University Stuttgart 1985

Windows Graphic Interface - Windows 3.0 - Mouse

MS-DOS text-based operation system - The reason of Windows graphic Interface

development in cooperation with Microsoft 1985

 

Dipl. Ing. Engin Günana

MS-DOS 2.9 text line editor


MS-DOS at Schneider PC 1985                         

Student hostel Allmandring 10 Stuttgart Vaihingen İnstitute organize an employee from Microsoft responsible for Office Word and other industrial application at calculation-center send me a representative, i explain my vision of computer handling the idea and source of Microsoft Explorer with graphic Interface and a steering device with button function, we discuss about technical details of graphic solution of directories with yellow quads and register, steer function to open and closed windows with directories, furthermore, important control panels at first, we developed in common Windows 3.0 and include more and more application. The reason tab button to jump from one graphic area to other application. We realize in common a user-friendly surface. Steering with curser and tab button was too complicated therefore, we discuss about a comfortable solution with button and roller ball as a better solution instead tabulator. Microsoft representatives ask me for a contract to our common development, but at this time this was secondary my priority was my graduation at one of the most difficult Faculty 11 Aerospace-Technology of Europe and with Professor Ernst Messerschmidt we foundation European Space Agency

Microsoft Windows 3.0 Mouse development 

Input device - Mouse solution

After we tested first edition of Windows Graphic Interface, we see a problem at surface steering with tabulator and enter button, tab and enter more times was a bridge solution but suitable and restrict our variability at Windows Surface. Partner from Microsoft Cooperation told me about an old solution of a surface input device system. We search for a solution and decide develope a challenge solution. At left side we see the first edition of a mouse with steering metal disc. Starting point of our Microsoft Mouse development with a sphere and vector scaling over surface dimension with serial port but usually at parallel post. 

Windows 3.0 Mouse 

The development scope of Microsoft Windows. Microsoft great success start with graphic Interface and graphic Operation System Windows 3.0. Graphic input device Mouse solution was the future technology to push graphic operating system Windows to success.

At left side first edition of steering device

Program Manager graphic interface