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pastermil@sh.itjust.works to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Microsoft Just Released MS-DOS Source Code!

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Microsoft Just Released MS-DOS Source Code!

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pastermil@sh.itjust.works to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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GitHub - microsoft/MS-DOS: The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25, 2.0, and 4.0 for reference purposes
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The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25, 2.0, and 4.0 for reference purposes - microsoft/MS-DOS
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    They were important to boot games that needed most of your limited memory.

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      640k should be enough for anybody

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        tell that my mouse driver, the soundblaster driver and the cdrom driver fighting over every single byte of that precious ram 😩

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        Bill Gates denied saying this, by the way.

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      Or to play the demo made by the warez group that cracked it before launching the game.

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