Workbench 1.0
Workbench 1.0 came with the original Amiga 1000 on it’s release in 1985.
Workbench 1.0 should work on any version of Kickstart from Kickstart 1.0 onwards (Kickstart 1.1, Kickstart 1.2, Kickstart 1.3, Kickstart 1.4beta, Kickstart 2.0, Kickstart 3.0, Kickstart 3.1), although on Kickstart 2 onwards things will look a bit odd and some menu functions will be different or gone altogether. The Amiga Museum has tested and verified that Workbench 1.0 does in fact work on Kickstart 3.0.
Workbench 1.0 loading from disk
Opening the Workbench 1.0 disk
The Workbench 1.0 disk opened, and the Demos drawer opened to show it’s contents
For comparison purposes, here are several of the competing Graphical User Interfaces of the time:
Microsoft Windows 1.0. Used with permission from Microsoft.
Apple Macintosh System 1.0
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