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comp.os.msdos.programmer FAQ part 1/5
Section - - What are my alternatives for MS-DOS compatible OSes?

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 The FreeDOS Project (see <Q:02.11> [What and where is FreeDOS?]) has
 created an open source MS-DOS compatible operating system known as
 FreeDOS. Additionly, IBM has released an updated version of their PC-DOS
 known as PC-DOS 2000.

 Lineo currently owns the rights to DR-DOS, but they appear to no longer
 be developing or supporting it; however, one can still find DR-DOS and
 even CP/M on their FTP site: <ftp://ftp.lineo.com/pub/drdos/>

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Ben in Seattle
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Jun 2, 2026 @ 4:16 pm
Another solution is to use a parallel port loopback plug. It makes the PC think there is a printer attached. The benefit of this is it doesn't require anticipating the problem with ANSI.SYS escape sequences nor does it make you wait half an hour for the "Abort, Retry, Ignore?" prompt, as some versions of DOS do.

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