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MS-DOS

The first popular Operating System released by Microsoft. It currently has historical status, but it's pieces are still used in Windows OS and various DOS emulators.

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Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source (MIT)

Application type

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  • Discontinued

Platforms

  • Windows
  • MS-DOS
  • GitHub
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Discontinued

Development ceased in 2000. Mainstream support ended on December 31, 2001.

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Features

Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Command line interface
  2.  Portable
  3.  DOS emulation

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OS & Utilities, Gaming Software

GitHub repository

  •  32,273 Stars
  •  4,679 Forks
  •  3 Open Issues
  •   Updated  (Archived)

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What is MS-DOS?

The first popular Operating System released by Microsoft. It currently has historical status, but it's pieces are still used in Windows OS and various DOS emulators. *In 2018, Microsoft released the source code for MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 on GitHub under MIT license. Users are allowed and fully encouraged to fork the repository containing the MS-DOS source code and make their own modifications, and do whatever they like with it. Officially, other MS-DOS versions are still under prorpietary license due to the third-party licensing restrictions.