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DOS Emulator In and Out of App Store

gent01 writes "A company called Fast Intelligence got DOSBox running on iOS and dubbed it iDOS. It's been stuck in review for the app store for some time. Evidently the iDOS app was in the app store this morning, but it has already been taken down."

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  1. I would've been first but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Bad command or file name.

  2. Why emulate Denial of Service? by Orga · · Score: 4, Funny

    Aren't most iPhones still on AT&T? I'm not sure why you'd need to emulate no service.

  3. But where can I get a floppy drive for iphone? by fkx · · Score: 1, Funny

    But where can I get a floppy drive for iphone?

    DOS is useless without a floppy drive - 3.5 or 8 inch.

  4. Re:This proves the previous story... by interval1066 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Chomsky is a dick.

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  5. Re:Lets change the title to: by Bassman59 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Despite 20 years of criticism, Apple still makes sure that nobody can run a batch file.

    Why run a batch file when you can run a proper shell script?

  6. Re:I could have run cygwin! by CliffH · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I had DOS then I could have installed an old version of cygwin and then got my favourite GNU tools working! Jobs would have had a fit it I could have done that.

    Even worse, you could have run loadlin and run an old distro on your phone. Play with it a bit and I'm sure someone would have found another way of getting Android up and running on it. :)

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  7. yeah but by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny

    you can't spell it without CIALIS either so at least we know that after the revolution we will all be aroused.

  8. Re:Well, duh. by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 2, Funny

    DOS was vastly superior to modern OSes in that way, since apps could fully customize their own "screen of death" experience.

  9. Re:Well, duh. by countertrolling · · Score: 3, Funny

    They wanted to play gorilla.bas

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