Editor's take: Microsoft continues to tightly control the release of some of its most important pieces of legacy software. While enthusiasts and programmers are eager to see newer versions of MS-DOS ...

Several times in the last couple of decades, Microsoft has released source code for the original MS-DOS operating system that kicked off its decades-long dominance of consumer PCs. This week, the ...

Microsoft open-sourced 86-DOS 1.00 source code on GitHub for its 45th anniversary, according to PCWorld, including kernel and PC-DOS development snapshots. This historically significant software, ...

PC-DOS 1.00 would lead to Microsoft becoming computing's top dog Microsoft continues to embrace open source. The source code and annotations provide insight into the operating system's earliest days.

Git isn't hard to learn, and when you combine Git and GitHub, you've just made the learning process significantly easier. This two-hour Git and GitHub video tutorial shows you how to get started with ...

Halcyon DOS Days: Back in the command prompt days, DR-DOS was one of the main competitors to MS-DOS in the operating system market. Those days are long gone, but a mysterious developer is reviving the ...

Dos Equis on Monday brought back its well-known “Most Interesting Man in the World” ad campaign — featuring the original actor — as it attempts to revive flailing beer sales. After a 10-year absence ...

Dos Equis doesn’t always embark on big advertising campaigns. But when it does, it knows who to call. The original Most Interesting Man in the World, the long-running character originated by Jonathan ...

It’s been a while since I’ve heard anything from the DOS Zone, a site dedicated to providing emulation through a web browser. The project has moved on from the early days of DOS and is now firmly ...

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 ...

From how to French brain or play the guitar to how to unclog a sing or perform CPR, you can learn all kinds of useful skills on YouTube. We at Mental Floss are always eager to learn new things and ...