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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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's recent partnership has been great for engagement, with the latest Antstream retro games collection reaching over ...

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.

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 This was also intended as a historical document summarizing 'how MS-DOS was ...

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 ...

That’s part of the reason that both companies have released the source code for certain versions, including MS-DOS 1.25, 2.11, and as of now, 4.0.