Great 2-part series and while I had a basic idea of the history of MS and IBM, this really went into a lot of detail about things that I wasn't aware of. I do wonder how much our current view of those ...

Microsoft has open-sourced another bit of computing history this week: The company teamed up with IBM to release the source code of 1988’s MS-DOS 4.00, a version better known for its unpopularity, ...

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to EdTech and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. Given all the options for computing in the modern day — tablets, laptops and ...

The IBM PC was an also-ran in computer gaming until the late 1980s, when MS-DOS suddenly and forcefully found its footing. A new book from Jamie Lendino covers a vital and defining period in PC gaming ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. In this episode, Thomas Betts chats with ...

Twenty years after helping change the direction of computing, participants in the project to develop the first IBM PC say they were concerned less about making history than about making deadline. "We ...

That's precisely what Yeo Kheng Meng has managed to do, even though DOS does not have native networking capabilities. The machine in question is the vintage IBM 5155 Portable PC, first released in ...