Microsoft, in conjunction with the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, has released the source code for MS-DOS 1.1, MS-DOS 2.0, and Word for Windows 1.1a. These programs are probably the three ...
To this day I think I'm more comfortable in command line environments on Linux/Unix OS's because of learning early on both MS-DOS and Commodore. If I want to get something done it's still my go-to ...
Microsoft has released MS-DOS as open-source software -- again -- but this time, on GitHub. Party like it's 1983, baby. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...
I never learned the vi cluster because I didn't need to. By the time I was really using vim (late 90s), it had already been updated to understand cursor keys. And Nethack, the other program that would ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Before Windows, there was MS-DOS—that’s the Microsoft Disk ...
Microsoft co-founders Paul Allen, left, and Bill Gates with an array of personal computers in the early 1980s. Microsoft’s decision to make software, rather than produce a PC of its own, defined its ...
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 earlier, ...
Despite the latest and greatest Intel-derived computers having multi-core 64-bit processors and unimaginably fast peripherals, at heart they all still retain a compatibility that goes back to the ...