Last month, Microsoft released a modern remake of its classic MS-DOS Editor, bringing back a piece of computing history that first appeared in MS-DOS 5.0 back in 1991. The new open source tool, built ...

One of the other problems that I ran into when trying to make my DOS prompt behave more like my Unix systems was how to invoke my carefully crafted macros every time I opened a new DOS command window.

An instruction that DOS and Windows execute from the command line or from within a batch file. See Windows commands and cmd abc's. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction ...

There's a huge resurgence of retro FM synth production across YouTube lately. Amiga, C64, PC all coming back to the zeitgeist, and I am here for it. Sidenote: I'm also pleased to see demoscene stuff ...

In Windows, users can run DOS programs along side Windows programs. Pressing Alt-Tab switches between all open DOS and Windows applications. DOS programs are usually run in a window so they can be ...

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 ...

Windows 11 and Windows 10 ships with Windows PowerShell out of the box. Along with it, came the Command Prompt which was a successor to MS-DOS Command line. Often the presence of two command-line ...

On June 29, 2019, the FreeDOS Project turns 25 years old. That's a major milestone for any open-source software project! In honor of this anniversary, Jim Hall shares this look at how FreeDOS got ...

vDos is one of the DOS emulators for Windows that lets you run DOS programs on your Windows device. You can download it from softpedia.com for free. After downloading ...