The Doom blueprint was the one to copy in the '90s, but these games went above and beyond to make it their own.

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Microsoft celebrates its fiftieth anniversary on April 4, 2025. How did it get here? We've picked 25 moments that shaped Microsoft, and PC computing.

Every IBM PC included a copy of PC-DOS, which Microsoft had adapted from 86-DOS, which in turn was a clone of Digital Research's CP/M, ported to run on Intel's 8086 processors.

An operating system is essential software that manages computer hardware and software resources, providing common services for computer programs.

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It’s never been easier to get classic games running on your PC, but “easier” is a relative term when it comes to one specific category of classic games. Some titles made in the DOS era (that ...