In recognition of their historical importance and commercial irrelevance, Microsoft has given the source code to MS-DOS 1.1 and 2.0 and Word for Windows 1.1a to the Computer History Museum (CHM) in Mountain View, California. The source is now freely downloadable by anyone, though making practical use of it is an exercise for the reader.
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Microsoft releases source code for MS-DOS and Word
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Glad they are doing this. Nice to see code preserved for historical reasons.
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:D
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LOL Petr!!
It has been a LONG time since i saw an "A Prompt" at startup! Really....a long time aince i have seen one at all, though i do still own a working combo floppy drive: 3.5 and 5.25 both in one unit.
It has been a LONG time since i saw an "A Prompt" at startup! Really....a long time aince i have seen one at all, though i do still own a working combo floppy drive: 3.5 and 5.25 both in one unit.
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I miss the old DOS days some times 😕
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