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Microsoft Declares MS-DOS 6.22 and Earlier Obsolete
Microsoft's archived table records December 31, 2001 as DOS support retirement, but its surviving row names MS-DOS 6.0 rather than 6.22.
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Microsoft Open-Sources the Original MS-DOS on GitHub
On September 28, 2018, Microsoft placed MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 source and binaries on GitHub under MIT; MS-DOS 4.00 followed separately in April 2024.
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FreeDOS vs. MS-DOS: Compatibility, Differences, and Why It Matters
A precise comparison of FreeDOS and MS-DOS across APIs, executables, kernels, shells, filesystems, hardware, licensing, undocumented behavior, and testing.
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