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Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 - and it's so much more than the code

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Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 - and it's so much more than the code

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Want a blast from the past? Microsoft just open-sourced its very first operating system, offering a rare insight into the PC's earliest days.

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I owned a copy of MS-DOS 1.0. The source code listing was included in the back of the manual.

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