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Microsoft turns 50 today, and it made me think about MS-DOS 5.0
To get the answer, just put a decimal point in the number "50"—my first Microsoft product was MS-DOS 5.0.
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Build your own antisocial writing rig with DOS and a $2 USB key
Reg hack pines for simpler times, then tries to recapture them Sometimes, the size and complexity of modern OSes – even the ...
I've been covering Microsoft, DOS, and Windows since the 1980s, and Microsoft turning 50 is more important than you think
When I returned to PCMag in 2000, Apple was just starting to claw its way back to relevance, and Microsoft was ubiquitous.
Hackaday4mon
When It Comes To DOS, Don’t Forget DR-DOS.
Even four decades or more later, it’s still of value to have the simplest of PC operating systems to hand. It’s worth pointing out that there’s a third open-source DOS in the wild ...
Evertop DIY PC will give you hundreds of hours of DOS fun on a single charge
Custom-built devices for running vintage PC software are trending, with new models embracing different approaches to retro emulation. Unlike the Book 8088, which featured a genuine ...
Ars Technica27d
Remembering MS-DOS 5.0, my first Microsoft product, on the company’s 50th birthday
To this day I think I'm more comfortable in command line environments on Linux/Unix OS's because of learning early on both MS-DOS and Commodore. If I want to get something done it's still my go-to ...