Microsoft Word from 1990 Now Runs Natively on Modern PCs

A relic from the past has been brought into the present. Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, first released in 1989, has been ported to run natively on modern PC hardware.

The project, available on GitHub, rebuilds the original source code with modern replacements for outdated components such as 16-bit assembly and Win16 platform boundaries.

To build the native Windows x64 port, users need Visual Studio 2022, the Windows SDK, CMake 3.25+, and PowerShell.