I just installed FreeDOS 1.4 in VirtualBox using 4MB of base ram and 1000MB of disk space along with all of the BonusCD…very slick replacement for people who cut their teeth on MS-DOS/PC-DOS in ...

FreeDOS is an operating system that can run MS-DOS programs natively and will appeal more to enthusiasts. DOSBox is an emulator that simplifies running MS-DOS programs but comes with some limitations.

Influenced, of course, by Microsoft’s MS-DOS (which hasn’t been updated since the year 2000), FreeDOS 1.4 brings with it an updated FreeCOM, Install program, and HTML Help system.

Some 17 years after its first release in 1994, and more than five years since the previous version, FreeDOS 1.1 -- the definitive, open source version of MS-DOS -- is now available to download.

FreeDOS is also available for vintage systems as a completely separate "Floppy-Only Edition" that fits on 720KB, 1.44MB, or 1.2MB 5.25 and 3.5-inch floppy disks.

FreeDOS is still kicking, even as hardware evolves beyond it. Running AsEasyAs, a Lotus 1-2-3-compatible spreadsheet program, in FreeDOS. Credit: Jim Hall If the last ...

FreeDOS also works well on newer, pricey retro-systems such as Pocket 386 or Book 8088, though they cannot provide enough hardware capabilities and CPU power to enjoy the latest games and software ...

How many people haven’t looked at their Game Boy Advance (GBA) handheld gaming device and wondered how much better it might be if it could run FreeDOS. Inside an 8086 emulator. If you’r… ...

But FreeDOS is not Linux. It would be a disservice to FreeDOS to try to re-invent FreeDOS as a "mini-Linux". Under the hood, FreeDOS is still DOS. And, that comes with a certain set of assumptions and ...

FreeDOS is an open source operating system that allows you to run MS-DOS applications even though Microsoft stopped developing and supporting MS-DOS more than two decades ago.. While FreeDOS has ...