"Founder of FreeDOS recounts the story so far, and the future" by Liam Proven

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"Founder of FreeDOS recounts the story so far, and the future" by Liam Proven

www.theregister.com

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Everything DOSEnglish · 2 years ago

Founder of FreeDOS recounts the story so far, and the future

www.theregister.com

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Note that there is a video (~24 minutes long; a transcript is available) accompanying the article.

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“DOS is a platform-independent acronym for disk operating system which later became a common shorthand for disk-based operating systems on IBM PC compatibles. DOS primarily consists of Microsoft’s MS-DOS and a rebranded version under the name IBM PC DOS, both of which were introduced in 1981. Later compatible systems from other manufacturers include DR DOS (1988), ROM-DOS (1989), PTS-DOS (1993), and FreeDOS (1998).” – taken from Wikipedia

(link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOS)

Feel free to ask questions about software, videogames, and anything else DOS related! Curious but not sure where to start? Get a copy of FreeDOS (see link / about below) and set it up in a PC emulator like GNOME Boxes or Oracle’s VirtualBox. Need help with that as well? Just ask!

(link: https://freedos.org/download/)

“FreeDOS is an open source DOS-compatible operating system that you can use to play classic DOS games, run legacy business software, or develop embedded systems. Any program that works on MS-DOS should also run on FreeDOS.” – FreeDOS YouTube Channel

(link: https://www.youtube.com/c/FreeDOSProject/about)

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Icon: Blinky, the FreeDOS fish mascot (designed by Bas Snabilie)

Icon Attribution: FreeDOS Project

(link: http://www.freedos.org/images/logos/fdfish-color-plain.svg)

Icon License: Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic

(link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/deed.en)

Banner: FreeDOS 1.1 screenshot

(link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FreeDOS_1.1_screenshot.png)

Banner license: GNU General Public License, version 2

(link: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

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