DR-DOS

E217181
DOS-compatible operating system operating system

DR-DOS is a DOS-compatible operating system developed by Digital Research as an alternative to MS-DOS, known for its advanced memory management and multitasking features for IBM PC-compatible computers.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
DR-DOS canonical 6
Caldera OpenDOS 2
Novell DOS 2

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf DOS-compatible operating system ⓘ
operating system ⓘ
alternativeTo MS-DOS ⓘ
basedOn CP/M heritage (Digital Research lineage) ⓘ
bootMethod bootable from floppy disk ⓘ
bootable from hard disk ⓘ
compatibleWith MS-DOS applications ⓘ
MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form: PC DOS
competesWith MS-DOS ⓘ
MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form: PC DOS
developer Digital Research ⓘ
era 1980s operating systems ⓘ
1990s operating systems ⓘ
feature CONFIG.SYS enhancements ⓘ
EMS memory support ⓘ
XMS memory support ⓘ
advanced memory management ⓘ
batch file support ⓘ
built-in disk compression (in some versions) ⓘ
command-line interface ⓘ
disk caching ⓘ
load-high device drivers ⓘ
memory optimization tools ⓘ
multitasker for DOS applications ⓘ
multitasking ⓘ
task switching ⓘ
upper memory block management ⓘ
genre microcomputer operating system ⓘ
kernelType monolithic kernel ⓘ
license proprietary software ⓘ
notableFor being a major MS-DOS competitor in the early 1990s ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily DOS ⓘ
originallyReleasedBy Digital Research ⓘ
platform IBM PC compatible ⓘ
surface form: IBM PC-compatible
succeededBy DR-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Caldera OpenDOS

DR-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Novell DOS
supports BIOS-based PC hardware ⓘ
File Allocation Table ⓘ
surface form: FAT file system

floppy disk drives ⓘ
hard disk drives ⓘ
protected mode ⓘ
real mode ⓘ
x86 architecture ⓘ
targetHardware IBM PC ⓘ
IBM PC-compatible computers ⓘ
userInterface command-line interface ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

CP/M → influenced → DR-DOS ⓘ
CP/M → successor → DR-DOS ⓘ
Concurrent DOS → successor → DR-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: DR Multiuser DOS
DR DOS → family → DR-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: DOS
DR DOS → originalName → DR-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: DR DOS 3.31
DR DOS → succeededBy → DR-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Novell DOS
DR DOS → succeededBy → DR-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caldera OpenDOS
DR DOS → succeededBy → DR-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: DR-DOS (Caldera / DeviceLogics era)
DR DOS → hasDerivative → DR-DOS ⓘ
this entity surface form: OpenDOS
DR-DOS → succeededBy → DR-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Novell DOS
DR-DOS → succeededBy → DR-DOS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Caldera OpenDOS
FreeCOM → compatibleWith → DR-DOS ⓘ
FDISK → runsOn → DR-DOS ⓘ
HIMEMX → designedFor → DR-DOS ⓘ
JEMM386 → compatibleWith → DR-DOS ⓘ