No one really uses MS-DOS any more, but the modern, open-source

I use MS Dos 6.22 daily on my 286 on which I loging to my favorite BBS and check the message boards I'm interested in.

The last stand-alone version of MS-DOS was released in 1994, so you
might be surprised to know that a commercial DOS game came out on
Steam in 2023. Hadrosaurus Software's The Aching, is an otherworldly

Looks like I'll be using it quite a lot over the weekend as I try out the new games you mention.

Thank you, I really would not have discovered this information myself. How/where did you find it?

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Re: Re: Dos Ain't Dead
By: kirkspragg to Ben Collver on Wed Jul 17 2024 21:47:05
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Re: Re: Dos Ain't Dead
By: kirkspragg to Ben Collver on Wed Jul 17 2024 21:47:05

Looks like I'll be using it quite a lot over the weekend as I try out the new games you mention.

Cool! I'd like to read about how it goes for you.

Thank you, I really would not have discovered this information myself. How/where did you find it?

Ironically, i was actually searching for an update about the DOS Ain't Dead forum outage, and that's how i found this post.
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Re: Dos Ain't Dead
By: Nightfox to Ben Collver on Wed Jul 17 2024 10:43:09

Is it actually meant to run on DOS? I don't think there's a Steam client for DOS, is there? I'm just curious if it's meant to run on actual DOS, NF> and if so, does Steam let you download files to copy over to a DOS PC?
Or does it run in a pre-configured DOSBox? I've seen some old DOS
games on Steam that are delivered as a pre-packaged DOSBox setup to run
on modern versions of Windows & such.

I don't use Steam, so i can't say for sure, but from what i read it uses a preconfigured DOSBox, but is able to use the "system" DOSBox if desired.
This leads me to believe that the files could be copied out of steam and
onto real DOS hardware.

https://github.com/dreamer/boxtron

https://github.com/jazzmind/steamcsv
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i want moar new dos games!!!!! <3 that can run on a 286!

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I use MS Dos 6.22 daily on my 286 on which I loging to my favorite BBS
and check the message boards I'm interested in.

i use FreeDOS! on my 286s! <3

Looks like I'll be using it quite a lot over the weekend as I try out
the new games you mention.

yeah!

Thank you, I really would not have discovered this information myself. How/where did you find it?

im curious too

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Re: Re: Dos Ain't Dead
By: mary4 to Ben Collver on Thu Oct 17 2024 01:48:58

i want moar new dos games!!!!! <3 that can run on a 286!

I forgot, have you tried TeamDroid yet?

gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/files/dos/game/team-droid/
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Hello mary4,

17 Oct 24 01:48, you wrote to Ben Collver:

i want moar new dos games!!!!! <3 that can run on a 286!

https://www.doshaven.eu/

is a good start :)

Regards,
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dp

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I forgot, have you tried TeamDroid yet?

gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/files/dos/game/team-droid/

no never i dont know a gopher client for the 286....

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https://www.doshaven.eu/

is a good start :)

thanks mate! <3

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Re: Re: Dos Ain't Dead
By: mary4 to Ben Collver on Sat Oct 19 2024 03:26:46

I forgot, have you tried TeamDroid yet? gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/files/dos/game/team-droid/

no never i dont know a gopher client for the 286....

Gopherus ought to work on a 286.

http://gopherus.sourceforge.net/
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no never i dont know a gopher client for the 286....

Gopherus ought to work on a 286.

http://gopherus.sourceforge.net/

thanks mate!

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https://www.doshaven.eu/

dos ain't dead.....

i still maintain a few DOS systems at work for making boot floppies... for old DOS machines (think CNC's and the like)

and even an os/2 warp 4 machie we bought in 2018....

crazy it's still relevant in business (industrial) in 2024

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Re: Re: Dos Ain't Dead
By: mary4 to Ben Collver on Sat Oct 19 2024 03:26:46

I forgot, have you tried TeamDroid yet? gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/files/dos/game/team-droid/

I found another 286-capable game you might be interested in:

The Aching

https://www.dosgameclub.com/the-aching/
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Re: Re: Dos Ain't Dead
By: mary4 to Ben Collver on Thu Oct 31 2024 05:02:30

Found some more 286-capable games on this FTP site.

ftp://ftp.oldskool.org/pub/misc/Software/Games/8088-friendly/
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Gopherus ought to work on a 286.

There's also a gopher client on the Public Electronic Networked Information System. All you need is an 80 column terminal.
penisys.online:6502

I use it from my 8bits.

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