We’re not 100% sure which phase of Microsoft’s “Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish” gameplan this represents, but just yesterday the Redmond software giant decided to grace us with the source code for MS ...
Fond memories of beige machines. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Ah, the PC in the spare room. Back when "going on the computer" ...
Recently, we have been covering quite a lot of retro stuff for Windows which shows how modern apps have their roots in the '90s. If you are a fan of the bygone era of Windows, you are likely to be ...
FreeDOS is an operating system that can run MS-DOS programs natively and will appeal more to enthusiasts. DOSBox is an ...
Microsoft arguably built its business on MS-DOS, and on Tuesday the software giant and the Mountain View, CA-based Computer History Museum took the unprecedented step of publishing the source code for ...
It sure looked like Microsoft was putting MS-DOS out to pasture. Now it’s saying that the MS-DOS command prompt cmd will continue to live on. According to a Microsoft spokesperson, “Microsoft is not ...
More than 2,500 MS-DOS games have been uploaded to the Internet Archive’s Software Library, including Harlan Ellison’s I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream — based on Ellison’s short story of the same ...
It's no joke. Microsoft and IBM have joined forces to open-source the 1988 operating system MS-DOS 4.0 under the MIT License. Why? Well, why not? That got Hanselman and Wilcox digging into the ...
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 ...
Some expensive DOS game images. Back in the early days of personal computers, one of the most popular interfaces was MS-DOS, which stands for Microsoft Disk Operating System. Unlike competitors like ...
It was 1989, and I was obsessed with the Mac. Apple's portable, 9-inch-screen computer was an exciting graphical leap, and I wanted to use it for everything. But I wasn't using it. Instead, I, like ...
If when you try to move, delete, copy, or rename files/folders in Windows 11/10 and you receive the Invalid MS-DOS Function file error message, then this post will ...