Last week, FreeDOS turned 25 years old. FreeDOS is a complete, Free Software Disk Operating System (DOS) and a drop-in replacement for MS-DOS which has disappeared long ago. It is still used in certain niche cases such as playing legacy games, running legacy software, or certain embedded systems. Back in the day, it was also quite useful for updating BIOS.
Of those that will be, are, or have been using it, what tasks has it been good for?
Also, at:
The Linux Journal : FreeDOS's Linux Roots
OpenSource.com : FreeDOS turns 25 years old: An origin story
OS News : FreeDOS’s Linux roots
Lilliputing : FreeDOS turns 25 (open source, DOS-compatible operating system)
Earlier on SN:
Jim Hall on FreeDOS and the Upcoming 1.2 Release (2016)
Retro-Malware: DOS TSRs, Interrupt Handlers, and Far Calls, Part 2 (2016)
Retro-Malware: Writing A Keylogger for DOS, Part 1 (2016)
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 02 2019, @03:42PM (1 child)
DOS has a programming API developed by Microsoft..
(Score: 3, Interesting) by shortscreen on Wednesday July 03 2019, @12:37AM
Didn't Microsoft just base their API on CP/M or something though?
Oddly enough, I noticed that DOS calls on the Sharp X68000 use many of the same function numbers as MS-DOS int 21h calls. Except for some reason they decided to pass parameters on the stack and then the caller has to fix the stack pointer afterward.