MS-DOS

Microsoft DOS (abbreviated to MS-DOS) is a single-tasking operating system, written for the IBM PC and compatibles from 1981 to 2000. It was originally designed for the 8086 architecture. There were many graphical shells (including Microsoft Windows) written for it.

Version list

1.10

1.11

1.12

1.13

1.14

1.19

1.20

1.24

1.25

2.00

2.01

2.05

2.10

2.11

2.12

2.13

3.00

3.06

3.10

3.20

3.21

3.30

3.31

4.00 Multitasking Edition

4.00

4.01

5.00

6.00

6.20

6.21

6.22

6.22.2220

7.00

7.00 Beta

7.10

8.00

See also

• HIMEM
• PC-DOS
• DR-DOS
• 86-DOS
• QDOS
• CP/M
• Other