MS-DOS

With the help of the Computer History Museum, Microsoft making DOS code available to the public for the first time. For detail info visit the Microsoft official blog

Source Content

• v11source: 7 assembler code files, and an explanatory email from Tim Paterson
• v11object: 27 files, some binary programs and some sample programs
• v20source: 118 text files, mostly assembler code and some documentation
• v20object: 38 files, some binary and some documentation

About the Computer History Museum

The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California is a nonprofit organization with a four-decade history as the world’s leading institution exploring the history of computing and its ongoing impact on society. The Museum is dedicated to the preservation and celebration of computer history, and is home to the largest international collection of computing artifacts in the world, encompassing computer hardware, software, documentation, ephemera, photographs and moving images.

The Museum brings computer history to life through large-scale exhibits, an acclaimed speaker series, a dynamic website, docent-led tours and an award-winning education program. The Museum’s signature exhibition is “Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing,” described by USA Today as “the Valley’s answer to the Smithsonian.” Other current exhibits include “Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2,” and “Going Places: The History of Google Maps with Street View.”

Resource

• computerhistory press

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