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DOS is an acronym for Disk Operating System (OS). A disk operating system is software that organizes and controls how computers read, write and interact with disks (floppy, hard, CD-ROM) and communicate with a computer's various input/output devices: keyboards, pointing devices, scanners, microphones, serial and parallel ports; screens, printers, modems, etc.The first two DOS variants came out concurrently, with the introduction of IBM's PC in August 1981: IBM PC-DOS, and Microsoft MS-DOS. There are now many DOSes: 4DOS (a DOS shell, not an OS), DR-DOS (Novell DOS), FreeDOS, MS-DOS, OpenDOS, PC-DOS, PTS-DOS, REAL-32, RTXDOS, RxDOS, TSX-32, and more, even real-time DOS. All DOSes have monolithic architectures, though FreeDOS 32 will be componentized.On this page, links are arranged in three groups and levels: 1) Top group: issues spanning multiple unrelated DOSs. 2) Middle group: graphic user interfaces for DOS. 3) Bottom group: specific DOSs.
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| RealDOS - A barebones DOS alternative.
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| | Turkish Rational DOS - The core of DOS compatible operating system that is currently under development.
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| | Paul Edwards's Programming Page - Contains PDOS, a public domain DOS alternative.
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| | Idiots Operating System - A floppy-disk based operating systems distribution with a focus on multimedia applications.
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| | ROM-DOS - Full embedded OS; compact, reliable, fully compatible DOS for embedded uses, mobile computing environments, fast connecting of embedded systems to Internet. By Datalight, Inc.
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| | IBM Corp. - Makes PC DOS 2000; was one of the two original DOSes for the IBM PC. Now year 2000 compliant, and updated for a new century. Preserve your investment in DOS applications.
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| | PC DOS for Embedded Devices - Retooling of IBM PC DOS for use in embedded systems.
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| | RMF-DOS - Reduced Memory Footprint; goals: match functions of MS-DOS 6.22, IBM PC DOS 7.00, DR-DOS 7 subset. Written mainly in 2 free C compilers and assembler, most parts are smaller uncompressed than compressed parts of MS, IBM, DR. [Open Source, BSD]
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| | PhysTechSoft Ltd. - Makes PTS-DOS 2000: network support, file manager, archiver, internal boot virus protection, graphical web browser; email, telnet, FTP clients; many utilities, some for embedded system development.
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| | Dos/Windows commands since v1.00 - An index of all built-in commands available in all versions of MS-DOS. Includes description and syntax of commands.
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| | Doctor DOS Betamax Power-Users' Corner - Commentary, tutorials, and references for MS-DOS and related utilities.
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| | Georgos the DOS compatible operating system - A free DOS-compatible operating system. Site includes sample applications, discussion forum, and development information.
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| | The unofficial PTS-DOS FAQ - In German and in English language. Also wiki, downloads, and links.
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| | ZDOS - A 32-bit multitasking, real time replacement for MS-DOS.
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