Peter Norton's Complete Guide to DOS 6.22

by Peter Norton

Book Overview

This classic bestseller uses a clear, friendly style to introduce beginners to the DOS shell and DOS commands. For more advanced users, Norton Notes and other tips are included to bring them to a new... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067230614X
• ISBN13: 9780672306143
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Sams
• Length: 1200 Pages
• Weight: 5.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Exellent from the Master.

If you like seeing what makes things tick, Norton is the Author for you. If you have interest in programming but don't want to jump in with both feet, Try this first. Get this book, open Notepad (as editor), make some batch command files then decide. GREAT BOOK !! FOR ALL INTERESTED IN HIGH SPEED EXECUTION, & MORE. I FEEL THIS IS INVALUABLE TO PRO AND NOVICE ALIKE, ALSO A GREAT REFERENCE FOR FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVING. (a CLASSIC)

Excellent

This is an excellent book for users of all levels. The book starts out very very basic describing hardware and software and there inter relation, and moves gradually to more advanced topics. As stated before the book is not full of poor and forced jokes, but the wording makes for very easy reading. The only jargon in the book is well defined and reinforced in the text. Keep in mind that this book was written when the 486 and Pentium 90 were top end processors of the day, and windows had just emerged from the daunted and mercy depths of which it came, but hey its DOS, and it has not changed, but some of the driver and hardware information is antiquated and of no use. If you buy and read this book you will be very proficient at DOS and a much better Microsoft based systems user, and very efficient at scripting. A tip to those of you trying to print through USB or as was my case IP printers. DOS prints to LPT1 port automatically, and will simply drop the command even if it does not work. The trick is to to go to your printer properties and select "pool printing" it is a check box in XP... once you have that checked, put checks next to the LPT1 port and the port that should already be checked that your printer uses. It took me a long time to figure out how to do this... DOS can not be redirected to those ports for operations, so dont waste your time.

Great, and Very Complete

Peter Norton has done a great job explaining DOS 6.22. This book is not filled with jokes or stories and does a great job explaining everything in detail. It guides you along allowing you to practice all of the commands and techniques you will learn. It is written so any beginner can understand. For anyone who wants to learn DOS or basic computer management this is a great book.

Excellent Coverage Of Batch Files

I was looking for a book that provided in depth information about batch files and I found exactly what I was looking for. Peter Norton does an excellent job of explaining DOS in a simple to follow format. This is a must read for anyone involved in supporting end users, specially those who have used Windows exclusively and have very limited knowledge of DOS. Many of the concepts explained in this book are used today in different versions of Windows. It will help fill in the gaps when it comes to understanding and utilizing the command line, which is a must for any IT professional.

Worth buying just for the chapters on script writing

I cannot recommend this book enough to anyone who wants to learn the basics of computer management and script writing. Even if you never use any of the information about the various DOS commands and functions (although many of them apply to Windows 2000) the book is worth the purchase price for the chapters on writing batch files. Don't be fooled by the chapter titles -- while ostensibly teaching you how to write batch files this book is really providing the best overview of computer scripting I have ever found.I have owned this book for around 5 years and have never found a better source for the fundamental priciples of script writing. I rarely use batch files now, but the techniques Norton describes here are completely applicable to Windows and UNIX scripting languages like Autoit, WSH, and Bash. I have recommended this book, and others by Norton, to people trying to make the transition from causual user to computer expert.