#vintageoperatingsystems — Public Fediverse posts
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The Register: Microsoft opens door to the past by releasing 86-DOS and PC-DOS 1.00. “Antiques code show Microsoft has released the source for another of its relics. This time, it’s 86-DOS 1.00 getting the open source treatment, and a whole lot more for retro enthusiasts. The release comes a year after Microsoft set the source for MS-DOS 4.0 free, but it includes a lot more than just the bones […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/the-register-microsoft-opens-door-to-the-past-by-releasing-86-dos-and-pc-dos-1-00/ -
The Register: Microsoft opens door to the past by releasing 86-DOS and PC-DOS 1.00. “Antiques code show Microsoft has released the source for another of its relics. This time, it’s 86-DOS 1.00 getting the open source treatment, and a whole lot more for retro enthusiasts. The release comes a year after Microsoft set the source for MS-DOS 4.0 free, but it includes a lot more than just the bones […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/the-register-microsoft-opens-door-to-the-past-by-releasing-86-dos-and-pc-dos-1-00/ -
The Register: Microsoft opens door to the past by releasing 86-DOS and PC-DOS 1.00. “Antiques code show Microsoft has released the source for another of its relics. This time, it’s 86-DOS 1.00 getting the open source treatment, and a whole lot more for retro enthusiasts. The release comes a year after Microsoft set the source for MS-DOS 4.0 free, but it includes a lot more than just the bones […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/the-register-microsoft-opens-door-to-the-past-by-releasing-86-dos-and-pc-dos-1-00/ -
The Register: Microsoft opens door to the past by releasing 86-DOS and PC-DOS 1.00. “Antiques code show Microsoft has released the source for another of its relics. This time, it’s 86-DOS 1.00 getting the open source treatment, and a whole lot more for retro enthusiasts. The release comes a year after Microsoft set the source for MS-DOS 4.0 free, but it includes a lot more than just the bones […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/the-register-microsoft-opens-door-to-the-past-by-releasing-86-dos-and-pc-dos-1-00/ -
The Register: Microsoft opens door to the past by releasing 86-DOS and PC-DOS 1.00. “Antiques code show Microsoft has released the source for another of its relics. This time, it’s 86-DOS 1.00 getting the open source treatment, and a whole lot more for retro enthusiasts. The release comes a year after Microsoft set the source for MS-DOS 4.0 free, but it includes a lot more than just the bones […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/01/the-register-microsoft-opens-door-to-the-past-by-releasing-86-dos-and-pc-dos-1-00/ -
Tom’s Hardware: Developer’s 1994 Linux desktop recreation runs in your browser as a modern web app — open-source project brings old-school CDE interface back from the dead and features classic 90s web browser, text editor, and more. “Posted as an open-source project on GitHub under the GPL license, but accessible via its own website, the project has faithfully recreated the appearance of a […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/03/toms-hardware-developers-1994-linux-desktop-recreation-runs-in-your-browser-as-a-modern-web-app-open-source-project-brings-old-school-cde-interface-back-from-the-dead-and-features-class/ -
Tom’s Hardware: You can log into 28 vintage computer systems in your browser for free, thanks to the Interim Computer Museum — Experience legendary OSes, architectures, programming languages, and games. “The Interim Computer Museum (ICM) and SDF.org have made 28 vintage computer systems accessible online for free. There’s a plethora of old but gold – some legendary – systems available, so […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/25/toms-hardware-you-can-log-into-28-vintage-computer-systems-in-your-browser-for-free-thanks-to-the-interim-computer-museum-experience-legendary-oses-architectures-programming-languages/ -
The Register: Legacy Update expands archive of vanished Microsoft downloads. “Legacy Update has for years been a tremendously useful site and tool for those wanting to keep older versions of Windows alive and in active use. The site has updated its archive of files that Microsoft used to make available for free download in the official Download Center, but has in its finite wisdom removed.”
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TechSpot: Classic 3D Maze screensaver from Windows 95 is now fully playable. “The original 3D Maze allowed a ‘player’ to navigate through a randomly generated maze, which impressed many users experiencing Windows 95 for the first time. Earlier this year, a programmer decided to turn the tool into a fully playable game – a task that proved surprisingly straightforward.”
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TechSpot: Classic 3D Maze screensaver from Windows 95 is now fully playable. “The original 3D Maze allowed a ‘player’ to navigate through a randomly generated maze, which impressed many users experiencing Windows 95 for the first time. Earlier this year, a programmer decided to turn the tool into a fully playable game – a task that proved surprisingly straightforward.”
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TechSpot: Classic 3D Maze screensaver from Windows 95 is now fully playable. “The original 3D Maze allowed a ‘player’ to navigate through a randomly generated maze, which impressed many users experiencing Windows 95 for the first time. Earlier this year, a programmer decided to turn the tool into a fully playable game – a task that proved surprisingly straightforward.”
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TechSpot: Classic 3D Maze screensaver from Windows 95 is now fully playable. “The original 3D Maze allowed a ‘player’ to navigate through a randomly generated maze, which impressed many users experiencing Windows 95 for the first time. Earlier this year, a programmer decided to turn the tool into a fully playable game – a task that proved surprisingly straightforward.”
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TechSpot: Classic 3D Maze screensaver from Windows 95 is now fully playable. “The original 3D Maze allowed a ‘player’ to navigate through a randomly generated maze, which impressed many users experiencing Windows 95 for the first time. Earlier this year, a programmer decided to turn the tool into a fully playable game – a task that proved surprisingly straightforward.”
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Digital Preservation at Cambridge: Floppy Disks, Forgotten Systems and Fragile Knowledge: Insights from the Retro Computing Community. “As part of the Future Nostalgia project, a series of interviews were conducted with members of the retro computing community. These conversations highlighted not only the deeply technical expertise of the interviewees, but also personal stories and experiences […]
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Boing Boing: Play with a web replica of the Apple Lisa’s GUI. “Lisa GUI is a web-based model of the Apple Lisa’s graphical user interface. Predating the original Macintosh by a year, it introduced so much that we associate with it, from the high-resolution 1-bit aesthetic to user-interface standards that persist to this day. Andrew Yaros, owner of a real Lisa 2/10, created the replica.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/07/14/boing-boing-play-with-a-web-replica-of-the-apple-lisas-gui/
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Hackaday: The Evertop: A Low-Power, Off-Grid Solar Gem. “Designed by [ericjenott], hacker with a love for old-school computing and survivalist flair, this machine emulates 1980s PCs, runs DOS, Windows 3.0, and even MINIX, and stays powered for hundreds of hours. It has a built-in solar panel and 20,000mAh of battery, basically making it an old-school dream in a new-school shell.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/28/the-evertop-a-low-power-off-grid-solar-gem-hackaday/
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Hackaday: UNIX Archaeology Turns Up 1972 “V2 Beta”. “In 1997 a set of DEC tapes were provided by Dennis Ritchie, as historical artifacts for those interested in the gestation of the UNIX operating system. The resulting archive files have recently been analysed by [Yfeng Gao], who has succeeded in recovering a working UNIX version from 1972. What makes it particularly interesting is that […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/21/hackaday-unix-archaeology-turns-up-1972-v2-beta/