microsoft/MS-DOS resource
The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25, 2.0, and 4.0 for reference purposes observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2991
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 860
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
32280 stars · 4671 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
The original source code of MS-DOS versions 1.25, 2.0, and 4.0, published by Microsoft under the MIT license for historical reference. It is a static archive meant for exploration and study of early PC operating systems, not for active development.
Use cases
- study the source code of an early PC operating system
- explore how MS-DOS was implemented in assembly
- reference historical operating system code for research or writing
- learn how DOS file systems and command interpreter worked
- experiment with vintage operating system source code
When to choose
- you want authentic, original MS-DOS source code for study or reference
- you are researching the history of PC operating systems
- you want to fork and experiment with early DOS internals
When to avoid
- you need a usable modern DOS or command-line environment (use FreeDOS instead)
- you expect an actively maintained or extensible project
- you want to contribute changes upstream (the repo is explicitly static)
Facets
learning-resource · maturity maintenance
interpreter file-system developer-tools operating-systems programming-languages documentation cpp c cross-platform ms-dos historical-source-code assembly operating-system reference retrocomputing
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS · fetched 2026-08-28 · d99f96705078
- homepage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS · fetched 2026-08-29 · de7e6d819f73
- site_page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About · fetched 2026-08-29 · 23a807abd0b6
- site_page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Installable_File_System · fetched 2026-08-29 · 065f9ee62905
- site_page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MS-DOS_6.2_Update_Install_Floppy_Discs_(German).jpg · fetched 2026-08-29 · cf07e350bbe7
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Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft/MS-DOS | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="microsoft/MS-DOS")
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