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Special Forums Windows & DOS: Issues & Discussions Anatomy of DOS Post 302599645 by methyl on Friday 17th of February 2012 05:19:08 PM
Old 02-17-2012
On the Google front, it's spelt "MS-DOS".
MS-DOS - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There is extensive to the point of exhaustive documentation available from Microsoft.
Just use Google Advanced Search and the term "MS-DOS" confined to the domain "microsoft.com".
One hit is this overview of the MS-DOS Command Prompt in Windows XP:
Microsoft Corporation

After you break out to the Command Prompt with Start/Run/cmd, just type "help" to get a list of available commands. You can then get further help with "commandname /?" or "help commandname".

Hope this will get you started.


Ps: If you want to see everything which is on the C:\ partition from the MS-DOS Command Prompt in Windows XP:
Code:
dir c:\ /s /p

On a mature Windows XP system there will be over 100,000 files.
Enjoy.

Pps. Finding all the disc partitions (where there is more than one) is easier with the standard Windows "My Computer" link to "Windows Explorer".

Last edited by methyl; 02-17-2012 at 06:32 PM.. Reason: evolving post
 

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bsod(6x)							XScreenSaver manual							  bsod(6x)

NAME
bsod - Blue Screen of Death emulator SYNOPSIS
bsod [-display host:display.screen] [-foreground color] [-background color] [-window] [-root] [-mono] [-install] [-visual visual] [-delay seconds] [-fps] DESCRIPTION
The bsod program is the finest in personal computer emulation. bsod steps through a set of screens, each one a recreation of a different failure mode of an operating system. Systems depicted include Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, MS-DOS, AmigaDOS 1.3, Linux, SCO UNIX, BSD UNIX, HPUX, Solaris, Tru64, VMS, HVX/GCOS6, IBM OS/390, OS/2, MacOS (MacsBug, Bomb, Sad Mac, and OSX), Atari ST, Apple ][+, and NCD X Terminals. OPTIONS
bsod accepts the following options: -window Draw on a newly-created window. This is the default. -root Draw on the root window. -mono If on a color display, pretend we're on a monochrome display. -install Install a private colormap for the window. -visual visual Specify which visual to use. Legal values are the name of a visual class, or the id number (decimal or hex) of a specific visual. -delay delay The delay between displaying one crash and another. -only which Tell it to run only one mode, e.g., -only HPUX. -fps Display the current frame rate and CPU load. ENVIRONMENT
DISPLAY to get the default host and display number. XENVIRONMENT to get the name of a resource file that overrides the global resources stored in the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. X RESOURCES
Notable X resources supported include the following, which control which hacks are displayed and which aren't. doWindows, doNT, doWin2K, doAmiga, doMac, doMac1, doMacsBug, doMacX, doSCO, doAtari, doBSD, doLinux, doSparcLinux, doHPPALinux, doBlitDamage, doSolaris, doHPUX, doApple2, doOS390, doTru64, doVMS, doMSDOS, doOS2, doHVX, and doATM. Each of these is a Boolean resource, they all default to true, except for doAtari, doBSD, doSparcLinux, and doHPPALinux, which are turned off by default, because they're really not all that interesting looking unless you're a fan of those systems. There are command-line options for all of these: e.g., -bsd, -no-bsd. (Also note the -only option.) BUGS
Unlike the systems being simulated, bsod does not require a reboot after running. SEE ALSO
X(1), xscreensaver(1), http://www.microsoft.com/, http://www.apple.com/, http://www.sco.com/, http://www.kernel.org/, and http://www.amiga.de/. TRADEMARKS
Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 95, and Microsoft Windows NT are all registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Apple Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer. Amiga is a registered trademark of Amiga International, Inc. Atari ST is probably a trade- mark, too, but it's hard to tell who owns it. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds, but it isn't his fault. OS/2 is a regis- tered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 1998-2003 by Jamie Zawinski. Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting documentation. No representations are made about the suitability of this software for any purpose. It is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. No animals were harmed during the testing of these simula- tions. Always mount a scratch monkey. AUTHOR
Concept cribbed from Stephen Martin <smartin@mks.com>. This version is by Jamie Zawinski <jwz@jwz.org>, with contributions from many oth- ers. X Version 11 5.15 (28-Sep-2011) bsod(6x)
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