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MS - DOS
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Short for Microsoft Disk operating system, MS-DOS is a non-graphical command line operating system derived from 86-DOS that was created for IBM compatible computers. MS-DOS originally written by Tim Paterson and introduced by Microsoft in August 1981 and was last updated in 1994 when MS-DOS 6.22 was released. Today,MS-DOS is no longer used; however, the command shell, more commonly known as the Windows command line is still used by many users. In the picture to the right, is |
Microsoft DOS History
| Year |
Event |
| 1981 |
Microsoft buys the rights for QDOS from Seattle Computer Products (SCP) for $25,000 on July 27, 1981. |
| 1981 |
MS-DOS 1.0 was released August, 1981. |
| 1982 |
MS-DOS 1.25 was released August, 1982. |
| 1983 |
MS-DOS 2.0 was released March, 1983. |
| 1984 |
Microsoft introduces MS-DOS 3.0 for the IBM PC AT and MS-DOS 3.1 for networks. |
| 1986 |
MS-DOS 3.2 was released April, 1986. |
| 1987 |
MS-DOS 3.3 was released April, 1987. |
| 1988 |
MS-DOS 4.0 was released July, 1988. |
| 1988 |
MS-DOS 4.01 was released November, 1988. |
| 1991 |
MS-DOS 5.0 was released June, 1991. |
| 1993 |
MS-DOS 6.0 was released August, 1993. |
| 1993 |
MS-DOS 6.2 was released November, 1993 |
| 1994 |
MS-DOS 6.21 was released March, 1994 |
| 1994 |
MS-DOS 6.22 was released April, 1994 |
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