MS-DOS

Example Sentences

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But IBM did license its MS-DOS operating system for the 1981 PC, figuring it might sell 200,000 units over the life of the product.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

Microsoft and Apple have their own disk formatting systems, but Apple can read MS-DOS, while Windows cannot read any Apple file systems.

From Washington Post • Jul. 30, 2021

Released on Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and MS-DOS, it made use of Spider-Man’s web-swinging ability, and had some amusing character animations, but it effectively served as an uninspired sequel to Doctor Doom’s Revenge!

From The Verge • Aug. 31, 2018

Thanks to the creators of DOSBox, I still get to enjoy the MS-DOS games I played 20 years ago that took up big portions of the 40-megabyte hard drive on my old 286 PC.

From Slate • Jul. 24, 2017

Unfortunately, this site uses incredibly long file names — so long they may scroll off the end of your screen if you are using an MS-DOS or certain other computers.

From Big Dummy's Guide to the Internet by Electronic Frontier Foundation