NULL mag Issue 03 08 DOS is still alive. Use its apps.

eZine lover (@eZine)

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null magazine

 · 3 years ago

  

why the heck, someone should use a dos system, or even dos apps, inside an 
emulator? first of all you shouldn't ask this, cause you are reading an 
emag in 2018 :p hahahaha 

but to answer the question... 

first of all there are many good dos applications that can be used even 
today. ok... ok... ok... you should have the "command prompt" inside you 
to use them, but if you do, you can use some of them even today, 
specially if you have an old pc, which is too slow. 

ms-edit 
my favorite app from dos is ms-edit. i hate ms, but this editor, is 
something else. i don't know if its the ui, the memories from the old 
times or that this editor just rocks! simple but with the basic functions 
that every editor should have and you can even use mouse. 

wordperfect 
this is my favorite word processor. if i want to right a text document in 
plain ascii, with 80 chars width, this is my choice (after my own editor, 
but this is another thing ;) ). a little awkward to use in the beginning 
but after you know it, its straight forward. 

hex editors 
even today, dos hex editors are simple and powerful. even in linux i 
can't find one that's so good, as a dos hex editor, except in a gui form. 

music playback 
ok... i admit... you wont launch a dosbox instance just to hear some 
mp3s, but to play .mod and .mid files, i think its the best way ;) 

trackers (mod) 
making music with a tracker, is 100% a dos thing... 

8bit graphics 
you are in the retro gaming thing... and want to make some 8bit or 
8bit-ish style graphics? then deluxe paint is the solution for you. u 
can't use photoshop to create 8bit graphics. you need the original 
program for that and this can be done in dos only! 

retro gaming & programming 
if you want to make a retro game, in old style, you can use dos with 
various programming languages like pascal, basic or even assembly. just 
look what the "8-bit guy" is doing here: 

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useful sources 

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