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I would love to see the sources of MS DOS 7.1 (the version included with Windows 98 that supports FAT32) actually. And Novel DOS 7 (that supports multitasking) if possible. Also these could make an amazing contribution to the FreeDOS project and possibly add some steam to what the world of DOS is nowadays. I love DOS.

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Could you elaborate, do people love it nostalgically, or are they making a case for actual current day usage of some sort?

I love it nostalgically (and I actually enjoyed using it back in the days), many people still use some flavor of DOS e.g. in supermarkets and post offices. I believe there is a lot of old hardware that is only compatible with DOS still in use.

In 2006 I worked at a dry-cleaner/laundromat that had its computer system all running on DOS. I remember when the computer died one day, my boss went to the local thrift store and found a computer old enough to just move the drive over and keep things running. I thought it was odd, but it worked great! Kept us from using it to play games :)

Up until about 10 years ago the ordering system at all the Domino's pizza stores was running either on a DOS or a Win95 machine in a dos window. They manage to patch it to the point it could take internet orders over, what I think was, a virtual modem controlled by a helper windows program.

> Kept us from using it to play games :)

Why? All the best games ever run under DOS!

There are old DOS programs running clipper or controlling devices than one might think.

Being able to legally do something more with them may be useful to some.

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