Free Software For DOS Reviews, descriptions & links to over 500 programs.
Freeware, cardware, and free-for-private-use shareware
are listed; payment may be required for other use.
PRIMARY SITE | MIRROR
11-09-99: Will Windows 2000 support MS-DOS programs? See this page at Microsoft. Quoted from another MS page: "It (2000)
also supports MS-DOS-based programs, except for those that access the
hardware directly."
10-31-99: Added an incomplete index to the UNIX- like tools listed on this site (individual tools, sorted
alphabetically).
Please read the Introduction first for some orientation to this site.
This site is not a general DOS archive but rather a selective listing of free DOS programs- there exist huge gaps
in coverage. In brief, no games are listed, no DOS networking or internet apps (except browsers/ html utils), and no MS DOS 6.22 (it's commercial, and no
longer marketed by MS). See the Other Resources page for links to sites with games, internet apps, current DOS developers (IBM, Caldera, FreeDOS) and
other DOS-related sites and material.
While this site is primarily intended for DOS/ Win3.x users who won't (or can't) succumb to Win9x/NT, many programs here may be appropriate for any OS
with DOS support/ emulation. Many programs listed are 16-bit and don't support long file names, FAT32, huge drives, may not run on high mhz Pentiums, may not be
Year 2000 compliant, etc.. No Win32 console programs are currently catalogued (although a few can be found here paired with a DOS counterpart). Warning: Some listed programs (e.g., FAT 16 disk defraggers) should never be used on a Win9x system. Many programs are not stored on the major ftp archives and
you'll want to scan these downloads with an anti-virus program like F-Prot.
I tend to make my share of errors while maintaining this list. I appreciate
feedback about bad links, factual errors, etc.. If I unknowingly misrepresent a "pay-for-private use"
program as free please notify Rich Green at: <rlgreen2@home.com>.