The setup file for Windows 95, which was released in 1995, consisted of three types of programs: MS-DOS, 16-bit, and 32-bit. When upgrading from MS-DOS, Windows 3.1 was installed along the way.

AI-powered chatbots are clearly the future of computing, and it’s only a matter of time before you’ll see them appear on every internet-connected gadget. If you thought you were safe from this by ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Before Windows, there was MS-DOS—that’s the Microsoft Disk ...

In partnership with IBM, Microsoft has released the source code for MS-DOS 4.0, more than 35 years since the operating system made a muted appearance ahead of Windows 3.x. MS-DOS 4.0 is a relic from ...

You know your brand-new computer is all set to run today's top-of-the-line software. What you probably spend less time pondering is "legacy support." That is, while there may be compatibility issues, ...

Noctis IV was made for MS-DOS and early Windows versions that still supported 16-bit MS-DOS executables natively, and as such, you'll need to be able to run DOS on your computer. To run Noctis IV plus ...

After [Andy]’s discovery of an old ISA soundcard at his parents’ place that once was inside the family PC, the onset of a wave of nostalgia for those old-school sounds drove him off the deep end. This ...

What would Steve Ballmer say? Early Microsoft OS developer David Plummer has told his YouTube viewers that he thinks it is time that Vole open source MS-DOS and 16-bit Windows. Plummer started his ...

The newfound ability to put entire MS-DOS games hosted by the Internet Archive inside tweets, and then play them back in Twitter’s official web client, is now gone. The feature used Twitter’s Cards ...