Does anyone have experience with remote control software for/to dos? I've been playing with a couple of programs.. some are extremely good.. some are.. umm.. sad. =)<P>I have two programs.. one is ...

Update, July 5, 2021: It's the July 4 holiday weekend in the US, which means Ars staff gets a well-deserved holiday to catch up on this summer's Steam sale (or maybe just to rest). As such, we're ...

"When I bought 3000 floppies from a man who was managing a company that deals with shareware for PCs, it contained various software from the late 80's to around 1994," the computer forum'sVOGONSIt was ...

Building a complete operating system by compiling its source code is not something for the faint-hearted; a modern Linux or BSD distribution contains thousands of packages with millions of lines of ...

When it debuted in 1981, MS-DOS probably didn’t seem like a promising platform for gaming. But from roughly 1981 to 1997, publishers released thousands of games in every genre for the PC and its ...

由ABI.DOS.SOFTWARE打造的策略教育自动化编程游戏《ABI-DOS》，在2024年11月15日正式发售以来，已在Steam平台获得总体好评率为96%的特别好评。 近日官方发布声明表示，游戏将转为永久免费，目前已在Steam平台免费推出。 根据公告内容，ABI.DOS.SOFTWARE在游戏发布一个 ...

曾几何时，有不少网友在问答社区发问：“为什么微软不把一些老旧的操作系统给开源出来呢，毕竟那些系统都没有商业价值了？” 如今看来，旧系统的不开源只是时候未到，或者说没人想得起来。 时下幸得一位研究人员的提醒与争取，微软和 IBM 于近日决定将 ...

In context: Back in 1980, Tim Paterson was creating a new operating system he called QDOS or Quick and Dirty Operating System. The system was later renamed 86-DOS, as it was being designed to run on ...

Gary Kildall started Intergalactic Digital Research (later shortened to Digital Research or just DRI) and created the first microcomputer operating system, CP/M, used on many hobbyist personal ...

LINDON, UTAH – A start-up is looking to dust off and buff up DR-DOS, a largely dormant operating system that still attracts a hardcore following but is best-known for a colorful past that some see ...

When old programmers like me (I'm 41) get together we talk about the applications from the old days. What happens to these beauties? The answer, obviously, is that their fate only matters if people ...

Microsoft has made the computer code behind behind its first operating system, MS-DOS, available for free - and revealed programmers included jokes in their code. Launched in 1982, MS-DOS, the 'Disk ...