Ars Technica

Remembering MS-DOS 5.0, my first Microsoft product, on the company’s 50th birthday

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 ...
Hosted on MSN

I Used MS-DOS Editor From 1992 for Writing, and It Didn't Go Well

Some text editors and word processors have stood the test of time, thanks to unique features, nostalgia from the original users, or some combination of both. I wanted to try revisiting some of those ...
ExtremeTech

MS-DOS is 30 years old today

30 years ago today, Microsoft bought the rights to the Quick and Dirty OS, re-branded it as MS-DOS, struck a deal with IBM, and made history. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...
Popular Science

This long-lost, earliest MS-DOS precursor was discovered in a floppy disk collection

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 ...
BizTech

What is MS-DOS: Computers Reshaped by Simple OS

As the forerunner to the graphical user interfaces in Microsoft’s Windows platform, MS-DOS helped set the stage for the company’s dominance in the PC software market. When MS-DOS was released in 1981, ...
Gizmodo

Microsoft’s Rap History Continues Past Windows 386 to MS-DOS 5

I’m glad I never have to watch that Windows 386 video again, but this MS-DOS 5 promo video is just as bad. If not worse. Okay, it’s probably worse. [YouTube ...
Hipertextual

Cómo se promocionaba MS-DOS 5 en 1991

Así es como el departamento de marketing de Microsoft decidió promocionar la actualización a MS-DOS 5 en 1991. Esta era la primera vez que se podía comprar un upgrade (si tenías MS-DOS 4) que costaba ...
CCM

Complete list of MS-DOS commands

You will find the complete list of MS-DOS commands below. However, MS-DOS commands are not the same as Windows command line commands or Powershell commands. MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) is ...
TechSpot

Microsoft releases MS-DOS 4.0 source code and floppy images through an open-source license

TL;DR: Microsoft will likely never release the original source code of Windows into the wild, but the company is clearly interested in sharing important episodes of its software development history.
ZDNet

It's baaack! Microsoft and IBM open source MS-DOS 4.0

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 ...
Ars Technica

Remembering MS-DOS 5.0, my first Microsoft product, on the company’s 50th birthday

The thing I miss the most about older computers was actually KNOWNG what the computer was doing. Up to Windows 2000 and PowerPC Macs, I could tell you what each process running was doing. Now I feel ...