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Remember when the internet was just starting out? It was a wild, new place, nothing like what we see today. Back then, ...

In honor of Microsoft's 50th anniversary, we've ranked the best Windows consumer operating systems Microsoft has ever shipped, in order from worst to best.

About/Description: Windows 2.0 is a 16-bit operating environment from Microsoft released on December 9, 1987, as a successor to Windows 1.0. Windows 2.0, 2.01, and 2.03 are shells for the MS-DOS ...

Without Microsoft, the world of modern computer technology would not be the same as we know it. Next year, Microsoft turns 50 years old, so it’s worth looking back at the megacorporation’s significant ...

Feel nostalgic? You can still relive some of the operating systems of old. Enjoy these classic operating systems in your ...

A Glimpse into the Past of Personal Computing In a historic move, Microsoft has made the source code for early versions of MS-DOS available to the public. This release offers a fascinating glimpse ...

Download Microsoft DOS V1.1 and V2.0 Source Code Other historical source code releases in this series include IBM’s APL programming language, Apple II DOS, Adobe’s Photoshop, Apple Macpaint/QuickDraw, ...

Over its 40 years, PCMag has covered every version of Microsoft's operating system. Like you, sometimes we loved it, and sometimes we didn't. Let's take it back to MS-DOS to see how Windows has ...

For most people the phrases ‘MS-DOS’ and ‘video playback’ probably aren’t commonly associated, yet it was quite normal as those of us who were watching full-motion vid… ...

An intrepid code archaeologist has found and uploaded an early ancestor of what became MS-DOS, which ultimately sparked the IBM PC-compatible computer industry. The newly recovered boot disk contains ...

Visual Basic easily interfaced with many database products (most notably Microsoft Access) and reporting tools (most notably Crystal Reports) Visual Basic 3 was the most popular version under 16-bit ...