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  • MS open-sources MS-DOS 4.0

    From Auric__@[email protected] to comp.os.msdos.misc,alt.msdos on Sat Apr 27 04:21:16 2024
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    https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2024/04/25/open-sourcing-ms- dos-4-0/

    https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS

    Tl;dr: MS-DOS 4.0 has been released under the MIT license.
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  • From Kerr-Mudd, John@[email protected] to comp.os.msdos.misc,alt.msdos on Sat Apr 27 20:48:43 2024
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    On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:21:16 -0000 (UTC)
    "Auric__" <[email protected]s> wrote:

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    https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2024/04/25/open-sourcing-ms- dos-4-0/

    https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS

    Tl;dr: MS-DOS 4.0 has been released under the MIT license.

    But not all of it, I was told Elsewhere it's missing DOSSHELL GWBASIC and
    erm something else (DPMI maybe?).
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  • From JJ@[email protected] to comp.os.msdos.misc,alt.msdos on Sun Apr 28 14:22:48 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.msdos.misc

    On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 20:48:43 +0100, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:
    On Sat, 27 Apr 2024 04:21:16 -0000 (UTC)
    "Auric__" <[email protected]s> wrote:

    (Watch the word wrap.)

    https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/opensource/2024/04/25/open-sourcing-ms- >> dos-4-0/

    https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS

    Tl;dr: MS-DOS 4.0 has been released under the MIT license.

    But not all of it, I was told Elsewhere it's missing DOSSHELL GWBASIC and
    erm something else (DPMI maybe?).

    Isn't DPMI only exist starting from Multitasking MS-DOS 4.0, but not yet
    exist in IBM and MS DOS 4.0?
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  • From Ammammata@[email protected] to comp.os.msdos.misc,alt.msdos on Mon Apr 29 08:48:02 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.os.msdos.misc

    Kerr-Mudd, John presented the following explanation :
    GWBASIC

    I spent a LOT of time programming with GWBASIC, it was near the end of
    '80 for some years
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