DOS commands and usage

[glassca]

Are there any guides or reading material I online or in print I can find to understand and learn DOS?

 

[Scotsdude]

http://www.computerhope.com/msdos.htm

is a good place to start.
If you've got any in-depth questions, you can always ask here

Scotsdude

 

[gbaughma]

Best would be to see if you can find an old MS-DOS 6.2 reference manual.

Just about any "computer junk" store should have one hanging around.



Just my 2¢

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[ceh4702]

I have a DOS 6.1 Manual at home and it is like 5 inches thick. Microsoft owns pattents on some DOS versions. Maybe they have a manual online. My manual was a commercial book by a third party.

DOS could be Microsoft, Tandy, or some other like IBM, or Freeware DOS. When I think of DOS, I think mostly of Microsoft DOS, but there are many versions of DOS. Since DOS is an acronym, which is Disk Operating System, that is just a generic term.

If you read the book Accidental Empires by Robert X. Cringely you can get a lot if info on this subject.

http://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Em...ef=sr_1_1/103-7751561-0633466?ie=UTF8&s=books

This book is a little dated but I like it a lot.

You could do a search for DOS 7.0 or something like that.





If you do not like my post feel free to point out your opinion or my errors.

 

[glassca]

This is why I love this site and the forums. Awesome information! Thank you all,