Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 - and it's so much more than the code

Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 - and it's so much more than the code ...
InfoQ

Microsoft and IBM Release MS-DOS 4.0’s Source Code under the MIT License

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Dany Lepage discusses the architectural ...
Ars Technica

Hobbyist builds ChatGPT client for MS-DOS

On Sunday, Singapore-based retrocomputing enthusiast Yeo Kheng Meng released a ChatGPT client for MS-DOS that can run on a 4.77 MHz IBM PC from 1981, providing a unique way to converse with the ...
GIGAZINE

The fast and lightweight text editor for MS-DOS 'VZ Editor' is now open source and available on GitHub

VZ Editor, a popular text editor for MS-DOS, has been made open source 30 years after its last update, and the source code and image files have been made public on GitHub. VZ Editor was released in ...
Electronic Design

Now and Then: Get Your Copy of MS-DOS

How was DOS part of the PC revolution? Is DOS still around? What did Bill write a long time ago? Remember the DOS prompt? DOS stands for disk operating system. The latest announcement is a blast from ...
TechSpot

Microsoft releases the earliest DOS source code ever discovered as open source

Editor's take: Microsoft continues to tightly control the release of some of its most important pieces of legacy software. While enthusiasts and programmers are eager to see newer versions of MS-DOS ...
PC World

Microsoft open-sources 86-DOS 1.00, the ancestor of Windows

Microsoft open-sourced 86-DOS 1.00 source code on GitHub for its 45th anniversary, according to PCWorld, including kernel and PC-DOS development snapshots. This historically significant software, ...
CCM

Complete list of MS-DOS commands

You will find the complete list of MS-DOS commands below. However, MS-DOS commands are not the same as Windows command line commands or Powershell commands. MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) is ...
Computerworld

Say goodbye to the MS-DOS command prompt

Editor’s note: After this article was published, Microsoft issued a statement clarifying that cmd.exe will not be going away after all. Read Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols’ follow-up column. My very first ...
Ars Technica

How (and why) one man squeezed a modern console game onto MS-DOS

Last month’s surprise announcement that pixelated open-world game Retro City Rampage will be ported to MS-DOS left us with a lot of questions. For one: Why? For another: How? Gamasutra talked to Retro ...
ExtremeTech

Internet Archive Adds 2,500 Playable MS-DOS Games

The Internet Archive has made an additional 2,500 MS-DOS games playable online in a browser, in an ever-expanding effort to preserve the history of software and its ability to be studied and enjoyed ...