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Microsoft Word circa 1990 can now run on modern Windows, thanks to a new native port

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Sounding off: Microsoft's push to bake AI into every product and service it sells is understandably facing some backlash. Even Office is turning into a vessel for Redmond's chatbots, which may be why one developer decided to go back in time instead, releasing a wild modern port of an early Word release.

Developer Justin Marshall recently ported Word for Windows 1.1a to modern Windows systems. The open-source conversion draws on the source code of the original program, which Microsoft shared with the community in 2014.

Marshall's port brings the original WfW experience to Windows x64, replacing non-working 16-bit code with modern programming conventions. The coder explains there's no emulation, virtualization, or reimplementation trick involved: the original Word application runs with its original resources and UI elements intact.

Porting WfW to Windows x64 wasn't...

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