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Microsoft Word 1.x (OS/2)

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edited October 15 in Product Comments
imageMicrosoft Word 1.x (OS/2)

The Microsoft Word word processor was first introduced for MS-DOS in 1983. Its design made use of a mouse and WYSIWYG graphics. Its crude WYSIWYG/mouse support was a direct response to the Apple Lisa/Mac, and VisiCorp Visi On. Initially it competed against many popular word processors such as WordStar, Multimate, and WordPerfect. Word for DOS was never really successful.

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  • MetalloSquirrelMetalloSquirrel
    Installed 1.1b on OS/2 1.30.2, but after installation and reboot, I cannot get it working. Launching MS Word for the first time prompts me to enter my name and initials. After that, the program immediately crashed with the following message:

    Session Title:
    Microsoft Word

    The system detected a general protection
    fault (trap D) in a system call.

    CS=175E IP=002F SS=18E6 SP=0D28
    ERRCD=0E5C ERLIM =**** ERACC =**

    Arguments used in system call (high to low):
    0E5E 18E6 18E6 0D42 18E6 0E46 0000 0000 0000 0001
    2140 0000 0000
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