Summary

  • As modern computers have moved over to the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) from the Basic Input Output System (BIOS), the ability to run older operating systems such as MS-DOS has reduced.
  • A developer named FlyGoat has released an open-source project called CSMWrap on GitHub, which acts as a bridge between UEFI and BIOS.
  • It uses the SeaBIOS compatibility support module, and according to the developer, can run FreeDOS and some older versions of Windows under UEFI in QEMU, and could potentially run on real hardware.
  • This means it should be possible to run MS-DOS on a brand-new laptop, if such a machine was switched to legacy BIOS mode.

By Jenny List

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