DOS ain't dead

DR-DOS 8.1 (Announce)

posted by Steve  , US, 22.11.2007, 15:07

> I think that's probably the same one from WinME and also included with Win
> XP. But I don't think that is responsible for the 32 MB DPMI memory limit
> or weird console bugs or other issues.

Maybe not directly, but if another command.com can be run, then it can in turn run other needed utils, and experiments can be conducted. I'm depending on you - else I'd have to spend some actual money to get Vista (with or without a whole machine).

> Actually, I should've said MS mostly developed DOS. DR-DOS was independent
> and brought unique stuff (LOADHIGH). PC DOS was eventually completely
> separate from MS-DOS (after 5.x?). And you know the rest probably much
> better than me!

PC DOS was the original name of the DOS for the IBM PC, sold with the machines. MS-DOS later became the name of the variant that MS began to sell separately from machines.

DR-DOS was originally CP/M, enhanced for compatibility with DOS, and renamed to give customers a clue.

> P.S. Tim Paterson indeed wrote
> QDOS, which was basically a CP/M clone for the 8086 that MS bought and
> adapted for their own use (sublicensed to IBM).

That's one chapter of the story, yes.

Complete thread:

• DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 21.11.2007, 18:02 (Announce)
  • DR-DOS 8.1 - Laaca, 21.11.2007, 18:55
    • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 21.11.2007, 19:13
      • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:50
  • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 00:50
    • DR-DOS 8.1 - david, 22.11.2007, 08:33
      • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 10:14
        • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 10:41
          • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 11:17
            • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 11:23
              • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 11:44
                • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:28
                  • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 12:54
                    • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 13:05
                      • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 16:39
                        • Vista - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 17:32
                          • Vista - Steve, 22.11.2007, 17:59
                            • Vista - sol, 22.11.2007, 18:11
                              • Vista - Steve, 22.11.2007, 19:06
                            • Vista - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 18:12
                              • Vista - sol, 22.11.2007, 19:43
                                • Vista - sol, 22.11.2007, 20:01
                                  • Vista - sol, 22.11.2007, 20:37
                          • Vista - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 21:31
              • DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 13:23
                • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 13:26
                  • DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 13:31
                    • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 14:02
                      • DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 14:49
                        • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 14:59
                          • DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 15:12
                  • DR-DOS 8.1 - Laaca, 22.11.2007, 15:24
                    • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 15:55
                • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 13:37
                  • DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 15:07
                    • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 15:43
                      • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 16:26
                        • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 17:13
                          • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - Steve, 22.11.2007, 17:18
                          • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 17:18
                      • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - Steve, 22.11.2007, 16:28
                        • Vista's pre-SP1 (in)compatibility - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 17:19
                      • Vista's pre-SP1 DOS (in)compatibility - flox, 22.11.2007, 17:00
            • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:39
              • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 13:06
                • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 13:18
        • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:23
          • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 12:29
          • DR-DOS 8.1 - Steve, 22.11.2007, 14:42
            • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 26.11.2007, 20:20
            • DR-DOS 8.1 - DOS386, 12.12.2007, 02:09
          • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 16:58
            • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 20:51
              • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 21:16
              • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 23.11.2007, 02:06
                • DR-DOS 8.1 - rr, 23.11.2007, 09:27
                  • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 24.11.2007, 14:33
            • UIDE caches even disks for which it doesn't do UDMA - lucho, 24.11.2007, 09:09
              • UIDE caches even disks for which it doesn't do UDMA - RayeR, 24.11.2007, 17:39
  • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 10:13
    • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 10:27
      • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 10:53
        • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 11:31
          • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 12:36
            • DR-DOS 8.1 - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 17:11
      • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 11:19
        • DR-DOS 8.1 - flox, 22.11.2007, 15:37
          • TriDOS -- DPMI bug? - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 16:20
            • TriDOS -- DPMI bug? - flox, 22.11.2007, 17:02
          • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 26.11.2007, 20:24
      • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 26.11.2007, 20:23
        • DR-DOS 8.1 - jaybur, 27.11.2007, 02:12
  • DR-DOS 8.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 13:45
  • DR-DOS 8.1 piracy :-( - DOS386, 12.12.2007, 02:00
    • DOS -- single-tasking? - Rugxulo, 12.12.2007, 18:26
      • DOS -- single-tasking? - Steve, 14.12.2007, 06:06
        • DOS -- single-tasking? - Rugxulo, 14.12.2007, 08:24
        • DOS -- single-tasking? - DOS386, 15.12.2007, 18:59
          • DOS -- single-tasking? - Rugxulo, 16.12.2007, 00:44