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DOS
= Disk Operating System
DOS
comes in many "flavors" from various Software vendors. IBM makes PC-DOS,
Caldera made Dr. DOS. Even Microsoft made MS-DOS.
It
is fair to say that MS-DOS is the back-bone of the Microsoft Windows OS
[Windows 3.x, '95 & '98]. While some may debate about whether or not
Windows '95 and '98 are true OS's or not, it is the opinion of this website
that they are not. Take away DOS and they won't work. Simple as that. |
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DOS
is strong.
Although
DOS can be considered an OS that is not big on "positive re-inforcement",
it is deceptively easy to use and suprisingly powerful. If you are going
to customize or automate your Windows '95 or '98, there is very little
that you can't accomplish with DOS. There are also a few things that you
can do in DOS that are nearly impossible to accomplish within the Windows
GUI environment.
DOS
is well documented.
There
is a myriad of documentation and websites available to choose from on the
Internet. [btw, you can achieve an Internet connection w/ DOS, too]
Because
DOS is considerd an 'obsolete' OS environment by some, you can pick up
books on it from your local bookstore at amazingly cheap prices.
It's
the 'next best' command line OS.
We
say 'next best' when comparing it to the grand-daddy OS, Unix [and Unix
flavors like Linux, etc.] DOS might seem complex to use at first, but once
you get the hang of it, I'm sure you wouldn't want to be without it. |