#86dos

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-08-28

👶💾 Ah yes, the thrilling tale of 86-DOS: a young programmer's quest to create a "small" operating system that would eventually become the bug-riddled backbone of the PC world. 🎉🤦‍♂️ Brace yourselves for an epic journey from to MS-DOS, where the real innovation was selling it to Microsoft.
nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com

RetroComputingMXretrocompmx
2025-07-04

Esta adquisición y desarrollo de MS-DOS resultó ser un hito crucial para Microsoft, impulsando su éxito en el mercado de sistemas operativos para computadoras personales.

RetroComputingMXretrocompmx
2025-07-04

El 4 de julio de 1981, Microsoft compró los derechos del sistema operativo 86-DOS (también conocido como QDOS) a Seattle Computer Products por $50,000 usd.

Este sistema operativo, creado por Tim Paterson (quien buscaba emular el CPM/M a los procesadores 8086), fue adaptado y renombrado como MS-DOS por Microsoft, y posteriormente licenciado a IBM como PC-DOS para su uso en la IBM PC.

QDOS 1.0 et PC-DOS 1.0, deux frères ennemis ?

peertube.pcservice46.fr/w/8Y43

DHeadshot's Altddlyh@topspicy.social
2024-09-27

@drewdevault I wrote github.com/dheadshot/libqdinp2 which behaves a bit like the MS-DOS input scheme (it was based on the idea of the 86-DOS templating system), but I wouldn't rate it as highly as all those other libraries mentioned... #MSDOS #86DOS #QDOS

Julio Alberto Lascanodrcalambre
2024-06-17

Introducción a las Interfaces Gráficas y YAD ¿Como empezó todo? 🤔

💻 ⌨️ 🖱️

drcalambre.blogspot.com/2024/0

Thomas Cherryhomestschak@oldbytes.space
2024-01-30

I _WISH_ I could get a message as mainstream and persistent as "MS-DOS STOLE CP/M CODE" out into the aether. Jesus christ, it's like herpes. #retrocomputing #86dos #msdos #cpm #peoplearestupid

2024-01-23
This is by far the most in-depth walk through of the earliest 86-DOS (pre-cursor to PC/MS-DOS) that I've seen. Hardware history walk through, live code walk through porting code from Z-80 CP/M to 8086 86-DOS. Very well done #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #history #86dos #cpm
Showing how to use the Earliest known copy of 86-DOS, the antecedent to IBM PC-DOS. (MS-DOS)
This is by far the most in-depth walk through of the earliest 86-DOS (pre-cursor to PC/MS-DOS) that I've seen. Hardware history walk through, live code walk through porting code from Z-80 CP/M to 8086 86-DOS. Very well done #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #history #86dos #cpm
Showing how to use the Earliest known copy of 86-DOS, the antecedent to IBM PC-DOS. (MS-DOS)
Impossible Umbrella :donor: :tux: :vim:ImpossibleUmbrella@infosec.exchange
2024-01-04

I can’t remember who shared this with me (or if I just found it whilst browsing videos); but this is an excellent video - which I can heartily recommend to anyone who’s interested in technical #retrocomputing archeology, in the origins of #msdos, #86dos, or #cpm

youtu.be/Zd7T5euID1E?si=l4ybmt

Units of Measurementunits@mathstodon.xyz
2024-01-03

#86DOS: Alter Vorgänger von #MSDOS wurde gefunden glm.io/180759?t via @golem

2024-01-03

86-DOS: Alter Vorgänger von MS-DOS aus dem Jahr 1979 wurde gefunden - Golem.de
„Die frühe Version von 86-DOS integriert Schach und einen 8086-Assembler. Später entstand daraus Microsofts MS-DOS – und schließlich Windows.“
golem.de/news/86-dos-alter-vor
#QDOS #86DOS #MSDOS

2024-01-03

Someone recently discovered the early copy of 86-DOS (the pre-cursor to PC-DOS/MS-DOS). This person made a video exploring it. This is version 0.11 from July 1980 previously seen by less than a dozen people.

#RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #history #msdos #microsoft #86dos
Exploring The Hidden Roots of MS-DOS: 86-DOS 0.11 (1980)

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