Specifically, it's a port of BASIC, the OS that founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen developed for use on the Intel ...

Microsoft and IBM have open-sourced on git the 1988 operating system MS-DOS 4.0 under the MIT License. In addition to the source code for MS-DOS 4, the public git repository contains unreleased ...

Publisher D4 Enterprise's EGGCONSOLE series has been giving the absolute most hardcore of JRPG lovers a window into the ...

It's baaack! Microsoft and IBM open source MS-DOS 4.0 How did the operating system so bad it likely steered users to Linux 35 years ago come to be open-sourced now? Here's what happened.

Earlier MS-DOS editions held an important place in the history of software as an operating system written entirely in 8086 assembly code 45 years ago, Microsoft remarks.

X user konkretor recently discovered a job listing seeking an IT professional with knowledge of legacy operating systems including Windows 3.11 and MS-DOS.

Crucially, the deal with IBM allowed Microsoft to continue selling its own variant of the operating system, MS-DOS, which meant more licensing revenue from clone makers like Compaq and Leading Edge.