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Microsoft releases source code for MS-DOS and Word

  • March 25, 2014
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Petrovic
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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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  • March 25, 2014
Glad they are doing this.  Nice to see code preserved for historical reasons.

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  • March 25, 2014
:D
 


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  • March 25, 2014
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.

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  • March 26, 2014
I miss the old DOS days some times 😕