MSDOS, DRDOS, PCDOS, FreeDOS, OpenDOS, PTSDOS, Windows v3.1, WFWG, or other
16 bit OS users will find advice, information, and links to free downloads
at this website for users of
the 8088, 8086, 80286, 80386, and newer Intel platform hardware when booting up
any version of MSDOS, DR-DOS, FreeDOS, OpenDOS, PCDOS, PTSDOS, W31, or WFWG. This
website even has links to a free download of a CPM v2.2 professionally written emulator,
Free downloads of MINIX, mini-installs of Linux, and Knoppix the zero-install full-blown
Debian based Linux that executes entirely from a compressed CD image using a ram drive.
Internet access using free downloads of DOS packet drivers, free downloads of DOS and
W31 browsers, free downloads of DOS and W31 telnet software, a free download of DOS mskermit,
DOS batch files, a free download of DOS compilers and free downloadable assemblers, links to
must have free downloads and shareware DOS and W31 utilities plus free downloads
of DOS utilities created by myself, and freeware and shareware downloads of graphics viewers
and manipulators. Information to tweak DOS upper (high) memory configurations and links
to free downloads of the required drivers with example CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, SYSTEM.INI,
and WIN.INI files to tune your W31 setup. On the DOS Versions page there are
links to download free MSDOS updates directly from the Microsoft FTP server and at the
Windows page there are links for free downloads of Windows v3.x and WFWG update
files available from Microsoft's own FTP server.
Imagine how fast DOS and Windows 3.x can be when installed on modern computer
systems 10-100 times faster than the hardware that existed when they were released!
16 Bit DOS and W31 are not limited to legacy systems.
Linux users have a new found love affair with their DOSEMU DOS
emulator and DOS applications. DOS users have Linux workalike DOS utilities
that perform as well as Linux utilities even using the same switches but
do not require the use of a Linux emulator or DOSEMU. While Linux users
applaud their opensource OS, Linux is not the only opensource OS available.
FreeDOS and the older OpenDOS are both free downloadable opensource and have
existed for as long as MINIX and LINUX have been available. We can all applaud
the fact that Linux users recognize a good thing when they see it - DOS!
Legacy PC's and XT's (8088's and 8086's) will have no problem
using text-only access for this website, there is no javascripting
used on these pages that would interfere with older browsers. DOS and
W31 Information retrieval, and the downloading of DOS and W31 files
does not require a graphics display at this website. The graphics
are here to be entertaining for those who have hardware and software
that can deal with them. The information, links and downloads are here
for everyone to enjoy using anybrowser.
When we are in trouble and need a simple OS to bail
us out we will look for our DOS disks. DOS will be the
GHOST in our machines.
Charles.Angelich
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