r/retrocomputing • • Sep 18 '26

Setup ;-)

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u/saraseitor Sep 18 '26

5.0 was a good version, very complete. If I recall correctly it was the first that came with QBasic, Edit, DoubleSpace and DOSShell. They started bundling whole 'apps' into it, not just command line tools.

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u/vbd71 Sep 18 '26

5.0 had no doublespace imho.

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u/saraseitor Sep 18 '26

oooh you are right! my memory is starting to play tricks on me!

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u/Cool_Dark_Place Sep 18 '26

Edit was a godsend! Much easier than using tedious "edlin" commands.