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Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

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Re: Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

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>This project is a fully working native Windows x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, whose historical codename was Opus. Not to be confused with the Anthropic LLM model Opus - what was once an old codename is as good as new once again!

Would be ironic if Claude Opus was used in making this port. IMHO the README does have a bit of LLM smell to it.

Re: Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

#12
post #2

A screenshot or two would have been nice

There are pics from the developer in this article (not sure why he neglected them in the README): https://www.neowin.net/news/developer-ported-word-for-window...

Wow, it really looks like Win 10/11. Microsoft is back to the roots now. But Word 1.0 even has 3d GUI elements. They must have had impressive computers back then.

Re: Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

#13
post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Might the lack there of be copyright related? I guess not something you want to burn your hands on.

The original source for WfW 1.1a was open sourced (I realize that doesn't mean there isn't copyright, but it's unlikely to be the reason that there are no pics): https://github.com/danielcosta/MSWORD

The point of open source is to address and concerns around copyright. And this source is not open source by the definition most people use when they refer to “open source”. It’s still proprietary but source available.

However I will say, this source is unlikely to be useful to anyone beyond academic curiosity. So for the purposes of this project, the source license is “good enough”.

Re: Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

#14
post #8

>This project is a fully working native Windows x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, whose historical codename was Opus. Not to be confused with the Anthropic LLM model Opus - what was once an old codename is as good as new once again!

And not to be confused with its plural form "opera".

Re: Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

#15
post #8

>This project is a fully working native Windows x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, whose historical codename was Opus. Not to be confused with the Anthropic LLM model Opus - what was once an old codename is as good as new once again!

Would be ironic if Claude Opus was used in making this port. IMHO the README does have a bit of LLM smell to it.

I came here to say that. Though not in a bad way; the economics of what is possible but practical/impractical changes greatly with LLMs, and I suspect and hope we will be figuring out the ramifications for a while.

Re: Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

#17
post #8

>This project is a fully working native Windows x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, whose historical codename was Opus. Not to be confused with the Anthropic LLM model Opus - what was once an old codename is as good as new once again!

Would be ironic if Claude Opus was used in making this port. IMHO the README does have a bit of LLM smell to it.

Check in the github src directory.

Re: Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

#20
post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are pics from the developer in this article (not sure why he neglected them in the README): https://www.neowin.net/news/developer-ported-word-for-window...

Wow, it really looks like Win 10/11. Microsoft is back to the roots now. But Word 1.0 even has 3d GUI elements. They must have had impressive computers back then.

It’s mere decades ago!
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