PromptPal is a replacement GUI (graphical user interface) for the command prompt console, previously known as the DOS prompt. It turns the antiquated console into a friendly and helpful Windows program, whilst still routing all your instructions through Microsoft's dependable command processor. PromptPal is highly configurable, and provides full Windows-style editing, command completion, command history, syntax help and much more.

HVDOSBox is a monospaced raster screen font for Windows' Console mode and MS-DOS applications running in a Windows Box. The font provides more readable text and many more point sizes than the Windows standard fonts. Console windows can be sized to match the monitor's resolution.