Redmond Magazine

Microsoft Resurrects Windows 1.0 (Sort Of)

In another example of "everything old is new again," you can now recapture that old-school Microsoft feeling without even a single floppy disk drive. The year was 1980-something. One afternoon, a ...
ZDNet

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

PC-DOS 1.00 would lead to Microsoft becoming computing's top dog Microsoft continues to embrace open source. The source code and annotations provide insight into the operating system's earliest days.
Digital Trends

The history of Windows: How the OS has changed over time

What comes to mind when you look back at the history of Windows? Is it the iconic logos, the ever-changing Start menus, or maybe the introduction of Live Tiles? The story of Microsoft’s flagship ...
PC World

Microsoft open-sources 86-DOS 1.00, the ancestor of Windows

Microsoft open-sourced 86-DOS 1.00 source code on GitHub for its 45th anniversary, according to PCWorld, including kernel and PC-DOS development snapshots. This historically significant software, ...

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

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