Delphi 1

• See also: Releases, Components

• OS Windows 3.x
• Release 1995/02/14
• Beta name Wasabi
• Compiler Delphi Win16
• / Medium 15 Disks or 1 CD
• It is possible to create a DOS RTL with Borland Pascal 7 for the DCC.EXE

Delphi 1 is the first Delphi which is also 16bit. It is the successor of Borland Pascal 7. The approach of visual design of the Windows and the event driven object oriented interface is new with its components. This is the main advantage of Delphi. It got “Rapid Application Development”, which means that you can create complex application in short time.

It's target is Windows 3.x. With some user build patches you can add a DOS Exefile creation to the commandline compiler. It gives you a Pascal for DOS with Exceptions.

When you don't got a C/S version you had to purchase the source code additional.

It should be possible to install Delphi 1 in the XP Virtual machine which can be downloaded for Windows 7 Pro and higher. (untested)

• Delphi Museum
  • Historical Document: Delphi Product Definition 3rd Draft - May 13, 1993
  • Historical Document: Visual Component Library First Draft - May 24, 1993
• Delphi History