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MS-DOS version 1.0

beansbaxter

beansbaxter

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Anyone know, or have any suggestions, on where I could get Microsoft MS-DOS version 1.0? All help here would be greatly appreciated. It's been listed as free domain software by Microsoft so its completely legal to be distributed now.
 
You DON'T want to use DOS 1.0. Features you take for granted (like support for hard drives...that was only available in 2.0!) are absent. You can use double-sided or double-density diskettes. The concept of subdirectories didn't exist. I've got some floppies with DOS 2.x and 3.x on it (go to along with an XT, naturally!) and it's not something I would ever think of touching again. I still use the command prompt on a regular basis (for example, you can change the extension of a thousand EXE files to BAK for backup purposes before overwriting files...there's no fast way to do this in Windows Explorer), but it's not something I do for the sake of doing it.

Oh and I've also used Windows 2.0, and I can't believe how ghetto it is. For example, there's no way to browse your directories in dialog boxes, so you have to know the exact path you want before opening or saving a file. This is EXTREMELY annoying. I could still go back to Windows 3.1 (the concept of a Program Manager is very strange after using the Windows 95-based GUI), but going to earlier versions is an exercise in futility.
 
Originally posted by: tritium4ever
You DON'T want to use DOS 1.0. Features you take for granted (like support for hard drives...that was only available in 2.0!) are absent. You can use double-sided or double-density diskettes. The concept of subdirectories didn't exist. I've got some floppies with DOS 2.x and 3.x on it (go to along with an XT, naturally!) and it's not something I would ever think of touching again. I still use the command prompt on a regular basis (for example, you can change the extension of a thousand EXE files to BAK for backup purposes before overwriting files...there's no fast way to do this in Windows Explorer), but it's not something I do for the sake of doing it.

Oh and I've also used Windows 2.0, and I can't believe how ghetto it is. For example, there's no way to browse your directories in dialog boxes, so you have to know the exact path you want before opening or saving a file. This is EXTREMELY annoying. I could still go back to Windows 3.1 (the concept of a Program Manager is very strange after using the Windows 95-based GUI), but going to earlier versions is an exercise in futility.
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I doubt he wants it to put on a new computer he is using. He probably wants it for some other reason (curiosity maybe?).
 
Version 1.0 also only recognizes 160K floppies, 320s didn't hit the scene until later PCs, and, um, I think version 1.1.

2.0 came out with the XT.

3.0 came out with the AT.

Sometime after the AT, "high res" video cameout (640X480, 16 color). You could pay ~US$4500.00 and get "Professional Graphics" (~2000.00 for the monitor, ~2500.00 for the graphics card) which I think was still 640x480, but did 16K colors (versus 320x200, 8 colors - CGA).

The other limitations that'd probably collar someone who grew up "GUI" would be the 8.3 naming convention (8 characters to the left of the decimal, 3 to the right).

Those were the days. You actually had to have a clue to use a computer.......

FWIW

Scott
 
Actually you still need a clue to use a computer. Witness the thousands of people who indiscriminately delete important system files without a second thought. Actually it's now easier to screw up since the OS is easier to use and there's so many settings that could cause problems if they're not set right.
 
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