It’s a piece of common knowledge, that MS-DOS wasn’t capable of multitasking. For that, the Microsoft-based PC user would have to wait for the 80386, and usable versions of Windows. But like so many ...

While most businesses use Windows-based applications, some entrepreneurs still use legacy DOS-based programs that they find useful. Whether it's because the application is no longer being developed or ...

Before Microsoft had Office, before it had Windows, it had an operating system called MS DOS. MS DOS was a command-line operating system, meaning you had to memorize a lot of commands and type them ...

That iconic black screen and blinking cursor are no longer in active use, but they're hardly forgotten. It was 30 years ago today that Microsoft released DOS to the world, but the things that happened ...

Kenneth M. Frith is moving away from Windows XP (as he should). But he still has some old DOS programs he’s either unwilling or unable to give up. Can they run in Windows 8? The big question is: Does ...

A command-line interface is a terminal-style screen where you type commands at a prompt, one line at a time. You might associate it with the MS-DOS operating system that was widely used until the ...

With the Steam Deck OLED out in the wild, playing AAA games on the go has never been easier, but why play some of the best PC games, when you could play DOS games on your handheld instead? Whether you ...