@dec_hl@mastodon.social avatar dec_hl , to random

I pushed an update to (the client for MS-DOS):

  • Updated DOStodon binaries to latest release v1.14.0

Grab it at https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon

Screenshot is showing both, the DOS ( @DOSBox_Staging ) and the the win32 version (Win10).

screenshot of two instances of a text based mastodon client both showing a timeline for the tag CatsOfMastodon
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@h4ckernews@mastodon.social avatar h4ckernews Bot , to random
@skrzyp@ohai.social avatar skrzyp , to random

Do you know if it would be possible to put many different versions ( 4.x-8.x, 1.4, ) on a single FAT16 partition, each one in its own subdir (MSDOS5, MSDOS6, FDOS14, etc.) and have a boot loader that’s loading each variant of MSDOS.SYS + IO.SYS (or others) for every DOS version?

Just because FPC community doubts validity of DOSBox (i.e https://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,71748.msg561036.html#msg561036 but not only) and rambling about everything except what I report on their GitLab ( https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/source/-/issues/41337 )

86box emulatr on macOS running latest stable SvarDOS build.
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@heiseonline@social.heise.de avatar heiseonline , to random German

FreeDOS 1.4 ist da

MS-DOS war die längste Zeit Closed Source. 1994 beschloss Jim Hall, eine Open-Source-Alternative aufzulege: FreeDOS. Es ist zu Version 1.4 gereift.

https://www.heise.de/news/FreeDOS-1-4-ist-da-10345336.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

newstik ,
@newstik@social.heise.de avatar

@heiseonline Als für das Fediverse hier der Link zu offiziellen Ankündigung von PD-DOS (heute FreeDOS) aus dem Juni 1994:

https://groups.google.com/g/comp.os.msdos.apps/c/oQmT4ETcSzU/m/O1HR8PE2u-EJ?pli=1

@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

Fire up your Compaq Deskpro: FreeDOS 1.4 is the first stable update since 2022
Independent developers are keeping the command prompt alive on PCs new and old.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/fire-up-your-compaq-deskpro-freedos-1-4-is-the-first-stable-update-since-2022/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

pabloniusmonk ,
@pabloniusmonk@mastodon.social avatar

@arstechnica I used FreeDOS just a few years ago to update my Dell PC's firmware. So clutch! @freedosproject Awesome project.

@w84death@fosstodon.org avatar w84death , to random

Just chillin' pixelartin'

@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

Microsoft and IBM release source code for one of the weirdest versions of MS-DOS

DOS 4.00 was supposed to add multitasking to the OS, but it was not to be.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/microsoft-and-ibm-release-source-code-for-one-of-the-weirdest-versions-of-ms-dos/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

warper ,
@warper@linuxrocks.online avatar

@arstechnica this could be interesting to see what was being done.
I wonder if it could serve as the base for any improvement in or ?