Lol DOS

by **hellow533** on Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:40 pm ([msg=53796]see Lol DOS[/msg])

I found out that my dad's business partner still uses DOS, and was wondering this.

Is dos now the equivalent to command prompt?

by **wesley205** on Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:56 am ([msg=53824]see Re: Lol DOS[/msg])

oh, wow lol. I believe it is.

by **Goatboy** on Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:26 am ([msg=53839]see Re: Lol DOS[/msg])

There are certainly some differences. DOS is a a category of operating system, albeit a very old and simple one (compared to today). MS-DOS was the Microsoft version, although there were several others. Since it did more than run commands (dir, cls, etc.) which is what the command prompt does, I'd say they are different.

On a somewhat related note, some machines at one of the buildings my dad inspects still use MS-DOS to run their security system.

by **thetan** on Fri Feb 25, 2011 11:56 pm ([msg=54296]see Re: Lol DOS[/msg])

Free-DOS is pretty cool ( http://www.freedos.org/ ) i used to use Free-DOS to PXE boot over LAN some boot strapped DOS programs such as Norton Ghost when i got my first Systems Administration gig ..... god i sooooo don't miss being a systems administrator.

by **Mars7411** on Mon Oct 31, 2011 12:23 am ([msg=62710]see Re: Lol DOS[/msg])

DOS is still in use today, right?

Mars7411 wrote:DOS is still in use today, right?

hellow533 wrote:I found out that my dad's business partner still uses DOS, and was wondering this.

Is dos now the equivalent to command prompt?

by **mShred** on Mon Oct 31, 2011 1:05 pm ([msg=62719]see Re: Lol DOS[/msg])

Mars7411 wrote:DOS is still in use today, right?

Try to not necro old threads.. No need in reviving it.