This day in history August 12,1981, MS-DOS is released. Now you know.
MS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers mostly developed by Microsoft.
Default user interface: Command-line (COMMAND.COM), text (DOS Shell)
Final release: 8.0 (Windows Me) / September 14, 2000; 20 years ago
Initial release date: 1981
Source model: Closed source; open source for select versions since 2018
Programming languages: C, Assembly language, x86 assembly language
Developer: Microsoft Corporation, Tim Paterson
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Tomi Engdahl says:
https://winworldpc.com/library/operating-systems
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://www.myabandonware.com/game/spectre-vr-20h/play-20h
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://hackaday.com/2023/05/14/missing-dr-dos-power-management-source-code-found-in-patent/
Tomi Engdahl says:
The Ultimate, Complete List of MS-DOS Commands
Need a command? We’ve got every single DOS command there ever was. Yes, really.
https://www.lifewire.com/dos-commands-4070427
Tomi Engdahl says:
Oldest known version of DOS demoed — recently unearthed 86-DOS taken for a spin by retrocomputing archaeologist
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By Mark Tyson published 4 days ago
Ancient MS-DOS ancestor test drive.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/oldest-known-version-of-dos-demoed-recently-unearthed-86-dos-taken-for-a-spin-by-retrocomputing-archaeologist
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/05/video-and-audio-playback-on-low-end-ms-dos-machines/
Tomi Engdahl says:
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/the-oldest-known-version-of-ms-doss-predecessor-has-been-discovered-and-uploaded/
Tomi Engdahl7 says:
https://blogsystem5.substack.com/p/from-0-to-1-mb-in-dos?fbclid=IwAR1St1Ex9dAYYFE89-lEZfZV9CjKoK_HX7h1Wv1p_YDen8dJb5ga8bKP05s
Tomi Engdahl says:
MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 still run train dashboards at German railway — company listed admin job for 30-year-old operating system
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By Mark Tyson published about 5 hours ago
Many with the requisite experience might already have retired.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/ms-dos-and-windows-311-still-run-train-dashboards-at-german-railway-company-listed-admin-job-for-30-year-old-operating-system