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'''Microsoft MS-DOS version 1.25''' is one of the earliest versions of the [[MS-DOS]] operating system. It was released on August 1982.
'''MS-DOS 1.25''' is one of the earliest versions of the [[MS-DOS]] operating system. It was released in August 1982.


== Source code ==
== Source code ==
The source code for this version was released on March 25th, 2014 by Microsoft and the Computer History Museum, along with a note from Tim Paterson from December 2013.
The source code for this version was released on March 25th, 2014 by Microsoft and the Computer History Museum, along with a note from Tim Paterson from December 2013:


{{quote|''From: Tim Paterson<br>To: Len Shustek<br>Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:34:17 -0800<br>Subject: RE: Source code to MS-DOS 1.0''
{{quote|''From: Tim Paterson<br>To: Len Shustek<br>Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:34:17 -0800<br>Subject: RE: Source code to MS-DOS 1.0''
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I also have a 6” stack of printouts of assembly listings for some of these and probably other related programs.
I also have a 6” stack of printouts of assembly listings for some of these and probably other related programs.
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== Gallery ==
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MS-DOS1.12-CompaqOEM.PNG|Compaq OEM (r1.12)
MS-DOS1.19-Zenith.PNG|Zenith OEM (1.19)
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Latest revision as of 09:48, 13 March 2021

MS-DOS 1.25 is one of the earliest versions of the MS-DOS operating system. It was released in August 1982.

Source code

The source code for this version was released on March 25th, 2014 by Microsoft and the Computer History Museum, along with a note from Tim Paterson from December 2013:

From: Tim Paterson
To: Len Shustek
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:34:17 -0800
Subject: RE: Source code to MS-DOS 1.0

I have found and attached the source code for MS-DOS 1.25 as shipped by Seattle Computer Products. Version 1.25 was the first general release to OEM customers other than IBM so was used by all the first clone manufacturers.
IBM's DOS 1.1 corresponds to MS-DOS 1.24. There is one minor difference between 1.24 and 1.25, as noted in the revision history at the top of MSDOS.ASM.
Of the file attached, only STDDOS. ASM/MSDOS.ASM (DOS main code) and COMMAND.ASM (command processor) would have been used by an OEM other than Seattle Computer. The other files:
IO.ASM - I/O system unique to SCP (equivalent to ibmbio.sys). ASM.ASM & HEX2BIN.ASM - Old 8086 assembler developed by SCP (used to assemble older version of DOS). TRANS.ASM - Z80 to 8086 assembly source code translator developed by SCP.
I also have a 6” stack of printouts of assembly listings for some of these and probably other related programs.

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