Difference between revisions of "DOS"
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| − | | Name | + | | Name = Disk Operating System |
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| − | | Released | + | | Released = 1981-08-?? |
| − | | Developer = Microsoft | + | | Discontinued = 1994-??-?? |
| + | | Developer = [[Microsoft]] | ||
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==Games== | ==Games== | ||
* [[:Category: DOS Games|Games released for DOS]]. | * [[:Category: DOS Games|Games released for DOS]]. | ||
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| + | ==Sound== | ||
| + | Since DOS is software-based, it does not have any built-in sound capabilities, but it does assume any computer running it has a [[PC Speaker]]. However, the majority of third-party sound hardware devices in the late 1980s and early 1990s supported DOS. Some of the more popular audio devices include: | ||
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| + | * [[Ad-Lib]]: [[AdLib]], [[AdLib Gold]] | ||
| + | * [[Roland]]: [[MT-32]], [[LAPC-I]] | ||
| + | * [[Media Vision]]: [[Pro AudioSpectrum]], [[Pro AudioSpectrum 16]] | ||
| + | * [[Creative]]: [[Sound Blaster]], [[Sound Blaster Pro]], [[Sound Blaster 16]], [[Sound Blaster AWE 32]] | ||
| + | * [[Covox]]: [[Sound Source]], [[Speech Thing]] | ||
| + | * [[Gravis]]: [[UltraSound]] | ||
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| + | ==Links== | ||
| + | * [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_DOS en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_DOS]] - Wikipedia. | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 8 April 2014
[[Image:Platform - {{{Icon}}}.png|32x32px]] Disk Operating System |
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Microsoft's DOS was released by several software companies, but the most popular version was created by Microsoft. It was originally released in 1982, and steadily updated until the last standalone version of 6.22 was released in 1994. After that, DOS was merely used as a bootstrapping program for Windows 95 and above.
DOS was the primary platform for the PC gaming market in North America for the majority of the life of MS-DOS. Some of the more popular computer lines that used MS-DOS include:
Games
Sound
Since DOS is software-based, it does not have any built-in sound capabilities, but it does assume any computer running it has a PC Speaker. However, the majority of third-party sound hardware devices in the late 1980s and early 1990s supported DOS. Some of the more popular audio devices include:
- Ad-Lib: AdLib, AdLib Gold
- Roland: MT-32, LAPC-I
- Media Vision: Pro AudioSpectrum, Pro AudioSpectrum 16
- Creative: Sound Blaster, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster AWE 32
- Covox: Sound Source, Speech Thing
- Gravis: UltraSound
Links
- [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_DOS] - Wikipedia.
