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PC-MOS/386

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PC-MOS/386 is a multi-user, multitasking operating system produced by The Software Link, announced at COMDEX in November 1986 for release in February 1987. A successor to PC-MOS, it can run many MS-DOS programs on the host machine or on a terminal connected to it, and unlike MS-DOS it is optimized for the Intel 80386 processor, though early versions will run on any x86 computer; it was proprietary until being released as open-source software in 2017. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
License
GNU GPL v3.0 2
Status
Status
Active / In Use 1
Year
1987 1
FAQs

Can PC-MOS/386 still be built from source today?

Yes. Version 5.01 source is on GitHub under GPLv3, but you must supply Borland C++ 3.1 to build it.

Yes, with a caveat. The source code for PC-MOS/386 version 5.01 is available on GitHub under the GPLv3 license. Building it requires you to supply your own copy of Borland C++ 3.1. Prebuilt binaries are also checked into the repository, including a bootable floppy image, so you can try the system without compiling it.
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1. Wikipedia: PC-MOS/386
  • Infobox: released
    1987
  • Lead sentence
    PC-MOS/386 is a multi-user, multitasking computer operating system produced by The Software Link (TSL), announced at COMDEX in November 1986 for February 1987 release.
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2. Wikidata: PC-MOS/386
  • Wikidata Q1420923, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • infobox License field
    GPL-3.0-only, originally proprietary
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