[cctalk] Re: MS-DOS source code
On Thu, May 2, 2024, 7:27 AM geneb via cctalk wrote: > On Thu, 2 May 2024, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: > > > Some may find this interesting. Microsoft has released the source for > MS-DOS versions 1.25, 2, and 4. > > > > https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS > > > > I think the most interesting thing about this is that they published it > under an actual open source license (MIT) and not that nonsense that was > used when they released 1.25 and 2.0 through the CHM years ago. > Yes. I'd thought about trying to reconstruct the source to the Rainbow version(s) of DOS, but the license soured me on the idea. Warner g. > > > -- > Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 > http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. > http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. > Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. > > ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment > A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. > http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_! >
[cctalk] Re: MS-DOS source code
It's historically interesting, plus it might help the FreeDOS folks plug some compatibility holes since they can now legally look at the old code to see how it does things. Mike On Thu, May 2, 2024, 9:53 AM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On 5/2/2024 9:27 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote: > > On Thu, 2 May 2024, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: > > > >> Some may find this interesting. Microsoft has released the source for > >> MS-DOS versions 1.25, 2, and 4. > >> > >> https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS > >> > > > > I think the most interesting thing about this is that they published it > > under an actual open source license (MIT) and not that nonsense that was > > used when they released 1.25 and 2.0 through the CHM years ago. > > > > All kind of meaningless as we have had an Open Source DOS equivalent > for 3 decades already. > > bill > >
[cctalk] Re: MS-DOS source code
On 5/2/2024 9:27 AM, geneb via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 2 May 2024, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: Some may find this interesting. Microsoft has released the source for MS-DOS versions 1.25, 2, and 4. https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS I think the most interesting thing about this is that they published it under an actual open source license (MIT) and not that nonsense that was used when they released 1.25 and 2.0 through the CHM years ago. All kind of meaningless as we have had an Open Source DOS equivalent for 3 decades already. bill
[cctalk] Re: MS-DOS source code
On Thu, 2 May 2024, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: Some may find this interesting. Microsoft has released the source for MS-DOS versions 1.25, 2, and 4. https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS I think the most interesting thing about this is that they published it under an actual open source license (MIT) and not that nonsense that was used when they released 1.25 and 2.0 through the CHM years ago. g. -- Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007 http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind. http://www.diy-cockpits.org/coll - Go Collimated or Go Home. Some people collect things for a hobby. Geeks collect hobbies. ScarletDME - The red hot Data Management Environment A Multi-Value database for the masses, not the classes. http://scarlet.deltasoft.com - Get it _today_!
