A simple editor for simple needs. This editor pays homage to the classic MS-DOS Editor, but with a modern interface and input controls similar to VS Code. The goal is to provide an accessible editor ...

AI FOR DOS - Using Artificial Intelligence in DOS Systems! Run modern AI assistants on traditional MS-DOS operating systems. By communicating with remote servers, DOS users can experience natural ...

We’re not 100% sure which phase of Microsoft’s “Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish” gameplan this represents, but just yesterday the Redmond software giant decided to grace us with the source code for MS ...

If when you try to move, delete, copy, or rename files/folders in Windows 11/10 and you see the Invalid MS-DOS Function error message, this guide will help to fix it.

As the forerunner to the graphical user interfaces in Microsoft’s Windows platform, MS-DOS helped set the stage for the company’s dominance in the PC software market.

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 ...

Ever felt like getting back to the era when we used to play games on our computer system? Back in the eighties and nineties, when there were no PlayStations and gaming consoles around, the only ...

The Internet Archive just dumped nearly 2,400 old MS-DOS video games into an easy-to-navigate repository. Every single one of the games is free to play in your browser. Some of the games are classics.

MS DOS was a command-line operating system, meaning you had to memorize a lot of commands and type them into the computer to get it to do things like show you a list of files.

Editor’s note: After this article was published, Microsoft issued a statement clarifying that cmd.exe will not be going away after all. Read Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols’ follow-up column. My very first ...