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DR-DOS Returns as a Clean-Room 9.0 Beta

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Source: Hackaday
DR-DOS Returns as a Clean-Room 9.0 Beta
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A Reddit user has created a clean-room reimplementation of DR-DOS, calling it version 9.0 and placing it in beta after purchasing the trademark. The project aims for full compatibility with DOS, currently runs DOOM, and is free for non-commercial use for now, though the author has not open-sourced the code due to IP/licensing considerations tied to DR-DOS' history with Novell and Caldera.

Topics:technologyretrocomputing#clean-room#dos#dr-dos#retrocomputing#trademark
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  1. DR-DOS Is Back, But Not Quite As We Knew It  Hackaday
  2. DR-DOS rises again – rebuilt from scratch, not open source  theregister.com
  3. ‘Clean-room reimplementation’ of DR-DOS hits early beta, modernizing the operating system 38 years after its debut — runs Doom, Warcraft, SimCity, and other period-appropriate titles  Tom's Hardware
  4. DR-DOS is coming back from the dead, rebuilt from scratch in pure assembly  TechSpot

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