PTS-DOS

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PTS-DOS
Closed source
Initial release1993; 31 years ago (1993)
Latest releasePTS-DOS 32
Platformsx86
Kernel typeMonolithic kernel
Influenced byMS-DOS
Default
user interface		Command-line interface (COMMAND.COM)
LicenseProprietary
Official websitephystechsoft.ru/pts-dos
Paragon Technology Systems
PTS/DOS 6.51CD & S/DOS 1.0

PTS-DOS (aka PTS/DOS) is a

Paragon Technology Systems
.

History and versions

PhysTechSoft was formed in 1991 in

MS-DOS 6.2
in November 1993.

In 1995, some programmers left PhysTechSoft and founded

military secrets
law.

PhysTechSoft continued development on their own and released PTS-DOS v6.6 somewhere between[3] and presented PTS-DOS v6.65 at the CeBIT exhibition in 1997.[2] The next version from PhysTechSoft, formally PTS/DOS Extended Version 6.70[4] was labeled PTS-DOS 2000 and is still being distributed as a last 16-bit PTS-DOS system, as of 2007.

Paragon continued their PTS-DOS line and released Paragon DOS Pro 2000 (also known and labeled in some places as PTS/DOS Pro 2000). According to Paragon, this was the last version and all development since then ceased. Moreover, this release contained bundled source code of older PTS-DOS v6.51.[4]

Later, PhysTechSoft continued developing PTS-DOS and finally released PTS-DOS 32, formally known as PTS-DOS v7.0,

FAT32 file system
.

PTS-DOS is certified by the

Russian Ministry of Defense.[5]

Commands

The following list of commands are supported by PTS-DOS 2000 Pro.[6]

  • APPEND
  • ASK
  • ASSIGN
  • ATTR
  • BEEP
  • BREAK
  • CALL
  • CD
  • CHDIR
  • CHKDSK
  • CHOICE
  • CLS
  • COMMAND
  • COPY
  • CTTY
  • DATE
  • DEBUG
  • DEL
  • DIR
  • DISKCOPY
  • DISP
  • ECHO
  • ECHONLF
  • ERASE
  • EXE2BIN
  • EXIT
  • FDISK
  • FIND
  • FOR
  • FORMAT
  • GOTO
  • HISTORY
  • IF
  • JOIN
  • KEYB
  • LABEL
  • LOADFIX
  • MD
  • MEM
  • MKDIR
  • MKZOMBIE
  • MODE
  • MORE
  • NLSFUNC
  • PATH
  • PAUSE
  • PRINT
  • PROMPT
  • RD
  • RDZOMBIE
  • REM
  • REN
  • RENAME
  • REPLACE
  • RMDIR
  • SET
  • SETDRV
  • SETVER
  • SHARE
  • SHIFT
  • SORT
  • SUBST
  • SYS
  • TIME
  • TREE
  • TYPE
  • UNINSTALL
  • VER
  • VERIFY
  • VOL

Exclusive commands

UNINSTALL

This command is specific to PTS/DOS 2000.[7] Paragon's description is (quote)

  • Purpose: Restores the booting of a system installed before PTS-DOS on the disk and restores its the boot sector.
  • Syntax: UNINSTALL filename [drive:]

Hardware requirements

See also

References

  1. ^ "MS-DOS-Clone made in Russia". Computerwoche. 1994-05-06. Retrieved 2015-04-12.
  2. ^ a b Official PhysTechSoft site: About PhysTechSoft
  3. ^ a b Unofficial PTS-DOS FAQ in English
  4. ^ a b c Unofficial PTS-DOS FAQ in German
  5. ^ Official PhysTechSoft site: Operating System PTS-DOS 2000
  6. Paragon Technology GmbH. 1999. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  7. ^ "PTS DOS 2000 Pro User Manual" (PDF).

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