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Microsoft just released the source code for 86-DOS 1.00, made available as an open-source project on GitHub. The release marks the 45th anniversary of 86-DOS 1.00, created by Tim Paterson, which would ...

In context: Back in 1980, Tim Paterson was creating a new operating system he called QDOS or Quick and Dirty Operating System. The system was later renamed 86-DOS, as it was being designed to run on ...

Microsoft open-sourced 86-DOS 1.00 source code on GitHub for its 45th anniversary, according to PCWorld, including kernel and PC-DOS development snapshots. This historically significant software, ...