Developer Justin Marshall recently ported Word for Windows 1.1a to modern Windows systems. 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. Word, and Word for Windows 1.1a specifically, hold a special place in Microsoft's software history. Compared to the barebones GUI of Word for Windows 1.1a, today's Word is a completely different beast.