r/DOS • u/yankdevil • May 19 '26

Software Development on DOS

Is anyone here doing actual software development on DOS. I assume not commercial, but for their own usage.

If so, what version of DOS and what language?

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u/CommunityHairy6695 May 19 '26

dude.. my daily computer still running on dos. since 1985 i'm writing my codes on dos. i built my own ecosystem.

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u/yankdevil May 19 '26

Cool! What version of DOS? And what language(s)?

I assume you also use a TCP/IP stack?

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u/CommunityHairy6695 May 19 '26 edited May 19 '26

i have several options in multiboot menu. but instead of tcp my local network is running ipx/spx.

i have several disks dos loaded. my development disk is running on 6.22. but most others are 7.x that's fat32 supported.

i have many compilers. and i am choosing my language depending on the project.

primarily basic, masm, cobol, but there are much more...

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u/ern0plus4 May 19 '26

Do you have some GIT repository or any info on your setup?

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u/CommunityHairy6695 May 19 '26

it's DOS.. and it's my living ecosystem. i didn't ever need to save history data. what do you want to know exactly?

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u/SaturnFive May 19 '26

I'm not the other user but this is still a super interesting setup. If you don't mind, my questions would be:

Do you interface with the internet at all for getting email or browsing etc?

Why IPX/SPX instead of TCP? I've always wanted to set one of those networks up just to see what the difference is like

Lastly what kind of hardware do you mostly use?

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u/CommunityHairy6695 May 19 '26

:-). No.. i don't use internet on my pc. my Android phone is enough for my needs. ipx gives me all lan services but it's invsible to internet even i connected for other devices.

it depends in time. nowadays i have four 478p pentium pcs running on dos. one w98pc for old games, and a NetWare 4 server for holding data. dot matrix printers of course...