Reading up on MS-DOS
2 deep · digging since may 29
- The Second Life of Autoconf for MS-DOS – code.dblock.org
The author rediscovered a 1991 DOS boot‑configuration tool named Autoconf, located its French magazine source, reunited with creator Julien Pommier, and revived the original and his later versions.
- Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date”
Microsoft released the earliest known DOS source code (86-DOS 1.00 and PC-DOS 1.00 snapshots), predating MS-DOS branding, to preserve computing history.