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Sunday, September 17, 2006

Free DOS-compatible Operating System

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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.

These days, there are three main uses of FreeDOS:

To run old DOS games (like DOOM, etc.)
To run old business software that only supports DOS
To support an embedded DOS system, such as a computerized cash register or till

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