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Date Version Primary developer Notable introduction IBM hardware August 1980: 86-DOS 0.10 Tim Paterson: First Seattle Computer release August 1981: PC DOS 1.0 Microsoft: First IBM release IBM Personal Computer: May 1982: PC DOS 1.1 Microsoft: Double-sided disks: Upgraded IBM Personal Computer: March 1983: PC DOS 2.0 Microsoft: Hard disk drive ...
This specific version of MS-DOS is the version that is discussed here, as all other versions of MS-DOS died out with their respective systems. One version of such a generic MS-DOS (Z-DOS) is mentioned here, but there were dozens more.
Windows & MS-DOS 5 Combined bundle of Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS 5. Janus is a Roman god usually depicted with two faces, here symbolizing the previously separate Windows and MS-DOS products. [2] Jastro — Windows & MS-DOS 6 Combined bundle of Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS 6. Portmanteau of Janus and Astro, the codename of MS-DOS 6. [3] Sparta, Winball ...
It may also refer to versions of the IBM PC DOS family: PC DOS 2.0, successor of PC DOS 1.1 in 1983; PC DOS 2.1, successor of PC DOS 2.0 in 1983; PC DOS 2.11, successor of PC DOS 2.1 in 1984; It may also refer to operating systems of the Digital Research family: DOS Plus 1.0, a single-user variant of Concurrent PC DOS in 1985
MS-DOS (/ ˌ ɛ m ˌ ɛ s ˈ d ɒ s / em-es-DOSS; acronym for Microsoft Disk Operating System, also known as Microsoft DOS) is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.
Sets the path to be searched for data files or displays the current search path. The APPEND command is similar to the PATH command that tells DOS where to search for program files (files with a .COM, . EXE, or .BAT file name extension). The command is available in MS-DOS versions 3.2 and later. [1]
OS/2 2.0 was touted by IBM as "a better DOS than DOS and a better Windows than Windows". [33] It managed this by including the fully-licensed MS-DOS 5.0, which had been patched and improved upon. For the first time, OS/2 was able to run more than one DOS application at a time.
The original DOS API in 86-DOS and MS-DOS 1.0 was designed to be functionally compatible with CP/M.Files were accessed using file control blocks (FCBs). The DOS API was greatly extended in MS-DOS 2.0 with several Unix concepts, including file access using file handles, hierarchical directories and device I/O control. [1]