My journey with DOS started right from this book, which I read yesterday.
In 1995, or maybe starting in 1996, I began to learn about computers (during high school). Of course, it was the first time I saw and came into contact with a computer; before that, I had never even heard of a computer (well, that seems to be the case, I can't remember clearly)! At that time (during the three years of high school), I had learned about 20 hours of computer in total. It was the DOS operating system, but I can't remember what version it was. After learning, I almost didn't know what the computer was used for, except for typing on the keyboard and displaying words on the computer screen. (Was I slow to accept things or something? Adding up, I learned about 20 hours!)
During the four years of college, in the first year (September 1998), I studied computer basics. When practicing on the computer, I started using DOS first (and it seemed that win98 was also installed). (The textbook for our computer basics course didn't seem to mention the win9x operating system, and later a manual for using win95 was issued. I still didn't understand the computer, didn't know what it was. Instead, I saw that classmates learned from senior students how to find Super Mario to play. Because I was afraid to ask others for help, I didn't learn to play it, and during the computer practice, I just fiddled around randomly.
In the second year of college, I studied VF. At that time, the computer labs in the school generally used the windows9x system, and I learned a little about the use of win98. After learning, I only recognized the shortcut icons on the desktop, but didn't know what to do with this and how to use it. (I was very not serious when learning this at that time, or maybe my brain was slow. Hehe) This year I started to surf the Internet, and gradually used the computer more. There were a few classmates around who bought computers. Just in the first two years of college, I also occasionally tried to learn more about computers, and I also bought a DOS textbook. I couldn't read it down, didn't know why. However, the average time I used the computer was 1 hour every three days.
In the third year of college, after surfing the Internet, I almost forgot about DOS. I could use the word in the computer to do homework and take it to the printing room to print it out. I browsed web pages, chatted on the Internet, downloaded books to read, posted on BBS and so on. Besides that, I was afraid of the computer. Up to this point, I had taken two other courses related to computers, "Analysis and Design of Management Information Systems" and "Electronic Commerce".
In the fourth year of college, I surfed the Internet more frequently, but my use didn't exceed the previous ability, at most I became more proficient. I couldn't even say the ABCs of the computer. Probably in this year or a little earlier, a relative's family who worked as an accountant in a middle school bought a computer and asked me some questions about word, excel and so on, and I was at a loss and couldn't answer. In this period, the time I contacted the computer was probably the sum of the previous times. In this period, occasionally in my mind I vaguely realized that there were some uses of the DOS operating system commands I had learned before, such as dir, copy.
After working, in 2003, I bought a computer. I took the initiative to understand the computer a little more and read some popular science books about computers. I had the understanding of the composition and working principle of the computer that was required for the computer basics course in the first year of college. I also learned to use many application software.
After having my own computer, immediately there were more problems with the computer, especially the problem of installing the operating system. Without any guidance from anyone, on the computer where the operating system had been installed, I had already installed the operating system three times (once win2k, twice winxp). It was exactly yesterday that the idea of being more proficient in installing the operating system came to me. I found several articles guiding the installation of the operating system on the Internet, and it mentioned DOS, so I looked for articles about DOS again, and as a result, I found this textbook from Hong En Online. I practiced the basic commands again, and it was very interesting.
From today on, I will learn to use DOS more. Long live learning!