When MS-DOS was released in 1981, it was by no means certain that Microsoft would go on to become the tech giant it is today. But over the course of the 1980s, via Microsoft’s business maneuvering and ...

L inux is very good at running older software, but even the free and open-source operating system is stumped by the really ancient stuff developed for MS-DOS. Let’s go over how you can get MS ...

Last month, Microsoft released a modern remake of its classic MS-DOS Editor, bringing back a piece of computing history that ...

Then, in short order, IBM made it one of the PC’s operating systems, Microsoft renamed QDOS to MS-DOS, and, crucially, it got IBM to agree that Microsoft could sell MS-DOS to other PC makers.

In 1981, MS-DOS became Microsoft’s first operating system, bringing the company worldwide recognition. This «black screen» was developed for the IBM PC, and it was based on 86-DOS, which Microsoft ...

MS-DOS as an Operating system is not used but a Command Shell known as Windows Command Line is still used. However, many persons would be shocked to see MS-DOS used on their computer, they may ...

(FORTUNE Small Business) – Flash back to April 1981: The prime rate is 20%, the futuristic De Lorean is the hot car, communists rule Eastern Europe, and Microsoft ships MS-DOS, its first ...

Yesterday, with permission from Microsoft, Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum published the source code for MS-DOS, the text-based operating system that ran so many personal computers in the ...

MS-DOS wasn’t stolen, new forensic analysis concludes by Todd Bishop on August 6, 2012 at 5:11 pm August 6, 2012 at 5:21 pm Share 1 Tweet Share Reddit Email ...

For anyone who for whatever reason isn’t skilled in bringing vintage computer operating systems back to life: feel free to check out this video from NTDev showing 86-DOS version 0.1 in (limited ...