Windows 2.x: Difference between revisions

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Windows 2.0 introduced support for overlapping windows for all window variants, while Windows 1.0 only supported overlapping of dialog windows. This fired a legal conflict with Apple Inc., accusing Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard of violating copyrights Apple held on Macintosh System Software. The judge ruled in favor of Microsoft and HP in all but ten of the 189 patents Apple sued for, which according to the judge couldn't be copyrighted.<ref name="chip">[http://web.archive.org/web/20160307195022/http://download.chip.eu/en/History-of-Microsoft_163647110.html History of Microsoft Windows 2.0], <i>CHIP Download (via Wayback Machine)</i>. 7 February 2012.</ref>
Windows 2.0 introduced support for overlapping windows for all window variants, while Windows 1.0 only supported overlapping of dialog windows. This fired a legal conflict with Apple Inc., accusing Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard of violating copyrights Apple held on Macintosh System Software. The judge ruled in favor of Microsoft and HP in all but ten of the 189 patents Apple sued for, which according to the judge couldn't be copyrighted.<ref name="chip">[http://web.archive.org/web/20160307195022/http://download.chip.eu/en/History-of-Microsoft_163647110.html History of Microsoft Windows 2.0], <i>CHIP Download (via Wayback Machine)</i>. 7 February 2012.</ref>


This version of Windows also introduced support for VGA (Video Graphics Array) displays and PS/2 mice in the retail release, although drivers for Windows 1.0 have already been available in IBM's OEM release. It is possible to use the PS/2 mouse driver from Windows 2.03 with Windows 1.0, which enables one to use the virtual mouse emulated by many virtualization packages.
This version of Windows also introduced support for VGA (Video Graphics Array) displays and PS/2 mice in the retail release, although drivers for Windows 1.0 have already been available in IBM's OEM release. It is possible to use the PS/2 mouse driver from Windows 2.03 with Windows 1.0, which enables one to use the virtual mouse emulated by many emulators and hypervisors.


Windows 2.11 added support for the AppleTalk protocol and the 8514/A display adapter.
Windows 2.11 added support for the AppleTalk protocol and the 8514/A display adapter.
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