The floppy disk contains the oldest version of 86-DOS thought to still exist. Although long-abandoned for far more advanced successors, MS-DOS remains a pivotal piece of computer history. Released to ...

ok this had been changed to a forsale thread, see below for the original post.<BR><BR>everything is <S>$10</S> $5 each plus price of your choice of shipping method.<BR><BR><B>MS-DOS 6.22</B> 3 floppy ...

To make a boot disk incorporating NTFSDOS, first you need to create a bootable floppy using Windows 98, SE, ME, or MS-DOS. After you create the floppy, copy NTFSDOS.EXE to it. We added Xcopy, Doskey, ...

Some things we don't think much about; we just accept them. But have you ever wondered why the hard drive on a Windows system ...

TL;DR: Microsoft will likely never release the original source code of Windows into the wild, but the company is clearly interested in sharing important episodes of its software development history.

How was DOS part of the PC revolution? Is DOS still around? What did Bill write a long time ago? Remember the DOS prompt? DOS stands for disk operating system. The latest announcement is a blast from ...

Who doesn’t remember PC games such as Maniac Mansion, the King’s Quest series and the dubious adventures of Leisure Suit Larry or software such as Microsoft Works and Lotus Smart Suite? These titles ...

Reader Steve P. sends in this question: “I’m running Windows 2000 and want to upgrade my system BIOS. The instructions say to create a bootable disk with the format a:/s command. However, the /s doesn ...

Back in the early ‘90s, at the television station where I worked, we had a newsroom computer system that the reporters, anchors, and producers used to write and produce the newscasts. The system ...

Chris Drumm is a lifelong gamer with a BA in English writing and years of experience writing articles and news online. He's played hundreds of games in dozens of genres, enjoyed them all, and put more ...