DOS ain't dead

Full HD 1920x1080 = resolution limit for TV ? is no better

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGwF5H4Ih2E

> Earlier today I watched an episode of Young Sheldon, the The Big Bang
> Theory spinoff, on TV.
>
> In this episode called Pasadena (S03E16) at around 05:20 Sheldon boots his
> Tandy 1000 SL computer to the DOS prompt. Besides "Microsoft(R) MS-DOS(R)
> Version N.NN" one can also read:
>
> CuteMouse vN.N alpha N [FreeDOS]
> Installed at COMn (0000h/IRQn) in Microsoft mode
>
>
>
> I rewatched this part of the episode on Amazon Prime trying to get the
> numbers correctly (Is it version "2.0 alpha 4"?) and provide a better
> screenshot here, but unfortunately the streaming quality was too bad. Maybe
> someone could try on Apple TV?
>
> As the CuteMouse project started first in 1997, but Young Sheldon takes
> places from 1989 to the early 1990s this is a goof.

And also the message from Tandy MS-DOS 3.2's IBMBIO.COM appearing _after_ the drivers, plus a reference to DOSKEY, which first appeared in MS-DOS 5.

They put a lot of effort into it but not enough...

In Finnish criminal TV series "Koskinen" (also known as "Lakeside Murders")
4DOS 8.0 and MS-DOS 6.22 are featured (as names, no interface is shown) in
episode 1 of season 1, about minute 40 of an episode. They are presumably used to run complicated control software of city trains.

"Koskinen": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16271554

Speaking of interesting DOS presence in movies, in movie "Hamilton"
from 1998, DOS Edit is used to "hack" into some system (the feat of Peter Stormare).

"Hamilton": https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119249/

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echo g=ffff:0|debug>nul

I found the episode on HBO and watched that clip. I can't tell the version number very clearly either, but it looks like "alpha 4" to my eyes. Certainly it's "alpha" and not "beta."

The CuteMouse website has these versions for download:

* "The latest beta version in the 2.1 branch is v2.1 beta 4."
* "The latest alpha version in the 2.0 branch is v2.0 alpha 4."
* "The latest version in the 1.9 branch is v1.9.1."

So I think the screenshot says "CuteMouse v2.0 alpha 4 (FreeDOS)"

I downloaded v2.0 alpha 4 and ran it in QEMU. The output on my system (default in QEMU is PS/2 mouse) is:

> CuteMouse v2.0 alpha 4 [FreeDOS]
> Installed at PS/2 port (wheel present)

If I configure QEMU with -serial msmouse to emulate a serial Microsoft Mouse (this is detected as Mouse Systems) the output is:

> CuteMouse v2.0 alpha 4 [FreeDOS]
> Installed at COM1 (03F8h/IRQ4) in Mouse Systems mode