Linux 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 ...

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

This means that they can, in theory at least, still run MS-DOS. The venerable Microsoft 16-bit OS may now be long discontinued, but there is still enough need for DOS that the open-source FreeDOS ...

Raymond Chen, a Microsoft employee who took part in the Windows evolution for more than 30 years, is back with a new post on his well-known ...

The first mainstream commercial operating system was Microsoft's DOS, a text-based disk operating system for computers that ran until 1998 with PC DOS 2000. It was Apple's Macintosh computers that ...

It’s a piece of common knowledge, that MS-DOS wasn’t capable of multitasking. For that, the Microsoft-based PC user would have to wait for the 80386, and usable versions of Windows.

This name reflected its primary purpose as a graphical interface manager designed to enhance the usability of the MS-DOS operating system. However, marketers at Microsoft recognized that the name ...