List of disk operating systems called DOS

This is a list of disk operating system (DOS) variants with DOS in their name. Many are (or where in the day of DOS) called simply DOS within the context of their respective community.

For IBM PC compatible systems

Main article: DOS

• MS-DOS (since 1981), Microsoft operating system based on 86-DOS for x86-based personal computers
• IBM PC DOS (since 1981), rebranded OEM version of MS-DOS sold by IBM. Identical or almost identical to MS-DOS until PC DOS version 6
• DR-DOS (since 1988), MS-DOS-compatible operating system originally developed by Digital Research
• ROM-DOS (1989), MS-DOS clone by Datalight
• PTS-DOS (since 1993), MS-DOS clone developed in Russia by PhysTechSoft
• FreeDOS (since 1998), open source MS-DOS clone

For other x86 systems

• 86-DOS (a.k.a. QDOS, created 1980), an operating system developed by Seattle Computer Products for its 8086-based S-100 computer kit, heavily inspired by CP/M
• Concurrent DOS (a.k.a. CDOS, Concurrent PC DOS and CPCDOS) (since 1983), a CP/M-86 and MS-DOS 2.11 compatible multiuser, multitasking DOS, based on Concurrent CP/M-86 developed by Digital Research
• DOS Plus (since 1985), a PC DOS and CP/M-86 compatible multitasking operating system for early x86-based personal computers, based on Concurrent PC DOS 4.1/5.0 by Digital Research
• Multiuser DOS (a.k.a. MDOS), a PC DOS and CP/M-86 compatible multiuser multitasking operating system based on Concurrent DOS by Digital Research
• NetWare PalmDOS, a successor of DR DOS 6.0 specifically tailored for early mobile and palmtop PCs by Novell
• Novell DOS, a multitasking successor of DR DOS 6.0 by Novell
• OpenDOS, a successor of Novell DOS by Caldera

For the Atari 8-bit computers

• Atari DOS, from Atari, Inc.
• DOS XL, from Optimized Systems Software
• MyDOS^[1]
• SmartDOS^[1]
• SpartaDOS
• SpartaDOS X
• TOP-DOS^[1]
• Turbo-DOS

For other platforms

• AmigaDOS, disk operating system portion of AmigaOS
• AMSDOS, for Amstrad CPC compatibles
• ANDOS, operating system for the Russian Electronika BK
• Apple DOS, operating system for the Apple II series from late 1978 through early 1983
• Apple ProDOS, name for both ProDOS 8 for the Apple II and ProDOS 16 for the Apple IIGS
• Commodore DOS, for Commodore's 8-bit computers
• Cromemco DOS (CDOS), a CP/M-like operating system
• CSI-DOS, for the Soviet Elektronika BK computers
• DOS (Diskette Operating System), a small OS for 16-bit Data General Nova computers, a cut-down version of their RDOS.
• DEC BATCH-11/DOS-11, the first operating system to run on the PDP-11 minicomputer
• Delta DOS, third party option from Premier Microsystems for the Dragon 32/64
• DIP DOS, the operating system of the Atari Portfolio
• DOS/360, 1966 IBM System/360 mainframe computer Disk Operating System
• DragonDOS, for the Dragon 32/64
• GEMDOS, one of the components of Atari TOS
• IDOS, for the Ivel Ultra Apple II clone
• IS-DOS, for Russian ZX Spectrum clones, developed in 1990 or 1991
• IMDOS, for IMSAI 8080
• MasterDOS, replacement DOS for the SAM Coupé
• MDOS (Micropolis DOS) for S-100
• MDOS, Myarc Disk Operating System for the Geneve 9640
• MSX-DOS, a cross between MS-DOS 1.0 and CP/M developed by Microsoft for the MSX computer standard
• NewDos/80, third-party option for the TRS-80
• Oric DOS, for the Oric-1 home computer
• PTDOS,^[2] for the 1970s Sol-20 from Processor Technology
• SAMDOS, original DOS for the SAM Coupé
• SDOS, for the SWTPC 6800 from the Southwest Technical Products Corporation
• Sinclair QDOS, for the Sinclair QL
• RDOS, a real-time operating system released in 1972 for the Data General Nova and Eclipse minicomputers
• SK*DOS,^[3] for Motorola 68000-based systems
• TR-DOS, for the ZX Spectrum
• TRSDOS, for the Tandy TRS-80 line of 8-bit Zilog Z80 microcomputers
• Xtal DOS for the Tatung Einstein

See also

• DOS (disambiguation)