DOS ain't dead

Is there a DOS with source code available written in ML? (Announce)

posted by Ruud , Heerlen - NL, 20.04.2026, 09:56

Thank you for the pointers!

> https://mikeos.sourceforge.net/

I ran into this one years ago. It has one problem: it is written in 80286 assembly. I used its boot program as base for my own 8088 compatible one (with permission). The rest was to much "polluted" with 286 code to be interesting to convert. But I still learned a lot.

> https://github.com/azarovalex/azOS
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> https://github.com/bubach/BOS
Never heard of these, so thank you very much!

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With Kind regards, Ruud Baltissen

http://www.baltissen.org

Complete thread:

• Is there a DOS with source code available written in ML? - Ruud, 13.04.2026, 08:31 (Announce)
  • Is there a DOS with source code available written in ML? - kerravon, 13.04.2026, 09:10
    • Is there a DOS with source code available written in ML? - Oso2k, 13.04.2026, 19:12
      • Is there a DOS with source code available written in ML? - Ruud, 14.04.2026, 09:17
        • Is there a DOS with source code available written in assembly - ecm, 14.04.2026, 12:29
        • Is there a DOS with source code available written in ML? - Oso2k, 15.04.2026, 21:27
  • Is there a DOS with source code available written in ML? - rr, 15.04.2026, 21:41
    • Is there a DOS with source code available written in ML? - Ruud, 20.04.2026, 09:56
      • Is there a DOS with source code available written in ML? - Rugxulo, 21.04.2026, 02:10