The MS-DOS Encyclopedia

by Ray Duncan

Book Overview

This is an unabridged paperback edition of The MS-DOS Encyclopedia. Features in the book include detailed, version-specified data plus articles by recognized experts covering specialized areas of MS-DOS for programming.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556151748
• ISBN13: 9781556151743
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 1600 Pages
• Weight: 5.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 7.5" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Great Historical Reference on MSDOS

It can't be denied - MSDOS ruled the PC world for almost two decades. This book shows the nuts and bolts of how the operating system worked. Ignore the stories about Bill Gates and the MS team - get the code that was written to run the computer. This book is great for hopeful computer scientists who want to write the next best operating system - while DOS was not the best code around, it sure performed some neat tricks with the x86 family of chips. If you're doing assembly language on the x86, get this as a reference to writing your own utility commands. INT21 - Rest in Peace...

Wonderful reference guide!

The MS-DOS encylopedia though outdated is a wonderful reference and a gives a great insight into DOS. Though DOS is no longer in vogue, it still is worth reading this book for the sheer knowledge that it provides.The IBM DOS Technical reference is the only book that even comes close to it in content and quality of content.Great for OS writers and people interested in the operating system that started it it all - DOS. In short it is a must have.