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Platforms

DOS-C, DOS/NT, PM-DOS by Pasquale J. Villani

Pasquale J. Villani "Open Source Depot".
- Pasquale J. Villani, Open Source Depot "DOS Projects".
- FTP "Open Source Depot".
Sourceforge "DOS-C: an MS-DOS compatible OS", Sourceforge "DOS-C: an MS-DOS compatible OS".

Embedded DOS-ROM

Archive.org "General Software, Inc.".
- The commercial DOS “Embedded DOS-ROM” and “Embedded DOS 6-XL”.
LinkedIn "Steve Jones" - “Author of 6 operating systems, including PCVMS, PCUNIX, Wendin-DOS, OEM DOS, Embedded DOS-ROM, and Embedded DOS 6-XL”.
CompuLab "Embedded DOS-ROM. Full-Featured ROMmable Disk Operating System. User’s Guide with Command Reference" ( PDF ), 1990-1999.
ProSoft "Embedded DOS 6-XL. Full-Featured ROMmable Disk Operating System. User’s Guide with Command Reference" ( PDF ), 1990-1996.

FreeDOS

The Product

FreeDOS, SourceForge "FreeDOS", SourceForge "FreeDOS".
Archive.org "FreeDOS Wiki" ( - 2023-11-01 )
- Archive.org "FreeDOS Wiki 'UEFI'" ( - 2022-08-19 ) - “Note that many new (2010 and later) computers boot using UEFI, which is not compatible with BIOS. FreeDOS assumes a BIOS, and does not work with UEFI. Many motherboard manufacturers are replacing BIOS+MBR with UEFI+GPT. UEFI uses a GPT table instead of the MBR”

Boot from USB

StackExchange "How to install FreeDOS onto a USB flash drive?".
RUFUS:
- Drive Properties:
  - Boot selection: “FreeDOS”.
  - Partition scheme: “MBR”.
  - Target system “BIOS ( or UEFI-CSM ).
  - [x] List USB Hard Drives.
  - [x] add fixes for old BIOSes ( extra partition, align, ect. ).
  - [_] Use Rufus MBR with BIOS ID “0×80 Default”.
- Format Options:
  - Volume label “FREEDOS”.
  - File system “FAT32 ( Default )”.
  - [x] Quick format
  - [x] Create extended label and icon files.

Resources

StackExchange "How to configure UEFI Bootable FreeDOS USB stick?" - “FreeDOS assumes a BIOS, and does not work with UEFI”.
Willy-Billy "FreeDOS Help (hhstndrd 1.0.7a en) - Command: country".
- “Germany - 049 . 850, 437 . dd.mm.yyyy . HH:mm:ss,ss” ⇒ FDCONFIG.SYS:
```
!COUNTRY=049,850:\BIN\COUNTRY.SYS
```
Geizhals.AT "Hardware / Notebooks / Tablets / Notebooks", Search for "freedos" - Notebooks shipped with FreeDOS.
EN.Wikipedia "FreeDOS", DE.Wikipedia "FreeDOS".
DE.Wikibooks "FreeDOS-Kompendium".

Microsoft MS-DOS

Microsoft Download Center "MSDOS".

OpenDOS, DR-DOS

Products

The commercial DRDOS, Inc. "DR DOS".
Udo Kuhnt "The DR-DOS/OpenDOS Enhancement Project".

Resources

pcmos386, PC-MOS/386

PTS-DOS

PhysTechSoft Ltd. "PTS-DOS 32", "PTS-DOS 2000".

ROM-DOS

The free Datalight "ROM-DOS Single User Version".
Computer Tech Support Forum by tom's GUIDE - "Datalight romdos free", 2005-05-26.

RxDOS by Mike Podanoffsky

XDOS by Thierry Giron

~~Thierry_Giron@smtplink.trendmicro.com~~.

Resources

Chip Directory, Operating Systems - Infos by LinkedIn "Steve Jones" about several non-Microsoft DOS implementations.
EN.Wikipedia "DOS", EN.Wikipedia "Timeline of x86 DOS operating systems", DE.Wikipedia "PC-kompatibles DOS".

Free Utilities and Applications

Tools

DE.Wikipedia "FIPS (Partitionierungssoftware)".
- FreeDOS, Software List "FIPS".
The freeThomas Mönkemeier "VGA-COPY/386".
The Shareware Archive.org "Vern Buerg, Buerg Software: LIST Plus".
rigacci.org - Biblioteca online, BIOS Firmware Support "DEBUG Script to Disable/Enable Internal Cache on 486 CPUs" → “CACHEON.COM”, “CACHEOFF.COM”.

Resources

Doctor DOS Betamax's "DOS Websites Directory".
Richard L. Green "Free Software for DOS".
Dev Anand Teelucksingh "Interesting DOS programs".
haftmann#software Freeware-Angebote - “Es handelt sich hierbei ausschließlich um DOS- und Windows-Programme (eins ist für OS/2)”.

Internet Access

Tools

Network Drivers

Simtel "msdos / pktdrvr", UK Mirrorservice "Simtel", "msdos / pktdrvr" - Network packet drivers for MSDOS.

Arachne Browser

Glenn McCorkle "Arachne" - Arachne main site.
Sourceforge "Arachne GPL web browser", Sourceforge "Arachne GPL web browser".
Ron Clarke "Arachne".
EN.Wikipedia "Arachne (web browser)", DE.Wikipedia "Arachne (Browser)".

Lynx Browser

Lynx.

Caldera WebSpyder

Caldera WebSpyder.

Mail Reader

Kees Stravers PB0AIA "The Net-Tamer DOS PPP offline mail reader".

Resources

Abandonware

FANSI-CONSOLE by Hersey Micro Consolting, Inc. A special ANSI / VT100 video driver for MSDOS applications. Version 3 is now shareware, version 4 is (still ?) commercial. I own a full license and got both version 3.01k of 04.10.1991 and version 4.00j of 21.11.1991. Are there any newer versions out ?
THE LAST BYTE by Key Software Products. A special MSDOS “upper memory” manager for 386 / 486 / 586 boards with specially supported chipsets, so it just runs on selected computer mainboards. The shareware version may be turned into commercial versions by entering a serial number. I own a full license key and got version 2.11 of 11.08.1992 and version 2.50 of 30.08.1994. I am still looking for a newer version, there must have been such !
LDEVICE - Load Device Driver V2.0 by Adlersparre & Associates Inc., 1803 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC, Canada. A special MSDOS tool to load MSDOS device drivers at runtime.

Resources

AXCEL216 "MDGx MAX Speed WinDOwS Tricks + Secrets" - “Tricks • Secrets • Bugs • Fixes, Serving strictly the BEST tweaks to millions of readers since 1993”.
- Archive.org "MDGx MS-DOS 5.00 - 8.00. Undocumented + Hidden Secrets".
OpenSource.com "Try FreeDOS in 2022" - “15 resources for new users and longtime fans of this free operating system”.
DEW Associates Corporation "Has Real-mode DOS been removed from Microsoft's Windows Millennium Edition?".

Forums, Newsgroups

Facebook "FreeDOS".

Appropriate OpenDirectory Directory Pages

OpenDirectory "Top: Computers: Software: Operating Systems: x86: DOS".

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