
Here is the control panel, which is a direct ripoff of the one in the Mac OS at the time.

Here is the clipboard, which is opened at startup as well.

A look at the desktop with everything "iconized".

Here is Reversi, also showing what "zoomed" windows look like. No different from the final release.

Here is the MS-DOS Executive in list view mode.

Exiting Windows DR5.
Conclusion: It's obvious that Windows was nowhere near ready for a release at this point, even if you get past the stability issues. Still, it's nice to have some kind of a baseline as to where everything started, if only just to appreciate the final product that much more. |