An optional user interface that let users operate DOS from menus rather than the command line. The DOS Shell came with DOS 4.01 and was completely revised in DOS 5. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ...

A friend threw this at me, he heard it on *two* talk shows, and one was a computer talk show. The computer person said XP was just an advanced DOS shell. The logic was that since you can run even old ...

The Config.sys is the main configuration file used by OS/2, MS-DOS and other operating systems. Config.sys commands loads programs into the memory and sets ups the memory management of the system. The ...

In context: Back in 1980, Tim Paterson was creating a new operating system he called QDOS or Quick and Dirty Operating System. The system was later renamed 86-DOS, as it was being designed to run on ...