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| − | [[Microsoft]]'s '''''DOS (Disk Operating System)''''' is one of the most popular operating systems for the IBM standard PC hardware through the 1980s and early 1990s. It was originally released in | + | [[Microsoft]]'s '''''DOS (Disk Operating System)''''' is one of the most popular operating systems for the IBM standard PC hardware through the 1980s and early 1990s. It was originally released in 1981, and steadily updated until the last standalone version 6.22 was released in 1994. Subsequent versions of DOS were used merely as a bootstrapping program for [[Windows]] 95 and above. Support for DOS was officially discontinued on December 31, 2001, although this was for the Windows XP version of DOS, not the older 6.22 version. |
| − | + | While MS-DOS was by far the most popular disk operating system at the time, similar disk operating systems were also made like [[IBM]]'s PC-DOS and Digital Research's DR-DOS. However, since all of the OSs are essentially cones of each other when it came to game play, they will not be covered in this Wiki. | |
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| − | 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: | + | DOS was the primary platform for the PC gaming market in North America for the majority of the life of MS-DOS, and after being localized to many different languages, found life in the foreign market as well. Some of the more popular computer lines that used MS-DOS include: |
* [[IBM PC]] | * [[IBM PC]] | ||
* [[PC AT]] | * [[PC AT]] | ||
* [[PC XT]] | * [[PC XT]] | ||
| + | * [[PC-8801]] | ||
| + | * [[PC-9801]] | ||
* [[PCjr]] | * [[PCjr]] | ||
* [[Tandy 1000]] | * [[Tandy 1000]] | ||
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| Released: | 1981-08-?? |
| Discontinued: | 2001-12-31 |
| Developer: | Microsoft |
| Type: | Software |
While MS-DOS was by far the most popular disk operating system at the time, similar disk operating systems were also made like IBM's PC-DOS and Digital Research's DR-DOS. However, since all of the OSs are essentially cones of each other when it came to game play, they will not be covered in this Wiki.
Contents
Games
Versions
| Released | Version | Notes |
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| 1981-08-?? | 1.14 | First official version sold by Microsoft under the name 86-DOS, renamed to MS-DOS in December. |
| 1983-03-?? | 2.0 | UNIX-like file system, many more commands. |
| 1984-03-?? | 2.11 | Popular OEM release sold to over 200 PC manufacturing companies. |
| 1984-08-?? | 3.0 | Work started for network abilities. |
| 1986-10-?? | 4.0 | Released to OEMs only. Very unstable. |
| 1987-11-?? | 3.31 | Partitions over 32 MB. |
| 1991-06-11 | 5.0 | Editor and QBASIC. |
| 1993-03-?? | 6.0 | Includes MemMaker, DoubleSpace, Scan Disk, Defrag. |
| 1994-06-?? | 6.22 | Last true version of MS-DOS. |
From version 5.0 and up, DOS included QBAISC, a crippled version of its Quick BASIC programming language with a few example programs to help showcase the language. Two of those programs, QBasic Gorillas (DOS) and Nibbles, included simple PC Speaker 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, and after being localized to many different languages, found life in the foreign market as well. Some of the more popular computer lines that used MS-DOS include:
Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_DOS - Wikipedia.
