{"id":15100,"date":"2026-08-10T12:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15100"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:01:17","slug":"x64-port-of-microsoft-word-for-windows-1-1a-arrives-you-can-now-run-this-seminal-1990-word-processor-natively-in-windows-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15100","title":{"rendered":"x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a arrives \u2014 you can now run this seminal 1990 word processor natively in Windows 11"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n Mark Tyson <\/strong>
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A developer has ported Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a to x64 so it can now run natively on Windows 11 PC systems. JMarshall23 on GitHub<\/a> stresses that this is a fully working native Windows x64 port using \u201coriginal Word source and resources together with modern replacements for the 16-bit assembly, segmented-memory, and Win16 platform boundaries.\u201d It also includes some extra features for \u201cresearch purposes.\u201d Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a was originally released over a quarter of a century ago.<\/p>\n

This release of Word marked a milestone in the word processing<\/a> market, as it pioneered genuinely useful feature additions like WYSIWYG editing, graphics, and table insertion on Windows. It would spearhead the momentum in shifting users from DOS productivity monsters like WordPerfect to complete dominance in Windows-land. Word for Windows 1.1a added all its frills while remaining very efficient, running on systems with CPUs that ran in single-figure MHz speeds, and with as little as 1MB of RAM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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WinWord won <\/span>(Image credit: The Computer History Museum<\/a> (CHM). )<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Another notable feature of this version of Word for Windows is that Microsoft permitted its source code to be released in full. You can still grab that code via the Computer History Museum<\/a> (CHM). There you will find a 7MB bundle of C source, x86 assembly, build tools, and documentation. These 1,021 files in 33 folders are what JMarshall23 started with.<\/p>\n

GitHub doesn\u2019t have Windows x64 binaries ready for the casually curious on the lookout for a free, lightweight word processor to download and use. Instead, you\u2019ll need access to Visual Studio 2022 with Desktop development with C++, a Windows 10 or Windows 11<\/a> SDK installed through Visual Studio, CMake 3.25 or newer, and PowerShell, notes Marshall. Then simply follow the GitHub instructions to build and run Word1.<\/p>\n

It will be interesting to see if more comes from this x64 port, but Microsoft\u2019s Word for Windows 1.1a code release carries a license that \u201cpermits only non-commercial use and does not give you the right to license it to third parties by posting copies elsewhere on the web,\u201d says the CHM.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

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