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FreeDOS, the free and open-source alternative to Microsoft DOS (MS-DOS), just released a new major update. It still has excellent compatibility with MS-DOS software, including Windows 3.1 and ...
The Infinity Nikki 1.7 version update is scheduled to go live on July 7, 2025, at 8 PM (UTC -7) and the developers have ...
A decade after releasing the source code for MS-DOS 1.1 and MS-DOS 2.0, Microsoft has open sourced a (slightly) more recent operating system: MS-DOS 4.0.. First released in 1988, you can now ...
Ten years after releasing the source code of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, Microsoft is making yet another contribution to the world of open-source software preservation. Working in ...
Microsoft already released MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 in 2014, in cooperation with The Computer History Museum. [Link: Microsoft open-sources infamously weird, RAM-hungry MS-DOS 4.00 release ...
Before Microsoft released MS-DOS, there was 86-DOS. Now version 0.1 is online thanks to a hobbyist’s archival work. By Andrew Paul Published Jan 5, 2024 2:13 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...
Microsoft has released the MS-DOS 4.00 source code, binaries, disk images, and documentation. The source code, which is nearly 45 years old, has been released under the MIT license, allowing ...
Microsoft released the source code for MS-DOS versions 1.25 and 2.0 through the Computer History Museum in March 2014. This was also intended as a historical document summarizing 'how MS-DOS was ...
A new, ancient release of 86-DOS (0.1-C) has now been uploaded on the Internet Archive servers by Archive member "f15sim", who was previously known for uploading version 0.34 of the OS. 86-DOS 0.1 ...
Viewed in this lens, MS-DOS 1.0, 2.0, 3.3, 4.0x, 5.0, or the DOS under Windows 95, all were all equally real or not-real, however you interpret its clever programming workarounds.
The global release date for Infinity Nikki 1.7 has finally been announced by Infold Games. The upcoming version 1.
Microsoft earlier today, in collaboration with IBM, announced that it is open-sourcing the MS-DOS 4.00 source code. The company has explained what was special about it and how to run it.