Dr. DOS Betamax's DOS Fansite

  • TIL the term "asperand" for the @ sign http://chebucto.ns.ca/~ak621/DOS/DOS-Char.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperand

  • Somewhat related: a repository of FreeDOS-compatible freeware or open source software, no "abandonware": https://clasqm.github.io/freedos-repo/

  • You don't see that /~username/ pattern in URLs so often these days. I always liked it.

  • I read that as DR DOS (Digital Research) which I was enamored of until MS DOS 5.0 came out.

    Digital Research made GEM (a Mac-like desktop GUI) and included a pared down version called ViewMAX in DR DOS 5.0 but ultimately didn't deliver on providing a Mac-like interface.

  • It’s odd to me these days to see a DOS defender. I grew up on DOS, but these days would take a Linux command line over it any day. I guess you need X to do anything graphical on Linux whereas pure dos games exist?

  • Don't remember how I stumbled on this site, but it had to have been 15-20 years ago that I did. Was pleasantly surprised to see that it's still online and that the author is still singing the praises of DOS.

  • Lynx-friendly should become a web design standard.

  • Was DOS considered to be better than Windows back then?

  • This reminds me of something you'd find on OldFiles back in the day:

    https://web.archive.org/web/20110407222115/http://www.oldfil...

    It was a webring/directory for old computers and DOS/Win3x enthusiasts. Unfortunately long gone, but it lasted from 2003 until the mid 2010s.