PC-DOS 7.x

IBM PC-DOS was an IBM branded version of MS-DOS licensed from Microsoft for use on the IBM PC system. Versions of PC-DOS paralleled that of MS-DOS up until version 6.1, where PC-DOS was independently maintained by IBM up until 7.1, the last version. Although not the only OS available for the IBM PC when it came out, it quickly became popular due to its low cost in comparison to the others. Its direct competitors on the PC at the time were CP/M-86 and UCSD p-System. The major differences between PC-DOS and MS-DOS were only in terms of driver support and built in programs until version 6.1 where development diverged.

For Microsoft and other OEM DOS releases, please see the MS-DOS product page.

The first version of PC-DOS was released in August 1981 with the IBM PC. The last version released by IBM was PC-DOS 7.1, which had updates all the way up until 2003. This last version of DOS is still in use by some hardware developers usually embedded into recovery tools and BIOS flashers.

This OS does not have a GUI. It uses a command line interface, however PC-DOS 4 and later, like MS-DOS, also included the optional graphical DOSShell program. Like other DOSes, third party GUIs can be installed.



Release notes

PC-DOS 7, AKA "IBM PC DOS 7.00, revision 0", adds the REXX Programming language, XDF 1.86MB 3.5" floppy disk support, and Stacker Disk compression.

Note: The XDF format can not be written on USB floppy drives, or under some OSes, and is not compatible with most emulators. Physical disks must be written under DOS using the provided XDF disk creation tool.

Product type
OS
Vendor
IBM
Release date
1994
Minimum CPU
8088
User interface
Text
Platform
DOS
Download count
191 (14 for release)

Downloads

Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads
IBM PC-DOS 7.0 (3.5-XDF) 7.0 English 8.35MB 2
IBM PC-DOS 7.0 (Kryoflux) 7.0 English 87.14MB 0
IBM PC-DOS 7.0 [English-UK] (3.5-XDF) 7.0 English-UK 8.15MB 1
IBM PC-DOS 7.0 [English-UK] (CD) [Upgrade] 7.0 English-UK 13.92MB 1
IBM PC-DOS 7.0 [French] (3.5-XDF) 7.0 French 8.22MB 1
IBM PC-DOS 7.0 [Italian] (3.5-XDF) 7.0 Italian 8.24MB 1
IBM PC-DOS 7.0 [J7.00-V] [Japanese] (3.5-XDF) 7.0 [J7.00-V] Japanese 17.21MB 2
IBM PC-DOS 7.0 [Korean] (3.5-XDF) 7.0 Korean 12.09MB 0
IBM PC-DOS 7.0 [Russian] (3.5-XDF) 7.0 Russian 8.32MB 1
IBM PC-DOS 7.x Manuals Feb95 7.x English 23.72MB 5

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