https://www.neowin.net/news/microso...dos-400-that-it-officially-open-sourced-today
There’s a lot to unpack there… so that’s a thing.
There’s a lot to unpack there… so that’s a thing.
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So Microsoft and IBM made Dos 4.0 OpenSource today…
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Dopamin3
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...but it fails to compile, and it's modified, and mysteriously some of the original source code was lost
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5565411/ms-dos-4-0-source-code-fails-to-compile
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5565411/ms-dos-4-0-source-code-fails-to-compile
DukenukemX
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The question is why? It's not the latest version of DOS. It's not even 6.22 which is popular. There's been free versions like FreeDOS, which is the preferred way to flash a bios. Windows doesn't even use DOS.
Historical interest. Newer would probably be more interesting, but they've released older stuff before. Microsoft has never been slow to license other people's code to use in their OS, and all that needs to be cleared or scrubbed, and it takes time. Older versions are smaller, and then you can use that to help clear the newer stuff...
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Newly open-sourced MS-DOS 4 installed on an IBM Personal System/2 with a 16 MHz Intel 386 CPU — took 70 minutes to build
https://www.tomshardware.com/softwa...16-mhz-intel-386-cpu-took-70-minutes-to-build
Cool shit for the sake of shit being cool is always awesome!