#windows ms-dos

[kawaoneechan]

You can get a really tiny but technically functional Windows on a single 1.44 MB diskette. Functional enough to run Solitaire and Notepad, at least.

But did you know every MS-DOS 5/6 installation contains an even smaller Windows, that's less than 200 KB?

It's QBASIC. It runs on Character-Oriented Windows, which is for all intents and purposes a fully functional text-based Windows. It has a message loop to handle events, window handles, dialog box resources, the works. It even has Kernel and User parts (but no GDI).

[kaasiand]

[regretsretrotech]

Sometimes things don't go to plan. I went to go rotate my trusty Gateway 2000 system and the videocard said no. After that I was getting beep codes indicating no videocard detected.

Time for troubleshooting!

Oh... okay then I guess not?

Entered into SVGA mode in Windows 3.11 so... I guess it was a fluke?

Lets make sure the AWE32 card is working, and it was. The system can't run Impulse Tracker but OCP works no problem.

Okay, fine, well, since I've opened it up to troubleshoot lets do some work in there.

So, a bit of history, when I first rebuilt this machine, it was 2018 and I had just gotten it. There's a possible post for all the photos I took cleaning it up and rebuilding, it but needless to say I was not very good or through with cable management.

Yes, those are double AA batteries taped to a bracket, those are the RTC batteries.

And it stayed pretty much that way, even after I put in a Pentium Overdrive chip.

Nor did I bother with the front panel wiring. For shame.

There we go. There's a lot of wiring to the front panel. Three LED's, one push button and one key switch. That white assembly carries the system speaker and the front case fan.

A nice crop of the CPU, a socket 3 Pentium Overdrive chip running at an oddball 83 Mhz. Below that is the 128MB of system RAM (only 64MB usable.)

Since the system was working, and came up with no further issues, I put it back together.

[cozylittleartblog]

Please come back to Deviantart and upload all your art!!!!!!!!!

deviantart can suck my whole entire dick and can keep sucking it until they decide to get rid of their AI bullshit

anyway reminder that y'all should join sheezyart

my username there is cozy

[isluigiplayable]

You can play as Luigi in "Mario Teaches Typing."

He's one of the three playable characters in the game, alongside Mario & Peach.

[boyslit-moving]

ok if you've been using Windows for a while which one has been your favorite. bc i just got hit with a huge nostalgia brick for the os of my youth

if you don't have a favorite you can pick which one sucked the least :) feel free to rant and bitch in the tags if you want to, we're all haters at the end of the day <3

[vaporwave]

[xmoonlitxdreamx]

i found some wacky way to make borderless printing work...!!! it's not perfect but idk it might b ok enough until i can get a decent guillotine cutter and cut a bunch of sheets at once to size. I'll try experimenting with printing my comics and stuff sometime!!!!!

[watchmorecinema]

The story of Microsoft's meteoric rise and IBM's fall has been on my mind lately. Not really related to any film, but I do think we're overdue for an updated Pirates of Silicon Valley biopic. I really think that the 80's and 90's had some wild stories in computing.

If you ask the average person what operating system your computer could have they'd say that if it's a PC it has Windows, and if it's a Mac it has macOS. All home computers are Macs or PCs, but how did it get this way?

In the 70's everyone was making home computers. Tandy was a leather supply goods company established in 1919, but they made computers. Montgomery Ward was a retail chain that decided to make their own store brand computers. Commodore, Atari, NEC, Philips, Bally and a million other assorted companies were selling computers. They generally couldn't talk to each other (if you had software for your Tandy it wouldn't work on your Commodore) and there was no clear market winner. The big three though were Tandy (yeah the leather company made some great computers in 78), Commodore and Apple.

IBM was the biggest computer company of all, in fact just the biggest company period. In 1980 they had a market cap of 128 billion dollars (adjusted for inflation). None of these other companies came close, but IBM's success was built off of mainframes. 70% of all computers sold worldwide were IBM computers, but 0% of it was from the home market.

IBM wanted to get into this growing and lucrative business, and came up with a unique plan. A cheap computer made with commodity parts (i.e. not cutting edge) that had open architecture. The plan was that you could buy an IBM Personal Computer (TM) and then upgrade it as you please. They even published documentation to make it easy to build add ons.

The hope was that people would be attracted to the low prices, the options for upgrades would work for power users, and a secondary market of add ons would be created. If some 3rd party company creates the best graphics card of all time, well you'd still need to buy an IBM PC to install it on.

IBM was not in the home software business, so they went to Microsoft. Microsoft produced MS-DOS (based on 86-DOS, which they licensed) but did not enforce exclusivity. That meant that Microsoft could sell MS-DOS for any of their competitors too. This was fine because of how fractured the market was. Remember, there were a lot of competitors, no one system dominated and none of the competitors could share software. Porting MS-DOS to every computer would have taken years, and by that point it would be outdated anyways.

IBM saw two paths forward. If the IBM PC did well they would make a ton of money. Third party devs like Microsoft would also make a lot of money, but not as much as IBM. If it failed, well then no one was making money. Either way the balance of power wouldn't change. IBM would still be at the top.

IBM however did not enjoy massive profits. It turns out that having cheap components and an open architecture where you could replace anything would... let you replace anything. A company like Compaq could just buy their own RAM, motherboards, cases, hard drives, etc. and make their own knockoff. It was easy, it was popular, and it was completely legal! Some people could order parts and build their own computer from scratch. If you've ever wondered why you can build your own computer but not your own tv or toaster, this is why. IBM had accidentally created a de facto standard that they had no control over.

In 1981 IBM's PC was worth 2.5% of the marketshare. By 1995 IBM PC compatibles were 95% of the marketshare, selling over 45 million units and IBM had to share the profits with every competitor. Apple is the only survivor of this time because the Macintosh was such an incredible piece of technology, but that's a different story for a different time.

And Microsoft? Well building an OS is much harder than putting together a few hardware components, so everyone just bought MS-DOS. With no exclusivity agreement this was also legal. That huge marketshare was now the basis for Microsoft's dominance.

IBM created a computer standard and gave the blueprints to every competitor and created a monopoly for Microsoft to boot. And that's why every computer you buy either is made by Apple with Apple software, or made by anyone else with Microsoft software. IBM is back where they started, having left the home computer business in 2005.

It's easily the biggest blunder in computer history. Other blunders have killed companies but none were quite as impactful as this one.

This story, and many others I know of, I first read in "In Search of Stupidity", a book authored by a former programmer and product manager that was able to see a lot of this first hand. I make no money advertising this book, I just had a great time reading it.

[kitkatmelon]

hello OS-tan community i have drawn. Several of them (check under cut for high res link)

11-tan design is by @/laneycore

i kinda didnt wanna draw the generic girl one but for all of them i wanted to draw the most common design i found so....shes also there......

the stats for this in procreate are . very amusing to me

6864 x 646 px

total strokes: 50765

tracked time: 25h 39min

2.6.2024-2.2.2025. (d/m/y)

layers: 213

[transferprotocol]

desktop wallpaper comm for @muppetghost !!!!! 💾💻

[gamemories]

[dimalink]

Basic Pascal – logotypes for beginning 2025

And it is, already, has been released several versions. And, for them - there are logotypes. For every version - its own logo. So, this way, it is more funny. So, this way, it is more interesting. Every version  - it  is several new games.  And it is about something new, something interesting. And picture and logo shows this.

And, so, starting with version 1.17 Block. It is appear new its own logo for this certain version. With this version 4 new games. And, they are show here with  a little pictures. So, as I say – this way it is more interesting.

This is standard logo for Bas Pas. And it was for a long time. To any development with basic and Pascal I set this logo. And later pack them into Basic Pascal pack. With same logo. Standard logo. Very long time it was with this logo.

Basic Pascal version 1.18 "Duckling" – most newest version. In this version there are 4 new games! Puddles at Countryside, Duckling Pseudo 3D, Road to Countryside, Duckling Goes 2D. And even more retro games! It is a pack of retro games with modern versions of Basic and Pascal.

It is now in development new version Basic Pascal pack games. This game will be included in a new version.

Basic Pascal: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/games/basicpascal/index_eng.html Website: http://www.dimalink.tv-games.ru/home_eng.html Itchio: https://dimalink.itch.io/basic-pascal

[positivefumo]

MS-DOS on literally modern hardware not virtual machine

[prixoruno]

KINSONA DOODLES

LE DEVIL O_x

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