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==History==
==History==
[[Seattle Computer Products]] released [[86-DOS]] in August [[1980]]. It was licensed and then purchased by [[Microsoft]]. The first versions of this operating system and its successors were heavily based on the [[CP/M]] operating system.
[[Tim Paterson]] developed an operating system for [[Seattle Computer Products]] based heavily on [[CP/M]]. The company released two versions of QDOS in July and August [[1980]]. The latter was followed up by a version named 86-DOS, which was also released in August 1980.  


[[Microsoft]] extended 86-DOS into [[PC DOS]] for [[IBM]] on August 12, [[1981]].
It was then licensed by [[Microsoft]]. Seattle Computer Products developed twelve versions of Q-DOS that were licensed by Microsoft and sublicensed to IBM through Microsoft from November 15, 1980, to May 12, 1981.


In [[1982]], [[Microsoft]] began releasing it as MS-DOS while IBM continued to release it as PC DOS. The first version to be published by both companies was PC DOS 1.10 which was the basis for MS-DOS 1.24.
Microsoft then purchased Q-DOS when version 1.10 was released on July 21, 1981. It was released under MS-DOS after its purchase by Microsoft.
 
Microsoft licensed 86-DOS 1.10 to [[IBM]], which released it as PC DOS 1.0 on August 12, [[1981]].


==Versions==
==Versions==

Revision as of 00:24, 12 August 2023

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PC DOS 1.0
Developer Microsoft
Publisher IBM
Platforms x86
Released PC DOS 1.0: August 12, 1981
MS-DOS 1.24: March 1982
PC-DOS 1.10: May 7, 1982
MS-DOS/Z-DOS 1.01: May, 1983
TI BOOT V. 1.13: August 1983
Compaq-DOS 1.12: November 1983
Z-DOS 1.19: 1983
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PC DOS 1.0 is the first iteration of the PC DOS product line by Microsoft and IBM. It was extended into MS-DOS, which itself was the basis for operating systems packaged by Compaq, Texas Instruments, and Zenith.

History

Tim Paterson developed an operating system for Seattle Computer Products based heavily on CP/M. The company released two versions of QDOS in July and August 1980. The latter was followed up by a version named 86-DOS, which was also released in August 1980.

It was then licensed by Microsoft. Seattle Computer Products developed twelve versions of Q-DOS that were licensed by Microsoft and sublicensed to IBM through Microsoft from November 15, 1980, to May 12, 1981.

Microsoft then purchased Q-DOS when version 1.10 was released on July 21, 1981. It was released under MS-DOS after its purchase by Microsoft.

Microsoft licensed 86-DOS 1.10 to IBM, which released it as PC DOS 1.0 on August 12, 1981.

Versions

PC DOS version 1.0 was released on August 12, 1981.

PC DOS 1.10 was the basis for MS-DOS 1.24, which were both released in 1982.

1983 saw MS-DOS 1.25, which was the basis for DOS distributions by manufacturers other than IBM. It was used as the basis for a DOS by Compaq as Compaq-DOS 1.12, by Texas Instruments as TI BOOT V. 1.13, by Zenith as Z-DOS 1.01 and 1.19. These were also alternately packaged as MS-DOS 1.01.