List of DOS operating systems
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IBM systems
- DOS ShellDOS ShellThe DOS Shell is a file manager, debuted in MS-DOS and IBM DOS 4.0 . It was discontinued after version 6.0, but retained as part of the "Supplemental Disk" until 6.22 for MS-DOS; as such, it was not a core part of the operating system throughout its evolution, but rather an add-on...
, a file manager, first debuted in MS-DOS and IBM DOS (PC DOS) 4.0 (June 1988) - DOS/360DOS/360Disk Operating System/360, also DOS/360, or simply DOS, was an operating system for IBM mainframes. It was announced by IBM on the last day of 1964, and it was first delivered in June 1966....
, 1966 IBM mainframe computer Disk Operating System - M-DOSM-DOSM-DOS or MIDAS refers to an operating system that was designed by Marc McDonald of Microsoft in 1979...
(created 1979 a.k.a. MIDAS), refers to an operating system that was designed by Marc McDonald of Microsoft in 1979. It was designed for the 8080/Z80 microprocessors, popular due to CP/M at the time - 86-DOS (a.k.a. QDOS, created 1980), an operating system developed and marketed by Seattle Computer Products for its Intel 8086-based computer kit
- MS-DOSMS-DOSMS-DOS is an operating system for x86-based personal computers. It was the most commonly used member of the DOS family of operating systems, and was the main operating system for IBM PC compatible personal computers during the 1980s to the mid 1990s, until it was gradually superseded by operating...
(created 1981), an operating system for x86-based personal computers - IBM PC DOS (created 1981), a DOS system for the IBM Personal Computer and compatibles, manufactured and sold by IBM from the 1980s to the 2000s
- DOS PlusDOS PlusDOS Plus is an operating system written by Digital Research, first released in 1985. It can be seen as an intermediate step between CP/M-86 and DR-DOS....
(created 1985), an operating system written by Digital Research, first released in 1985. It can be seen as an intermediate step between CP/M-86 and DR-DOS - DR-DOSDR-DOSDR-DOS is an MS-DOS-compatible operating system for IBM PC-compatible personal computers, originally developed by Gary Kildall's Digital Research and derived from Concurrent PC DOS 6.0, which was an advanced successor of CP/M-86...
(created 1988), a DOS-type operating system for IBM PC-compatible personal computers, originally developed by Gary Kildall's Digital Research and derived from Digital Research's Concurrent PC DOS 6.0, which was an advanced successor of CP/M-86 - PTS-DOSPTS-DOSPTS-DOS is a disk operating system, a DOS clone, developed in Russia by PhysTechSoft.- History and versions :PhysTechSoft was formed in 1991 in Moscow, Russia by graduates and members of MIPT, informally known as PhysTech. At the end of 1993, PhysTechSoft released the first commercially available...
(created 1991), a disk operating system, a DOS clone, developed in Russia by PhysTechSoft - FreeDOSFreeDOSFreeDOS is an operating system for IBM PC compatible computers. FreeDOS is made up of many different, separate programs that act as "packages" to the overall FreeDOS Project...
(created 1994), an operating system for IBM PC compatible computers
Other operating systems
- AmigaDOSAmigaDOSAmigaDOS is the disk operating system of the AmigaOS, which includes file systems, file and directory manipulation, the command-line interface, and file redirection....
, provides the disk operating system portion of the AmigaOS. This includes file systems, file and directory manipulation, the command-line interface, file redirection and so on - AMSDOSAMSDOSAMSDOS is a disk operating system for the 8-bit Amstrad CPC Computer . The name is a contraction of Amstrad Disc Operating System....
, a disk operating system for the 8-bit Amstrad CPC Computer (and various clones). The name is a contraction of Amstrad Disc Operating System - ANDOSANDOSANDOS is a Russian operating system for Electronika BK-0010, Electronika BK-0011 and Electronika BK-0011M series computers. It was created in 1990 and first released in 1992. Initially it was developed by Alexey Nadezhin and later also by Sergey Kamnev, who joined the project...
, a Russian operating system for Electronika BK-0010, Electronika BK-0011 and Electronika BK-0011M series computers - Apple DOSApple DOSApple DOS refers to operating systems for the Apple II series of microcomputers from late 1978 through early 1983. Apple DOS had three major releases: DOS 3.1, DOS 3.2, and DOS 3.3; each one of these three releases was followed by a second, minor "bug-fix" release, but only in the case of Apple DOS...
, refers to operating systems for the Apple II series of microcomputers from late 1978 through early 1983 - Apple ProDOS, the name of two similar operating systems for the Apple II series of personal computers
- Atari DOSAtari DOSAtari DOS is the disk operating system used with the Atari 8-bit family of computers. Operating system extensions loaded into memory were required in order for an Atari computer to access a disk drive. These extensions to the operating system added the disk handler and other file management...
, the disk operating system used with the Atari 8-bit family of computers - Commodore DOSCommodore DOSCommodore DOS, aka CBM DOS, was the disk operating system used with Commodore's 8-bit computers. Unlike most other DOS systems before or since—which are booted from disk into the main computer's own RAM at startup, and executed there—CBM DOS was executed internally in the drive: the DOS...
, the disk operating system used with Commodore's 8-bit computers - CSI-DOSCSI-DOSCSI-DOS is an operating system, created in Samara, for the Soviet Elektronika BK-0011M and Elektronika BK-0011 microcomputers. CSI-DOS did not support the earlier BK-0010. CSI-DOS used its own unique file system and only supported a color graphics video mode. The system supported both hard and...
, an operating system, created in Samara, for the Soviet Elektronika BK-0011M and Elektronika BK-0011 microcomputers - IS-DOSIS-DOSiS-DOS is a disk operating system for Russian ZX Spectrum clones. iS-DOS has been developed in 1990 or 1991, by Iskra Soft .It handles floppy disks , hard disks, and CD-ROM...
, a disk operating system for Russian ZX Spectrum clones. iS-DOS has been developed in 1990 or 1991, by Iskra Soft (Leningrad, USSR) - GEMDOS, one of the components of the 32 bits Atari TOSAtari TOSTOS is the operating system of the Atari ST range of computers. This range includes the 520 and 1040ST, their STF/M/FM and STE variants and the Mega ST/STE. Later, 32-bit machines were developed using a new version of TOS, called MultiTOS, which allowed multitasking...
- MSX-DOSMSX-DOSMSX-DOS is a Disk operating system developed by Microsoft for the 8-bit home computer standard MSX, and is a cross between MS-DOS rev 1.0 and CP/M.-MSX-DOS:...
, a Disk operating system developed by Microsoft for the 8-bit home computer standard MSX, and is a cross between MS-DOS rev 1.0 and CP/M - RDOSRDOSRDOS was a real-time operating system released in 1972 for the popular Data General Nova and Eclipse minicomputers...
, a real-time operating system released in 1972 for the popular Data General Nova and Eclipse minicomputers - TRS-DOSTRS-DOSTRS-DOS was the operating system for the Tandy TRS-80 line of 8-bit Zilog Z80 microcomputers that were sold through Radio Shack through the late 1970s and early 1980s. Tandy's manuals recommended that it be pronounced triss-doss...
, the operating system for the Tandy TRS-80 line of 8-bit Zilog Z80 microcomputers that were sold through Radio Shack through the late 1970s and early 1980s - DOS, an OS for 16-bit Data General NovaData General NovaThe Data General Nova was a popular 16-bit minicomputer built by the American company Data General starting in 1969. The Nova was packaged into a single rack mount case and had enough power to do most simple computing tasks. The Nova became popular in science laboratories around the world, and...
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