MSX-DOS is a discontinued disk operating system developed by Microsoft's Japan subsidiary for the 8-bit home computer standard MSX, and is a cross between MS-DOS v1.25 and CP/M-80 v2.2.
Overview
Similarities and differences with MS-DOS
- MSX-DOS1, much like MS-DOS 1.25, used the FAT ID value from the first byte of the FAT to select file system parameter profiles for its FAT12 file system instead of from the BIOS Parameter Block (BPB) in the boot sector.
- On the MSX, there could be more than one floppy disk controller in two or more cartridge slots, and MSX-DOS could boot from several different floppy disk drives. This meant that it was possible to have both, a 5¼" floppy disk drive and a 3½" disk drive, and the user could boot from either one depending on which drive had a bootable floppy in it.
- Like MS-DOS 1.25, the first version of MSX-DOS did not have subdirectories.
Commands
Development history
See also
References
External links
- MSX-DOS at Wikipedia
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