Difference between revisions of "DOS"
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* [[:Category: DOS Games|Games released for DOS]]. | * [[:Category: DOS Games|Games released for DOS]]. | ||
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+ | From version 5.0 and up, DOS included a crippled version of the Quick BASIC programming language as well as a few example programs to help showcase the language. Two of those programs, [[QBasic Gorillas (DOS)]] and Nibbles, included music. The music of QBasic Gorillas has been recorded, but since Nibbles uses the same music as Gorillas, it won't be recorded. | ||
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Since DOS is a software platform, 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 manufactured in the late 1980s and early 1990s supported DOS. Some of the more popular audio devices include: | Since DOS is a software platform, 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 manufactured in the late 1980s and early 1990s supported DOS. Some of the more popular audio devices include: | ||
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* [[Tandy 1000]] | * [[Tandy 1000]] | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_DOS en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_DOS] - Wikipedia. | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_DOS en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_DOS] - Wikipedia. |
Revision as of 15:01, 8 December 2015
[[Image:Platform - {{{Icon}}}.png|32x32px]] Disk Operating System |
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Released: | 1981-08-?? |
Discontinued: | 2001-12-31 |
Developer: | Microsoft |
Type: | Software |
There are many other similar disk operating systems like DR-DOS and PC-DOS, which were designed as affordable competitors of MS-DOS. Since these OSs are effectively clones of MS-DOS, they will not be covered in this Wiki.
Contents
Games
Versions
From version 5.0 and up, DOS included a crippled version of the Quick BASIC programming language as well as a few example programs to help showcase the language. Two of those programs, QBasic Gorillas (DOS) and Nibbles, included music. The music of QBasic Gorillas has been recorded, but since Nibbles uses the same music as Gorillas, it won't be recorded.
Music and Sound
Since DOS is a software platform, 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 manufactured in the late 1980s and early 1990s supported DOS. Some of the more popular audio devices include:
- Ad Lib, Inc.: 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
Platforms
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:
Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_DOS - Wikipedia.