MS-DOS 6.2 - OS Specs Project
Information on MS-DOS 6.2 last updated 22nd October 2005
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Microsoft Corporation (USA) |
| Released | |
| Class | Desktop |
| Model | Monolithic kernel (I guess TSRs count as modular?) |
| Architecture | X86 (16-bit) |
| RAM limit | 1 MB? (640 k base + upper/high memory area) |
| Install media | Diskettes (3 I think) |
| Installed size | |
| Memory footprint | |
| Multi-programming | Task swapping via DOS Shell |
| Networking | Does Interlink count? ;) |
| Video | |
| Audio | |
| User model | Single user |
| User interface | CLI |
| User input | Keyboard |
| I/O | Floppy drive, IDE hard drives, parallel … |
| Development | C, BATCH, assembler |
| File format standards | Plain text |
| File systems | FAT12, FAT16 |
| Trivia | MS-DOS 6 was the first version of MS-DOS to come with a command for moving files. Prior to this, all you had was COPY and DELETE. Do you sense a trend starting here? |