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| {{Infobox_Software |
| | #REDIRECT [[Windows 2.0]] |
| software_name = Windows 2.x|
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| software_image = [[File:Windows 386 2.10 box.png|300px]]|
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| developer = [[Microsoft]]|
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| publisher = [[Microsoft]]|
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| systems = [[x86]]|
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| release = 2.0: December 9, 1987<br />2.1: May 27, 1988 |
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| added_to_museum = Not yet|
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| }}
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| '''Windows 2.0''' is the second iteration of the [[Windows]] product line by [[Microsoft]].
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| Like its [[Windows 1.0|predecessor]], Windows 2.0 was a [[mouse]]-controlled graphic user interface rather than an [[operating system]].
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| ==New features==
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| Windows 2.0 added overlapping windows, more keyboard shortcuts, and a control panel.
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| ==Versions==
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| As before, Windows 2.0 and 2.1 were restricted to the 16-bit architecture of [[DOS]] as they relied on the DOS [[operating system]] for essential functions.
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| 2.1 was split into [[286]] and [[386]] versions and required a [[hard drive]]. Windows/286 included a himem.sys file that allowed access to the high memory area freeing up conventional memory. Windows/386 also had himem.sys, and used the virtual 8086 mode of the 80386 to allow for multi-tasking of DOS applications.
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| Windows/386 2.1 ran DOS programs through a DOS-based Virtual DOS Machine.
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| The Windows 2.x line had 16-bit file access. Applications created with these versions were compatible with [[Windows 2.x|Windows 2]] but weren't compatible with [[Windows 3.x|Windows 3]] and higher operating systems due to the lack of protected mode.
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| ==Digital 16-bit Windows 2.x games owned by WEC Museum==
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| {| class="wikitable sortable"
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| !| Title
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| !| Developer
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| !| Released
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| !| Date Added to the Museum
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| !| Notes
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Taipei!]]''
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Bogus Software]]
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | April 26, 2019
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| | style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | Version 1.02 of a Mahjong Solitaire game for Windows 2.1.
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| |}
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| [[Category: Application software]]
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| [[Category: Application software developed by Microsoft]]
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| [[Category: Application software published by Microsoft]]
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| [[Category: Application software released in 1987]]
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| [[Category: Windows]]
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