON "
MODERN.FON "
ROMAN.FON "
USERNOTE.1 User Notes, August 1988
WINDOW2.ARC (Useful utility programs -- from pub. dom., shareware, & Microsoft)
FILELIST.WIN This file.
SPOOLER.EXE MS-Windows print spooler.
RAMDRIVE.SYS MS-Windows ram disk (see Config.sys below to invoke).
CONFIG.SYS Sample config.sys fileto invoke ramdrive.sys (and another
sample command to increase the DOS environmental
space--by 62x16 bytes--...if you wanna!).
CONTROL.EXE MS-Windows program to choose fonts,ports,colors,etc.
MSDOS.EXE MS-Windows program to push to a new DOS shell.
BALLOON.ARC Sort of interesting (more interesting on IBM/EGA monitor)
BROW16.ARC Shareware file viewing program ver.1.6
BLOWUP.EXE Make little pixels into very big pixels.
CALENPOP.EXE Pop up calendar.
CRUMBLE.EXE Novelty program to "crumble" your display.
CUBE.EXE Look at a turning cube.
DIGCLOCK.EXE The time in an icon.
FISH.EXE An aquarium in your monitor.
FONTDEMO.EXE What do your fonts look like.
FREEMEM.EXE How much memory is left.
FUSE.EXE Lots of line patterns.
GLOBE.EXE What time is it in Paris.
MANDALA.ARC More line patterns.
MOLE.EXE Silly novelty program.
PALETTE.EXE All the shades available under Windows.
PUZZLE.EXE Brain teaser.
SLAPJR.EXE Capture a Windows screen and put in a document.
STARBASE.EXE Practice Star Wars technology.
SLUG.EXE Another silly novelty program.
WAM101.ARC Menuing program (really for Ver. 2.0, but it works)
WEB.EXE Another line drawing program for use with mouse.
CALC.EXE MS-Windows calculator.
CALENDAR.EXE MS-Windows calendar.
CARDFILE.EXE MS-Windows cardfile.
CLIPBRD.EXE MS-Windows cut and paste between programs utility.
MSCLOCK.EXE MS-Windows CLOCK.EXE renamed to suit the Rainbow.
NOTEPAD.EXE MS-Windows notepad.
REVERSI.EXE MS-Windows game.
TERMINAL.EXE MS-Windows terminal program (does not seem to work).
DECTERMR.FON VT-100 terminal fonts for DEC Windows.