https://dfarq.homeip.net/why-not-use-ms-dos-4-0/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-not-use-ms-dos-4-0 David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Wed, 02 Jul 2025 02:52:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://dfarq.homeip.net/why-not-use-ms-dos-4-0/#comment-56463 Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:57:05 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=34722#comment-56463 It was pretty funny watching all the spoiled brats these days, complaining that Microsoft is evil cuz it needed some gentle massaging to build. Bro, it’s code from 1988.

]]> https://dfarq.homeip.net/why-not-use-ms-dos-4-0/#comment-56462 Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:22:55 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=34722#comment-56462 We had the multitasking version at Apricot as you say and guys in the team worked hard, together with engineers from small french manufacturer (and competitors) Goupil, but it was never stable enough, nor the multitasking useful enough, to live as a product. The vanilla DOS 4 surfaced for a while till DOS 5 came along.

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