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- Available in
- English, older versions also in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese
- Default user interface
- Command-line interface (COMMAND.COM)
- Developer
- Digital Research · Novell · Caldera · DeviceLogics · Whitehorn Ltd. Co.
- Initial release
- May 28, 1988; 38 years ago (1988-05-28)
- Kernel type
- Monolithic kernel
- Latest release
- 9.0.648 / May 2, 2026; 3 months ago (2026-05-02)
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Overview
- Disk operating system
- IBM PC compatibles IBM PC compatible
- Gary A. Kildall
- Digital Research
- Concurrent PC DOS
- CP/M-86
- Compatible Binary compatibility
- IBM PC DOS
- MS-DOS
- Retail
- Microsoft
- Graphical user interface
- ViewMAX
- Novell
- Caldera Caldera (company)
- Open-source
- Desktops Desktop computer
- DeviceLogics
History
- CP/M
- Intel 8080
- Z80 Zilog Z80
- Intel 8086
- 8088 Intel 8088
- IBM PC
- IBM
- X86
- 86-DOS
- Seattle Computer Products
- CP/M 2.2
- Basic Disk Operating System
- US$ United States dollar
- MP/M-86
- Concurrent CP/M-86
- Concurrent DOS 3.1
- Multiuser DOS
- REAL/32
- DOS Plus 1.0
- 2.1 DOS Plus 2.1
- Concurrent DOS 4.1
- 5.0 Concurrent DOS 5.0
- Pacific Grove Pacific Grove, California
- Monterey Monterey, California
- Newbury Newbury, Berkshire
- Concurrent DOS 386
- XM Concurrent DOS XM
- Hungerford Hungerford, Berkshire
- Munich
- OEMs Original equipment manufacturer
Controversies
Commands
- TRUENAME
- Internal Shell builtin
- Commands Command (computing)
- APPEND APPEND (DOS command)
- BREAK BREAK (DOS command)
- CD CD (DOS command)
- CHCP CHCP (DOS command)
- CHDIR CHDIR (DOS command)
- CLS CLS (DOS command)
- COPY COPY (DOS command)
- CTTY CTTY (DOS command)
- DATE DATE (DOS command)
- DEL DEL (DOS command)
- DELQ DELQ (DOS command)
- DIR DIR (DOS command)
- ERA ERA (DOS command)
- ERAQ ERAQ (DOS command)
- ERASE ERASE (DOS command)
- EXIT EXIT (DOS command)
- HILOAD HILOAD (DOS command)
- IDLE IDLE (DOS command)
- MD MD (DOS command)
- MKDIR MKDIR (DOS command)
- MORE MORE (DOS command)
- PATH PATH (DOS command)
- PROMPT PROMPT (DOS command)
- RD RD (DOS command)
- REN REN (DOS command)
- RENAME RENAME (DOS command)
- RMDIR RMDIR (DOS command)
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Important terminology
dos dr novell digital version system research ms-dos pc support also caldera inc operating bdos new memory kernel internal versions
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
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| DR-DOS | Available in | English, older versions also in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | Default user interface | Command-line interface (COMMAND.COM) | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | Developer | Digital Research | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | Developer | Novell | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | Developer | Caldera | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | Developer | DeviceLogics | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | Developer | Whitehorn Ltd. Co. | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | Initial release | May 28, 1988; 38 years ago (1988-05-28) | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | Kernel type | Monolithic kernel | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | Latest release | 9.0.648 / May 2, 2026; 3 months ago (2026-05-02) | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | License | Proprietary | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | Official website | dr-dos.com | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | OS family | DOS | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | Source model | Mixed; primarily closed-source, some versions open-source | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | Supported platforms | x86 | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | Working state | In active development | 1.00 | infobox |
| DR-DOS | is a | disk operating system for IBM PC compatibles | 0.90 | text |
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