Even in 2025 there are still many applications for a simple Disk Operating System (DOS), whether this includes running legacy software (including MS-DOS games & Windows 3.x), or (embedded) systems ...

FreeDOS is an open source operating system that allows you to run MS-DOS applications even though Microsoft stopped developing and supporting MS-DOS more than two decades ago. While FreeDOS has been ...

If you think messing around with the user-interface of a modern console, or even a modern iteration of Windows is hard, spare a thought for anyone involved in PC gaming during the 1980s and early 90s.

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Before Windows, there was MS-DOS—that’s the Microsoft Disk ...

They’ve been outdated since the arrival of Windows 95, and aren’t always easy to get running on a modern PC. But MS-DOS games—those designed to launch from Microsoft’s old text-based operating ...

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, ...

The original operating system for IBM PC compatible computers. It is the basic for the current Windows operating system. When people use the term DOS, they are commonly referring to Microsoft DOS or ...

After five tries in 10 years, Microsoft may be getting the hang of it. Version 5 of the company’s Disk Operating System (DOS) for IBM-compatible computers is not only much easier to use than the older ...

MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an OS for x86-based personal computers. After having been the head OS for IBM PC-compatible computers in the 1980s, it was gradually replaced by operating ...