Category: Operating Systems
Love it or loathe it, I doubt that there’s a reader among you who hasn’t experienced the Microsoft Windows operating system in some form since it’s first introduction way back in 1985. Although it has long enjoyed it’s position as the predominant OS in the world of desktop computing, the road to it’s seemingly unassailable position – not to mention…
Those of you reading the headline will probably think we’re a bit late for an April Fools joke, but this is quite genuine! Thanks to the efforts of Felix Rieseberg (@felixrieseberg), it’s now possible to run Microsoft Windows 95 on Linux, Mac, and Windows-based computers, thanks to his Electron application; you may be asking WHY you’d want to run an…
In this edition of Retro Revisited, we’ll be looking back at Syndicate Wars, the much-anticipated sequel to one of the best real-time action-strategy games of the early 90’s, Syndicate. The original game proved to be incredibly popular, and remains one of my favourite games of all time – to say that I was excited when I learned that a sequel was in development would be something of an understatement! The game…
Clive Townsend will be releasing the third instalment of Saboteur this year. As I am sure you’re aware, Saboteur is an absolute classic etched in our minds from childhood. The game was released on various platforms, but the most loved version was on the ZX Spectrum. For those of you that are somehow not familiar with this game, you take…
Microsoft have released the sources for the Windows 3.x file manager application, WinFile.exe. Released under the MIT license, the sources can be found on Microsoft’s official Github account. And, if that’s not bizarre enough for you, MS developer Craig Wittenberg has updated it so it can be run under modern Windows versions, including Windows 10! Also added are a host of…
David Taylor has kindly shared a ‘New Old’ game for Windows PC. The game is called “Galactic Merchant 200” which is a simple old school BBS Door Game. Below you can read more about the game from David himself. “Back in 1991, in the province of Ontario was a time when BBS’s were the place to be, while exchanging ideas…
DOSBox-X 0.82.2 has been released. DOSBox-x is a branch of DOSBox v0.74. DOSBox emulates an Intel x86 PC, complete with sound, graphics, mouse, joystick, modem, etc., necessary for running many old MS-DOS games that simply cannot be run on modern PCs and operating systems, such as Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, Linux and FreeBSD. DOSBox-X Changelog DOS filename handling fixed…
We all know that deep, really deep inside your fancy Windows 10 there is still a function call do_msdos() but what we may not know is how it actually all started. To help to close that gap, Rem’s Classic Computer website has a new article telling the history of MS-DOS (and IBM PC-DOS, for that matter). There are plenty of information about…
I confess I don’t remember PC-MOS/386, but every time a vintage software has its source code released, I get excited. It is a way to learn new (old) techniques and at the same time, make sure the source code is preserved forever. PC-MOS was a multi-user MS-DOS system released in 1987 by The Software Link. The expected setup was to…
Joerg and AJ talk to Fabian Mario Doehla, “Mr. Sega”, about Sonic Mania, doing PR for Sega Europe and America, and whatever else comes up. Listen to it here: http://scene.world/mrsega
