FreeDOS is an operating system that can run MS-DOS programs natively and will appeal more to enthusiasts. DOSBox is an ...

If you trying to install a 16 bit DOS application on Windows 32 bit PC then you may encounter an error – The system file is not suitable for running MS-DOS and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Reader Steve P. sends in this question: “I’m running Windows 2000 and want to upgrade my system BIOS. The instructions say to create a bootable disk with the format a:/s command. However, the /s doesn ...

Got a machine that is running Windows 98 SE and is a:<BR><BR>P4 2.0GHz<BR>1.0GB RAM<BR>RAID 80GB hard drive.<BR><BR>The machine needs to run 98 because or a old DOS Point of Sale program. When the ...

Last month, Microsoft released a modern remake of its classic MS-DOS Editor, bringing back a piece of computing history that first appeared in MS-DOS 5.0 back in 1991. The new open source tool, built ...

The old ways still have value. WordStar, an MS-DOS-based word-processing program first released in 1978, can live a little longer thanks to the archiving efforts of one of its biggest fans—Hugo and ...