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Microsoft open sources MS-DOS 4.0

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ZippyBot@lemmy.zip [bot]⁩ to ⁨gaming@lemmy.zip⁩

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/microsoft-open-sources-ms-dos-40/

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  • frankgrimeszz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    DooM as it was intended.

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  • Droechai@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Does this mean someone will make MS-DOS SoCs similar to the ned-clone blobs? i would love to have a gaming board for a small Commander Keen cabinet with ultra low power reqs

    I can only hope

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    • Thorry84@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Dosbox runs just fine on a Raspberry Pi or similar

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    • MudMan@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I'm all for that idea, but I don't think what's holding it back is the OS. It's not like there aren't ways to get there now, they're just... relatively rare and quite expensive.

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      • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I don’t understand the “relatively rare and quite expensive” part, can you explain that?

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    • Buelldozer@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      i would love to have a gaming board for a small Commander Keen cabinet with ultra low power reqs

      Huh? You can already get a DOS capable gaming board that uses less power than the display would. If nothing else for $200USD you can get a “Hand 386”, yoink it out of it’s case and put it in the cabinet of your choice.

      There’s lots of low power options out there for you! You can start your dream project NOW…there’s no need to wait!

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      • Droechai@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        200 USD is more than 140 USD more than the consoles that has the soc I was talking about, of course if budget is no constraint I could start all projects I got in my want part of my brain

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  • Outtatime@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Why

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    • MudMan@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      To complete that question:

      Why... not 6.22?

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      • Outtatime@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Precisely. I guess others seemed to get offended

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      • Hotzilla@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I assume 6.22 is still in production, and might be that even someone is paying Microsoft for support.

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    • Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Why question a good thing?

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      • Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Why wouldn’t you? Why not a later version, or every version? Wouldn’t you like to know the reasoning behind the decision for doing this with MS-DOS 4 specifically?

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