A command-line interface is a terminal-style screen where you type commands at a prompt, one line at a time. You might associate it with the MS-DOS operating system that was widely used until the ...

Do you long to play Zork on your Powerbook? Do you miss typing ‘CD’ and ‘dir,’ and you don’t want to learn Unix commands? Well then, DOSBox is for you. DOSBox is a small application that emulates DOS, ...

Robert Wray wants to know if his old DOS programs will run in Windows 7. Here’s the general rule: If the DOS program ran in XP, it will probably run in a 32-bit version of Windows 7. But no DOS ...

Maybe you're not getting the true retro PC experience if you're not fiddling with settings at an emulated DOS text prompt, but there's something to be said for how easy console emulation has become ...

If I play video games they're usually pretty low tech ones. One of the few games I miss from the old days is Duke Nukem, and I'm talking about the Duke before he went 3D. If you have an old DOS game ...