Running MS-DOS

by Van Wolverton

Book Overview

Get the book that set the standard for all other MS-DOS(R) books--now celebrating its 20th anniversary! RUNNING MS-DOS is the best-selling guide to the operating system that changed personal computing... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556156332
• ISBN13: 9781556156335
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

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Thank you for your quick and prompt service the item was as said it arrived quicker than what was implied.

Happy Anniversary

14 years ago when I started in this industry DOS 3.2 was the Operating system I learned on and from there worked all the way up the Microsoft's final; release DOS 6.22. While I no longer used the OS I was impressed by the depth and diversity of this book. Covering just over 600 pages, 400 of which breakdown the 6.22 operating system. Taking you from the DIR, COPY and PRINT commands to the TREE, XCOPY and DEL commands. You have navigation tips and tricks to help you along the way and overall every command seems to be covered. Included in the learning and review process are screen shots so you can see what happens with the command. Finally the is 3 Appendices included, A is for overview of installation with DOS 3, 4 and 5. B is for the 150 plus term glossary and C is the 160 page command reference including syntax and examples. While most people have moved on this book can be a handy reference for future needs.

THE Reference Book for DOS

This book is simply the best reference source for MS-DOS. Easy to read and providing in-depth coverage of all DOS commands, this book covers version 6.22 as well as letting you know when a command first appeared and in what version of DOS.If you wanted only one book on DOS, this is the one!

Started my professional computer career with this book.

Best, easiest to understand and fun to read. This book more than any other laid the foundation for my understanding of computer science.Thank you Mr. Van Wolverton!P.S. Just buy it -- you will be glad you did.

Excellent Beginner Book

This book is full of hands-on exercises, accurate examples, and a very good starting point for those of us who still have to deal with MS-DOS. Even though many claim that DOS is gone, it is alive an kicking within Windows NT, Windows 95, and Windows 98, and only true experts of DOS receive a full appreciation of a command line and automated tasks that DOS environment offers over GUI.