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MS-DOS short for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is an operating system commercialized by Microsoft. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems and was the main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s. It was preceded by M-DOS (also called MIDAS), designed and copyrighted by Microsoft in 1979. MSDOS was based on the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. It was gradually replaced on consumer desktop computers by operating systems offering a graphical user interface (GUI), in particular by various generations of the Microsoft Windows operating system. MS-DOS was known before as QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) and 86-DOS.[
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What is the software of MS DOS shell?
There is no any software for MSDOS shell as MSDOS is itself a system software.
Who invented the first PC for msdos?
It was really the other way around; MS-DOS was developed to match the specifications written by IBM for the first IBM PC. The team that developed the PC was headed by Philip Don Estridge, known as Don Estridge.
How do you get in ms-dos?
Start=>Run=>msdos
What is the full form of MSDOS?
Microsoft Disc Operating System
How can you use turbo c in mac?
Only if it has a MSDOS-emulator -- not likely.
When was MS DOS released?
MSDOS was officially released in 1981 by Microsoft.
What was the first IBM personal computer debut?
PCDOS an IBM branded version of MSDOS, licensed to IBM. Eventually IBM abandoned it and MicroSoft took over direct marketing of MSDOS.
Can Microsoft office 2007 work on msdos?
No. Office 2007 requires Windows.
What is msdos filter command?
what is ms dos filter command? explain with example
What type of OS is MSDOS?
It's one of the first Windows operating systems.
What is the purpose of use of MS-DOS?
MSDOS was the original operating system for the IBM PC. It has since been replaced in current versions of Windows by a scripting utility, as Windows is now a complete operating system and does not need MSDOS anymore.
What purpose the ms dos is used?
MSDOS was the original operating system for the IBM PC. It has since been replaced in current versions of Windows by a scripting utility, as Windows is now a complete operating system and does not need MSDOS anymore.
