MS-DOS 7
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MS-DOS 8[1] | |
Support status | |
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Unsupported as of July 11, 2006[2] |
MS-DOS 7 is a
Announcement
After the release of MS-DOS 6, Microsoft
New features
MS-DOS 7.0 adds support for
MS-DOS 7.1 adds
MS-DOS 7.x adds support for running the graphical interface of Windows 9x,[10] which cannot be run on older MS-DOS releases. Even though VER command usually shows the Windows version, the MS-DOS version is also officially mentioned in other places. For example, Windows 95 OSR2 or Windows 98's VMM32.VXD
file (renamed to VMM32.EXE
) cannot be run directly on an earlier version of MS-DOS, or it will prompt the user to upgrade MS-DOS to version 7.1
or higher. In the case of Windows 95 RTM, the version number 7.0
is displayed in place of 7.1
.
Overview
According to Caldera which sold DR-DOS, Windows 95 is not one integrated software product, but rather a combination of two products, MS-DOS 7.0 and Windows 4.0, packaged together to look as a single product. Though MS-DOS 7.0 and Windows 4.0 could be readily segregated and marketed as different products, Microsoft stopped marketing Windows and MS-DOS separately with the release of Windows 95.[15]
A major difference from earlier versions of
C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
subdirectory, and is loaded prior to the loading of the GUI system. More importantly, the DOS system, which handles files and disk partitioning, manages the disk storage system.[10] Moreover, while IO.SYS is the kernel file of MS-DOS 7, JO.SYS is an alternate filename for IO.SYS that is used for "specific purposes" in MS-DOS 7. JO.SYS supports booting from a CD-ROM drive or a hard disk.[14]Reception
At Microsoft's 1994 preannouncement, the stripped down Windows 4.0 with MS-DOS 7 was expected to be "at the expense of Windows NT" as the biggest competitor of the much more featureful and resource-consuming Windows NT.[8]
See also
References
- ISBN 978-3826613135.
- ^ "Obsolete Products Life-Cycle Policy". Support. Microsoft. July 30, 2009. Archived from the original on July 6, 2006. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
- ^ Information about MS-DOS 7.0
- ^ "Name That DOS". DOS World. Vol. 25. 1996 [1996-01]. p. 4. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- ^ ISBN 9780789725738.
- ISBN 978-1565924864.
- ^ Dvorak, John C. (September 13, 1994). "DOS is Alive, and, Well..." PCMag. Ziff Davis, Inc. p. 93. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ a b Lindquist, Christopher (April 9, 1993). "Windows success could limit NT". Computerworld. IDG Enterprise. p. 2. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ Kirshna's Computers and Languages. Krishna Prakashan. p. 109.
- ^ a b c Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection for Windows. O'Reilly Media. 2001. p. 76.
- ISBN 9788121940474.
- ISBN 9780789719126.
- ISBN 9780080486994.
- ^ a b "MS DOS Operating System". Academia. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ Antitrust Law Journal, Volume 68. Resource Systems Institute, East West Center. p. 1044.
- ^ MsDos 7.0 from Windows 95/98
- ^ "What was the role of MS-DOS in Windows 95?". The Old New Thing. December 24, 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2021.
- ^ The Complete Guide to Windows Server 2008. Pearson Education. 2008. p. 30.
Further reading
- Kantaris, Noel; Oliver, Phil (1998). Windows 98 Explained. Bernard Babani Publishing. ISBN 978-0859344562.
- Brown, Bruce; Kratofil, Bruce; Smith, Nigel R. M. (1995). The Windows 95 Bug Collection. Addison-Wesley Longman. ISBN 978-0201489958.
- Sammes, A. J.; Sammes, Tony; Jenkinson, Brian (2000). Forensic Computing – A Practitioner's Guide. Springer. ISBN 978-1852332990.