Who doesn’t remember PC games such as Maniac Mansion, the King’s Quest series and the dubious adventures of Leisure Suit Larry or software such as Microsoft Works and Lotus Smart Suite? These titles ...
I recently said that an MS-DOS boot disk couldn’t be created in Windows 2000. As several readers pointed out, this isn’t quite true. An MS-DOS boot disk can be created using files located on the ...
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How I turned my Raspberry Pi into a classic DOS PC
Playing old PC games with an emulator on a PC seems wrong to me. While I understand playing Commodore 64 games in an emulator like VICE, booting an operating system and then running DOSBox on a ...
The floppy disk contains the oldest version of 86-DOS thought to still exist. Although long-abandoned for far more advanced successors, MS-DOS remains a pivotal piece of computer history. Released to ...
Ever since I warned readers to be wary of upgrading to Microsoft's DOS 6, I've had calls from users who've had problems with the latest version of the operating system. This doesn't mean everyone has ...
Some things we don't think much about; we just accept them. But have you ever wondered why the hard drive on a Windows system ...
Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Vivek Yadav, an engineering manager from ...
A MacFixIt reader reports issues formatting disks in MS-DOS FAT using Apple's Disk Utility. When storage devices (in this case, flash memory cards) are formatted using Disk Utility, they may not be ...
If when you try to move, delete, copy, or rename files/folders in Windows 11/10 and you receive the Invalid MS-DOS Function file error message, then this post will ...
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