IBM PC DOS (an acronym for IBM Personal Computer Disk Operating System), also known as PC DOS or IBM DOS, is a discontinued disk operating system for the...
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DOS (/dɒs/, /dɔːs/) is a family of disk-based operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers. The DOS family primarily consists of IBM PC DOS and a...
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Collectively, MS-DOS, its rebranding as IBM PC DOS, and a few operating systems attempting to be compatible with MS-DOS, are sometimes referred to as "DOS" (which...
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DOS Shell is a file manager that debuted in MS-DOS and PC DOS version 4.0, released in June 1988. It was no longer included in MS-DOS version 6, but remained...
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addressing IBM PC hardware in this way would not run on MS-DOS machines with different hardware (for example, the PC-98). The IBM PC was sold in high...
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used by MS-DOS compatible operating systems, especially as used on IBM PC compatibles. Many unrelated disk operating systems use the DOS acronym and...
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Multiuser DOS is a real-time multi-user multi-tasking operating system for IBM PC-compatible microcomputers. An evolution of the older Concurrent CP/M-86...
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DR-DOS is a disk operating system for IBM PC compatibles, originally developed by Gary A. Kildall's Digital Research, Inc. and derived from Concurrent...
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licensed and then purchased by Microsoft and developed further as MS-DOS and PC DOS. 86-DOS was created because sales of the Seattle Computer Products 8086...
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DOS/V is a Japanese computing initiative starting in 1990 to allow DOS on IBM PC compatibles with VGA cards to handle double-byte (DBCS) Japanese text...
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editor which was made part of PC DOS with version 6.1 in June 1993, in February 1995 with version 7 and later with PC DOS 2000. In version 6.1, IBM dropped...
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Japanese PC market. The PC-98 is a non-IBM compatible x86-based computer and is thus capable of running ported (and localized) versions of MS-DOS and Microsoft...
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builders) – starting with MS-DOS 3.2 in 1986, Microsoft offered these in addition to OAKs End-user retail – all versions of IBM PC DOS (and other OEM-adapted...
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IBM Personal Computer (redirect from IBM-PC)
commonly known as the IBM PC) is the first microcomputer released in the IBM PC model line and the basis for the IBM PC compatible de facto standard...
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IBM PS/1 (section Post-"DOS in ROM" models)
earlier models included a ROM with IBM's PC DOS and a graphical shell, however the system was compatible with other DOS implementations and the shell could...
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File Allocation Table (redirect from DOS filesystem)
0xFD). 86-DOS 1.00 and PC DOS 1.0 directory entries included only one date, the last modified date. PC DOS 1.1 added the last modified time. PC DOS 1.x file...
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Debug (command) (redirect from PC DOS DEBUG)
in MS-DOS/PC DOS and certain versions of Microsoft Windows. Originally named DEBUG.COM, the executable was renamed into DEBUG.EXE with MS-DOS 3.2. Windows...
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Design of the FAT file system (redirect from DOS BPB)
with MS-DOS/PC DOS: " + , ; < = > [ ] | The semicolon (;) should be avoided in filenames under DR DOS 3.31 and higher, PalmDOS, Novell DOS, OpenDOS, Concurrent DOS...
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of MS-DOS, IBM PC DOS, and at least partially compatible disk operating systems. It does not include the many other operating systems called "DOS" which...
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Device file (section PC DOS, TOS, OS/2, and Windows)
claim this would be MS-DOS 1.1 and 2.0, it actually is SCP MS-DOS 1.25 and a mixture of Altos MS-DOS 2.11 and TeleVideo PC DOS 2.11.) "REG: CurrentControlSet...
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Environment variable (redirect from Local environment (DOS))
flavors and variants from that point onward including Linux and macOS. From PC DOS 2.0 in 1982, all succeeding Microsoft operating systems, including Microsoft...
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The DOS API is an API which originated with 86-DOS and is used in MS-DOS/PC DOS and other DOS-compatible operating systems. Most calls to the DOS API...
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Master boot record (redirect from MS-DOS partition table)
intended for use with IBM PC-compatible systems and beyond. The concept of MBRs was publicly introduced in 1983 with PC DOS 2.0. The MBR holds the information...
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History of personal computers (redirect from History of the PC)
supplied PC-DOS. Microsoft had retained the rights to re-sell PC-DOS separately to the IBM PC. When they sold the product it was branded as MS-DOS but was...
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(PowerPC) Amiga Unix (a.k.a. Amix) AMSDOS Contiki CP/M 2.2 CP/M Plus SymbOS Apple II Apple DOS Apple Pascal Apex (Colorado School of Mines) ProDOS GS/OS...
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the IBM PC DOS family: PC DOS 3.0, successor of PC DOS 2.11 with FAT16 support in 1984 PC DOS 3.1, successor of PC DOS 3.0 in 1984/1985 PC DOS 3.2, successor...
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Versions of Disk BASIC and Advanced BASIC were included with IBM PC DOS up to PC DOS 4. In addition to the features of an ANSI standard BASIC, the IBM...
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PC used the 3270 PC Control Program as its operating system. PC DOS 2.0 (and later 2.1) can run as a task under the Control Program. Only one PC DOS task...
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IBM Personal Computer XT (redirect from IBM PC-XT)
ICs: 111 PC DOS 2.0 was included The 5-pin DIN for the cassette interface was removed Otherwise the specifications are identical to the original PC. The number...
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Interlnk (category DOS software)
similar utility named Interlnk appeared on IBM's PC DOS 5.02 released in 1992 and then Microsoft's MS-DOS 6.0. It consists of two components: the INTERLNK...
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