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FreeDOS, the Open-Source MS-DOS, Is Now 30 Years Old (And Still Going)
MS-DOS, IBM-DOS, and other DOS derivatives were ... The Secret of Monkey Island, SimCity, and Lotus 1-2-3. FreeDOS helps keep those decades of computer history accessible, either by running ...
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Microsoft Releases Crown Jewels — From 1982!
Microsoft has released the source code to MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 on GitHub. Microsoft — then another fledgling computer company — had written some BASIC interpreters and wanted in on the ...
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Why did the Windows 95 setup use Windows 3.1?
If starting in MS-DOS, the setup program would install and boot a minimal version of Windows 3.1 and then fire up a 16-bit Windows app to do much of the heavy lifting. The same 16-bit app would ...
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When It Comes To DOS, Don’t Forget DR-DOS.
This means that they can, in theory at least, still run MS-DOS. The venerable Microsoft 16 ... the ability to run Windows 3.1 should you ever feel the need. They take it for a spin in the linked ...
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Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0
This announcement coincides with the ten year anniversary of Microsoft donating the source code for MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 to the Computer History Museum and then releasing the source code to the ...
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How to search for files from the MS-DOS Command Prompt
MS-DOS or Microsoft Disk Operating System was the dominant operating system for Personal Computer throughout the 80s. MS-DOS is a non-graphical command line operating system. MS-DOS allows the ...
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During its earliest days in development, Windows 1.0 was known by what name?
It was envisioned as a graphical user interface (GUI) overlay for MS-DOS, which ran on IBM PCs ... an .exe that took over the screen of DOS. Windows 1.0 was released in November 1985, marking ...