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Microsoft Opens Earliest DOS Code; FastGraphRAG, Tracecat Debut

Microsoft published the oldest known DOS source code on GitHub, making a piece of computing history freely available. The release gives researchers a rare look at the code that predated Microsoft's acquisition of 86‑DOS.

Ars Technica reported that the archive contains 86‑DOS files from the early 1980s, a version Microsoft bought in 1981 before rebranding it as MS‑DOS. The code predates the purchase, showing the original structure of t…

FastGraphRAG cuts RAG costs with PageRank

FastGraphRAG is a Python library that implements retrieval‑augmented generation using a personalized PageRank algorithm. The project description says the framework can be installed from source for peak performance or …

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