Last edited on:  11/01/2002      

Because sometimes interface is needed

MS-DOS Basics

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MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System)  was created by Microsoft. It use keyboard input to communicate with the user. MS-DOS use FAT16 (File allocation table) and may cover 2045 MB of the hard disk space. The place (directory) where the dos is installed) is called: system root. MS-DOS 6.22 is the last version of this system.

PS. Version 7 was made but it needed Windows  operating system and  it can not be counted as an independent operating system. And it was impossible to buy it itself without Windows 9x. 

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Some useful commands:

cd - change directory   (cd .. ) - directory up  ( cd \ ) come back to disk x:

dir - display directory contents     ADDITIONAL OPTIONS         (dir /p) (dir /w) (dir *.*       example    dir *.bas)

tree -display directory structure (NOT available in most dos versions)

del -delate

copy  X:\xxxx\xxx\x.exe   X:\xxx\xxx    ( SYNTAX        copy   from:    to:  )

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use Help or  command /? argument to obtain help

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