Microsoft Word 2.0 and 4.0

From: Scott Stevens <sastevens_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Fri May 21 19:24:16 2004

On Fri, 21 May 2004 09:17:59 -0700 (PDT)
Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com> wrote:

>
> I'm looking for Microsoft Word (Windows) version 2.0 and 4.0. Has
> anyone got these in the original cartons with original media and
> manuals?
>
> If so, I'm willing to pay up to $40 each. Please contact me directly
> at<vcf_at_vintage.org>.
>
> Thanks!
>
There never was such a thing as Word for Windows 4.0. Microsoft
syncronized versions with Word for Mac and jumped directly from Winword
2.0 to Winword 5.0.

Word for Windows 2.0 is actually a pretty cool binary. You can just
cart the single winword.exe file around, which fits on a floppy
diskette. It gives you the full (minus features like spell checking,
etc.) word processor, and also the Visual Basic engine in a format you
can plug into any (from Windows 3.0 upward) machine unfortunate enough
to be running Windows, and the binary will load and run fine.

I always keep a copy of winword.exe lying around. It probably even runs
well in Wine on Linux.

Microsoft Word for DOS 5.5 is a better deal, though, if you're stuck on
an Intel box and want a Word Processor with real speed. It's probably
even on-topic here by now. Sorta, in a painful way.
Received on Fri May 21 2004 - 19:24:16 BST