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Developed by: IBM y Microsoft
Launched: 1981

The disk operating system for IBM PCs, which IBM commissioned from Microsoft.
Since Microsoft didn't have such a system, it bought QDOS from for a ridiculously low price, and with its sales, it became a giant in the industry.

PC DOS packaging
Packaging of PC DOS.

PC DOS versions

YearVer.
19811.0
19821.1It allowed data to be written on both sides of a floppy disk, thus doubling the capacity of the IBM machine.
19832.0Created for the IBM PC/XT, the first PC to store data on a hard drive.
19842.1Created for the launch of the IBM PCjr.
19843.0Created for the IBM PC/AT, a computer with Intel's 80286 processor.
19884.0A version for i386 that would be the embryo of OS/2.
19915
19936.1
19957.0
19982000Version 7.0 revised to support Y2K.
20037.1Support for FAT32.

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