If ever source code can be said to have helped launch an empire, the code behind the Apple II DOS would qualify. And now it's available to everyone. Last spring, CNET was first to report on the ...

SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS, Calif. -- In the common retelling of Apple's history, it was Steve Jobs' and Steve Wozniak's second computer, the Apple II, that launched their fledgling company toward ...

After five tries in 10 years, Microsoft may be getting the hang of it. Version 5 of the company’s Disk Operating System (DOS) for IBM-compatible computers is not only much easier to use than the older ...

You will find the complete list of MS-DOS commands below. However, MS-DOS commands are not the same as Windows command line commands or Powershell commands. MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System) is ...

If you think messing around with the user-interface of a modern console, or even a modern iteration of Windows is hard, spare a thought for anyone involved in PC gaming during the 1980s and early 90s.

The author behind Game of Thrones "hates" spell-checking software Game of Thrones author George RR Martin has explained why he does all his writing on an obsolete disk operating system (DOS) computer ...

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