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Last month, Microsoft released a modern remake of its classic MS-DOS Editor, bringing back a piece of computing history that ...
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 ...
As it turns out, getting MS-DOS 6.22 running on a modern computer isn’t nearly as hard as you’d think. In fact, it works pretty much perfectly. Assuming, that is, you pick the right machine.
Although Microsoft describes Edit as a “command-line text editor,” it technically employs a Text User Interface (TUI). This means that it’s a full-screen, interactive terminal app, so you can use it ...
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Released in June 1991, MS-DOS 5.0 was the first version to include Edit and Qbasic; it was also the last version to be jointly developed by Microsoft and IBM before the two companies formally ...
If you’ve used MS-DOS before then you’ll be right at home right away—if you haven’t, you’ll need to brush up on the commands (we’ve already mentioned a couple of them).
Tech Culture; Software; ms-dos; x86; Check out MS-DOS running natively on modern hardware, showcasing the incredible backward compatibility of x86 Your PC can probably still boot MS-DOS sans emulation ...