The History of DOS, Part 6 - China DOS Union Forum - China DOS Union

Sender: ccccccc (Big Mouth★BBS Syndrome), Board: DOS
Title: The History of DOS, Part 6
Posted from: BBS Shuimu Tsinghua Station (Thu May 20 01:16:59 1999)

Sender: dos (Little White Rabbit), Board: DOS
Title: The History of DOS, Part 6
Posted from: Yixian Shikong Yat-sen Channel (Sun Apr 4 10:33:40 1999), on-site mail

In 1988, Microsoft released DOS version 4.0. This version broke through the 32MB disk partition limit. In version 4.0,
the partition size could reach 512MB. In addition, DOS 4.O provided a menu-driven shell program,
allowing users to select files with menus, or use the mouse to select files. DOS 4.0 also introduced the MEM command; this command not
only let users display the amount of conventional memory in their computer, it could also display the amount of expanded and extended memory. In addition, version 4.0
also modified multiple commands so they could use memory more efficiently.
Early DOS 4.0 versions had some defects and received rather poor reviews. To make up for these defects, Microsoft released version 4.01.
However, most users and many manufacturers did not decide to upgrade to DOS 4.

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Sender: ccccccc (Big Mouth★BBS Syndrome), Board: DOS Title: The History of DOS, Part 6 Posted from: BBS Shuimu Tsinghua Station (Thu May 20 01:16:59 1999) Sender: dos (Little White Rabbit), Board: DOS Title: The History of DOS, Part 6 Posted from: Yixian Shikong Yat-sen Channel (Sun Apr 4 10:33:40 1999), on-site mail In 1988, Microsoft released DOS version 4.0. This version broke through the 32MB disk partition limit. In version 4.0, the partition size could reach 512MB. In addition, DOS 4.O provided a menu-driven shell program, allowing users to select files with menus, or use the mouse to select files. DOS 4.0 also introduced the MEM command; this command not only let users display the amount of conventional memory in their computer, it could also display the amount of expanded and extended memory. In addition, version 4.0 also modified multiple commands so they could use memory more efficiently. Early DOS 4.0 versions had some defects and received rather poor reviews. To make up for these defects, Microsoft released version 4.01. However, most users and many manufacturers did not decide to upgrade to DOS 4. -- ※ Source:·BBS Shuimu Tsinghua Station bbs.net.tsinghua.edu.cn· (This article was copied using the S-Term article copy script) ==================================================