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<div>[[image:msdoslogo.jpg|thumb|Logo of MS-DOS]]<br />
'''MS-DOS''' ('''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is an operating system for x86 based personal computers. It was based on [[QDOS]] ('''Q'''uick and '''D'''irty '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem), also known as [[86-DOS]], which was made by Tim Paterson and purchased by [[Microsoft]]. It was the most commonly used member of the [[Disk Operating Systems|DOS family]] of operating systems, and was the main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s and 1990s. It was preceded by [[M-DOS]] (also called MIDAS), designed and copyrighted by [[Microsoft]] in 1979. MS-DOS was written for the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. An MSX port was also made, called MSX-DOS.<br />
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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. It is still used by a tiny market niche where legacy DOS applications are still required, but no modern version is available.<br />
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Microsoft and IBM both had their own versions of MS-DOS. There are not many differences between the two versions before the split up, when IBM started developing PC-DOS independently of Microsoft. IBM distributed their version of MS-DOS first as IBM DOS (prior to version 5.0), and later on as IBM PC-DOS.<br />
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==Known versions==<br />
===MS-DOS 1.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.10]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.11]] - Compaq OEM (Rev. E)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.12]] - Compaq OEM (Rev. G)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.13]] - Texas Instruments OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.14]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.24]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.25]] - Corona (BIOS 1.03 and 1.07), Zenith (command.com 1.19 for the Zenith Z-100 PC Compatible series from 1984 and 1.20 for the Zenith Z-100 from 1982) and Sanyo OEM, Seattle Computers OEM (command.com 1.17 as part of the released MS-DOS 1.1 source package), and Columbia OEM (Rel. 2.11)<br />
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===MS-DOS 2.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.00]] - Olivetti (M20 with 8086 add-on) and NCR OEM, Seequa OEM, Eagle OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.01]] - Wang OEM (Wang PC)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.02]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.05]] - DEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11]] - AT&T, BULL, TeleVideo, Olivetti, Toshiba, Apricot, NEC for PC-98xx, NCR, Tandy and ITT OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11D]] - Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.12B]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.13]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.21]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.25]] - Same as 2.11, but has better support for Japanese and Korean character sets. Released in October 1985, as stated in a Croatian computer magazine "Moj Mikro".<br />
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===MS-DOS 3.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.00]] - Apricot and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.06]] - Apricot OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10]] - Seiko Epson, Phoenix, Tandon, Apricot, Sperry, Fujitsu, Olivetti, Compaq and Multitech OEM, NEC for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10C]] - RM Nimbus and Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10L24]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20]] - HP, Amstrad, Apricot, AT&T, Tandy and Seiko Epson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20E]] - BULL OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.21]] - Hyosung, KayPro, Zenith, Goupil, and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.22]] - Twinhead OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30]] - Amstrad, HP, Dell, NEC, Tulip, AT&T, Tandy, Olivetti, Tandon, Seiko Epson for PC-98xx and Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30+]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30A]] - DTK OEM, also retail (?)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30B]] - Schineider OEM and for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30C]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30D]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30T]] - Tandy OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31]] - Compaq and Olivetti OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31D]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.4]] - Mentioned in the [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=8421&page=4 September 1988] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera" as well as [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00006.pdf PX00006]<br />
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===Multi-tasking MS-DOS 4.0===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - A rare OEM version, capable of multi-tasking. Only released by some European OEMs, a working copy can be found online. (Unnamed OEM and Goupil OEM)<br />
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===MS-DOS 4.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - An extremely rare version which was quickly replaced by 4.01 due to bugs. Dated 1988-10-06, a Sampo OEM without disk 6 can be found online.<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01]] - Olivetti, Amstrad, Nokia, Tulip, HP, Toshiba, Zenith and VEGAS OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01A]] - Nokia OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.02]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.10.20]] - International Computer Ltd. OEM version<br />
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===MS-DOS 5.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.070]] - Beta, existance suggested by ROM-DOS 5.00.070 mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09434.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.112]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.217]] - Beta, [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21700 German claims to have it] but existence unconfirmed<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.224]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.225]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.226]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.227]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.333]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/6000/PX06476.pdf PX06476]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.409c]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.432]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.460]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08857.pdf PX08857]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.480]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.481]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03447.pdf PX03447]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.490]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.500]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.1180]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07621.pdf PX07621]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, mentioned in PX09027 with a date of 5th March 1991<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC3A]] - Release Candidate 3A, incomplete leak<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC10]] - Release Candidate 10, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00]] - HP, Dell, Compaq, Tandy and PC Kenitec OEM, Epson OEM (PC-98xx)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00a]] - Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A-H]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
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===MS-DOS 6.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0015]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0018]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0108]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0204]] - Beta, references found in leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0305]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0405]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00]] - HP, Packard Bell, Fujitsu and NEC OEM, Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.3002]] - Beta, Step-Up, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC2]] - Release Candidate 2, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC5]] - Release Candidate 5, Upgrade, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20]] - Retail, NEC OEM (PC-98xx)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20L10]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20-V]] - Japanese MS-DOS 6.20<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Beta, Chinese Simplified leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.22]] - Retail<br />
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===MS-DOS 7.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.00]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 RTM and OSR1<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.10]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 OSR2, OSR2.5, Windows 98 and 98SE<br />
===MS-DOS 8.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:8.00]] - Only released as part of Windows Me<br />
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[[Category:Operating Systems]]</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_1.0/1.02&diff=9491Windows 1.0/1.022015-06-29T22:26:55Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>This was an updated version of [[Windows:1|Microsoft Windows 1.0]], which shipped in early 1986 and which also included support for additional keyboards and languages.<br />
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A RM Nimbus PC-186 version of this release was also released later in 1986, though the current copy circulating is a 2 disk set pre-installed.<br />
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'''NOTE:''' ''This article needs expansion.''</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_1.0/1.02&diff=9490Windows 1.0/1.022015-06-29T22:20:15Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>This was an updated version of [[Windows:1|Microsoft Windows 1.0]], which shipped in early 1986 and which also included support for additional keyboards and languages.<br />
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A RM Nimbus PC-186 version of this release was also released later in 1986.<br />
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'''NOTE:''' ''This article needs expansion.''</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_3.x/3.0_with_Multimedia_Extensions_1.0&diff=9489Windows 3.x/3.0 with Multimedia Extensions 1.02015-06-29T22:16:17Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>'''Windows 3.0 with Multimedia Extensions 1.0''' (also called Multimedia Windows) was released in October 1991. It is an OEM only release, with Tandy version being the only one available at this time for PC compatibles (there's also a floppy release for PC-98xx machines).<br />
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It includes new programs for audio and video playback, new CD-ROM, soundcard, display and joystick drivers, screensavers, as well as new Control Panel and Help applications like the ones seen later in Windows 3.1, but is otherwise the same as Windows 3.00a, on which it's based. Its distinctive multimedia features were later incorporated into Windows 3.1. Though this release can still run in all three modes, the new multimedia related features are only available in Standard and Enhanced modes.<br />
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As this is based on Windows 3.00a, it requires the SYSTEM.INI fix if you wish to run it in Enhanced Mode in Virtual PC 2004/2007 and it also requires the SB16 adapter card set correctly for proper operation of the multimedia components.<br />
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==Information from computer magazines==<br />
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Another possible OEM release is shown and described in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=190&page=2 November 1991 issue] of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera" ("World of computers"). The bootscreen shown in the magazine is different from the one in Tandy's release - it says '''"Windows Version 3.0 + Multimedia Extensions 1.0"''', whereas Tandy's release says '''"Windows graphical environment with Multimedia Extensions 1.0"'''. Oddly, Tandy release uses both of these names during installation.<br />
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The magazine release could be from a different OEM or even a beta version (see below), though the latter seems less likely. The magazine also calls it "Multimedia Development Kit" (MDK).<br />
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==Information from antitrust documents==<br />
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Microsoft antitrust document [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07531.pdf PX07531] details the initial development plan for "Multimedia Windows". According to the document, alpha release was shipped to 35 external testing groups on 15th June 1990, with 25-30 additional sites to receive this alpha on 1st August. Beta release was to be released in mid-October and the final OEM Adaptation Kit (OAK) in December 1990. This timeline somewhat conflicts with the date of the Tandy release, which is from 1991.<br />
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Tandy is mentioned as the first OEM to launch their multimedia-capable PC-compatibles with Multimedia Windows. IBM, Fujitsu, Sharp, Olivetti, Zenith, Sony and Intel are listed as potential candidates for release.<br />
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Microsoft Works for Windows with Multimedia extensions (available on BetaArchive FTP) is mentioned as one of the apps to tie in with new features of Multimedia Windows.<br />
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==New applications==<br />
===Windows Help===<br />
Windows Help in this release is version '''3.07'''. The About dialog also states '''"Version 3.1.061d"''', which suggests this release has some files from pre-release versions of Windows 3.1.<br />
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===Control Panel===<br />
About dialog says "Control Panel for Windows graphical environment with Multimedia Extensions 1.0" and "Version 1.0".<br />
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===Auto Install===<br />
A Tandy OEM application for installing other applications from removable media. Version 1.0.<br />
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===Welcome===<br />
A fullscreen, run-once Tandy OEM application that says "Tandy presents the world of multimedia".<br />
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===Multimedia Main Menu===<br />
A Tandy OEM application for easy access to various multimedia demos, applications and the Program Manager.<br />
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===Reset Tandy Demo===<br />
A Tandy OEM application which resets the default shell back to FindCD.<br />
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===FindCD===<br />
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A Tandy OEM application that offers a tutorial and sound test. When finished, it first starts Welcome and then Multimedia Main Menu.<br />
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==Startup fix==<br />
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Tandy has changed the default shell to their application called FindCD (see above). This requires you to insert the installation CD, but the application will hang at the start and you won't be able to get into Windows itself. This is most likely caused by an incorrect setting of the Sound Blaster 16 card.<br />
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To fix this you must open the file <code>SYSTEM.INI</code> in the installation directory, find the <code>[boot]</code> section and change the line <code>shell=findcd.exe</code> to <code>shell=progman.exe</code>. Windows will now start Program Manager on startup.</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_2000&diff=8940Windows 20002015-01-22T13:59:01Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>{{infobox Windows<br />
|image = Windows 2000 Logo.png<br />
|imagecaption = Microsoft Windows 2000<br />
|codename = Memphis NT, NT 5.0<br />
|kernel = NT 5.0<br />
|arch = x86, IA-64<br />
|build = RTM 5.0.2195.1<br />
|release = Released<br />
|licence = Microsoft EULA<br />
|support = Support terminated on 13 July 2010<br />
|previous = [[Windows:NT_4.00|NT 4.0]]<br />
|next = ''[[Windows:Neptune|Neptune]]'' / [[Windows:XP|XP]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Windows 2000''' (Codename '''Memphis NT''', '''NT 5.0''') was the last version of the [[Windows|Windows NT line]] of operating systems which was released for business users only and succeeded Windows NT 4. It also dropped the "NT" moniker in it's name, although it is still branded with "Based on NT Technology", possibly to prevent confusion with the 9X line (which was also named after the year of release at that time). This was done between Beta 2 and 3 stages, somewhere between builds 1911.1 and 1946.1.<br />
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It was originally supposed to be called Windows NT 5.0, but Microsoft first changed the name to Windows NT 2000 and later simply to Windows 2000. Extended support ended in 2010.<br />
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== Editions ==<br />
Windows 2000 was released in Workstation ('''Professional''') and Server ('''Advanced Server , Datacenter Server , Server''') editions.<br />
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''Informations about each edition borrowed from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia''<br />
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=== Professional ===<br />
It is the client version of Windows 2000. It offers greater security and stability than many of the previous Windows desktop operating systems. It supports up to two processors, and can address up to 4 GB of RAM. The system requirements are a Pentium processor (or equivalent) of 133 MHz or greater, at least 32 MB of RAM, 650 MB of hard drive space, and a CD-ROM drive (recommended: Pentium II, 128 MB of RAM, 2 GB of hard drive space, and CD-ROM drive).<br />
=== Server ===<br />
It shares the same user interface with Windows 2000 Professional, but contains additional components for the computer to perform server roles and run infrastructure and application software. A significant new component introduced in the server versions is Active Directory, which is an enterprise-wide directory service based on LDAP. Additionally, Microsoft integrated Kerberos network authentication, replacing the often-criticised NTLM authentication system used in previous versions. This also provided a purely transitive-trust relationship between Windows 2000 domains in a forest (a collection of one or more Windows 2000 domains that share a common schema, configuration, and global catalog, being linked with two-way transitive trusts). Furthermore, Windows 2000 introduced a Domain Name Server which allows dynamic registration of IP addresses. Windows 2000 Server supports up to 4 processors, requires 128 MB of RAM and 1 GB hard disk space, however requirements may be higher depending on installed components. <br />
=== Advanced Server ===<br />
It is a variant of Windows 2000 Server operating system designed for medium-to-large businesses. It offers clustering infrastructure for high availability and scalability of applications and services, including main memory support of up to 8 gigabytes (GB) on Physical Address Extension (PAE) systems and the ability to do 8-way SMP. It supports TCP/IP load balancing and enhanced two-node server clusters based on the Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) in Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition. Limited number of copies of an IA-64 version, called Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Limited Edition were made available via OEMs. System requirements are similar to those of Windows 2000 Server, however they may need to be higher to scale to larger infrastructure.<br />
=== Datacenter Server ===<br />
It is a variant of Windows 2000 Server designed for large businesses that move large quantities of confidential or sensitive data frequently via a central server. Like Advanced Server, it supports clustering, failover and load balancing. Its minimum system requirements are normal, but it was designed to be capable of handing advanced, fault-tolerant and scalable hardware—for instance computers with up to 32 CPUs and 64 GBs RAM, with rigorous system testing and qualification, hardware partitioning, coordinated maintenance and change control. Limited number of copies of an IA-64 version, called Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, Limited Edition were made available via OEMs. System requirements are similar to those of Windows 2000 Advanced Server, however they may need to be higher to scale to larger infrastructure.<br />
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== Service Packs ==<br />
There were four service packs released for Windows 2000. All are considered as abandonware.<br />
=== Service Pack 1 ===<br />
Service Pack 1 has been released on 15 August 2000. <br />
=== Service Pack 2 ===<br />
Service Pack 2 has been released on 16 May 2001. <br />
=== Service Pack 3 ===<br />
Service Pack 3 has been released on 29 August 2002. <br />
=== Service Pack 4 ===<br />
Service Pack 4 has been released on 26 June 2003. <br />
==== Update Rollup 1 ====<br />
Update Rollup 1 for Service Pack 4 is a collection of hotfixes, mainly for the security-related issues. It is said to contain all the security-related hotfixes and some non-security updates released between SP4 and UR1 for SP4. This rollup has been released instead of Service Pack 5. [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Scraps-Plans-for-Windows-2000-SP5/]<br />
=== Service Pack 5 ===<br />
Microsoft planned to release Service Pack 5, but it has been cancelled and Update Rollup for SP4 has been released instead. [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Scraps-Plans-for-Windows-2000-SP5/]<br />
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== Builds ==<br />
{{Builds Legend}}<br />
==== Pre-Beta ====<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT 5.0:1515.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1515.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1516.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1516.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT 5.0:1575.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1575.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT 5.0:1580.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1580.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT 5.0:1585.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1585.1]]'''''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT 5.0:1592.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1592.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT 5.0:1597.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1597.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT 5.0:1627.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1627.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT 5.0:1631.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1631.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT 5.0:1645.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1645.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT 5.0:1661.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1661.1]]'''<br />
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==== Beta 1 ====<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1671.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1671.1]]''''' - Official Beta 1<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1681.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1681.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1691.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1691.1]]'''''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1701.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1701.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1717.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1717.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1721.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1721.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1723.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1723.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1729.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1729.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1737.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1737.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1743.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1743.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1744.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1744.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1745.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1745.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1749.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1749.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:NT:5.0:1767.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1767.1]]'''<br />
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==== Interim Developer Release ====<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:1773.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1773.1]]'''''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:1796.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1796.1]]'''''<br />
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==== Beta 2 ====<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1814.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1814.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1816.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1816.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1828.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1828.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1835.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1835.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:1848.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1848.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1859.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1859.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1864.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1864.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1868.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1868.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1871.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1871.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:1877.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1877.1]]''''' - Official Beta 2<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:1902.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1902.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1903.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1903.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:1906.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1906.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1909.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1909.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:1911.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1911.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1916.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1916.1]]'''<br />
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==== Beta 3 ====<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1930.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1930.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1932.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1932.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1941.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1941.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1942.1|Windows NT 5.0 Build 1942.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:1946.1|Windows 2000 Build 1946.1]]''''' - Official Beta 3 Release Candidate 0<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1950.1|Windows 2000 Build 1950.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1951.1|Windows 2000 Build 1951.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1953.1|Windows 2000 Build 1953.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1960.1|Windows 2000 Build 1960.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1965.1|Windows 2000 Build 1965.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1968.1|Windows 2000 Build 1968.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1969.1|Windows 2000 Build 1969.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1972.1|Windows 2000 Build 1972.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1974.1|Windows 2000 Build 1974.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1978.1|Windows 2000 Build 1978.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:1983.1|Windows 2000 Build 1983.1]]'''''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:1989.1|Windows 2000 Build 1989.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1994.1|Windows 2000 Build 1994.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:1996.1|Windows 2000 Build 1996.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:2000.3|Windows 2000 Build 2000.3]]''''' - Official Beta 3 Release Candidate 1<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2012.1|Windows 2000 Build 2012.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2017.1|Windows 2000 Build 2017.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2027.1|Windows 2000 Build 2027.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2028.1|Windows 2000 Build 2028.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:2031.1|Windows 2000 Build 2031.1]]''''' - Official Beta 3<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2035.1|Windows 2000 Build 2035.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2045.1|Windows 2000 Build 2045.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2053.1|Windows 2000 Build 2053.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2056.1|Windows 2000 Build 2056.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2063.1|Windows 2000 Build 2063.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:2068.1|Windows 2000 Build 2068.1]]'''''<br />
<br />
==== Release Candidate 1 ====<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2071.1|Windows 2000 Build 2071.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:2072.1|Windows 2000 Build 2072.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2082.1|Windows 2000 Build 2082.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2090.1|Windows 2000 Build 2090.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:2091.1|Windows 2000 Build 2091.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2092.1|Windows 2000 Build 2092.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2099.1|Windows 2000 Build 2099.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2114.1|Windows 2000 Build 2114.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2121.1|Windows 2000 Build 2121.1]]'''<br />
<br />
==== Release Candidate 2 ====<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:2128.1|Windows 2000 Build 2128.1]]'''''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2134.1|Windows 2000 Build 2134.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2140.1|Windows 2000 Build 2140.1]]'''<br />
* '''[[Windows:2000:2151.1|Windows 2000 Build 2151.1]]'''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:2167.1|Windows 2000 Build 2167.1]]'''''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:2183.1|Windows 2000 Build 2183.1]]'''''<br />
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==== RTM ====<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:2195.1|Windows 2000 Build 2195.1]]'''''<br />
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==== Post-RTM ====<br />
* '''''[[Windows:2000:2202.1.ntvbl06.000202-1835|SD Windows 2000 Build 2202.1.ntvbl06.000202-1835]]'''''</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=MS-DOS&diff=8868MS-DOS2014-12-30T18:56:02Z<p>TheCollector1988: /* MS-DOS 6.x */</p>
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<div>[[image:msdoslogo.jpg|thumb|Logo of MS-DOS]]<br />
'''MS-DOS''' ('''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is an operating system for x86 based personal computers. It was based on [[QDOS]] ('''Q'''uick and '''D'''irty '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem), also known as [[86-DOS]], which was made by Tim Paterson and purchased by [[Microsoft]]. It was the most commonly used member of the [[Disk Operating Systems|DOS family]] of operating systems, and was the main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s and 1990s. It was preceded by [[M-DOS]] (also called MIDAS), designed and copyrighted by [[Microsoft]] in 1979. MS-DOS was written for the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. An MSX port was also made, called MSX-DOS.<br />
<br />
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. It is still used by a tiny market niche where legacy DOS applications are still required, but no modern version is available.<br />
<br />
Microsoft and IBM both had their own versions of MS-DOS. There are not many differences between the two versions before the split up, when IBM started developing PC-DOS independently of Microsoft. IBM distributed their version of MS-DOS first as IBM DOS (prior to version 5.0), and later on as IBM PC-DOS.<br />
<br />
==Known versions==<br />
===MS-DOS 1.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.10]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.11]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.12]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.13]] - Texas Instruments OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.14]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.24]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.25]] - Corona, Zenith (command.com 1.19 for the Zenith Z-100 PC Compatible series from 1984 and 1.20 for the Zenith Z-100 from 1982) and Sanyo OEM, Columbia OEM<br />
===MS-DOS 2.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.00]] - Olivetti (M20 with 8086 add-on) and NCR OEM, Seequa OEM, Eagle OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.01]] - Wang OEM (Wang PC)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.02]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.05]] - DEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11]] - AT&T, BULL, TeleVideo, Olivetti, Toshiba, Apricot, NEC for PC-98xx, NCR, Tandy and ITT OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11D]] - Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.12B]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.13]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.21]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.25]] - Same as 2.11, but has better support for Japanese and Korean character sets. Released in October 1985, as stated in a Croatian computer magazine "Moj Mikro".<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 3.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.00]] - Apricot and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.06]] - Apricot OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10]] - Seiko Epson, Phoenix, Tandon, Apricot, Sperry, Fujitsu, Olivetti, Compaq and Multitech OEM, NEC for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10C]] - RM Nimbus and Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10L24]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20]] - HP, Amstrad, Apricot, AT&T, Tandy and Seiko Epson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20E]] - BULL OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.21]] - Hyosung, KayPro, Zenith, Goupil, and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.22]] - Twinhead OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30]] - Amstrad, HP, Dell, NEC, Tulip, AT&T, Tandy, Olivetti, Tandon, Seiko Epson for PC-98xx and Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30+]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30A]] - DTK OEM, also retail (?)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30B]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30C]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30D]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30T]] - Tandy OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31]] - Compaq and Olivetti OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31D]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.4]] - Mentioned in the [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=8421&page=4 September 1988] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera" as well as [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00006.pdf PX00006]<br />
<br />
===Multi-tasking MS-DOS 4.0===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - A rare OEM version, capable of multi-tasking. Only released by some European OEMs, a working copy can be found online. (Unnamed OEM and Goupil OEM)<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 4.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - An extremely rare version which was quickly replaced by 4.01 due to bugs. Dated 1988-10-06, a Sampo OEM without disk 6 can be found online.<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01]] - Olivetti, Amstrad, Nokia, Tulip, HP, Toshiba, Zenith and VEGAS OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01A]] - Nokia OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.02]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.10.20]] - International Computer Ltd. OEM version<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 5.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.070]] - Beta, existance suggested by ROM-DOS 5.00.070 mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09434.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.112]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.217]] - Beta, [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21700 German claims to have it]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.224]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.225]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.226]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.227]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.333]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/6000/PX06476.pdf PX06476]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.409c]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.432]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.460]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08857.pdf PX08857]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.480]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.481]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03447.pdf PX03447]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.490]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.500]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.1180]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07621.pdf PX07621]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC3A]] - Release Candidate 3A, incomplete leak<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC10]] - Release Candidate 10, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00]] - HP, Dell, Compaq, Tandy and PC Kenitec OEM, Epson OEM (PC-98xx)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00a]] - Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A-H]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 6.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0015]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0018]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0108]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0204]] - Beta, references found in leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0305]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0405]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00]] - HP, Packard Bell, Fujitsu and NEC OEM, Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.3002]] - Beta, Step-Up, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC2]] - Release Candidate 2, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC5]] - Release Candidate 5, Upgrade, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20]] - Retail, NEC OEM (PC-98xx)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20L10]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20-V]] - Japanese MS-DOS 6.20<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Beta, Chinese Simplified leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.22]] - Retail<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 7.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.00]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 RTM and OSR1<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.10]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 OSR2, OSR2.5, Windows 98 and 98SE<br />
===MS-DOS 8.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:8.00]] - Only released as part of Windows Me<br />
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[[Category:Operating Systems]]</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=MS-DOS&diff=8867MS-DOS2014-12-30T13:32:03Z<p>TheCollector1988: /* MS-DOS 3.x */</p>
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<div>[[image:msdoslogo.jpg|thumb|Logo of MS-DOS]]<br />
'''MS-DOS''' ('''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is an operating system for x86 based personal computers. It was based on [[QDOS]] ('''Q'''uick and '''D'''irty '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem), also known as [[86-DOS]], which was made by Tim Paterson and purchased by [[Microsoft]]. It was the most commonly used member of the [[Disk Operating Systems|DOS family]] of operating systems, and was the main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s and 1990s. It was preceded by [[M-DOS]] (also called MIDAS), designed and copyrighted by [[Microsoft]] in 1979. MS-DOS was written for the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. An MSX port was also made, called MSX-DOS.<br />
<br />
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. It is still used by a tiny market niche where legacy DOS applications are still required, but no modern version is available.<br />
<br />
Microsoft and IBM both had their own versions of MS-DOS. There are not many differences between the two versions before the split up, when IBM started developing PC-DOS independently of Microsoft. IBM distributed their version of MS-DOS first as IBM DOS (prior to version 5.0), and later on as IBM PC-DOS.<br />
<br />
==Known versions==<br />
===MS-DOS 1.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.10]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.11]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.12]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.13]] - Texas Instruments OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.14]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.24]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.25]] - Corona, Zenith (command.com 1.19 for the Zenith Z-100 PC Compatible series from 1984 and 1.20 for the Zenith Z-100 from 1982) and Sanyo OEM, Columbia OEM<br />
===MS-DOS 2.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.00]] - Olivetti (M20 with 8086 add-on) and NCR OEM, Seequa OEM, Eagle OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.01]] - Wang OEM (Wang PC)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.02]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.05]] - DEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11]] - AT&T, BULL, TeleVideo, Olivetti, Toshiba, Apricot, NEC for PC-98xx, NCR, Tandy and ITT OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11D]] - Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.12B]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.13]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.21]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.25]] - Same as 2.11, but has better support for Japanese and Korean character sets. Released in October 1985, as stated in a Croatian computer magazine "Moj Mikro".<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 3.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.00]] - Apricot and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.06]] - Apricot OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10]] - Seiko Epson, Phoenix, Tandon, Apricot, Sperry, Fujitsu, Olivetti, Compaq and Multitech OEM, NEC for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10C]] - RM Nimbus and Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10L24]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20]] - HP, Amstrad, Apricot, AT&T, Tandy and Seiko Epson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20E]] - BULL OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.21]] - Hyosung, KayPro, Zenith, Goupil, and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.22]] - Twinhead OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30]] - Amstrad, HP, Dell, NEC, Tulip, AT&T, Tandy, Olivetti, Tandon, Seiko Epson for PC-98xx and Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30+]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30A]] - DTK OEM, also retail (?)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30B]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30C]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30D]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30T]] - Tandy OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31]] - Compaq and Olivetti OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31D]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.4]] - Mentioned in the [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=8421&page=4 September 1988] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera" as well as [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00006.pdf PX00006]<br />
<br />
===Multi-tasking MS-DOS 4.0===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - A rare OEM version, capable of multi-tasking. Only released by some European OEMs, a working copy can be found online. (Unnamed OEM and Goupil OEM)<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 4.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - An extremely rare version which was quickly replaced by 4.01 due to bugs. Dated 1988-10-06, a Sampo OEM without disk 6 can be found online.<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01]] - Olivetti, Amstrad, Nokia, Tulip, HP, Toshiba, Zenith and VEGAS OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01A]] - Nokia OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.02]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.10.20]] - International Computer Ltd. OEM version<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 5.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.070]] - Beta, existance suggested by ROM-DOS 5.00.070 mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09434.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.112]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.217]] - Beta, [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21700 German claims to have it]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.224]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.225]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.226]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.227]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.333]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/6000/PX06476.pdf PX06476]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.409c]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.432]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.460]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08857.pdf PX08857]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.480]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.481]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03447.pdf PX03447]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.490]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.500]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.1180]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07621.pdf PX07621]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC3A]] - Release Candidate 3A, incomplete leak<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC10]] - Release Candidate 10, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00]] - HP, Dell, Compaq, Tandy and PC Kenitec OEM, Epson OEM (PC-98xx)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00a]] - Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A-H]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 6.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0015]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0018]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0108]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0204]] - Beta, references found in leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0305]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0405]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00]] - HP, Packard Bell, Fujitsu and NEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.3002]] - Beta, Step-Up, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC2]] - Release Candidate 2, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC5]] - Release Candidate 5, Upgrade, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20]] - Retail, NEC OEM (PC-98xx)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20L10]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20-V]] - Japanese MS-DOS 6.20<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Beta, Chinese Simplified leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.22]] - Retail<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 7.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.00]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 RTM and OSR1<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.10]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 OSR2, OSR2.5, Windows 98 and 98SE<br />
===MS-DOS 8.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:8.00]] - Only released as part of Windows Me<br />
<br />
[[Category:Operating Systems]]</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=MS-DOS&diff=8864MS-DOS2014-12-29T15:23:42Z<p>TheCollector1988: /* MS-DOS 2.x */</p>
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<div>[[image:msdoslogo.jpg|thumb|Logo of MS-DOS]]<br />
'''MS-DOS''' ('''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is an operating system for x86 based personal computers. It was based on [[QDOS]] ('''Q'''uick and '''D'''irty '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem), also known as [[86-DOS]], which was made by Tim Paterson and purchased by [[Microsoft]]. It was the most commonly used member of the [[Disk Operating Systems|DOS family]] of operating systems, and was the main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s and 1990s. It was preceded by [[M-DOS]] (also called MIDAS), designed and copyrighted by [[Microsoft]] in 1979. MS-DOS was written for the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. An MSX port was also made, called MSX-DOS.<br />
<br />
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. It is still used by a tiny market niche where legacy DOS applications are still required, but no modern version is available.<br />
<br />
Microsoft and IBM both had their own versions of MS-DOS. There are not many differences between the two versions before the split up, when IBM started developing PC-DOS independently of Microsoft. IBM distributed their version of MS-DOS first as IBM DOS (prior to version 5.0), and later on as IBM PC-DOS.<br />
<br />
==Known versions==<br />
===MS-DOS 1.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.10]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.11]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.12]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.13]] - Texas Instruments OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.14]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.24]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.25]] - Corona, Zenith (command.com 1.19 for the Zenith Z-100 PC Compatible series from 1984 and 1.20 for the Zenith Z-100 from 1982) and Sanyo OEM, Columbia OEM<br />
===MS-DOS 2.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.00]] - Olivetti (M20 with 8086 add-on) and NCR OEM, Seequa OEM, Eagle OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.01]] - Wang OEM (Wang PC)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.02]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.05]] - DEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11]] - AT&T, BULL, TeleVideo, Olivetti, Toshiba, Apricot, NEC for PC-98xx, NCR, Tandy and ITT OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11D]] - Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.12B]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.13]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.21]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.25]] - Same as 2.11, but has better support for Japanese and Korean character sets. Released in October 1985, as stated in a Croatian computer magazine "Moj Mikro".<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 3.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.00]] - Apricot and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.06]] - Apricot OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10]] - Seiko Epson, Phoenix, Tandon, Apricot, Sperry, Fujitsu, Olivetti, Compaq and Multitech OEM, NEC for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10C]] - RM Nimbus and Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10L24]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20]] - HP, Amstrad, Apricot, AT&T, Tandy and Seiko Epson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20E]] - BULL OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.21]] - Hyosung, KayPro, Zenith, Goupil, and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.22]] - Twinhead OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30]] - Amstrad, HP, Dell, NEC, Tulip, AT&T, Tandy, Olivetti, Tandon, Seiko Epson and Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30+]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30A]] - DTK OEM, also retail (?)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30B]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30C]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30D]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30T]] - Tandy OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31]] - Compaq and Olivetti OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31D]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.4]] - Mentioned in the [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=8421&page=4 September 1988] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera" as well as [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00006.pdf PX00006]<br />
<br />
===Multi-tasking MS-DOS 4.0===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - A rare OEM version, capable of multi-tasking. Only released by some European OEMs, a working copy can be found online. (Unnamed OEM and Goupil OEM)<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 4.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - An extremely rare version which was quickly replaced by 4.01 due to bugs. Dated 1988-10-06, a Sampo OEM without disk 6 can be found online.<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01]] - Olivetti, Amstrad, Nokia, Tulip, HP, Toshiba, Zenith and VEGAS OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01A]] - Nokia OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.02]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.10.20]] - International Computer Ltd. OEM version<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 5.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.070]] - Beta, existance suggested by ROM-DOS 5.00.070 mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09434.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.112]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.217]] - Beta, [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21700 German claims to have it]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.224]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.225]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.226]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.227]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.333]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/6000/PX06476.pdf PX06476]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.409c]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.432]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.460]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08857.pdf PX08857]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.480]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.481]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03447.pdf PX03447]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.490]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.500]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.1180]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07621.pdf PX07621]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC3A]] - Release Candidate 3A, incomplete leak<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC10]] - Release Candidate 10, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00]] - HP, Dell, Compaq, Tandy and PC Kenitec OEM, Epson OEM (PC-98xx)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00a]] - Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A-H]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 6.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0015]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0018]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0108]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0204]] - Beta, references found in leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0305]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0405]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00]] - HP, Packard Bell, Fujitsu and NEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.3002]] - Beta, Step-Up, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC2]] - Release Candidate 2, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC5]] - Release Candidate 5, Upgrade, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20]] - Retail, NEC OEM (PC-98xx)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20L10]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20-V]] - Japanese MS-DOS 6.20<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Beta, Chinese Simplified leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.22]] - Retail<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 7.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.00]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 RTM and OSR1<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.10]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 OSR2, OSR2.5, Windows 98 and 98SE<br />
===MS-DOS 8.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:8.00]] - Only released as part of Windows Me<br />
<br />
[[Category:Operating Systems]]</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_3.x/3.00.55&diff=8851Windows 3.x/3.00.552014-12-28T14:22:03Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>[[File:Winbeta55.png|thumb|Windows 3.0 Build 55]]<br />
'''Windows 3.0 build 55''' is the only leaked beta build of Windows 3.0. This is due to the fact that testers were under strict NDA, even so strict they were not allowed to say there even was a new version of Windows in development. It is unknown what stage this build is in.<br />
<br />
It was leaked on BA by member The Distractor as a pre-installed folderdump. Attempts were made to recreate the installation disks, but the disks may not work properly in certain configurations. Best way to use this build is to install MS-DOS (any version from 3.31-6.22) and then copying the WINDOWS folder to the system partition. The system was configured with a Logitech mouse, which will not work in Virtual PC. This can be fixed by opening "'''SYSTEM.INI'''" and changing the line "'''mouse=lmouse.drv'''" to "'''mouse=mouse.drv'''", which will change the mouse to a generic Microsoft Serial Mouse/PS/2 compatible.<br />
<br />
After the above change, the build will run fine in Virtual PC in Real and Standard Mode. 386 Enhanced mode only works using MS-DOS 3.x or PC-DOS 3.x.</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=MS-DOS&diff=8850MS-DOS2014-12-28T14:17:28Z<p>TheCollector1988: /* MS-DOS 6.x */</p>
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<div>[[image:msdoslogo.jpg|thumb|Logo of MS-DOS]]<br />
'''MS-DOS''' ('''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is an operating system for x86 based personal computers. It was based on [[QDOS]] ('''Q'''uick and '''D'''irty '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem), also known as [[86-DOS]], which was made by Tim Paterson and purchased by [[Microsoft]]. It was the most commonly used member of the [[Disk Operating Systems|DOS family]] of operating systems, and was the main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s and 1990s. It was preceded by [[M-DOS]] (also called MIDAS), designed and copyrighted by [[Microsoft]] in 1979. MS-DOS was written for the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. An MSX port was also made, called MSX-DOS.<br />
<br />
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. It is still used by a tiny market niche where legacy DOS applications are still required, but no modern version is available.<br />
<br />
Microsoft and IBM both had their own versions of MS-DOS. There are not many differences between the two versions before the split up, when IBM started developing PC-DOS independently of Microsoft. IBM distributed their version of MS-DOS first as IBM DOS (prior to version 5.0), and later on as IBM PC-DOS.<br />
<br />
==Known versions==<br />
===MS-DOS 1.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.10]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.11]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.12]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.13]] - Texas Instruments OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.14]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.24]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.25]] - Corona, Zenith (command.com 1.19 for the Zenith Z-100 PC Compatible series from 1984 and 1.20 for the Zenith Z-100 from 1982) and Sanyo OEM, Columbia OEM<br />
===MS-DOS 2.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.00]] - Olivetti (M20 with 8086 add-on) and NCR OEM, Seequa OEM, Eagle OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.01]] - Wang OEM (Wang PC)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.02]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.05]] - DEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11]] - AT&T, BULL, TeleVideo, Olivetti, Toshiba, Apricot, NEC, NCR, Tandy and ITT OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11D]] - Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.12B]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.13]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.21]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.25]] - Same as 2.11, but has better support for Japanese and Korean character sets. Released in October 1985, as stated in a Croatian computer magazine "Moj Mikro".<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 3.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.00]] - Apricot and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.06]] - Apricot OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10]] - Seiko Epson, Phoenix, Tandon, Apricot, Sperry, Fujitsu, Olivetti, Compaq and Multitech OEM, NEC for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10C]] - RM Nimbus and Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10L24]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20]] - HP, Amstrad, Apricot, AT&T, Tandy and Seiko Epson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20E]] - BULL OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.21]] - Hyosung, KayPro, Zenith, Goupil, and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.22]] - Twinhead OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30]] - Amstrad, HP, Dell, NEC, Tulip, AT&T, Tandy, Olivetti, Tandon, Seiko Epson and Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30+]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30A]] - DTK OEM, also retail (?)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30B]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30C]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30D]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30T]] - Tandy OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31]] - Compaq and Olivetti OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31D]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.4]] - Mentioned in the [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=8421&page=4 September 1988] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera" as well as [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00006.pdf PX00006]<br />
<br />
===Multi-tasking MS-DOS 4.0===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - A rare OEM version, capable of multi-tasking. Only released by some European OEMs, a working copy can be found online. (Unnamed OEM and Goupil OEM)<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 4.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - An extremely rare version which was quickly replaced by 4.01 due to bugs. Dated 1988-10-06, a Sampo OEM without disk 6 can be found online.<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01]] - Olivetti, Amstrad, Nokia, Tulip, HP, Toshiba, Zenith and VEGAS OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01A]] - Nokia OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.02]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.10.20]] - International Computer Ltd. OEM version<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 5.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.070]] - Beta, existance suggested by ROM-DOS 5.00.070 mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09434.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.112]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.217]] - Beta, [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21700 German claims to have it]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.224]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.225]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.226]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.227]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.333]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/6000/PX06476.pdf PX06476]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.409c]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.432]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.460]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08857.pdf PX08857]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.480]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.481]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03447.pdf PX03447]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.490]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.500]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.1180]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07621.pdf PX07621]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC3A]] - Release Candidate 3A, incomplete leak<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC10]] - Release Candidate 10, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00]] - HP, Dell, Compaq, Tandy and PC Kenitec OEM, Epson OEM (PC-98xx)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00a]] - Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A-H]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 6.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0015]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0018]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0108]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0204]] - Beta, references found in leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0305]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0405]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00]] - HP, Packard Bell, Fujitsu and NEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.3002]] - Beta, Step-Up, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC2]] - Release Candidate 2, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC5]] - Release Candidate 5, Upgrade, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20]] - Retail, NEC OEM (PC-98xx)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20L10]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20-V]] - Japanese MS-DOS 6.20<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Beta, Chinese Simplified leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.22]] - Retail<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 7.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.00]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 RTM and OSR1<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.10]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 OSR2, OSR2.5, Windows 98 and 98SE<br />
===MS-DOS 8.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:8.00]] - Only released as part of Windows Me<br />
<br />
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<div>[[image:msdoslogo.jpg|thumb|Logo of MS-DOS]]<br />
'''MS-DOS''' ('''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is an operating system for x86 based personal computers. It was based on [[QDOS]] ('''Q'''uick and '''D'''irty '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem), also known as [[86-DOS]], which was made by Tim Paterson and purchased by [[Microsoft]]. It was the most commonly used member of the [[Disk Operating Systems|DOS family]] of operating systems, and was the main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s and 1990s. It was preceded by [[M-DOS]] (also called MIDAS), designed and copyrighted by [[Microsoft]] in 1979. MS-DOS was written for the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. An MSX port was also made, called MSX-DOS.<br />
<br />
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. It is still used by a tiny market niche where legacy DOS applications are still required, but no modern version is available.<br />
<br />
Microsoft and IBM both had their own versions of MS-DOS. There are not many differences between the two versions before the split up, when IBM started developing PC-DOS independently of Microsoft. IBM distributed their version of MS-DOS first as IBM DOS (prior to version 5.0), and later on as IBM PC-DOS.<br />
<br />
==Known versions==<br />
===MS-DOS 1.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.10]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.11]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.12]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.13]] - Texas Instruments OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.14]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.24]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.25]] - Corona, Zenith (command.com 1.19 for the Zenith Z-100 PC Compatible series from 1984 and 1.20 for the Zenith Z-100 from 1982) and Sanyo OEM, Columbia OEM<br />
===MS-DOS 2.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.00]] - Olivetti (M20 with 8086 add-on) and NCR OEM, Seequa OEM, Eagle OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.01]] - Wang OEM (Wang PC)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.02]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.05]] - DEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11]] - AT&T, BULL, TeleVideo, Olivetti, Toshiba, Apricot, NEC, NCR, Tandy and ITT OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11D]] - Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.12B]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.13]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.21]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.25]] - Same as 2.11, but has better support for Japanese and Korean character sets. Released in October 1985, as stated in a Croatian computer magazine "Moj Mikro".<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 3.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.00]] - Apricot and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.06]] - Apricot OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10]] - Seiko Epson, Phoenix, Tandon, Apricot, Sperry, Fujitsu, Olivetti, Compaq and Multitech OEM, NEC for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10C]] - RM Nimbus and Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10L24]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20]] - HP, Amstrad, Apricot, AT&T, Tandy and Seiko Epson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20E]] - BULL OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.21]] - Hyosung, KayPro, Zenith, Goupil, and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.22]] - Twinhead OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30]] - Amstrad, HP, Dell, NEC, Tulip, AT&T, Tandy, Olivetti, Tandon, Seiko Epson and Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30+]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30A]] - DTK OEM, also retail (?)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30B]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30C]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30D]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30T]] - Tandy OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31]] - Compaq and Olivetti OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31D]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.4]] - Mentioned in the [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=8421&page=4 September 1988] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera" as well as [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00006.pdf PX00006]<br />
<br />
===Multi-tasking MS-DOS 4.0===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - A rare OEM version, capable of multi-tasking. Only released by some European OEMs, a working copy can be found online. (Unnamed OEM and Goupil OEM)<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 4.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - An extremely rare version which was quickly replaced by 4.01 due to bugs. Dated 1988-10-06, a Sampo OEM without disk 6 can be found online.<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01]] - Olivetti, Amstrad, Nokia, Tulip, HP, Toshiba, Zenith and VEGAS OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01A]] - Nokia OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.02]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.10.20]] - International Computer Ltd. OEM version<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 5.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.070]] - Beta, existance suggested by ROM-DOS 5.00.070 mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09434.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.112]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.217]] - Beta, [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21700 German claims to have it]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.224]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.225]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.226]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.227]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.333]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/6000/PX06476.pdf PX06476]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.409c]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.432]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.460]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08857.pdf PX08857]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.480]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.481]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03447.pdf PX03447]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.490]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.500]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.1180]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07621.pdf PX07621]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC3A]] - Release Candidate 3A, incomplete leak<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC10]] - Release Candidate 10, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00]] - HP, Dell, Compaq, Tandy and PC Kenitec OEM, Epson OEM (PC-98xx)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00a]] - Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A-H]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 6.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0015]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0018]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0108]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0204]] - Beta, references found in leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0305]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0405]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00]] - HP, Packard Bell, Fujitsu and NEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.3002]] - Beta, Step-Up, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC2]] - Release Candidate 2, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC5]] - Release Candidate 5, Upgrade, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20L10]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20-V]] - Japanese MS-DOS 6.20<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Beta, Chinese Simplified leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.22]] - Retail<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 7.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.00]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 RTM and OSR1<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.10]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 OSR2, OSR2.5, Windows 98 and 98SE<br />
===MS-DOS 8.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:8.00]] - Only released as part of Windows Me<br />
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<div>[[image:msdoslogo.jpg|thumb|Logo of MS-DOS]]<br />
'''MS-DOS''' ('''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is an operating system for x86 based personal computers. It was based on [[QDOS]] ('''Q'''uick and '''D'''irty '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem), also known as [[86-DOS]], which was made by Tim Paterson and purchased by [[Microsoft]]. It was the most commonly used member of the [[Disk Operating Systems|DOS family]] of operating systems, and was the main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s and 1990s. It was preceded by [[M-DOS]] (also called MIDAS), designed and copyrighted by [[Microsoft]] in 1979. MS-DOS was written for the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. An MSX port was also made, called MSX-DOS.<br />
<br />
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. It is still used by a tiny market niche where legacy DOS applications are still required, but no modern version is available.<br />
<br />
Microsoft and IBM both had their own versions of MS-DOS. There are not many differences between the two versions before the split up, when IBM started developing PC-DOS independently of Microsoft. IBM distributed their version of MS-DOS first as IBM DOS (prior to version 5.0), and later on as IBM PC-DOS.<br />
<br />
==Known versions==<br />
===MS-DOS 1.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.10]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.11]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.12]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.13]] - Texas Instruments OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.14]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.24]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.25]] - Corona, Zenith (command.com 1.19 for the Zenith Z-100 PC Compatible series from 1984 and 1.20 for the Zenith Z-100 from 1982) and Sanyo OEM, Columbia OEM<br />
===MS-DOS 2.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.00]] - Olivetti (M20 with 8086 add-on) and NCR OEM, Seequa OEM, Eagle OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.01]] - Wang OEM (Wang PC)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.02]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.05]] - DEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11]] - AT&T, BULL, TeleVideo, Olivetti, Toshiba, Apricot, NEC, NCR, Tandy and ITT OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11D]] - Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.12B]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.13]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.21]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.25]] - Same as 2.11, but has better support for Japanese and Korean character sets. Released in October 1985, as stated in a Croatian computer magazine "Moj Mikro".<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 3.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.00]] - Apricot and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.06]] - Apricot OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10]] - Seiko Epson, Phoenix, Tandon, Apricot, Sperry, Fujitsu, Olivetti, Compaq and Multitech OEM, NEC for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10C]] - RM Nimbus and Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10L24]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20]] - HP, Amstrad, Apricot, AT&T, Tandy and Seiko Epson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20E]] - BULL OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.21]] - Hyosung, KayPro, Zenith, Goupil, and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.22]] - Twinhead OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30]] - Amstrad, HP, Dell, NEC, Tulip, AT&T, Tandy, Olivetti, Tandon, Seiko Epson and Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30+]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30A]] - DTK OEM, also retail (?)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30B]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30C]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30D]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30T]] - Tandy OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31]] - Compaq and Olivetti OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31D]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.4]] - Mentioned in the [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=8421&page=4 September 1988] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera" as well as [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00006.pdf PX00006]<br />
<br />
===Multi-tasking MS-DOS 4.0===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - A rare OEM version, capable of multi-tasking. Only released by some European OEMs, a working copy can be found online. (Unnamed OEM and Goupil OEM)<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 4.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - An extremely rare version which was quickly replaced by 4.01 due to bugs. Dated 1988-10-06, a Sampo OEM without disk 6 can be found online.<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01]] - Olivetti, Amstrad, Nokia, Tulip, HP, Toshiba, Zenith and VEGAS OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01A]] - Nokia OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.02]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.10.20]] - International Computer Ltd. OEM version<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 5.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.070]] - Beta, existance suggested by ROM-DOS 5.00.070 mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09434.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.112]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.217]] - Beta, [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21700 German claims to have it]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.224]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.225]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.226]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.227]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.333]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/6000/PX06476.pdf PX06476]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.409c]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.432]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.460]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08857.pdf PX08857]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.480]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.481]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03447.pdf PX03447]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.490]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.500]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.1180]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07621.pdf PX07621]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC3A]] - Release Candidate 3A, incomplete leak<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC10]] - Release Candidate 10, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00]] - HP, Dell, Compaq, Tandy and PC Kenitec OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00a]] - Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A-H]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 6.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0015]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0018]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0108]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0204]] - Beta, references found in leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0305]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0405]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00]] - HP, Packard Bell, Fujitsu and NEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.3002]] - Beta, Step-Up, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC2]] - Release Candidate 2, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC5]] - Release Candidate 5, Upgrade, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20L10]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20-V]] - Japanese MS-DOS 6.20<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Beta, Chinese Simplified leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.22]] - Retail<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 7.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.00]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 RTM and OSR1<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.10]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 OSR2, OSR2.5, Windows 98 and 98SE<br />
===MS-DOS 8.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:8.00]] - Only released as part of Windows Me<br />
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'''MS-DOS''' ('''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is an operating system for x86 based personal computers. It was based on [[QDOS]] ('''Q'''uick and '''D'''irty '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem), also known as [[86-DOS]], which was made by Tim Paterson and purchased by [[Microsoft]]. It was the most commonly used member of the [[Disk Operating Systems|DOS family]] of operating systems, and was the main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s and 1990s. It was preceded by [[M-DOS]] (also called MIDAS), designed and copyrighted by [[Microsoft]] in 1979. MS-DOS was written for the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. An MSX port was also made, called MSX-DOS.<br />
<br />
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. It is still used by a tiny market niche where legacy DOS applications are still required, but no modern version is available.<br />
<br />
Microsoft and IBM both had their own versions of MS-DOS. There are not many differences between the two versions before the split up, when IBM started developing PC-DOS independently of Microsoft. IBM distributed their version of MS-DOS first as IBM DOS (prior to version 5.0), and later on as IBM PC-DOS.<br />
<br />
==Known versions==<br />
===MS-DOS 1.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.10]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.11]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.12]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.13]] - Texas Instruments OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.14]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.24]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.25]] - Corona, Zenith (command.com 1.19 for the Zenith Z-100 PC Compatible series from 1984 and 1.20 for the Zenith Z-100 from 1982) and Sanyo OEM, Columbia OEM<br />
===MS-DOS 2.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.00]] - Olivetti (M20 with 8086 add-on) and NCR OEM, Seequa OEM, Eagle OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.01]] - Wang OEM (Wang PC)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.02]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.05]] - DEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11]] - AT&T, BULL, TeleVideo, Olivetti, Toshiba, Apricot, NEC, NCR, Tandy and ITT OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11D]] - Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.12B]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.13]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.21]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.25]] - Same as 2.11, but has better support for Japanese and Korean character sets. Released in October 1985, as stated in a Croatian computer magazine "Moj Mikro".<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 3.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.00]] - Apricot and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.06]] - Apricot OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10]] - Seiko Epson, Phoenix, Tandon, Apricot, Sperry, Fujitsu, Olivetti, Compaq and Multitech OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10C]] - RM Nimbus and Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10L24]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20]] - HP, Amstrad, Apricot, AT&T, Tandy and Seiko Epson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20E]] - BULL OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.21]] - Hyosung, KayPro, Zenith, Goupil, and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.22]] - Twinhead OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30]] - Amstrad, HP, Dell, NEC, Tulip, AT&T, Tandy, Olivetti, Tandon, Seiko Epson and Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30+]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30A]] - DTK OEM, also retail (?)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30B]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30C]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30D]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30T]] - Tandy OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31]] - Compaq and Olivetti OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31D]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.4]] - Mentioned in the [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=8421&page=4 September 1988] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera" as well as [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00006.pdf PX00006]<br />
<br />
===Multi-tasking MS-DOS 4.0===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - A rare OEM version, capable of multi-tasking. Only released by some European OEMs, a working copy can be found online. (Unnamed OEM and Goupil OEM)<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 4.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - An extremely rare version which was quickly replaced by 4.01 due to bugs. Dated 1988-10-06, a Sampo OEM without disk 6 can be found online.<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01]] - Olivetti, Amstrad, Nokia, Tulip, HP, Toshiba, Zenith and VEGAS OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01A]] - Nokia OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.02]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.10.20]] - International Computer Ltd. OEM version<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 5.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.070]] - Beta, existance suggested by ROM-DOS 5.00.070 mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09434.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.112]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.217]] - Beta, [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21700 German claims to have it]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.224]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.225]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.226]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.227]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.333]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/6000/PX06476.pdf PX06476]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.409c]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.432]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.460]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08857.pdf PX08857]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.480]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.481]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03447.pdf PX03447]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.490]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.500]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.1180]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07621.pdf PX07621]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC3A]] - Release Candidate 3A, incomplete leak<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC10]] - Release Candidate 10, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00]] - HP, Dell, Compaq, Tandy and PC Kenitec OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00a]] - Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A-H]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 6.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0015]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0018]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0108]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0204]] - Beta, references found in leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0305]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0405]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00]] - HP, Packard Bell, Fujitsu and NEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.3002]] - Beta, Step-Up, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC2]] - Release Candidate 2, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC5]] - Release Candidate 5, Upgrade, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20L10]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20-V]] - Japanese MS-DOS 6.20<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Beta, Chinese Simplified leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.22]] - Retail<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 7.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.00]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 RTM and OSR1<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.10]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 OSR2, OSR2.5, Windows 98 and 98SE<br />
===MS-DOS 8.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:8.00]] - Only released as part of Windows Me<br />
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<div>[[image:msdoslogo.jpg|thumb|Logo of MS-DOS]]<br />
'''MS-DOS''' ('''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is an operating system for x86 based personal computers. It was based on [[QDOS]] ('''Q'''uick and '''D'''irty '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem), also known as [[86-DOS]], which was made by Tim Paterson and purchased by [[Microsoft]]. It was the most commonly used member of the [[Disk Operating Systems|DOS family]] of operating systems, and was the main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s and 1990s. It was preceded by [[M-DOS]] (also called MIDAS), designed and copyrighted by [[Microsoft]] in 1979. MS-DOS was written for the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. An MSX port was also made, called MSX-DOS.<br />
<br />
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. It is still used by a tiny market niche where legacy DOS applications are still required, but no modern version is available.<br />
<br />
Microsoft and IBM both had their own versions of MS-DOS. There are not many differences between the two versions before the split up, when IBM started developing PC-DOS independently of Microsoft. IBM distributed their version of MS-DOS first as IBM DOS (prior to version 5.0), and later on as IBM PC-DOS.<br />
<br />
==Known versions==<br />
===MS-DOS 1.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.10]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.11]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.12]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.13]] - Texas Instruments OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.14]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.24]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.25]] - Corona, Zenith (command.com 1.19 for the Zenith Z-100 PC Compatible series from 1984 and 1.20 for the Zenith Z-100 from 1982) and Sanyo OEM<br />
===MS-DOS 2.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.00]] - Olivetti (M20 with 8086 add-on) and NCR OEM, Seequa OEM, Eagle OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.01]] - Wang OEM (Wang PC)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.02]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.05]] - DEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11]] - AT&T, BULL, TeleVideo, Olivetti, Toshiba, Apricot, NEC, NCR, Tandy and ITT OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11D]] - Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.12B]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.13]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.21]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.25]] - Same as 2.11, but has better support for Japanese and Korean character sets. Released in October 1985, as stated in a Croatian computer magazine "Moj Mikro".<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 3.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.00]] - Apricot and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.06]] - Apricot OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10]] - Seiko Epson, Phoenix, Tandon, Apricot, Sperry, Fujitsu, Olivetti, Compaq and Multitech OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10C]] - RM Nimbus and Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10L24]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20]] - HP, Amstrad, Apricot, AT&T, Tandy and Seiko Epson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20E]] - BULL OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.21]] - Hyosung, KayPro, Zenith, Goupil, and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.22]] - Twinhead OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30]] - Amstrad, HP, Dell, NEC, Tulip, AT&T, Tandy, Olivetti, Tandon, Seiko Epson and Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30+]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30A]] - DTK OEM, also retail (?)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30B]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30C]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30D]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30T]] - Tandy OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31]] - Compaq and Olivetti OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31D]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.4]] - Mentioned in the [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=8421&page=4 September 1988] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera" as well as [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00006.pdf PX00006]<br />
<br />
===Multi-tasking MS-DOS 4.0===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - A rare OEM version, capable of multi-tasking. Only released by some European OEMs, a working copy can be found online. (Unnamed OEM and Goupil OEM)<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 4.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - An extremely rare version which was quickly replaced by 4.01 due to bugs. Dated 1988-10-06, a Sampo OEM without disk 6 can be found online.<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01]] - Olivetti, Amstrad, Nokia, Tulip, HP, Toshiba, Zenith and VEGAS OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01A]] - Nokia OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.02]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.10.20]] - International Computer Ltd. OEM version<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 5.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.070]] - Beta, existance suggested by ROM-DOS 5.00.070 mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09434.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.112]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.217]] - Beta, [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21700 German claims to have it]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.224]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.225]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.226]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.227]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.333]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/6000/PX06476.pdf PX06476]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.409c]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.432]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.460]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08857.pdf PX08857]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.480]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.481]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03447.pdf PX03447]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.490]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.500]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.1180]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07621.pdf PX07621]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC3A]] - Release Candidate 3A, incomplete leak<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC10]] - Release Candidate 10, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00]] - HP, Dell, Compaq, Tandy and PC Kenitec OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00a]] - Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A-H]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 6.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0015]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0018]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0108]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0204]] - Beta, references found in leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0305]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0405]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00]] - HP, Packard Bell, Fujitsu and NEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.3002]] - Beta, Step-Up, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC2]] - Release Candidate 2, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC5]] - Release Candidate 5, Upgrade, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20L10]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20-V]] - Japanese MS-DOS 6.20<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Beta, Chinese Simplified leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.22]] - Retail<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 7.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.00]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 RTM and OSR1<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.10]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 OSR2, OSR2.5, Windows 98 and 98SE<br />
===MS-DOS 8.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:8.00]] - Only released as part of Windows Me<br />
<br />
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<div>[[image:msdoslogo.jpg|thumb|Logo of MS-DOS]]<br />
'''MS-DOS''' ('''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is an operating system for x86 based personal computers. It was based on [[QDOS]] ('''Q'''uick and '''D'''irty '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem), also known as [[86-DOS]], which was made by Tim Paterson and purchased by [[Microsoft]]. It was the most commonly used member of the [[Disk Operating Systems|DOS family]] of operating systems, and was the main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s and 1990s. It was preceded by [[M-DOS]] (also called MIDAS), designed and copyrighted by [[Microsoft]] in 1979. MS-DOS was written for the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. An MSX port was also made, called MSX-DOS.<br />
<br />
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. It is still used by a tiny market niche where legacy DOS applications are still required, but no modern version is available.<br />
<br />
Microsoft and IBM both had their own versions of MS-DOS. There are not many differences between the two versions before the split up, when IBM started developing PC-DOS independently of Microsoft. IBM distributed their version of MS-DOS first as IBM DOS (prior to version 5.0), and later on as IBM PC-DOS.<br />
<br />
==Known versions==<br />
===MS-DOS 1.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.10]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.11]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.12]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.13]] - Texas Instruments OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.14]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.24]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.25]] - Corona, Zenith (command.com 1.19 for the Zenith Z-100 PC Compatible series from 1984 and 1.20 for the Zenith Z-100 from 1982) and Sanyo OEM<br />
===MS-DOS 2.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.00]] - Olivetti (M20 with 8086 add-on) and NCR OEM, Seequa OEM, Eagle OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.01]] - Wang OEM (Wang PC)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.02]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.05]] - DEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11]] - AT&T, BULL, TeleVideo, Olivetti, Toshiba, Apricot, NEC, NCR, Tandy and ITT OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11D]] - Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.12B]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.13]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.21]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.25]] - Same as 2.11, but has better support for Japanese and Korean character sets. Released in October 1985, as stated in a Croatian computer magazine "Moj Mikro".<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 3.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.00]] - Apricot and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.06]] - Apricot OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10]] - Seiko Epson, Phoenix, Tandon, Apricot, Sperry, Fujitsu, Olivetti, Compaq and Multitech OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10C]] - RM Nimbus and Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10L24]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20]] - HP, Amstrad, Apricot, AT&T, Tandy and Seiko Epson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20E]] - BULL OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.21]] - Hyosung, KayPro, Zenith, Goupil, and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.22]] - Twinhead OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30]] - Amstrad, HP, Dell, NEC, Tulip, AT&T, Tandy, Olivetti, Tandon, Seiko Epson and Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30+]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30A]] - DTK OEM, also retail (?)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30B]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30C]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30D]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30T]] - Tandy OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31]] - Compaq and Olivetti OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31D]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.4]] - Mentioned in the [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=8421&page=4 September 1988] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera" as well as [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00006.pdf PX00006]<br />
<br />
===Multi-tasking MS-DOS 4.0===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - A rare OEM version, capable of multi-tasking. Only released by some European OEMs, a working copy can be found online.<br />
===MS-DOS 4.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - An extremely rare version which was quickly replaced by 4.01 due to bugs. Dated 1988-10-06, a Sampo OEM without disk 6 can be found online.<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01]] - Olivetti, Amstrad, Nokia, Tulip, HP, Toshiba, Zenith and VEGAS OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01A]] - Nokia OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.02]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.10.20]] - International Computer Ltd. OEM version<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 5.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.070]] - Beta, existance suggested by ROM-DOS 5.00.070 mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09434.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.112]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.217]] - Beta, [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21700 German claims to have it]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.224]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.225]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.226]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.227]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.333]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/6000/PX06476.pdf PX06476]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.409c]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.432]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.460]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08857.pdf PX08857]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.480]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.481]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03447.pdf PX03447]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.490]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.500]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.1180]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07621.pdf PX07621]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC3A]] - Release Candidate 3A, incomplete leak<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC10]] - Release Candidate 10, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00]] - HP, Dell, Compaq, Tandy and PC Kenitec OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00a]] - Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A-H]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 6.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0015]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0018]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0108]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0204]] - Beta, references found in leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0305]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0405]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00]] - HP, Packard Bell, Fujitsu and NEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.3002]] - Beta, Step-Up, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC2]] - Release Candidate 2, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC5]] - Release Candidate 5, Upgrade, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20L10]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20-V]] - Japanese MS-DOS 6.20<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Beta, Chinese Simplified leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.22]] - Retail<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 7.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.00]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 RTM and OSR1<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.10]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 OSR2, OSR2.5, Windows 98 and 98SE<br />
===MS-DOS 8.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:8.00]] - Only released as part of Windows Me<br />
<br />
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<div>[[image:msdoslogo.jpg|thumb|Logo of MS-DOS]]<br />
'''MS-DOS''' ('''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is an operating system for x86 based personal computers. It was based on [[QDOS]] ('''Q'''uick and '''D'''irty '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem), also known as [[86-DOS]], which was made by Tim Paterson and purchased by [[Microsoft]]. It was the most commonly used member of the [[Disk Operating Systems|DOS family]] of operating systems, and was the main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s and 1990s. It was preceded by [[M-DOS]] (also called MIDAS), designed and copyrighted by [[Microsoft]] in 1979. MS-DOS was written for the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. An MSX port was also made, called MSX-DOS.<br />
<br />
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. It is still used by a tiny market niche where legacy DOS applications are still required, but no modern version is available.<br />
<br />
Microsoft and IBM both had their own versions of MS-DOS. There are not many differences between the two versions before the split up, when IBM started developing PC-DOS independently of Microsoft. IBM distributed their version of MS-DOS first as IBM DOS (prior to version 5.0), and later on as IBM PC-DOS.<br />
<br />
==Known versions==<br />
===MS-DOS 1.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.10]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.11]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.12]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.13]] - Texas Instruments OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.14]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.24]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.25]] - Corona, Zenith (command.com 1.19 for the Zenith Z-100 PC Compatible series from 1984 and 1.20 for the Zenith Z-100 from 1982) and Sanyo OEM<br />
===MS-DOS 2.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.00]] - Olivetti (M20 with 8086 add-on) and NCR OEM, Seequa OEM, Eagle OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.01]] - OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.02]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.05]] - DEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11]] - AT&T, BULL, TeleVideo, Olivetti, Toshiba, Apricot, NEC, NCR, Tandy and ITT OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11D]] - Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.12B]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.13]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.21]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.25]] - Same as 2.11, but has better support for Japanese and Korean character sets. Released in October 1985, as stated in a Croatian computer magazine "Moj Mikro".<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 3.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.00]] - Apricot and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.06]] - Apricot OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10]] - Seiko Epson, Phoenix, Tandon, Apricot, Sperry, Fujitsu, Olivetti, Compaq and Multitech OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10C]] - RM Nimbus and Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10L24]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20]] - HP, Amstrad, Apricot, AT&T, Tandy and Seiko Epson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20E]] - BULL OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.21]] - Hyosung, KayPro, Zenith, Goupil, and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.22]] - Twinhead OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30]] - Amstrad, HP, Dell, NEC, Tulip, AT&T, Tandy, Olivetti, Tandon, Seiko Epson and Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30+]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30A]] - DTK OEM, also retail (?)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30B]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30C]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30D]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30T]] - Tandy OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31]] - Compaq and Olivetti OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31D]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.4]] - Mentioned in the [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=8421&page=4 September 1988] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera" as well as [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00006.pdf PX00006]<br />
<br />
===Multi-tasking MS-DOS 4.0===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - A rare OEM version, capable of multi-tasking. Only released by some European OEMs, a working copy can be found online.<br />
===MS-DOS 4.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - An extremely rare version which was quickly replaced by 4.01 due to bugs. Dated 1988-10-06, a Sampo OEM without disk 6 can be found online.<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01]] - Olivetti, Amstrad, Nokia, Tulip, HP, Toshiba, Zenith and VEGAS OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01A]] - Nokia OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.02]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.10.20]] - International Computer Ltd. OEM version<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 5.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.070]] - Beta, existance suggested by ROM-DOS 5.00.070 mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09434.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.112]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.217]] - Beta, [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21700 German claims to have it]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.224]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.225]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.226]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.227]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.333]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/6000/PX06476.pdf PX06476]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.409c]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.432]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.460]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08857.pdf PX08857]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.480]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.481]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03447.pdf PX03447]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.490]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.500]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.1180]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07621.pdf PX07621]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC3A]] - Release Candidate 3A, incomplete leak<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC10]] - Release Candidate 10, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00]] - HP, Dell, Compaq, Tandy and PC Kenitec OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00a]] - Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A-H]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 6.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0015]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0018]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0108]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0204]] - Beta, references found in leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0305]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0405]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00]] - HP, Packard Bell, Fujitsu and NEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.3002]] - Beta, Step-Up, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC2]] - Release Candidate 2, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC5]] - Release Candidate 5, Upgrade, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20L10]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20-V]] - Japanese MS-DOS 6.20<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Beta, Chinese Simplified leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.22]] - Retail<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 7.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.00]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 RTM and OSR1<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.10]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 OSR2, OSR2.5, Windows 98 and 98SE<br />
===MS-DOS 8.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:8.00]] - Only released as part of Windows Me<br />
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<div>[[image:msdoslogo.jpg|thumb|Logo of MS-DOS]]<br />
'''MS-DOS''' ('''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is an operating system for x86 based personal computers. It was based on [[QDOS]] ('''Q'''uick and '''D'''irty '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem), also known as [[86-DOS]], which was made by Tim Paterson and purchased by [[Microsoft]]. It was the most commonly used member of the [[Disk Operating Systems|DOS family]] of operating systems, and was the main operating system for personal computers during the 1980s and 1990s. It was preceded by [[M-DOS]] (also called MIDAS), designed and copyrighted by [[Microsoft]] in 1979. MS-DOS was written for the Intel 8086 family of microprocessors, particularly the IBM PC and compatibles. An MSX port was also made, called MSX-DOS.<br />
<br />
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. It is still used by a tiny market niche where legacy DOS applications are still required, but no modern version is available.<br />
<br />
Microsoft and IBM both had their own versions of MS-DOS. There are not many differences between the two versions before the split up, when IBM started developing PC-DOS independently of Microsoft. IBM distributed their version of MS-DOS first as IBM DOS (prior to version 5.0), and later on as IBM PC-DOS.<br />
<br />
==Known versions==<br />
===MS-DOS 1.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.10]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.11]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.12]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.13]] - Texas Instruments OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.14]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.24]] - Unknown OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:1.25]] - Corona, Zenith (command.com 1.19 for the Zenith Z-100 PC Compatible series from 1984 and 1.20 for the Zenith Z-100 from 1982) and Sanyo OEM<br />
===MS-DOS 2.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.00]] - Olivetti and NCR OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.01]] - OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.02]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.05]] - DEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11]] - AT&T, BULL, TeleVideo, Olivetti, Toshiba, Apricot, NEC, NCR, Tandy and ITT OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.11D]] - Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.12B]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.13]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.21]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:2.25]] - Same as 2.11, but has better support for Japanese and Korean character sets. Released in October 1985, as stated in a Croatian computer magazine "Moj Mikro".<br />
===MS-DOS 3.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.00]] - Apricot and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.06]] - Apricot OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10]] - Seiko Epson, Phoenix, Tandon, Apricot, Sperry, Fujitsu, Olivetti, Compaq and Multitech OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10C]] - RM Nimbus and Ericsson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.10L24]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20]] - HP, Amstrad, Apricot, AT&T, Tandy and Seiko Epson OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.20E]] - BULL OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.21]] - Hyosung, KayPro, Zenith, Goupil, and Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.22]] - Twinhead OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30]] - Amstrad, HP, Dell, NEC, Tulip, AT&T, Tandy, Olivetti, Tandon, Seiko Epson and Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30+]] - Zenith OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30A]] - DTK OEM, also retail (?)<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30B]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30C]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30D]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.30T]] - Tandy OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31]] - Compaq and Olivetti OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.31D]] - Compaq OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:3.4]] - Mentioned in the [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=8421&page=4 September 1988] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera" as well as [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/0000/PX00006.pdf PX00006]<br />
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===Multi-tasking MS-DOS 4.0===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - A rare OEM version, capable of multi-tasking. Only released by some European OEMs, a working copy can be found online.<br />
===MS-DOS 4.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.00]] - An extremely rare version which was quickly replaced by 4.01 due to bugs. Dated 1988-10-06, a Sampo OEM without disk 6 can be found online.<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01]] - Olivetti, Amstrad, Nokia, Tulip, HP, Toshiba, Zenith and VEGAS OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.01A]] - Nokia OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.02]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:4.10.20]] - International Computer Ltd. OEM version<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 5.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.070]] - Beta, existance suggested by ROM-DOS 5.00.070 mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09434.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.112]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.217]] - Beta, [http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=21700 German claims to have it]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.224]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.225]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.226]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.227]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.333]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/6000/PX06476.pdf PX06476]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.409c]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.432]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.460]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08857.pdf PX08857]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.480]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.481]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03447.pdf PX03447]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.490]] - Beta, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.500]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00.1180]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07621.pdf PX07621]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC3A]] - Release Candidate 3A, incomplete leak<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00 RC10]] - Release Candidate 10, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00]] - HP, Dell, Compaq, Tandy and PC Kenitec OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00a]] - Toshiba OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
* [[MS-DOS:5.00A-H]] - for NEC PC-98<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 6.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0015]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0018]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0108]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0204]] - Beta, references found in leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0305]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/tomcat/yu/magshow.php?auto=4793&page=7 February 1993] issue of Serbian computer magazine "Svet Kompjutera"<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00.0405]] - Beta, mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet and thus can't be confirmed to exist<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.00]] - HP, Packard Bell, Fujitsu and NEC OEM<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.3002]] - Beta, Step-Up, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC2]] - Release Candidate 2, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20.RC5]] - Release Candidate 5, Upgrade, leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20L10]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.20-V]] - Japanese MS-DOS 6.20<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Beta, Chinese Simplified leaked<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.21]] - Retail<br />
* [[MS-DOS:6.22]] - Retail<br />
<br />
===MS-DOS 7.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.00]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 RTM and OSR1<br />
* [[MS-DOS:7.10]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 OSR2, OSR2.5, Windows 98 and 98SE<br />
===MS-DOS 8.x===<br />
* [[MS-DOS:8.00]] - Only released as part of Windows Me<br />
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<div>[[image:Windows_Logo.png|300px|thumb|Current Windows Logo]]<br />
[[Microsoft Windows]] is a family of operating systems developed by [[Microsoft]]. <br />
== Versions == <br />
<table class="wikitable"><br />
<br />
<tr><br />
<th colspan="4"><h3>16-bit MS-DOS-based Operating Systems</h3></th><br />
<tr><br />
<th>Trade name</th><br />
<th>Version</th><br />
<th>Codename</th><br />
<th>Additional information</th><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:1|Windows 1.x]]</td><br />
<td>1.x</td><br />
<td></td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:2|Windows 2.x]]</td><br />
<td>2.x</td><br />
<td></td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:3|Windows 3.x]]</td><br />
<td>3.x</td><br />
<td>Snowball</td><br />
<td>Older versions: Janus (3.1), Kato/Sparta (WfW 3.1)</td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<th colspan="4"><h3>16/32-bit hybrid Operating Systems (on DOS Foundation)</h3></th><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<th>Trade name</th><br />
<th>Version</th><br />
<th>Codename</th><br />
<th>Additional information</th><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:95|Windows 95]]</td><br />
<td>4.0</td><br />
<td>Chicago</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Nashville|Windows "Nashville"]]</td><br />
<td>4.1</td><br />
<td>Nashville</td><br />
<td>Not released, previous codename "Cleveland"</td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:98|Windows 98]]</td><br />
<td>4.1</td><br />
<td>Memphis</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:ME|Windows Me]]</td><br />
<td>4.9</td><br />
<td>Millenium</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<th colspan="4"><h3>NT-based Operating Systems</h3></th><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<th>Trade name</th><br />
<th>Version</th><br />
<th>Codename</th><br />
<th>Additional information</th><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:NT 3.1|Windows NT 3.1]]</td><br />
<td>3.1</td><br />
<td>NT OS/2</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:NT 3.5x|Windows NT 3.5x]]</td><br />
<td>3.5x</td><br />
<td>Daytona</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:NT 4.00|Windows NT 4.0]]</td><br />
<td>4.0</td><br />
<td>Cairo</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:2000|Windows 2000]]</td><br />
<td>5.0</td><br />
<td>MemphisNT</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Neptune|Windows "Neptune"]]</td><br />
<td>5.5</td><br />
<td>Neptune</td><br />
<td>Not released</td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Triton|Windows "Triton"]]</td><br />
<td>(?)</td><br />
<td>Triton</td><br />
<td>Not released</td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Odyssey|Windows "Odyssey"]]</td><br />
<td>(?)</td><br />
<td>Odyssey</td><br />
<td>Not released</td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:XP|Windows XP]]</td><br />
<td>5.1</td><br />
<td>Whistler</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Fundamentals for Legacy PC's|Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PC's]]</td><br />
<td>5.1</td><br />
<td>Eiger, Monch</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:XP|Windows XP x64]]</td><br />
<td>5.2</td><br />
<td>Anvil</td><br />
<td>Based on Server 2003</td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Server 2003|Windows Server 2003]]</td><br />
<td>5.2</td><br />
<td>.NET Server</td><br />
<td>Previous Codenames&#160;: "Whistler Server"</td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Home Server|Windows Home Server]]</td><br />
<td>5.2</td><br />
<td>Quattro</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Longhorn|Windows "Longhorn"]]</td><br />
<td>6.0</td><br />
<td>Longhorn</td><br />
<td>Pre-reset</td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Vista|Windows Vista]]</td><br />
<td>6.0</td><br />
<td>Longhorn</td><br />
<td>Code Reset, .NET Server RC1 &gt; 2003 SP1 RC</td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Server 2008|Windows Server 2008]]</td><br />
<td>6.0</td><br />
<td>Longhorn Server</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Small Business Server 2008|Windows Small Business Server 2008]]</td><br />
<td>6.0</td><br />
<td>Cougar</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Essential Business Server 2008|Windows Essential Business Server 2008]]</td><br />
<td>6.0</td><br />
<td>Centro</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Embedded 2009|Windows Embedded 2009]]</td><br />
<td>5.1</td><br />
<td>Quebec</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:7|Windows 7]]</td><br />
<td>6.1</td><br />
<td>7</td><br />
<td>Previous codenames: "Blackcomb", "Vienna"</td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Server 2008 R2|Windows Server 2008 R2]]</td><br />
<td>6.1</td><br />
<td>Server 7</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Embedded 7|Windows Embedded 7]]</td><br />
<td>6.1</td><br />
<td>Quebec</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Multipoint Server 2010|Windows Multipoint Server 2010]]</td><br />
<td>1.0</td><br />
<td>Solution Server</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Multipoint Server 2011|Windows Multipoint Server 2011]]</td><br />
<td>6.1</td><br />
<td>WMS 2</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Small Business Server 2011 Standard|Windows Small Business Server 2011]]</td><br />
<td>6.1</td><br />
<td>SBS 7</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Small Business Server 2011 Essentials|Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials]]</td><br />
<td>6.1</td><br />
<td>Aurora</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Home Server 2011|Windows Home Server 2011]]</td><br />
<td>6.1</td><br />
<td>Vail</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Thin PC|Windows Thin PC]]</td><br />
<td>6.1</td><br />
<td>Unknown</td><br />
<td></td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:8|Windows 8]]</td><br />
<td>6.2</td><br />
<td>8</td><br />
<td>Currently in development</td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td>[[Windows:Server 8|Windows Server 8]]</td><br />
<td>6.2</td><br />
<td>Server 8</td><br />
<td>Currently in development</td><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<th>Trade name</th><br />
<th>Version</th><br />
<th>Codename</th><br />
<th>Additional information</th><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
* [[Windows Source Code]]<br />
* [[MS-DOS]]<br />
* [[Interface Manager]]<br />
* [[RSOD]]<br />
* [[Windows:Visual_Styles|Visual Styles]]<br />
* [[Windows.Sidebar|Windows Sidebar]]<br />
* [[Desktop Composition Engine|Desktop Composition Engine (Longhorn)]]<br />
* [[Desktop Window Manager|Desktop Window Manager]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Operating Systems]][[Category:Shells]]</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows/Visual_Styles/Watercolor&diff=5001Windows/Visual Styles/Watercolor2012-04-03T13:54:48Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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|screenshot = 2257 Watercolor.png<br />
|screenshotcaption = Watercolor in 2257<br />
|captionbuttons =<br />
|startbutton =<br />
|systray = <br />
|firstseen = Whistler 2257<br />
|lastseen = Whistler 2419<br />
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[[image:2257 Watercolor.png|right|thumb|Watercolor in Whistler 2257]]<br />
"Watercolor" is the name for the placeholder theme Microsoft created during Windows Whistler development. It first appeared in 5.1.2257 and was removed in 5.1.2428.<br />
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<br><br />
[[image:Professional 2267.png|right|thumb|Professional]]<br />
"Professional" is the name of a Whistler test theme appearing in Whistler 2267</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:MS-DOS1.19-Zenith.PNG&diff=4983File:MS-DOS1.19-Zenith.PNG2012-03-30T17:49:37Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:MS-DOS1.12-CompaqOEM.PNG&diff=4981File:MS-DOS1.12-CompaqOEM.PNG2012-03-30T17:40:18Z<p>TheCollector1988: Taken from Virtual PC 2007 by TheCollector1988!</p>
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<div>Taken from Virtual PC 2007 by TheCollector1988!</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Microsoft_Office&diff=4962Microsoft Office2012-03-29T15:28:13Z<p>TheCollector1988: /* Versions for Windows */</p>
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<div>'''Microsoft Office''' is a set of programs to aid in office-related tasks (hence the name) on [[Microsoft]] and [[Apple]] operating systems. The current available versions are [[Microsoft:Office 2010|Microsoft Office 2010]] for [[Windows]], released on June 15, 2010 and [[Microsoft:Office 2011|Microsoft Office 2011]] for [[Mac OS X]], released on October 26, 2010. Each major version is available in a variety of SKUs which differ in their target audience and range of functions, from a OEM starter edition with only light versions of Word and Excel to high-priced packages that contain every program available for larger businesses.<br />
<br />
== Programs in Microsoft Office ==<br />
<br />
<table class="wikitable"><br />
<tr><br />
<th>Available in current Windows version</th><br />
<th>Available in current Mac version</th><br />
<th>Available in older versions (discontinued)</th><br />
</tr><br />
<tr><br />
<td valign="top"><br />
* Microsoft Word<br />
* Microsoft Excel<br />
* Microsoft PowerPoint<br />
* Microsoft Publisher<br />
* Microsoft Access<br />
* Microsoft Outlook<br />
* Microsoft OneNote<br />
* Microsoft InfoPath<br />
* Microsoft Office Communicator<br />
* Microsoft OneNote<br />
* Microsoft Sharepoint Workspace<br />
* Microsoft Visio (Not sold in a suite)<br />
* Microsoft Project (Not sold in a suite)<br />
* Microsoft Sharepoint Designer (free)<br />
* Microsoft Office Picture Manager<br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top"><br />
* Microsoft Word<br />
* Microsoft Excel<br />
* Microsoft Outlook<br />
* Microsoft PowerPoint<br />
* Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection<br />
* Microsoft AutoUpdate<br />
* Microsoft Document Connection<br />
* Microsoft Communicator 2011<br />
* Microsoft Messenger for Mac<br />
</td><br />
<td valign="top"><br />
* Microsoft FrontPage<br />
* Microsoft Binder<br />
* Microsoft Mail<br />
* Microsoft Photdraw 2000<br />
* Microsoft Photo Editor<br />
* Microsoft Schedule Plus<br />
* Microsoft Vizact<br />
* Microsoft Entourage<br />
</td><br />
</tr><br />
</table><br />
<br />
== Versions for Windows ==<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:3.0|Microsoft Office 3.0]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:4.0|Microsoft Office 4.0]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:4.2|Microsoft Office 4.2 (For Windows 3.1x)]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:4.2 for Windows NT|Microsoft Office 4.2 for Windows NT]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:4.3|Microsoft Office 4.3]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:95|Microsoft Office 95]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:97|Microsoft Office 97]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:2000|Microsoft Office 2000]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:XP|Microsoft Office XP]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:2003|Microsoft Office 2003]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:2007|Microsoft Office 2007]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:2010|Microsoft Office 2010]]<br />
<br />
== Versions for Mac ==<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:1|Microsoft Office 1]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:1.5|Microsoft Office 1.5]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:3|Microsoft Office 3]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:4.2|Microsoft Office 4.2]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:98|Microsoft Office 98]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:2001|Microsoft Office 2001]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:2004|Microsoft Office 2004]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:2008|Microsoft Office 2008]]<br />
* [[Microsoft Office:2011|Microsoft Office 2011]]<br />
<br />
[[category:Applications]]</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_NT_3.1/October_1991&diff=4892Windows NT 3.1/October 19912012-03-23T15:48:36Z<p>TheCollector1988: /* Screenshots */</p>
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<div>[[image:Windows NT October 1991 (Debug).png|thumb]]<br />
Windows NT October 1991 is the oldest known build of Windows NT. It was released at COMDEX '91 and was rushed to completion and was not released for the MIPS platform.<br />
<br />
Several screenshots were shown by BetaArchive member linuxlove and a pre-installed VHD (For QEMU and VMware) was leaked containing the SDK and Free files of the OS.<br />
<br />
In late 2011, the full CD was released on BetaArchive.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18207 Windows NT - October 1991 screenshots]<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
Here are some screenshots of the build:<br />
<br />
Fre Build<br />
<gallery><br />
image:NT_3.2_GUI-Setup_Oct91_Fre.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Fre_Oct91.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Oct91_boot.png<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
Chk Build<br />
<gallery><br />
image:NT_3.2_Chk_Boot.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_GUI_chk.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Chk_Login.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Chk_action.png<br />
</gallery></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:NT_3.2_Chk_Login.png&diff=4890File:NT 3.2 Chk Login.png2012-03-23T15:47:19Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_NT_3.1/October_1991&diff=4889Windows NT 3.1/October 19912012-03-23T15:46:50Z<p>TheCollector1988: /* Screenshots */</p>
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<div>[[image:Windows NT October 1991 (Debug).png|thumb]]<br />
Windows NT October 1991 is the oldest known build of Windows NT. It was released at COMDEX '91 and was rushed to completion and was not released for the MIPS platform.<br />
<br />
Several screenshots were shown by BetaArchive member linuxlove and a pre-installed VHD (For QEMU and VMware) was leaked containing the SDK and Free files of the OS.<br />
<br />
In late 2011, the full CD was released on BetaArchive.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18207 Windows NT - October 1991 screenshots]<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
Here are some screenshots of the build:<br />
<br />
Fre Build<br />
<gallery><br />
image:NT_3.2_GUI-Setup_Oct91_Fre.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Fre_Oct91.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Oct91_boot.png<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
Chk Build<br />
<gallery><br />
image:NT_3.2_Chk_Boot.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_GUI_chk.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Chk_Login.png<br />
</gallery></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_NT_3.1/October_1991&diff=4888Windows NT 3.1/October 19912012-03-23T15:46:13Z<p>TheCollector1988: /* Screenshots */</p>
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<div>[[image:Windows NT October 1991 (Debug).png|thumb]]<br />
Windows NT October 1991 is the oldest known build of Windows NT. It was released at COMDEX '91 and was rushed to completion and was not released for the MIPS platform.<br />
<br />
Several screenshots were shown by BetaArchive member linuxlove and a pre-installed VHD (For QEMU and VMware) was leaked containing the SDK and Free files of the OS.<br />
<br />
In late 2011, the full CD was released on BetaArchive.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18207 Windows NT - October 1991 screenshots]<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
Here are some screenshots of the build:<br />
<br />
Fre Build<br />
<gallery><br />
image:NT_3.2_GUI-Setup_Oct91_Fre.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Fre_Oct91.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Oct91_boot.png<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
Chk Build<br />
<gallery><br />
image:NT_3.2_Chk_Boot.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_GUI_chk.png<br />
</gallery></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:NT_3.2_GUI_chk.png&diff=4887File:NT 3.2 GUI chk.png2012-03-23T15:45:52Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_NT_3.1/October_1991&diff=4886Windows NT 3.1/October 19912012-03-23T15:45:26Z<p>TheCollector1988: /* Screenshots */</p>
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<div>[[image:Windows NT October 1991 (Debug).png|thumb]]<br />
Windows NT October 1991 is the oldest known build of Windows NT. It was released at COMDEX '91 and was rushed to completion and was not released for the MIPS platform.<br />
<br />
Several screenshots were shown by BetaArchive member linuxlove and a pre-installed VHD (For QEMU and VMware) was leaked containing the SDK and Free files of the OS.<br />
<br />
In late 2011, the full CD was released on BetaArchive.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18207 Windows NT - October 1991 screenshots]<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
Here are some screenshots of the build:<br />
<br />
Fre Build<br />
<gallery><br />
image:NT_3.2_GUI-Setup_Oct91_Fre.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Fre_Oct91.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Oct91_boot.png<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
Chk Build<br />
<gallery><br />
image:NT_3.2_Chk_Boot.png<br />
</gallery></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:NT_3.2_Chk_Boot.png&diff=4885File:NT 3.2 Chk Boot.png2012-03-23T15:44:42Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_NT_3.1/October_1991&diff=4884Windows NT 3.1/October 19912012-03-23T15:42:21Z<p>TheCollector1988: /* Screenshots */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[image:Windows NT October 1991 (Debug).png|thumb]]<br />
Windows NT October 1991 is the oldest known build of Windows NT. It was released at COMDEX '91 and was rushed to completion and was not released for the MIPS platform.<br />
<br />
Several screenshots were shown by BetaArchive member linuxlove and a pre-installed VHD (For QEMU and VMware) was leaked containing the SDK and Free files of the OS.<br />
<br />
In late 2011, the full CD was released on BetaArchive.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18207 Windows NT - October 1991 screenshots]<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
Here are some screenshots of the build:<br />
<br />
Fre Build<br />
<gallery><br />
image:NT_3.2_GUI-Setup_Oct91_Fre.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Fre_Oct91.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Oct91_boot.png<br />
</gallery><br />
<br />
Chk Build<br />
<gallery<br />
</gallery></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_NT_3.1/October_1991&diff=4883Windows NT 3.1/October 19912012-03-23T15:41:41Z<p>TheCollector1988: /* Screenshots */</p>
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<div>[[image:Windows NT October 1991 (Debug).png|thumb]]<br />
Windows NT October 1991 is the oldest known build of Windows NT. It was released at COMDEX '91 and was rushed to completion and was not released for the MIPS platform.<br />
<br />
Several screenshots were shown by BetaArchive member linuxlove and a pre-installed VHD (For QEMU and VMware) was leaked containing the SDK and Free files of the OS.<br />
<br />
In late 2011, the full CD was released on BetaArchive.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18207 Windows NT - October 1991 screenshots]<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
Here are some screenshots of the build:<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
image:NT_3.2_GUI-Setup_Oct91_Fre.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Fre_Oct91.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Oct91_boot.png<br />
</gallery></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:NT_3.2_Oct91_boot.png&diff=4882File:NT 3.2 Oct91 boot.png2012-03-23T15:41:21Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_NT_3.1/October_1991&diff=4881Windows NT 3.1/October 19912012-03-23T15:40:24Z<p>TheCollector1988: /* Screenshots */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[image:Windows NT October 1991 (Debug).png|thumb]]<br />
Windows NT October 1991 is the oldest known build of Windows NT. It was released at COMDEX '91 and was rushed to completion and was not released for the MIPS platform.<br />
<br />
Several screenshots were shown by BetaArchive member linuxlove and a pre-installed VHD (For QEMU and VMware) was leaked containing the SDK and Free files of the OS.<br />
<br />
In late 2011, the full CD was released on BetaArchive.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18207 Windows NT - October 1991 screenshots]<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
Here are some screenshots of the build:<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
image:NT_3.2_GUI-Setup_Oct91_Fre.png<br />
image:NT_3.2_Fre_Oct91.png<br />
</gallery></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_NT_3.1&diff=4880Windows NT 3.12012-03-23T15:39:27Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>Windows NT 3.1 is the first version of Windows NT. It was targeted for the Intel i860 CPU, but was ported to the MIPS platform in 1989 and to the Intel 386 in 1990.<br />
It was released for the Intel 386 and MIPS (MIPS64) platforms, and later on the DEC Alpha<br />
<br />
Its codename was NT OS/2 due to the fact that NT was developed using parts IBM's OS/2 operating system.<br />
<br />
== Builds ==<br />
{{Builds Legend}}<br />
=== October 1991 Beta ===<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT_3.1:10-91|Windows NT 3.2]]'''''<br />
<br />
=== December 1991 Beta ===<br />
* [[Windows:NT_3.1:239|Windows NT 3.2 Build 1.239.1]]<br />
<br />
=== July 1992 Beta ===<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT_3.1:297|Windows NT 3.1 Build 3.10.297.1]]'''''<br />
<br />
=== October 1992 Beta ===<br />
* [[Windows:NT_3.1:348|Windows NT 3.1 Build 3.10.319.1]]<br />
* [[Windows:NT_3.1:348|Windows NT 3.1 Build 3.10.328.1]]<br />
* [[Windows:NT_3.1:348|Windows NT 3.1 Build 3.10.348.1]]<br />
<br />
At least one of these builds also comes on 14 floppy disks.<br />
<br />
=== March 1993 Beta ===<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT_3.1:404|Windows NT 3.1 Build 3.10.404.1]]'''''<br />
<br />
=== April 1993 Beta ===<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT_3.1:438|Windows NT 3.1 Build 3.10.438.1]]'''''<br />
<br />
=== June 1993 Beta ===<br />
* [[Windows:NT_3.1:475|Windows NT 3.1 Build 3.10.475.1]]<br />
<br />
=== Release To Manufacturing ===<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT_3.1:511|Windows NT 3.1 Build 3.10.511.1]]'''''<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT_3.1:511|Windows NT 3.1 Build 3.10.528.1]]'''''<br />
<br />
=== Service Pack 1 Release To Manufacturing ===<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT_3.1:511|Windows NT 3.1 Build 3.10.528.2]]'''''<br />
<br />
=== Service Pack 2 Release To Manufacturing ===<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT_3.1:511|Windows NT 3.1 Build 3.10.528.2]]'''''<br />
<br />
=== Service Pack 3 Release To Manufacturing ===<br />
* '''''[[Windows:NT_3.1:511|Windows NT 3.1 Build 3.10.528.2]]'''''</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_NT_3.1/October_1991&diff=4879Windows NT 3.1/October 19912012-03-23T15:38:22Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>[[image:Windows NT October 1991 (Debug).png|thumb]]<br />
Windows NT October 1991 is the oldest known build of Windows NT. It was released at COMDEX '91 and was rushed to completion and was not released for the MIPS platform.<br />
<br />
Several screenshots were shown by BetaArchive member linuxlove and a pre-installed VHD (For QEMU and VMware) was leaked containing the SDK and Free files of the OS.<br />
<br />
In late 2011, the full CD was released on BetaArchive.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18207 Windows NT - October 1991 screenshots]<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
Here are some screenshots of the build:<br />
<br />
<gallery><br />
image:NT_3.2_GUI-Setup_Oct91_Fre.png<br />
</gallery></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_NT_3.1/October_1991&diff=4878Windows NT 3.1/October 19912012-03-23T15:37:11Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>[[image:Windows NT October 1991 (Debug).png|thumb]]<br />
Windows NT October 1991 is the oldest known build of Windows NT. It was released at COMDEX '91 and was rushed to completion and was not released for the MIPS platform.<br />
<br />
Several screenshots were shown by BetaArchive member linuxlove and a pre-installed VHD (For QEMU and VMware) was leaked containing the SDK and Free files of the OS.<br />
<br />
In late 2011, the full CD was released on BetaArchive.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18207 Windows NT - October 1991 screenshots]<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
Here are some screenshots of the build:<br />
<br />
<gallery<br />
image:NT_3.2_GUI-Setup_Oct91_Fre.png<br />
</gallery></div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_NT_3.1/October_1991&diff=4877Windows NT 3.1/October 19912012-03-23T15:36:06Z<p>TheCollector1988: /* Screenshots */</p>
<hr />
<div>[[image:Windows NT October 1991 (Debug).png|thumb]]<br />
Windows NT October 1991 is the oldest known build of Windows NT. It was released at COMDEX '91 and was rushed to completion and was not released for the MIPS platform.<br />
<br />
Several screenshots were shown by BetaArchive member linuxlove and a pre-installed VHD (For QEMU and VMware) was leaked containing the SDK and Free files of the OS.<br />
<br />
In late 2011, the full CD was released on BetaArchive.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18207 Windows NT - October 1991 screenshots]<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
Here are some screenshots of the build:<br />
<br />
[[File:NT_3.2_Fre_Oct91.png|thumb]]<br />
[[File:NT_3.2_GUI-Setup_Oct91_Fre.png|thumb]]</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_NT_3.1/October_1991&diff=4875Windows NT 3.1/October 19912012-03-23T15:33:53Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>[[image:Windows NT October 1991 (Debug).png|thumb]]<br />
Windows NT October 1991 is the oldest known build of Windows NT. It was released at COMDEX '91 and was rushed to completion and was not released for the MIPS platform.<br />
<br />
Several screenshots were shown by BetaArchive member linuxlove and a pre-installed VHD (For QEMU and VMware) was leaked containing the SDK and Free files of the OS.<br />
<br />
In late 2011, the full CD was released on BetaArchive.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18207 Windows NT - October 1991 screenshots]<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
Here are some screenshots of the build:<br />
<br />
[[File:NT_3.2_Fre_Oct91.png|thumb]]</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_NT_3.1/October_1991&diff=4874Windows NT 3.1/October 19912012-03-23T15:33:42Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[image:Windows NT October 1991 (Debug).png|thumb]]<br />
Windows NT October 1991 is the oldest known build of Windows NT. It was released at COMDEX '91 and was rushed to completion and was not released for the MIPS platform.<br />
<br />
Several screenshots were shown by BetaArchive member linuxlove and a pre-installed VHD (For QEMU and VMware) was leaked containing the SDK and Free files of the OS.<br />
<br />
In late 2011, the full CD was released on BetaArchive.<br />
<br />
==External Links==<br />
[http://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=18207 Windows NT - October 1991 screenshots]<br />
<br />
==Screenshots==<br />
Here are some screenshots of the build:<br />
<br />
[[File:NT_3.2_Fre_Oct91.png]]</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_2.x&diff=4863Windows 2.x2012-03-19T19:43:35Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>{{infobox Windows<br />
|image = Windows_1.x_Logo.png<br />
|imagecaption = Microsoft Windows 2.x<br />
|codename = ''None known''<br />
|kernel = 16-bit<br />
|arch = x86 (386) and x86-16 (286)<br />
|build = [[Windows:2.11|2.11]]<br />
|release = 16/11/1987<br />
|licence = Microsoft EULA<br />
|support = Expired 31/12/2001 <br />
|previous = [[Windows:1|Windows 1.x]]<br />
|next = ''[[Windows:3|Windows 3.x]]<br />
}}<br />
Windows 2.0 was the second version of Windows. The UI was redesigned and could support overlapping windows. A new default color scheme was introduced. There were 286 and 386 enhanced versions of Windows 2.0 released for Intel 286 and 386 CPUs.<br />
<br />
==Versions==<br />
* 2.01 (386, possibly 286 exists)<br />
* 2.03 (286 and 386)<br />
* 2.10 (286 and 386)<br />
* 2.11 (286 and 386)<br />
<br />
There are also several OEM and international releases available.</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_2.x&diff=4861Windows 2.x2012-03-19T16:01:55Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>{{infobox Windows<br />
|image = Windows_1.x_Logo.png<br />
|imagecaption = Microsoft Windows 2.x<br />
|codename = ''None known''<br />
|kernel = 16-bit<br />
|arch = x86<br />
|build = [[Windows:2.11|2.11]]<br />
|release = 16/11/1987<br />
|licence = Microsoft EULA<br />
|support = Expired 31/12/2001 <br />
|previous = [[Windows:1|Windows 1.x]]<br />
|next = ''[[Windows:3|Windows 3.x]]<br />
}}<br />
Windows 2.0 was the second version of Windows. The UI was redesigned and could support overlapping windows. A new default color scheme was introduced. There were 286 and 386 enhanced versions of Windows 2.0 released for Intel 286 and 386 CPUs.<br />
<br />
==Versions==<br />
* 2.01 (386 Compaq OEM only) - Available on BetaArchive FTP as of 30th November 2011.<br />
* 2.03 (286 and 386 NEC OEM)<br />
* 2.10 (286 and 386)<br />
* 2.11 (286 and 386)<br />
<br />
There are also several OEM and international releases available.</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_2.x&diff=4860Windows 2.x2012-03-19T16:01:38Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>{{infobox Windows<br />
|image = Windows_1.x_Logo.png<br />
|imagecaption = Microsoft Windows 2.x<br />
|codename = ''None known''<br />
|kernel = 16-bit<br />
|arch = x86<br />
|build = [[Windows:2.11|2.11]]<br />
|release = 16/11/1987<br />
|licence = Microsoft EULA<br />
|support = Expired 31/12/2001 <br />
|previous = [[Windows:1|Windows 1.x]]<br />
|next = ''[[Windows:3|Windows 3.x]]<br />
}}<br />
Windows 2.0 was the second version of Windows. The UI was redesigned and could support overlapping windows. A new default color scheme was introduced. There were 286 and 386 enhanced versions of Windows 2.0 released for Intel 286 and 386 CPUs.<br />
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==Versions==<br />
* 2.01 (386 Compaq OEM only) - Available on BetaArchive FTP as of 30th November 2011.<br />
* 2.03 (286 and 386)<br />
* 2.10 (286 and 386)<br />
* 2.11 (286 and 386)<br />
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There are also several OEM and international releases available.</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_2.x&diff=4859Windows 2.x2012-03-19T16:01:31Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>{{infobox Windows<br />
|image = Windows_1.x_Logo.png<br />
|imagecaption = Microsoft Windows 2.x<br />
|codename = ''None known''<br />
|kernel = 16-bit<br />
|arch = x86<br />
|build = [[Windows:2.11|2.11]]<br />
|release = 16/11/1987<br />
|licence = Microsoft EULA<br />
|support = Expired 31/12/2001 <br />
|previous = [[Windows:1|Windows 1.x]]<br />
|next = ''[[Windows:3|Windows 3.x]]<br />
}}<br />
Windows 2.0 was the second version of Windows. The UI was redesigned and could support overlapping windows. A new default color scheme was introduced. There were 286 and 386 enhanced versions of Windows 2.0 released for Intel 286 and 386 CPUs.<br />
<br />
==Versions==<br />
* 2.01 (386 Compaq only) - Available on BetaArchive FTP as of 30th November 2011.<br />
* 2.03 (286 and 386)<br />
* 2.10 (286 and 386)<br />
* 2.11 (286 and 386)<br />
<br />
There are also several OEM and international releases available.</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_2.x&diff=4858Windows 2.x2012-03-19T15:53:15Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>{{infobox Windows<br />
|image = Windows_1.x_Logo.png<br />
|imagecaption = Microsoft Windows 2.x<br />
|codename = ''None known''<br />
|kernel = 16-bit<br />
|arch = x86<br />
|build = [[Windows:2.11|2.11]]<br />
|release = 16/11/1987<br />
|licence = Microsoft EULA<br />
|support = Expired 31/12/2001 <br />
|previous = [[Windows:1|Windows 1.x]]<br />
|next = ''[[Windows:3|Windows 3.x]]<br />
}}<br />
Windows 2.0 was the second version of Windows. The UI was redesigned and could support overlapping windows. A new default color scheme was introduced. There were 286 and 386 enhanced versions of Windows 2.0 released for Intel 286 and 386 CPUs.<br />
<br />
==Versions==<br />
* 2.01 (386 only) - Available on BetaArchive FTP as of 30th November 2011.<br />
* 2.03 (286 and 386)<br />
* 2.10 (286 and 386)<br />
* 2.11 (286 and 386)<br />
<br />
There are also several OEM and international releases available.</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_95/4.00.480&diff=4835Windows 95/4.00.4802012-03-16T21:31:10Z<p>TheCollector1988: Created page with "left"</p>
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<div>[[File:Windows95 480 English.PNG|200px|thumb|left]]</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Windows95_480_English.PNG&diff=4834File:Windows95 480 English.PNG2012-03-16T21:30:39Z<p>TheCollector1988: Taken from VMware by TheCollector1988</p>
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<div>Taken from VMware by TheCollector1988</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_95/4.00.224&diff=4832Windows 95/4.00.2242012-03-16T21:27:31Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>'''Chicago Build 224''' is a consumer-oriented [[graphical user interface]]-based [[operating system]]. It was released on 5 November 1994 by Microsoft, under the name Windows 95.<br />
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==Screenshots==<br />
[[File:Windows 95 224 Fre English.PNG|200px|thumb|right]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95#Beta Description of Microsoft Chicago]<br />
*[http://mcb.betaarchive.co.uk/index.php?page=content/sites/1632/400224 Chicago #4.00.224 on the Microsoft Collection Book]</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_95/4.00.224&diff=4831Windows 95/4.00.2242012-03-16T21:27:16Z<p>TheCollector1988: </p>
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<div>'''Chicago Build 224''' is a consumer-oriented [[graphical user interface]]-based [[operating system]]. It was released on 5 November 1994 by Microsoft, under the name Windows 95.<br />
<br />
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==Screenshots==<br />
[[File:Windows 95 224 Fre English.PNG|200px|thumb|left]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95#Beta Description of Microsoft Chicago]<br />
*[http://mcb.betaarchive.co.uk/index.php?page=content/sites/1632/400224 Chicago #4.00.224 on the Microsoft Collection Book]</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:Windows_95_224_Fre_English.PNG&diff=4830File:Windows 95 224 Fre English.PNG2012-03-16T21:26:13Z<p>TheCollector1988: Taken from Virtual PC 2007 by TheCollector1988</p>
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<div>Taken from Virtual PC 2007 by TheCollector1988</div>TheCollector1988https://www.betaarchive.com/wiki/index.php?title=Windows_95/4.00.450&diff=4829Windows 95/4.00.4502012-03-16T21:23:14Z<p>TheCollector1988: Created page with "left"</p>
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<div>[[File:Windows 95 450 English.PNG|200px|thumb|left]]</div>TheCollector1988