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Fuzoma 1.7 - educational boot floppy based on FreeDOS (Announce)

posted by bencollver , 16.03.2026, 14:15

> > FUZOMA is a collection of over 40 entertaining educational programs.
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> Ah, I remember. It's from Paul Blair, who also created this site's favicon.
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> FUZOMA 1.7 is from 2015-09-19.

Cool!

I saw 1.4 was announced here in 2010.

I read an article about 1.7 that was written just last week. I hadn't heard of it before. The parent said their kid liked it, they demonstrated it at a pre-school math club, and now 5 other parents want to get DOS machines too.

Pre-school math club? Those weren't available here when i was a kid.

"The games are well thought-out. There are no dark patterns. In a single-tasking operating system with no network stack, the child cannot escape from a safe computing compartment. The system will never become obsolete, never need a new machine to run it."

Complete thread:

• Fuzoma 1.7 - educational boot floppy based on FreeDOS - bencollver, 15.03.2026, 15:18 (Announce)
  • Fuzoma 1.7 - educational boot floppy based on FreeDOS - rr, 15.03.2026, 21:38
    • Fuzoma 1.7 - educational boot floppy based on FreeDOS - bencollver, 16.03.2026, 14:15