Microsoft's MS-DOS turns 30 this week

User Comments: 33

1. July 30, 2011 4:16 PM
   MrAnderson said:

   I think MS-DOS stopped at version 7.x before Windows 95 and 98 took over... I only think this because I distinctly remeber having backed up copies of my DOS with version 7 written on my 1.44 floppies... or maybe there were serevn install disks... but I recall it being version seven...

   Anywayz it would be cool if they released the source could at least for learning purposes. So programmers can learn about the OS that started it all.

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2. July 30, 2011 4:55 PM
   

   lopdog said:

   Happy Birthday! I liked DOS, actually.

   And believe it or not, I still use DOS commands quite often, even if it is through Windows 7 command prompt. That comment about good old Wolfenstein also brought back good memories.

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3. July 31, 2011 1:49 AM
   

   Archean, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   I still use DOS commands quite often, even if it is through Windows 7 command prompt.

   And you are not alone in this habit.

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4. July 31, 2011 2:12 PM
   MrAnderson said:

   Yup, most power users or IT pros will still be using DOS or the command prompt to get past the obscurities of parts of the GUI. I still cd command pretty often.

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5. August 1, 2011 7:44 AM
   fpsgamerJR62 said:

   Floppy-based versions of MS-DOS may have stopped with the advent of Windows 95 but the Windows 9x series was still pretty much DOS-based. I remember my last MS-DOS version was 6.22 before I switched to Windows 95. I think the last DOS version might have been version 8 which came with Windows ME although I've never come across any Microsoft documentation referring to such version. Just for fun, I still run my Lotus 123 version 2.4 spreadsheet and a couple other home-brewed programs from the 80s in my XP SP3 machine. Runs just fine under command prompt.

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6. August 1, 2011 7:59 AM
   

   Archean, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   I still run my Lotus 123 version 2.4 spreadsheet

   I still have quattro pro 4 buried somewhere on one of my PC's HDDs, although TBH I haven't used it in years, nor there seems to be any chance of it in near future.

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7. August 1, 2011 12:21 PM
   Guest said:

   There is absolutely no reason to use Windows XP today. So no its not really being used very much now.

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8. August 2, 2011 11:32 AM
   

   Night Hacker said:

   And after 30 years I still miss it. DOS was always my favourite operating system. You had to know what you were doing to use it, but as someone else stated, YOU were in full control, if there was a background process it was because YOU put it there.

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