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 ...

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 ...

Internet archive that aims to store various electronic materials has announced that it has added more than 2500 games released for MS-DOS to its collection. Free collections can be played on the ...

A non-profit organization that archives and publishes past information on the InternetInternet ArchiveToA large number of arcade games from the 1970s to 1990 was releasedThere was, but this time 2400 ...

You can now play over 2,400 MS-DOS games in your browser for free thanks to the Internet Archive, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that collects web pages, text, audio ...

Some of my fondest gaming memories are classic MS-DOS games, so it warms my heart to see the Internet Archive adding a huge 2500 classic MS-DOS games... for FREE. You ...

Clifford led How To coverage. He spent a handful of years at Peachpit Press, editing books on everything from the first iPhone to Python. He also worked at a handful of now-dead computer magazines, ...

The PC has been one of the most powerful gaming platforms for as long as it has existed, continually providing the best graphics and most advanced features. In its early days, players were impressed ...

Internet Archive has added nearly 2,400 MS-DOS games to its steadily growing collection of classic software, including Bust-A-Move, Commander Keen, and Metal Gear. The library of historic and obscure ...

Microsoft is going old-school this April Fools’ Day has launched an MS-DOS app for mobile. The app appears to be just like the real thing, having to navigate around by typing DIR in order to list ...

Last month, Microsoft released a modern remake of its classic MS-DOS Editor, bringing back a piece of computing history that first appeared in MS-DOS 5.0 back in 1991. The new open source tool, built ...

If you’re looking to get in some classic gaming, then you’ll likely want to make a stop by the Software Library. Thanks to the EM-DOSBOX in-browser emulator, you can now play 2,380 games without ...