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Zzo38: Mention the format of DOS file names; it may be relevant when documenting the file formats

2021-07-31T09:10:49Z

Mention the format of DOS file names; it may be relevant when documenting the file formats

Dan Tobias at 15:18, 20 July 2019

2019-07-20T15:18:10Z

Jsummers at 16:29, 30 March 2017

2017-03-30T16:29:01Z

Jsummers: Category:MS-DOS

2017-03-29T16:09:56Z

Category:MS-DOS

Jsummers at 14:58, 24 April 2016

2016-04-24T14:58:17Z

Alanc: add links to source code of early MS-DOS versions

2014-12-29T22:58:59Z

add links to source code of early MS-DOS versions

Dan Tobias at 13:42, 21 May 2013

2013-05-21T13:42:01Z

Dan Tobias at 17:02, 16 February 2013

2013-02-16T17:02:37Z

Jason Scott: /* Introduction */

2012-11-28T00:23:29Z

‎Introduction

Maurice.de.rooij: /* Versions */

2012-11-27T15:31:54Z

‎Versions

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	Of particular interest to DOS users is [[FreeDOS]], which reimplements and extends MS-DOS and other DOSs.		Of particular interest to DOS users is [[FreeDOS]], which reimplements and extends MS-DOS and other DOSs.
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		+	DOS file names (including directory names) are case-insensitive and are limited to 8 before the dot and 3 after the dot. A full path of a file in DOS includes the drive letter and colon and backslash, and the directory names are followed by backslahes before the next piece(s) of the path; relative names can be specified by excluding the drive letter and colon and first backslash.

	See also:		See also:

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-'''MS-DOS''' refers to "Microsoft DOS", the Microsoft-developed variant of DOS. Because of the prominence of Microsoft in computer industry, it is frequently the case that people refer to "DOS" when they mean MS-DOS, although there have in fact been a number of non-Microsoft operating systems also called DOS (such as [[Apple_DOS_file_system|Apple II DOS]]). PC-DOS refers to the specific variety of MS-DOS that was licensed by Microsoft to IBM for use on its personal computers, while MS-DOS is the generic version that ran on a wide variety of "PC clones" or "compatibles". Microsoft originally got MS-DOS from another company called Seattle Computer Products which had created its predecessor as an imitation of CP/M. The first version of MS-DOS didn't even support subdirectories, but this was added in version 2.0. Windows runs on a base of MS-DOS, something that was clearly visible in early versions up to 3.11 (where you had to first boot DOS and then run Windows as a separate program), but obscured in later versions (up to and including Windows ME) which boot directly into Windows, but DOS is still there under the hood.
+'''MS-DOS''' refers to "Microsoft DOS", the Microsoft-developed variant of DOS. Because of the prominence of Microsoft in computer industry, it is frequently the case that people refer to "DOS" when they mean MS-DOS, although there have in fact been a number of non-Microsoft operating systems also called DOS (such as [[Apple_DOS_file_system|Apple II DOS]]). PC-DOS refers to the specific variety of MS-DOS that was licensed by Microsoft to IBM for use on its personal computers, while MS-DOS is the generic version that ran on a wide variety of "PC clones" or "compatibles". Microsoft originally got MS-DOS from another company called Seattle Computer Products which had created its predecessor as an imitation of CP/M. The first version of MS-DOS didn't even support subdirectories, but this was added in version 2.0. Windows runs on a base of MS-DOS, something that was clearly visible in early versions up to 3.11 (where you had to first boot DOS and then run Windows as a separate program), but obscured in later versions (up to and including Windows ME) which boot directly into Windows, but DOS was still there under the hood; finally with [[Windows NT]] and later systems built on it such as [[Windows XP]] and its successors, the low-level operating system kernel was fully integrated to a system that was "Windows" from top to bottom.
 Of particular interest to DOS users is [[FreeDOS]], which reimplements and extends MS-DOS and other DOSs.

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 Of particular interest to DOS users is [[FreeDOS]], which reimplements and extends MS-DOS and other DOSs.
-See also [[DOSBox]].
+See also:
 == Versions ==

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 * [http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/microsoft-ms-dos-early-source-code/ Microsoft MS-DOS early source code] from Computer History Museum
 [[Category:Microsoft]]
 [[Category:Operating Systems]]
 [[Category:Software]]

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 |[[MS-DOS]]
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 '''MS-DOS''' refers to "Microsoft DOS", the Microsoft-developed variant of DOS. Because of the prominence of Microsoft in computer industry, it is frequently the case that people refer to "DOS" when they mean MS-DOS, although there have in fact been a number of non-Microsoft operating systems also called DOS (such as [[Apple_DOS_file_system|Apple II DOS]]). PC-DOS refers to the specific variety of MS-DOS that was licensed by Microsoft to IBM for use on its personal computers, while MS-DOS is the generic version that ran on a wide variety of "PC clones" or "compatibles". Microsoft originally got MS-DOS from another company called Seattle Computer Products which had created its predecessor as an imitation of CP/M. The first version of MS-DOS didn't even support subdirectories, but this was added in version 2.0. Windows runs on a base of MS-DOS, something that was clearly visible in early versions up to 3.11 (where you had to first boot DOS and then run Windows as a separate program), but obscured in later versions (up to and including Windows ME) which boot directly into Windows, but DOS is still there under the hood.
 Of particular interest to DOS users is [[FreeDOS]], which reimplements and extends MS-DOS and other DOSs.
-=Versions=
+See also [[DOSBox]].
 * [[MS-DOS 3.30]]
 * [[MS-DOS 6.22]]
-=Resources=
+== Resources ==
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS Wikipedia entry on MS-DOS]
 * [http://www.computerhope.com/history/dos.htm MS-DOS Release Timeline] from computerhope.com

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	* [http://www.thezac.com/MicrosoftHistory/03_ms-dos1x-3x.html The History and Future of Microsoft Operating Systems]		* [http://www.thezac.com/MicrosoftHistory/03_ms-dos1x-3x.html The History and Future of Microsoft Operating Systems]
	* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_DOS_operating_systems Timeline of DOS Operating Systems] from Wikipedia		* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_DOS_operating_systems Timeline of DOS Operating Systems] from Wikipedia
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