30 years later, FreeDOS still keeps the command prompt dream alive
30 years later, FreeDOS still keeps the command prompt dream alive
PD-DOS
would be
Soon
be
renowned
DOS free,
And
30
years
And
a lot
contributions
later,
he
stands
as
THE
last
MS-DOS compatible
Operating
system
always
below
active
development.
While
It is
not
Really
usable
as
A
autonomous
modern
Operating
system
In
THE
the Internet
age - among
other
things,
BACK
East
not
Really
innately
aware
of
"THE
The Internet"
as
A
concept—FreeDOS
always
has
A
important
place
In
Today
computing
firmament.
It is
there
For
people
WHO
need
has
run
legacy
apps
on
modern
systems,
if
It is
running
inside
of
A
virtual
machine
Or
directly
on
THE
material;
It is
Also
THE
best
path
has
get
A
actively
maintained
BACK
branching out
running
on
legacy
material
going
as
far
back
as
THE
original
IBM
PC
And
It is
Intel
8088
Processor.
HAS
brand
Free DOS
20
birthday
In
2014,
We
talked
with
Room
And
other
Free DOS
maintainers
about
It is
continued
relevance,
THE
legacy
of
BACK,
And
THE
developers
since abandoned
plans
has
add
ambitious
modern
features
as
multitasking
And
integrated
networking
support
(We
Also
try,
seriously
but
with
mixed
success,
has
TO DO
A
modern
days
work
using
only
Free DOS).
THE
world
of
MS-DOS compatible
Operating
systems
moves
slowly
enough
that
most
of
This
information
East
always
relevant;
Free DOS
was
has
version
1.1
back
In
2014,
And
It is
on
version
1.3
now.
For
THE
30
birthday,
We have
checked
In
with
Room
Again
about
how
THE
last
decade
Or
SO
has
treaty
THE
Free DOS
project,
Why
It is
always
important,
And
how
he
keep on going
has
draw
new
users
In
THE
fold.
We
Also
talked,
odd
as
he
could
seem,
about
What
THE
future
could
socket
For
This
intrinsically
retrospective
Operating
system.
Free DOS
East
always
kicking,
even
as
material
evolved
beyond
he
Running
As easy as,
A
Lotus
1-2-3 compatible
spreadsheet
program,
In
Free DOS.
Jimmy
Room
If
THE
last
decade
doesn't
inaugurated
In
THE
Year
of
Free DOS
On
THE
Desk,
Room
said
that
interest
In
And
use
of
THE
Operating
system
has
stayed
enough
level
Since
2014.
THE
difference
East
that,
as
time
has
disappeared
on,
more
users
are
meet
Free DOS
as
their first
DOS compatible
Operating
system,
not
as
A
update
take
on
Microsoft
And
IBM
dusty
old
80 years-
And
90s
software.
"Compared with
has
about
ten
years
There is,
Identifier
say
THE
interest
level
In
Free DOS
East
about
THE
even,"
Room
said
Ars
In
A
E-mail
interview.
"OUR
developer
community
has
stayed
about
THE
even
on
that
time,
I
think.
And
judge
by
THE
emails
that
people
send
Me
has
ask
questions,
Or
THE
new
people
I
see
ask
questions
on
OUR
user-freedos
Or
freedos-development
E-mail
lists,
Or
THE
people
talk
about
Free DOS
on
THE
Facebook
band
And
other
forums,
Identifier
say
there
are
always
about
THE
even
number
of
people
WHO
are
participant
In
THE
Free DOS
community
In
a few
way."
"I
get
A
plot
of
questions
around
September
And
October
Since
people
WHO
ask,
basically,
'I
installed
DOS free,
but...
PD-DOS
would be
Soon
be
renowned
DOS free,
And
30
years
And
a lot
contributions
later,
he
stands
as
THE
last
MS-DOS compatible
Operating
system
always
below
active
development.
While
It is
not
Really
usable
as
A
autonomous
modern
Operating
system
In
THE
the Internet
age - among
other
things,
BACK
East
not
Really
innately
aware
of
"THE
The Internet"
as
A
concept—FreeDOS
always
has
A
important
place
In
Today
computing
firmament.
It is
there
For
people
WHO
need
has
run
legacy
apps
on
modern
systems,
if
It is
running
inside
of
A
virtual
machine
Or
directly
on
THE
material;
It is
Also
THE
best
path
has
get
A
actively
maintained
BACK
branching out
running
on
legacy
material
going
as
far
back
as
THE
original
IBM
PC
And
It is
Intel
8088
Processor.
HAS
brand
Free DOS
20
birthday
In
2014,
We
talked
with
Room
And
other
Free DOS
maintainers
about
It is
continued
relevance,
THE
legacy
of
BACK,
And
THE
developers
since abandoned
plans
has
add
ambitious
modern
features
as
multitasking
And
integrated
networking
support
(We
Also
try,
seriously
but
with
mixed
success,
has
TO DO
A
modern
days
work
using
only
Free DOS).
THE
world
of
MS-DOS compatible
Operating
systems
moves
slowly
enough
that
most
of
This
information
East
always
relevant;
Free DOS
was
has
version
1.1
back
In
2014,
And
It is
on
version
1.3
now.
For
THE
30
birthday,
We have
checked
In
with
Room
Again
about
how
THE
last
decade
Or
SO
has
treaty
THE
Free DOS
project,
Why
It is
always
important,
And
how
he
keep on going
has
draw
new
users
In
THE
fold.
We
Also
talked,
odd
as
he
could
seem,
about
What
THE
future
could
socket
For
This
intrinsically
retrospective
Operating
system.
Free DOS
East
always
kicking,
even
as
material
evolved
beyond
he
Running
As easy as,
A
Lotus
1-2-3 compatible
spreadsheet
program,
In
Free DOS.
Jimmy
Room
If
THE
last
decade
doesn't
inaugurated
In
THE
Year
of
Free DOS
On
THE
Desk,
Room
said
that
interest
In
And
use
of
THE
Operating
system
has
stayed
enough
level
Since
2014.
THE
difference
East
that,
as
time
has
disappeared
on,
more
users
are
meet
Free DOS
as
their first
DOS compatible
Operating
system,
not
as
A
update
take
on
Microsoft
And
IBM
dusty
old
80 years-
And
90s
software.
"Compared with
has
about
ten
years
There is,
Identifier
say
THE
interest
level
In
Free DOS
East
about
THE
even,"
Room
said
Ars
In
A
E-mail
interview.
"OUR
developer
community
has
stayed
about
THE
even
on
that
time,
I
think.
And
judge
by
THE
emails
that
people
send
Me
has
ask
questions,
Or
THE
new
people
I
see
ask
questions
on
OUR
user-freedos
Or
freedos-development
E-mail
lists,
Or
THE
people
talk
about
Free DOS
on
THE
Facebook
band
And
other
forums,
Identifier
say
there
are
always
about
THE
even
number
of
people
WHO
are
participant
In
THE
Free DOS
community
In
a few
way."
"I
get
A
plot
of
questions
around
September
And
October
Since
people
WHO
ask,
basically,
'I
installed
DOS free,
but...