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MS-DOS 1.0 was the
first version of MS-DOS operating systems series. It was based on Intel 8086 family
of microprocessors and introduced mainly for IBM computers.
MS-DOS was the widely
used operating system for IBM PC and its clones.
MS-DOS is a single-user,
single-tasking operating system with a command line user interface.
MS-DOS is very
small in size, which can be stored on a single floppy disk. It was one of the most
successful operating system at that time.
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Later MS-DOS 1.25,
MS-DOS 2.0, MS-DOS 3.0, MS-DOS 3.2, MS-DOS 3.3, MS-DOS 4.0, MS-DOS 4.01, MS-DOS
5.0, MS-DOS 6.0, MS-DOS 6.2, MS-DOS 6.21, MS-DOS 6.22 were released.
The last version
MS-DOS 6.22 was released in April 1994. MS-DOS is rarely used these days.
Windows with its Graphical User Interface, gradually replaced DOS for desktop computing.
But all Windows versions also had a command line user interface like MS-DOS along
with GUI.
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