x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a arrives — you can now run this seminal 1990 word processor natively in Windows 11
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. 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.
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- ▪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.
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Software Applications Microsoft Office x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a arrives — you can now run this seminal 1990 word processor natively in Windows 11 News By Mark Tyson Published 9 August 2026 The Computer History Museum made the Word 1.1a source code publicly available in 2014, now it has been ported to 64-bit Windows. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: The Computer History Museum (CHM).) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter A developer has ported Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a to x64 so it can now run natively on Windows 11 PC systems.
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