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{{Infobox_Software |
   software_name  = Sonic Adventure|
   software_name  = FreeDOS|
   software_image  = [[File:Sonic Adventure cover.jpg|300px]]|
   software_image  = [[File:Free DOS logo.png|300px]]|
   developer      = [[Sega AM2]]<br />[[Sonic Team]]|
   developer      = [[Jim Hall]], FreeDOS team|
  publisher      = [[Sega]]|
   systems        = [[x86]]|
   systems        = [[Dreamcast]], [[GameCube]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Windows]], [[Xbox 360]]|
   release        = 1998-present|
   release        = '''Sonic Adventure'''<br />Dreamcast JP: December 23, 1998<br />Dreamcast NA: September 9, 1999<br />Dreamcast AU/EU: September 23, 1999<br />'''Sonic Adventure DX'''<br />GameCube NA: June 17, 2003<br />GameCube JP: June 19, 2003<br />GameCube AU: June 20, 2003<br />GameCube AU/EU: June 27, 2003<br />Windows JP: December 18, 2003<br />Windows AU/EU: February 6, 2004<br />Windows NA: September 14, 2005<br />'''Sonic Adventure DX Director's Cut'''<br />Xbox 360 NA: September 15, 2010<br />Xbox 360 AU/EU: September 21, 2010<br />Xbox 360 JP: September 25, 2010<br />PlayStation 3 NA: September 20, 2010<br />PlayStation 3 AU/EU: September 21, 2010<br />PlayStation 3 JP: September 29, 2010<br />Windows WW: March 4, 2011|
  added_to_museum = 1.3 [[compact-disc|CD]]: July 16, 2022|
added_to_museum = Windows March 4, 2011|  
}}
}}
'''''Sonic Adventure''''' is a platform [[video game]] by [[Sega AM2]]. It is the fully three-dimensional ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' game.
'''FreeDOS''', formerly known as '''PD-DOS''' and '''Free-DOS''', is a free [[DOS]] [[operating system]] for [[computers]] that run on [[x86]] architecture.


[[Category: Knuckles the Echidna]]
==Jim Hall releases a manifesto for a free version of DOS==
[[Category: Miles "Tails" Prower]]
In June 1994, following the release of version 6.22 of [[MS-DOS]], [[Microsoft]] announced that it discontinued the development of the aforementioned operating system.
[[Category: Platform games]]
 
[[Category: Sonic the Hedgehog]]
As a result, on June 29, 1994, [[Jim Hall]] posted a manifesto on the comp.os.msdos.apps [[Usenet newsgroup|newsgroup]] that outlined his intention to create PD-DOS, a [[public domain]] version of DOS.
[[Category: Video games]]
 
[[Category: video games developed by Sega AM2]]
On July 16 1994, the name of the project in the manifesto was renamed Free-DOS as the [[source code]] for the OS was to be licensed under the [[GNU General Public License]], rather than as public domain.
[[Category: video games developed by Sonic Team]]
 
[[Category: Video games developed in Japan]]
==FreeDOS version history==
[[Category: Video games published by Sega]]
*FreeDOS Alpha 1 (September 16, 1994)
[[Category: video games released on Dreamcast]]
*FreeDOS Alpha 2 (December 1994)
[[Category: video games released on GameCube]]
*FreeDOS Alpha 3 (January 1995)
[[Category: video games released on PlayStation 3]]
*FreeDOS Alpha 4 (June 1995)
[[Category: video games released on Windows]]
*FreeDOS Alpha 5 (August 10, 1996)
[[Category: video games released on Xbox 360]]
*FreeDOS Alpha 6 (November 1997)
[[Category: video games released in 1998]]
*FreeDOS Beta 1 (April 24, 1998)
[[Category: video games released in 1999]]
*FreeDOS Beta 2 (October 28, 1998)
[[Category: video games released in 2003]]
*FreeDOS Beta 3 (April 22, 1999)
[[Category: video games released in 2004]]
*FreeDOS Beta 4 (December 29, 1999)
[[Category: video games released in 2005]]
*FreeDOS Beta 5 (August 11, 2000)
[[Category: video games released in 2010]]
*FreeDOS Beta 6 (March 30, 2001)
[[Category: video games released in 2011]]
*FreeDOS Beta 7 (September 8, 2001)
*FreeDOS Beta 8 (April 7, 2002)
*FreeDOS Beta 8 H1 (September 15, 2002)
*FreeDOS Beta 9 RC1 (July 19, 2003)
*FreeDOS Beta 9 RC2 (September 1, 2003)
*FreeDOS Beta 9 RC3 (September 8, 2003)
*FreeDOS Beta 9 RC4 (February 5, 2004)
*FreeDOS Beta 9 RC5 (April 20, 2004)
*FreeDOS Beta 9 (September 28, 2004)
*FreeDOS Beta 9 SR1 (November 30, 2004)
*FreeDOS Beta 9 SR2 (November 30, 2005)
*FreeDOS 1.0 (September 3, 2006)
*FreeDOS 1.1 (January 2, 2012)
*FreeDOS 1.2 RC1 (October 31, 2016)
*FreeDOS 1.2 RC2 (November 24, 2016)
*FreeDOS 1.2 (December 25, 2016)
*FreeDOS 1.3 RC1 (February 3, 2019)
*FreeDOS 1.3 RC2 (December 9, 2019)
*FreeDOS 1.3 RC3 (May 31, 2020)
*FreeDOS 1.3 RC4 (April 30, 2021)
*FreeDOS 1.3 RC5 (December 8, 2021)
*FreeDOS 1.3 (February 20, 2022)
 
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Revision as of 01:46, 29 June 2023

Free DOS logo.png
FreeDOS
Developer Jim Hall, FreeDOS team
Publisher
Platforms x86
Released 1998-present
Added to
Museum
1.3 CD: July 16, 2022

FreeDOS, formerly known as PD-DOS and Free-DOS, is a free DOS operating system for computers that run on x86 architecture.

Jim Hall releases a manifesto for a free version of DOS

In June 1994, following the release of version 6.22 of MS-DOS, Microsoft announced that it discontinued the development of the aforementioned operating system.

As a result, on June 29, 1994, Jim Hall posted a manifesto on the comp.os.msdos.apps newsgroup that outlined his intention to create PD-DOS, a public domain version of DOS.

On July 16 1994, the name of the project in the manifesto was renamed Free-DOS as the source code for the OS was to be licensed under the GNU General Public License, rather than as public domain.

FreeDOS version history

  • FreeDOS Alpha 1 (September 16, 1994)
  • FreeDOS Alpha 2 (December 1994)
  • FreeDOS Alpha 3 (January 1995)
  • FreeDOS Alpha 4 (June 1995)
  • FreeDOS Alpha 5 (August 10, 1996)
  • FreeDOS Alpha 6 (November 1997)
  • FreeDOS Beta 1 (April 24, 1998)
  • FreeDOS Beta 2 (October 28, 1998)
  • FreeDOS Beta 3 (April 22, 1999)
  • FreeDOS Beta 4 (December 29, 1999)
  • FreeDOS Beta 5 (August 11, 2000)
  • FreeDOS Beta 6 (March 30, 2001)
  • FreeDOS Beta 7 (September 8, 2001)
  • FreeDOS Beta 8 (April 7, 2002)
  • FreeDOS Beta 8 H1 (September 15, 2002)
  • FreeDOS Beta 9 RC1 (July 19, 2003)
  • FreeDOS Beta 9 RC2 (September 1, 2003)
  • FreeDOS Beta 9 RC3 (September 8, 2003)
  • FreeDOS Beta 9 RC4 (February 5, 2004)
  • FreeDOS Beta 9 RC5 (April 20, 2004)
  • FreeDOS Beta 9 (September 28, 2004)
  • FreeDOS Beta 9 SR1 (November 30, 2004)
  • FreeDOS Beta 9 SR2 (November 30, 2005)
  • FreeDOS 1.0 (September 3, 2006)
  • FreeDOS 1.1 (January 2, 2012)
  • FreeDOS 1.2 RC1 (October 31, 2016)
  • FreeDOS 1.2 RC2 (November 24, 2016)
  • FreeDOS 1.2 (December 25, 2016)
  • FreeDOS 1.3 RC1 (February 3, 2019)
  • FreeDOS 1.3 RC2 (December 9, 2019)
  • FreeDOS 1.3 RC3 (May 31, 2020)
  • FreeDOS 1.3 RC4 (April 30, 2021)
  • FreeDOS 1.3 RC5 (December 8, 2021)
  • FreeDOS 1.3 (February 20, 2022)