DOS ain't dead

hot dos (Developers)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 08.05.2025, 03:22

> When I run DOS 4.0 or Freedos under Virtualbox or qemu, it maxes out a CPU
> core (as far as I can tell).
>
> Even though it is just sitting at the command prompt waiting for a
> keystroke.

FreeDOS also has the IDLEHALT command in FDCONFIG.SYS.

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