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[[File:StartingMsdos.png|thumb|left|An example of example of MS-DOS's command lines.]] | [[File:StartingMsdos.png|thumb|left|An example of example of MS-DOS's command lines.]] | ||
'''MS-DOS''' (short for '''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is a text-based operating system released by {{wp|Microsoft}} in 1981. It uses text commands and keyboard shortcuts, inputted via keyboard, in a {{wp|computer terminal}}-like setting, to perform user-defined actions. It can interface with other hardware, such as a mouse, but only if installed programs support it. | '''MS-DOS''' (short for '''M'''icro'''s'''oft '''D'''isk '''O'''perating '''S'''ystem) is a text-based operating system released by {{wp|Microsoft}} in 1981. It uses text commands and keyboard shortcuts, inputted via keyboard, in a {{wp|computer terminal}}-like setting, to perform user-defined actions. It can interface with other hardware, such as a mouse, but only if installed programs support it. | ||
Starting with {{wp|Windows 1.0}}, it was an overlay that gave MS-DOS a {{wp|graphical user interface}}, but MS-DOS wasn't fully replaced until the {{wp|Windows NT}} line of {{wp|Microsoft Windows|Windows | Starting with {{wp|Windows 1.0}}, it was an overlay that gave MS-DOS a {{wp|graphical user interface}}, but MS-DOS wasn't fully replaced until the {{wp|Windows NT}} line of {{wp|Microsoft Windows|Windows operating systems}}(starting with the release of {{wp|Windows XP}} in 2001), although it retained {{wp|cmd.exe|Windows Command Prompt}} as a legacy feature. | ||
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Revision as of 22:59, January 31, 2018
MS-DOS (short for Microsoft Disk Operating System) is a text-based operating system released by Microsoft in 1981. It uses text commands and keyboard shortcuts, inputted via keyboard, in a computer terminal-like setting, to perform user-defined actions. It can interface with other hardware, such as a mouse, but only if installed programs support it.
Starting with Windows 1.0, it was an overlay that gave MS-DOS a graphical user interface, but MS-DOS wasn't fully replaced until the Windows NT line of Windows operating systems(starting with the release of Windows XP in 2001), although it retained Windows Command Prompt as a legacy feature.
Games
The only Mario games specifically developed for MS-DOS are the releases of these edutainment games:
- Mario Teaches Typing (1991)
- Super Mario Bros. Print World (1991)
- Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up (1992)
- Mario is Missing! (1992)
- Mario's Time Machine (1993)
- Mario's Early Years! CD-ROM Collection (1994)
- Mario's Game Gallery (1995)
- Mario Teaches Typing 2 (1996)
Also available are ports of classic Mario arcade games:
- Donkey Kong (1981)
- Mario Bros. (1983)
