DOS lives! Secrets of the Windows command prompt
 

*Source: ComputerWorld (http://www.computerworld.com/action/...c=hm_ts_head)*
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Buried deep within Windows' bosom is a carbon-crusted fossil from the ancient days of computing. This aged wart on Windows' soul harkens back to a more primitive time, when computers lacked the oomph to go graphical and mice were nothing but rodents.

I speak of the command prompt, whose roots lie in DOS, that antique operating system of the 1980s. DOS is gone now. Most old DOS programs lost Windows compatibility after the release of Windows 98, and Microsoft even held a mock funeral for the once-dominant PC operating system about a decade ago.

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