History of Microsoft 1980-1990

1980

1980

1981

1982

jan

Feb

Microsoft release Multiplan Compaq Computers

Microsoft release Multiplan a spreadsheet for

sometime in 1982

Microsoft release Microsoft Sort is sorting and merging utility for Microsoft COBOL.

Microsoft release Microsoft Time Manager

1983

Sometime in 1983

Microsoft drop Microsoft Time Manager/IBM Time Manger

Aug Microsoft wanted to create Microsoft

Sept

Microsoft hired two employees to work on Demo of Windows Manager will be known as WIndows 1.0 Byte Magazine Build.

Microsoft made Beta Word 1.0 For DOS

Microsoft Word 1.0 For DOS is almost complete

Oct

Microsoft release Microsoft Word 1.0 For DOS

Nov

Nov 10 1983 Microsoft announced Microsoft Windows

Nov 14 1983 there was a special demonstration of Windows is held for InfoWorld staff at Microsoft’s offices.

1984

April

Microsoft release Chart for Mac Computers

Microsoft release Chart 1.0 for MS-DOS

April 09 1984 Build of Microsoft Windows

May

Microsoft releases Windows 1.0 Development Releases #1 aka Windows 1.0 DR1 to Application Developers and Beta Tester in 1984

June

Microsoft releases Windows 1.0 Development Releases #2 aka Windows 1.0 DR2 to Application Developers and Beta Tester in 1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

Oct

Microsoft release Microsoft Game Shop 1.00

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Microsoft Sort/IBM PCSORT

Microsoft Sort is a software utility developed by Microsoft Corporation in 1982. It was sold in two versions – as a standalone utility and as a version hosted in Microsoft COBOL. according to Wikipedia Microsoft Sort came with The 95 page ring-bound manual describes the function of the software as follows: “Microsoft Standalone SORT is a programmable sorting and merging utility.

Microsoft Sort Box

Microsoft 1980’s Product Catalog Collection

This is my collection of Microsoft 1980’s Product Catalog

1987 Microsoft Product Catalog came from Microsoft Windows 1.03

Microsoft Learning DOS 101

With the help callmejack of WinWorldPC. I have Microsoft Learning DOS version 1.01. This is a complete version of Learning DOS 1.0x. I hope one day we will find Microsoft Learning DOS 1.00. I got this at Ebay and paid $24 dollars for this.