After the wild release of Windows 95, with celebrity commercials, dancing, and a healthy dose of excess, behind the scenes Microsoft was…
Back in the MS-DOS era, with generally more upgradeable computers and with more varied parts, having a full system status with device…
Before cloud backup and multi-terabyte desktop storage, there was a brief moment in history when disk space was precious. I know I…
Back in college when I was studying operating systems and the architecture of the first computer processors, we were having fun by creating…
86Box can emulate the 8088 and WinWorld has the first version of DESQView so I might just try it. As for how they did it...I wouldn't know.
We went through the early and clunky days of multitasking in MS-DOS, but the tools provided natively by Microsoft and shipped on the…
Previously, we spent a little time talking about bulletin boards and how people used to chat, write, and share information on these…
We will quickly go through two tools today, or more precisely two versions of the same tool used to gather information about the current…
We went through a few business applications for MS-DOS, like the famous AutoCAD for industrial design and News for publishing. Today we…
We already explored many topics such as curious graphical editors, various file managers creating a genre reaching well into Windows era…
After writing in the past about TCP/IP for MS-DOS, I kept feeling like there was something left unsaid. Of course, we all know that there…
I remember buying a computer magazine one day, it had to be around the year 2000, 2002 maybe. I was an avid computer magazine reader back…
Since we explored quite a few older MS-DOS applications so far, including text-mode file managers, editors, archiving tools and even design…
Feeling that I am getting all theoretical and idealistic lately, I thought to bring you something different today: another fine MS-DOS era…
Taking a look at one of the first versions of AutoCAD, the application that started a new industry.
We will talk today about another forgotten MS-DOS application, available since MS-DOS 6.22: MemMaker. As the name suggests, it was an…
You probably have no idea how bad the storage space situation around the nineties was, right when the personal computer became a thing…
We showed a few MS-DOS applications before, showcasing text-mode file managers, command prompt history, archivers, text editors and banner…
Ever wanted to have Internet access in MS-DOS? Let's see how to get it done!
We rarely stop to appreciate the Internet, the ubiquitous connection that makes computers talk to each other. And not just talk, but follow…
An example on how computer networking and file sharing was done in MS-DOS times.
