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FreeDOS is also used in multiple independent projects: FED-UP is the Floppy Enhanced DivX Universal Player. [21] FUZOMA is a FreeDOS-based distribution that can boot from a floppy disk and converts older computers into educational tools for children. [22] XFDOS is a FreeDOS-based distribution with a graphical user interface, porting Nano-X and ...
DOSBox is a free and open-source emulator which runs software for MS-DOS compatible disk operating systems—primarily video games. [5] It was first released in 2002, when DOS technology was becoming obsolete.
DOS/32 has been commercially available since 1996. As of May 2002, it was released to the public in the form of "Liberty Edition" along with its complete source code under terms similar to the Apache License of the time, [a] allowing unrestricted, royalty-free distribution with certain provisions regarding reference to it in documentation and the naming of derived software.
Free download – starting with OpenDOS 7.01 in 1997, followed by FreeDOS alpha 0.05 in 1998 (FreeDOS project was announced in 1994) DOS era version overview (1980 ...
MS-DOS 6.22 was the last standalone version produced by Microsoft for Intel 8088, Intel 8086, and Intel 80286 processors, which remains available for download via their MSDN, [89] volume license, and OEM license partner websites, for customers with valid login credentials.
Originally MS-DOS was designed to be an operating system that could run on any computer with a 8086-family microprocessor.It competed with other operating systems written for such computers, such as CP/M-86 and UCSD Pascal.
86-DOS (a.k.a. QDOS, created 1980), an operating system developed by Seattle Computer Products for its 8086-based S-100 computer kit, heavily inspired by CP/M; Concurrent DOS (a.k.a. CDOS, Concurrent PC DOS and CPCDOS) (since 1983), a CP/M-86 and MS-DOS 2.11 compatible multiuser, multitasking DOS, based on Concurrent CP/M-86 developed by Digital Research
Jim Hall (James F. Hall) is a computer programmer and advocate of free software, best known for his work on FreeDOS.Hall began writing the free replacement for the MS-DOS operating system in 1994 when he was still a physics student [1] at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. [2]