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Next, I installed the [MS OS/2 SDK 1.02](/disks/pc/tools/microsoft/os2/sdk/1.02/). This SDK was released around
December 1987 and included a copy of Microsoft OS/2 1.0. I don't have any of the printed documentation that came
with the SDK, such as the *Installation Guide*, but I do have the [Microsoft® Operating System/2 Programmer’s Toolkit](/docs/os2/microsoft/ptk/1.0/)
from March 1988, thanks to the [OS/2 Museum](http://www.os2museum.com/).
from March 1988, thanks to the [OS/2 Museum](http://www.os2museum.com/wp/os2-history/os2-library/os2-1-x-programming/).
Aside from Microsoft's assembler (MASM) and C compiler, the SDK included some other useful tools, such as **SDKED**
(SDK Editor), which was essentially an OS/2 port of Mark Zbikowski's **Z** editor that was used internally at
(SDK Editor), which was essentially an OS/2 port of Mark Zbikowski's **Z** Editor that was used internally at
Microsoft for many years. The same editor was later renamed to **M** and ultimately **PWB** (Programmer's Workbench).
With the introduction of various Integrated Development Environment (IDE) products, such as Visual BASIC in 1991,
Visual C++ in 1993, and Visual Studio in 1995, this stand-alone editor became obsolete, but in the 1980's, it was a
Visual C++ in 1993, and Visual Studio in 1995, this stand-alone editor became obsolete, but in the 1980s, it was a
valuable tool.
You can learn more about [SDKED](/disks/pc/tools/microsoft/os2/sdk/1.02/#using-sdked) on the

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### Ready-To-Run App Demos
Check out these machines from our [IBM PC Application Archive](/apps/pc/):
Machines from our [IBM PC Application Archive](/apps/pc/):
* [VisiCalc (1981)](1981/visicalc/)
* [Executive Suite (1982)](1982/esuite/)
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List of Preconfigured IBM PC Machines
---
This is a list of all the other preconfigured IBM PC machines in the project. Some of them include
a predefined state, which automatically restores the machine and the specified application to an initial
state, while others include a hard disk with preinstalled software.
However, most simply boot an early version of DOS, and the hard disk, if any, will generally be unformatted.
From there, you can load another disk image
### Model 5150 Machine Configurations
* [IBM PC, MDA, 64K](/devices/pc/machine/5150/mda/64kb/)

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### Installation
If you look at the **TOOLKIT1** disk, in the **OS2DOC** folder, you'll find **READ.ME!**, which includes some very
If you mount the **TOOLKIT1** disk and look in the **OS2DOC** folder, you'll find **READ.ME!**, which includes some very
useful information about the SDK installation process:
The installation guide is confusing, can you give me three easy steps to
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NMPIPE.H
README.DOC
but you aren't likely to need those.
but you aren't likely to need those. We will rebuild a copy of this missing disk from other sources and
include it in the SDK at a later date.
### Using SDKED
As previously noted, we don't have a copy of this SDK's documentation. But we do have a copy of the "[User's Guide
to the Z Editor](/disks/pc/tools/microsoft/misc/root/Z.TXT)", by Mark Zbikowski, August 4, 1986, included
below. **SDKED** was an OS/2 port of the Z Editor.
As previously noted, we don't have a copy of this SDK's documentation. But we *have* unearthed copy of the
"[User's Guide to the Z Editor](/disks/pc/tools/microsoft/misc/root/Z.TXT)", by Mark Zbikowski, August 4, 1986,
included below. **SDKED** was an OS/2 port of the Z Editor.