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Why DOS Was(and Is) a Thing
Jim HallThe FreeDOS Project
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COMMANDBASIC/BASICA
DATETIME
FORMATSYSCHKDSKDISKCOMPDISKCOPY
MODE
DOS commands (1.x)DIR
COMPCOPYERASERENAMETYPE
PAUSEREM
EDLINDEBUGEXE2BIN (PC DOS 1.1)
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ASSIGNBACKUP/RESTORERECOVER
BREAKCTTYGRAPHICSPRINT
FDISKVERIFYVOL
FINDMORESORTFC (MS-DOS 2.01)
DOS commands (2.x)CDMD/MKDIRRD/RMDIRPATHTREE
CLSPROMPTVER
ECHOEXITFORGOTOIFSETSHIFT
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ATTRIB
GRAFTABLKEYBxx / KEYB
LABELSHARE
JOIN (DOS 3.1)SUBST (DOS 3.1)
DOS commands (3.x)APPEND (MS-DOS 3.2)REPLACE (MS-DOS 3.2)XCOPY (MS-DOS 3.2)
CALL (DOS 3.3)CHCP (DOS 3.3)FASTOPEN (DOS 3.3)NLSFUNC (DOS 3.3)
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MEM
DOS commands (4.x)TRUENAME
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DOSKEY
EDLIN ⟶ EDITBASIC ⟶ QBASICHELPMOUSE (DOS 5.02)
MIRRORUNDELETEUNFORMAT
DOS commands (5.x)EMM386LOADFIXLH/LOADHIGH
SETVER
POWER (DOS 5.02)INTERSVR/INTERLNK (DOS 5.02)
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MS-DOS 5 Shell
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CHOICE
MOVE
MSD
DOS commands (6.x)DEFRAG
DELTREE
MSCDEXSMARTDRVSCANDISK (MS-DOS 6.2)
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VisiCalc
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As Easy As spreadsheet
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WordStar 4.0
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DOOM Shareware
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DOOM Shareware
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1984
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PC Format (#34, July 1994)
“New Windows!”
“DOS is dead”
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Date: 29 Jun 94 00:24:11 -0600Keywords: public domain DOSSummary: I'd like to start a PD-DOS project if one not already exists
ANNOUNCEMENT OF PD-DOS PROJECT:
A few months ago, I posted articles relating to starting a publicdomain version of DOS. The general support for this at the time wasstrong, and many people agreed with the statement, "start writing!"So, I have...
Announcing the first effort to produce a PD-DOS. I have written up a"manifest" describing the goals of such a project and an outline ofthe work, as well as a "task list" that shows exactly what needs to bewritten. I'll post those here, and let discussion follow.
[...]
I am excited about PD-DOS, and I am hoping I can get a group started!
--James [email protected]
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1994 - 2006Free-DOS Alpha 1 (16 September 1994)Free-DOS Alpha 2 (December 1994)Free-DOS Alpha 3 (January 1995)Free-DOS Alpha 4 (June 1995)FreeDOS Alpha 5 (10 August 1996)FreeDOS Alpha 6 (November 1997)
FreeDOS Beta 1 “Orlando” (25 March 1998)FreeDOS Beta 2 “Marvin” (28 October 1998)FreeDOS Beta 3 “Ventura” (21 April 1999)FreeDOS Beta 4 “Lemur” (9 April 2000)FreeDOS Beta 5 “Lara” (10 August 2000)FreeDOS Beta 6 “Midnite” (18 March 2001)FreeDOS Beta 7 “Spears” (7 September 2001)FreeDOS Beta 8 “Methusalem” (7 April 2002)
FreeDOS Beta 9 RC1 (July 2003)FreeDOS Beta 9 RC2 (23 August 2003)FreeDOS Beta 9 RC3 (27 September 2003)FreeDOS Beta 9 RC4 (5 February 2004)FreeDOS Beta 9 RC5 (20 March 2004)
FreeDOS Beta 9 (28 September 2004)
FreeDOS Beta 9 SR1 (30 November 2004)FreeDOS Beta 9 SR2 (30 November 2005)
FreeDOS 1.0 (3 September 2006)
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2006 - 2016FreeDOS 1.0 (3 September 2006)
FreeDOS 1.1 (2 January 2012)
FreeDOS 1.2 RC1 (31 October 2016)FreeDOS 1.2 RC2 (24 November 2016)
FreeDOS 1.2 (25 December 2016)
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FreeDOS 1.2
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FreeDOS 1.3What is “DOS”?
● 16-bit● single-tasking● single-user● command-line● run on old hardware
Compatibility is key!
What is a “modern DOS”?
● tools● utilities
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More information
www.freedos.org
youtube.com/freedosproject