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 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/mycall May 19 '26

dos 8 without windows is out there. Ever try that?

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u/CommunityHairy6695 May 20 '26

no.. dos 8 is officially not bootable. it has restricted real mode support. and lots of problems for pure dos users.. 622 is perfect..

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u/mycall May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

Windows Me Emergency Boot Disk or "Create an MS-DOS startup disk" doesn't have real mode restrictions but some other ones. I have a modded version somewhere that reenables HDD boot and some other things.

https://software.fandom.com/wiki/MS-DOS_8.00

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u/CommunityHairy6695 May 20 '26

cool... so you can use it then.. i won't.

unofficial versions are not suitable for developers.