The history of development of Norton Commander (2011)(softpanorama.org)
60 points by Michelangelo11 | 19 comments
A Softpanorama book chapter by Nikolai Bezroukov on the history of Norton Commander and the NC line of orthodox file managers.
#dos on Hacker News
9 stories tagged dos, newest first.
Hacking SimCity 2000 saved games(log.schemescape.com)
6 points by zdw | 1 comments
A personal memoir blog post about hacking SimCity 2000 saved game files in the DOS era.
Defeating a 40-year-old copy protection dongle(dmitrybrant.com)
793 points by zdw | 251 comments
Dmitry Brant's blog post about reverse engineering and bypassing a decades-old parallel-port copy protection dongle for legacy software.
How Quake.exe got its TCP/IP stack(fabiensanglard.net)
457 points by billiob | 118 comments
Fabien Sanglard article explaining how Quake.exe, a DOS game from 1996, gained TCP/IP networking support amid the shift from DOS to Windows.
IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023)(blogsystem5.substack.com)
534 points by AlexeyBrin | 478 comments
Blog post by Julio Merino examining the text-mode IDEs of the late 1980s and early 1990s on DOS and comparing them to today's development tools.
Evertop: E-ink IBM XT clone with 100+ hours of battery life(github.com)
524 points by harryvederci | 168 comments
GitHub repository for Evertop, an open-source E-ink IBM XT clone with solar power, ultra-low power consumption, and very long battery life.
IDEs we had 30 years ago(blogsystem5.substack.com)
613 points by titaniumtown | 526 comments
Blog post by Julio Merino examining the text-mode IDEs of the late 1980s and early 1990s and comparing them with today's development tools.
As I retire, my goal now is to release 40+ years of source code(dunfield.themindfactory.com)
1180 points by elvis70 | 302 comments
Dave Dunfield's source code download page releasing 40+ years of his software, including kernels, OSes, tools, and disassemblers, upon his retirement.
A $200 mini-laptop with a Intel 8088 chip and 640KB(liliputing.com)
326 points by gooseyard | 179 comments
Liliputing article about a $200 mini-laptop built around an Intel 8088 processor with 640KB of memory, blending retro PC hardware with a modern form factor.