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arstechnica.com · first added by @hnl · 2026-09-25 · 2 upvotes

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* Issue #795 by @hnl [code]

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* Microsoft open-sources “the earliest DOS source code discovered to date”
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* Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 BASIC | Microsoft Open Source Blog
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* Microsoft open sources DOS 1.00 on 45th anniversary
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* GitHub – DOS 1.0: Transcription of Tim Paterson's DOS Printouts
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* Tim Paterson's DOS Source Listings and Other Things
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* GitHub - phyous/DOS-1.0: Boot the original DOS (86-DOS 1.00, 1981) from Tim Paterson's source code
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* Triumph of the Nerds: The Transcripts, Part II
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* Software archaeology - Wikipedia
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* GitHub – DOS 1.0: Transcription of Tim Paterson's DOS Printouts
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