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Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port

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Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port
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A developer has created a native 64-bit port of Microsoft Word 1.1a for modern Windows systems. The project reconstructs the original application using modern C++ and CMake, allowing it to run on Windows 10 and 11 without emulation.

This project is a fully working native Windows x64 port of Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, whose historical codename was Opus . It builds the original Word source and resources together with modern replacements for the 16-bit assembly, segmented-memory, and Win16 platform boundaries.

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