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Microsoft open sourced MS-DOS 4.00 yesterday, under an MIT license. This joins v1.25 and v2.0 already released 6 years ago.
https://github.com/microsoft/MS-DOS
MS-DOS 4.x is... complicated. There was a 4.0 with multitasking ("MT-DOS") and a later one without. Both report themselves as "MS-DOS Version 4.00". The code on GiHub seems to be the non-multitasking version.
I highly recommend reading through the OS/2 Museum's posts on DOS history:
https://www.os2museum.com/wp/dos/dos-4-0/
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GitHub - microsoft/MS-DOS: The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, for reference purposes
The original sources of MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0, for reference purposes - microsoft/MS-DOSGitHub
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MS-DOS 4.00 (non-multitasking) is available on PCjs Machines, so you can have the experience right in your browser. The full experience, as you have to install it from floppy first (it's easy). 😎
https://www.pcjs.org/software/pcx86/sys/dos/microsoft/4.00/
Multitasking MS-DOS 4.0 is also available (no need to install first). Feels like an alternate timeline to be able to run VisiCalc, WordStar, and a CLI concurrently under DOS. Sad it didn't get a v5.0.
https://www.pcjs.org/software/pcx86/sys/dos/microsoft/4.0M/
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Microsoft MS-DOS 4.00
PCjs offers a variety of online machine emulators written in JavaScript. Run DOS, Windows, OS/2 and other vintage PC applications in a web browser on your desktop computer, iPhone, or iPad.www.pcjs.org
In hindsight it's obvious why multitasking MS-DOS was a technological dead end. At the very least it was still DOS, with its 640KB of conventional memory limitations.
Just look at these two screenshots of Commander Keen running under PC-DOS 3.00 (1984) and multitasking MS-DOS 4.00 (1986) on the same PCjs emulated IBM 5170...
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The Tech Baron Seeking to “Ethnically Cleanse” San Francisco
If Balaji Srinivasan is any guide, then the Silicon Valley plutocrats are definitely not okay.The New Republic
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The eight-bit Z80 is dead. Long live the 16-bit Z80!
https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/26/long_live_16_bit_z80/
Yes, they are harder to solder, but there's way more potential
<- by me on @theregister
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The MakerLisp Machine is based on the eZ80 and can run both a Lisp dialect and CP/M 2.2.
My niece called the scattering seeds of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impatiens_glandulifera wait for it…
Poppers 😂
Doom Guy - BookWyrm
DOOM Guy: Life in First Person is the long-awaited autobiography of John Romero, gaming’s original rock star and the cocreator of DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein—some of the most recognizable and important titles in video game history.bookwyrm.social
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The Making of Karateka - BookWyrm
In 1982 -- the era of Apple II and Commodore 64 -- 17-year-old college freshman and aspiring game designer Jordan Mechner began keeping a private journal.bookwyrm.social
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The Making of Prince of Persia - BookWyrm
Before Prince of Persia was a best-selling video game franchise and a Jerry Bruckheimer movie, it was an Apple II computer game created and programmed by one person, Jordan Mechner.bookwyrm.social
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Bricklin on technology - BookWyrm
In a world that divides us, technology creates connection. Cell phones, e-mail, digital cameras, personal Web sites--they all join us, however tenuously, to what we value.bookwyrm.social
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Accidental empires - BookWyrm
Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions, Battle Foreign Competition, and Still Can't Get a Date (1992, 1996), is a book written by Mark Stephens under the pen name Robert X.bookwyrm.social
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New in PN: Fake electors find out in Arizona
These are not very bright people, and things got out of hand. https://www.publicnotice.co/p/arizona-fake-electors-indictment
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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS released
It wasn't too long ago that new Ubuntu releases were major happenings in the Linux world, as it was the default Linux distribution for many, both old and newcomers, in the desktop Linux space. These days, Ubuntu release hit a little different, with Canonical's focus having shifted much more to the enterprise, and several aspects of the distribution being decidedly unpopular, like the s
https://www.osnews.com/story/139439/ubuntu-24-04-lts-released/
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Following the NYT closely for over a year now, a picture is emerging:
Biased coverage leads back to the biases of one man, publisher A. G. Sulzberger.
The NYT is resistant to correcting errors.
The NYT relies on its reputation as the paper of record to avoid accountability.
Today on Assigned, a story in Politico, and a peek behind the curtain:
#trans #news #journalism #mediabias
https://www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-news/biden-politico-new-york-times-drama
Politico Offers Rare Peek Behind the NYT Curtain
A story in Politico on tensions between the Biden administration and the New York Times contains intriguing hints about A. G. Sulzberger’s role in shaping coverage of Biden and, perhaps, transgender issues.Evan Urquhart (Assigned)
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School is one hot mess.
"Gay actor’s speech back on at Pennsylvania school after cancellation over his ‘lifestyle’"
"The board...unanimously canceled Pancholy’s talk after a board member cited concerns about what he described as the actor’s activism and 'lifestyle.' Some board members also noted the district enacted a policy about not hosting overtly political events after it was criticized for hosting a Donald Trump rally during his 2016 presidential campaign." #LGBTQ
Gay actor's speech back on at Pennsylvania school after cancellation over his 'lifestyle'
A Pennsylvania school district has reversed the cancellation of an appearance by actor and children’s book author Maulik Pancholy.BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI (AP News)
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Open Sourcing DOS 4
See the canonical version of this blog post at the Microsoft Open Source Blog! ...www.hanselman.com
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So far this week...
The FTC banned the use of noncompete clauses.
The DOL strengthened overtime rules.
The FCC restored #NetNeutrality.
The DOT expanded protections for airline passengers.
This is what it looks like when the government works on behalf of the people.
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Wishing you a most speedy and full recovery!
I swear I had it earlier this year, the symptoms, but three negative tests...
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Deciphered Herculaneum papyrus reveals precise burial place of Plato
Various imaging methods comprised a kind of "bionic eye" to examine charred scroll.
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My big takeaway after listening to the SCOTUS arguments on Trump's "absolute presidential immunity" claim, it is that there is literally no act by a Republican president at least -- not using the military to kill their opponent or even staging a coup. bribery or anything else -- that Kavanaugh, Alito, Thomas and likely Roberts would deem illegal. They are monarchists pure and simple... at least when it comes to Republican presidents. Notably, Kavanaugh started his career working for KEN STARR.
“Both parties are exactly the same.” Glenn Greenwald, and 10,000 other dopes.
In reply to…
https://mastodon.social/@robdaemon@tech.lgbt/112333393968369096
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There was no drone delivery future. There was never going to be a drone delivery future.
Just like there was never going to be self-driving Uber taxis. Or Amazon Go supermarkets on every corner. Or hyperloops. Or earth-to-earth space travel on SpaceX rockets. Or level-five full self driving Teslas.
Just like there will not be a general artificial intelligence ChatGPT in the next couple of years.
They were all scams designed to lure dollars from investors and generate good PR.
Nothing more.
Amazon is ending Prime Air drone delivery in California as it eyes Arizona
Amazon will shut down its Prime Air drone delivery service in Lockeford, California, which it opened in 2022. A new location is coming in Arizona for Phoenix metro residents.Umar Shakir (The Verge)
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worse even:
Shit like #Hyperloop is by #ElonMusk's own admission just a grift to #sabotage #CHSR (#California #HighSpeedRail)...
Just like #Starlink is a #Scam to sabotage necessary #FTTB & #FTTH installations...
These bullshit #TechBro ideas are assaults on #PublicInfrastructure #Investment!
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Setting aside the adolescent histrionics, this is a good look at how a business with a dominant position destroys itself from within.https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/
The Man Who Killed Google Search
This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The story begins on February 5th 2019, when Ben Gomes, Google’s head of search, had a problem.Edward Zitron (Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At)
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London Marathon: Runner with Down's syndrome gets youngest record
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-68851567
> Lloyd Martin's London Marathon run makes him the youngest in his disability category to finish one.
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NEW VIDEO! - MidnightBSD - My First Impressions!
#FreeBSD #MidnightBSD #Unix #opensource #garyhtech
https://youtu.be/O0G5slB0WoU?si=nMKgyn-nelxT3KEd via @YouTube
MidnightBSD - My First Impressions!
#FreeBSD #OpenSource #Unix #windows #garyhtech #2024 #technology #tech #midnightbsdin this video I'll be taking a look at MidnightBSD https://www.midnightbsd...YouTube
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@laffer1 success!
startx
– without attempting to use a display manager (although I will install Firefox, and reinstall XDM, to maybe learn a little more).
A prior experiment with EFI enabled in VirtualBox – not a default, for FreeBSD guests – failed. No surprise there.
The pictured search for scfb was pure imagination.
#MidnightBSD #Oracle #VirtualBox #FreeBSD #BSD #Xfce #XOrg
@laffer1 FYI
Firefox 119.0 from Ravenports did not work until after I also installed libreoffice-single-standard … a simple dependency issue (in Ravenports), I guess.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/apple-time-warp/id735180050
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in reply to Hank G ☑️ • • •I remember going to an event where Bill Gates himself was pushing what became Windows. Except it was vaporware. So he used... a Mac. I nearly died laughing.
Back in my day the disc drives were actual giant discs!
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