Before Microsoft had Office, before it had Windows, it had an operating system called MS DOS. MS DOS was a command-line operating system, meaning you had to memorize a lot of commands and type them ...

The DOS ChatGPT client was developed using Windows 11 and a virtual machine, but tested on a 1984 IBM Portable PC running MS-DOS 6.22. That tinkerer is Yeo Kheng Meng, and he's successfully developed ...

How to play some of your favorite games from the 1980s and 1990s for free. Users can now play The Oregon Trail Deluxe by MECC on the Internet Archive. The Oregon Trail Deluxe is one of over 2,000 ...

On Sunday, Singapore-based retrocomputing enthusiast Yeo Kheng Meng released a ChatGPT client for MS-DOS that can run on a 4.77 MHz IBM PC from 1981, providing a unique way to converse with the ...

Microsoft brilliantly put MS-DOS on phones, illuminating its struggle with users who demand legacy apps everywhere. I'm that 5G guy. I've actually been here for every "G." I've reviewed well over a ...

Microsoft has dusted off the source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows—some of the most popular and widely used software of the 80s—making it freely available to download from the the Computer ...

Apple briefly let a few old-school gamers wallow in geek heaven by allowing an MS DOS emulator into the App Store, and then promptly booted it out, shattering the dreams of classic PC fans everywhere.

Rumor has it that Microsoft copied CP/M to create the first version of MS-DOS for the IBM PC. These rumors have been put to rest on numerous occasions, but consultant Bob Zeidman — who himself found ...

Twitter is putting the "platformer" in "social media platform" with a cool feature that allows you to play classic games like Prince of Persia and Oregon Trail in your tweets. Claire Reilly was a ...

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