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Title: FreeDOS is a free DOS-compatible operating system
Post by: Software Santa on August 19, 2013, 05:26:33 AM

FreeDOS is a free DOS-compatible operating system.

Software Santa's note: If you just want to try it out and play a few old DOS games with it FIRST (and not have to install it on some antique hardware) ... a copy of FreeDOS AND a copy of some old DOS games Come Along With a downloaded copy of JPC (http://softwaresanta.com/sssmf/index.php/topic,4402.msg4430/topicseen.html#msg4430)! When you boot your JPC (http://softwaresanta.com/sssmf/index.php/topic,4402.msg4430/topicseen.html#msg4430): you'll find FreeDOS available from the Disk Image menu!

(http://a.fsdn.com/con/app/proj/freedos/screenshots/10047.jpg) (http://www.freedos.org/)

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Description  FreeDOS is a free DOS-compatible operating system for IBM-PC compatible systems. FreeDOS is made of up many different, separate programs that act as packages to the overall FreeDOS Project. FreeDOS is distributed under the GNU GPL.

• What is FreeDOS? (http://www.freedos.org/#)  FreeDOS is a free DOS-compatible operating system that can be used to play games, run legacy software, or support embedded systems. FreeDOS is basically like the old MS-DOS, but better! For example, FreeDOS lets you access FAT32 file systems and use large disk support (LBA) — a feature not available in MS-DOS, and only included in Windows 95 and newer.
• Is FreeDOS really free? (http://www.freedos.org/#)
• What programs can I run in FreeDOS? (http://www.freedos.org/#)
• How do I install FreeDOS? (http://www.freedos.org/#)
• What do I need to run FreeDOS? (http://www.freedos.org/#)
• How can I contribute to FreeDOS? (http://www.freedos.org/#)

BASE (http://www.freedos.org/software/?cat=base)	The base projects for the FreeDOS Project, the programs that reproduce the functionality of MS-DOS.
BOOT (http://www.freedos.org/software/?cat=boot)	Various boot managers and boot logos for use with FreeDOS.
DEVEL (http://www.freedos.org/software/?cat=devel)	Compilers, assemblers, and development tools that are distributed with FreeDOS.
EDIT (http://www.freedos.org/software/?cat=edit)	Unofficial editors that are used with FreeDOS.
GUI (http://www.freedos.org/software/?cat=gui)	Graphical user interfaces for DOS.
NET (http://www.freedos.org/software/?cat=net)	Network access, including PPP, browsers, email, etc.
SOUND (http://www.freedos.org/software/?cat=sound)	Various utilities to play and manage sound files.
UTIL (http://www.freedos.org/software/?cat=util)	Utilities and extensions that are associated with FreeDOS.

http://www.freedos.org/ (http://www.freedos.org/)