Category: Ms dos

MS-DOS allows the user to navigate, open, and otherwise manipulate files on their computer from a command line instead of a GUI like Windows. Today, MS-DOS is no longer used ; however, the command shell, more commonly known as the Windows command line is still used by many users. MS-DOS. MS-DOS was the main operating […]

MS-DOS offers a file system to organize, read and write files to the disk storage. It is a single-user operating system and performs various tasks to ensure the proper operation of systems. It uses a 16-bit file allocation table (FAT16), and a 16-bit interface is used to define the location of the memory of each […]

MS-DOS is still used in embedded x86 syste ms due to its simple architecture and minimal memory and processor requirements, though some current products have switched to the still-maintained open-source alternative Free, and dos. In 2018, Microsoft released the source code for MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 on Git, and hub. The purpose of this, according […]

DOS 6.22 can address 640 KB (not MBytes!) of conventional memory and use upto 64 MB of extended memory via DPMI and DOS Extender or himem., and sys. What is the addressable memory of MS-DOS? MS-DOS is a 16-bit operating system, which limits its inherent ability to address large amounts of memory. I believe the […]

/A :: Indicates a ASCII texr file/B :: Indicates a Binary file Destination :: Specifies the directory and /or filename for the new file./V :: Verifies that new files are written correctly/Y :: Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file. , and more ite ms . Another thing we wondered […]

Create MS-DOS bootable diskette Place diskette in the computer. Open My Computer, right-click the A: drive and click Format. In the Format window, check Create an MS-DOS startup disk. A common query we ran across in our research was “How to create a bootable DOS CD or DVD disc?”. Our best answer is to create […]

How to Boot My Computer into DOS Close all the opened programs and shut down the computer. Then, start it up again. If you see the boot menu, start pressing F8 key on the keyboard repeatedly. Windows Advanced Options menu will be opened. Now, select the “Safe Mode with Command Prompt” by pressing the down […]

After over 30 years, Microsoft is making MS-DOS fully open source as part of a “re-release” without the restrictions of the last. Many will not have seen MS-DOS for decades, but the 1983 OS remains among the most important software ever written. Indicating the importance of the OS, MS-DOS was added to the Computer History […]

, and com. This website was founded in January 1999 and since then has provided an archive of free (shareware, freeware, etc) games for the MS-DOS platform. Nowadays DOSBox provides an easy way to play these games on modern computers. Another popular question is “When did the first MS-DOS game come out?”. It was released […]

MS-DOS is good for making workarounds, for combining programs, and for managing/administering an MS system. When it comes to disadvantage 1. Talking about the disadvantage, there is No multi-tasking supported by the OS. You may be asking “What are the advantages of MS-DOS?” MS-DOS is very lightweight and it allows direct access to most hardware. […]