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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 [[86-DOS]] ('''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.
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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 [[Windows|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.
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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.
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==Known versions==
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===MS-DOS 1.x===
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* [[MS-DOS 1.24]] - Unknown OEM
* [[MS-DOS 1.25]] - Corona (BIOS 1.03 and 1.07), Zenith (<code>COMMAND.COM</code> 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 (<code>COMMAND.COM</code> 1.17 as part of the released MS-DOS 1.1 source package), and Columbia OEM (Rel. 2.11)
 
===MS-DOS 2.x===
* [[MS-DOS 2.00]] - Olivetti (M20 with 8086 add-on) and NCR OEM, Seequa OEM, Eagle OEM
* [[MS-DOS 2.01]] - Wang OEM (Wang PC)
* [[MS-DOS 2.02]] - Compaq OEM
* [[MS-DOS 2.05]] - DEC OEM
* [[MS-DOS 2.11]] - AT&T, BULL, TeleVideo, Olivetti, Toshiba, Apricot, NEC for PC-98xx, NCR, Tandy and ITT OEM
* [[MS-DOS 2.11D]] - Ericsson OEM
* [[MS-DOS 2.12B]] - Compaq OEM
* [[MS-DOS 2.13]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)
* [[MS-DOS 2.18]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)
* [[MS-DOS 2.21]] - Zenith OEM (Z-100)
* [[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"''.
 
===MS-DOS 3.x===
* [[MS-DOS 3.00]] - Apricot and Compaq OEM
* [[MS-DOS 3.06]] - Apricot OEM
* [[MS-DOS 3.10]] - Seiko Epson, Phoenix, Tandon, Apricot, Sperry, Fujitsu, Olivetti, Compaq and Multitech OEM, NEC for NEC PC-98
* [[MS-DOS 3.10C]] - RM Nimbus and Ericsson OEM
* [[MS-DOS 3.10L24]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns
* [[MS-DOS 3.20]] - HP, Amstrad, Apricot, AT&T, Tandy and Seiko Epson OEM
* [[MS-DOS 3.20E]] - BULL OEM
* [[MS-DOS 3.21]] - Hyosung, KayPro, Zenith, Goupil, and Compaq OEM
* [[MS-DOS 3.22]] - Twinhead OEM
* [[MS-DOS 3.30]] - Amstrad, HP, Dell, NEC, Tulip, AT&T, Tandy, Olivetti, Tandon, Seiko Epson for PC-98xx and Toshiba OEM
* [[MS-DOS 3.30+]] - Zenith OEM
* [[MS-DOS 3.30A]] - DTK OEM, also retail
* [[MS-DOS 3.30B]] - Schineider OEM and for NEC PC-98
* [[MS-DOS 3.30C]] - for NEC PC-98
* [[MS-DOS 3.30D]] - for NEC PC-98
* [[MS-DOS 3.30T]] - Tandy OEM
* [[MS-DOS 3.31]] - Compaq and Olivetti OEM
* [[MS-DOS 3.31D]] - Compaq OEM
* [[MS-DOS 3.40]] - 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]
 
===Multi-tasking MS-DOS 4.0===
* [[MS-DOS 4.00 (1985)|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)
 
===MS-DOS 4.x===
* [[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.
* [[MS-DOS 4.01]] - Olivetti, Amstrad, Nokia, Tulip, HP, Toshiba, Zenith and VEGAS OEM
* [[MS-DOS 4.01A]] - Nokia OEM
* [[MS-DOS 4.02]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]
* [[MS-DOS 4.10.20]] - International Computer Ltd. OEM version
 
===MS-DOS 5.x===
* [[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]
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.112]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]
* [[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
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.224]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.225]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.226]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.227]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05132.pdf PX05132]
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.333]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/6000/PX06476.pdf PX06476]
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.409c]] - Beta, leaked
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.432]] - Beta, leaked and also mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.460]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/8000/PX08857.pdf PX08857]
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.480]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.481]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03447.pdf PX03447]
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.490]] - Beta, leaked
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.500]] - Beta, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]
* [[MS-DOS 5.00.1180]] - Unknown stage, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/7000/PX07621.pdf PX07621]
* [[MS-DOS 5.00 RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, mentioned in [http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/5000/PX05243.pdf PX05243]
* [[MS-DOS 5.00 RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, mentioned in PX09027 with a date of 5th March 1991, also mentioned in a BBS list but hasn't been found yet
* [[MS-DOS 5.00 RC3A]] - Release Candidate 3A, incomplete leak
* [[MS-DOS 5.00 RC10]] - Release Candidate 10, leaked
* [[MS-DOS 5.00]] - HP, Dell, Compaq, Tandy and PC Kenitec OEM, Epson OEM (PC-98xx)
* [[MS-DOS 5.00a]] - Toshiba OEM
* [[MS-DOS 5.00A]] - for NEC PC-98
* [[MS-DOS 5.00A-H]] - for NEC PC-98
 
===MS-DOS 6.x===
* [[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"''
* [[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
* [[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
* [[MS-DOS 6.00.0204]] - Beta, references found in leaked MS-DOS 6.0 source code
* [[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"''
* [[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
* [[MS-DOS 6.00]] - HP, Packard Bell, Fujitsu and NEC OEM, Compaq OEM
* [[MS-DOS 6.20.3002]] - Beta, Step-Up, leaked
* [[MS-DOS 6.20.RC1]] - Release Candidate 1, leaked
* [[MS-DOS 6.20.RC2]] - Release Candidate 2, leaked
* [[MS-DOS 6.20.RC3]] - Release Candidate 3, leaked
* [[MS-DOS 6.20.RC5]] - Release Candidate 5, Upgrade, leaked
* [[MS-DOS 6.20]] - Retail, NEC OEM (PC-98xx)
* [[MS-DOS 6.20L10]] - Japanese, for Fujitsu FM-Towns
* [[MS-DOS 6.20-V]] - Japanese MS-DOS 6.20
* [[MS-DOS 6.21 (Beta)]] - Beta, Chinese Simplified leaked
* [[MS-DOS 6.21]] - Retail
* [[MS-DOS 6.22]] - Retail
 
===MS-DOS 7.x===
* [[MS-DOS 7.00]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 RTM and OSR1
* [[MS-DOS 7.10]] - Only released as part of Windows 95 OSR2, OSR2.5, Windows 98 and 98SE
* [[MS-DOS 7.10 (China DOS Union)]]
 
===MS-DOS 8.x===
* [[MS-DOS 8.00]] - Only released as part of Windows ME
 
== See also ==
* [[:File:MS Word 1.00 for DOS Manual.pdf|User guide for Microsoft Word 1.0 for DOS]]
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