Remember the days predating blue screens, errors, formatting, locking, resets, so on and so forth? The talk about Linux got me thinking so I decided to google up on old DOS just to see what I could find. Low and behold while there is a small community the compatability that has been developed with modern tech is quite remarkable.
Web browsing -
Arachne
AOL Instant Messenger -
BSFLite
Burn CDs -
DOSCDRoast
Play MP3s -
Damp
Play Videos, even Divx files -
QuickView
The above also supports images and music files as well.
Not to mention kick ass abondonware. If only I could find Stunt Driver. Found a few links to Commander Keen.
My connection is SLOW right now(7.2kbs) otherwise I would lay more specifics out myself however here are a few sites with a wealth of DOS utilities and information. I think this will be one of my computer projects to come.
Most likely every utility you will need here:
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ak621/DOS/Websites.html
Support Forum:
http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/wwwboard.html