Summary edit

From the upload information: "The previous version doesn't look like version 5.1 ... I also created this using DOSBox. Also, the text document displayed in the old screenshot was of unspecified origin. This one is displaying a public domain work, the beginning of the Declaration of Independence."

Hence, source: A screenshot of DOSBox

Licensing edit

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Original upload log edit

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