On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, TeoZ wrote:
> What was the first usable DOS for systems with hard drives? I didnt start
> using DOS until 3.x.
There were third party hard drives (with special add-on software) since
1.xx. (PC-DOS 1.00 and 1.10, MS-DOS 1.25) Somewhere, I still have a
Tallgrass external drive.
2.00 was the first to directly support hard drives, along with
hierarchical subdirectories, etc.
2.1x was INTENDED to be customizable. (laptops, different drives, etc.)
3.xx added support for path in executution (you could run a program that
was in a different directory than the one that you were in)
3.10 added the undocumented network redirector, which was also necessary
for the way that they implemented CD-ROMs. (The CD-ROM was seen as being a
VERY local network)
Each one also added additional floppy formats.
> What was the first usable DOS
still waiting.
But 6.2x was my favorite, since it was the ONLY time that MICROS~1 EVER
released ANY product where the primary design goal was increased
reliability, instead of adding features.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin_at_xenosoft.com
Received on Wed Jul 23 2003 - 12:17:00 BST