The Ultimate Ms Dos Book

This newly updated and expanded volume contains detailed, thorough and accurate information on MS-DOS written for advanced-level programmers of all environments. Contains an index and appendixes.

A new, four-color, information-rich guide to the ""stickier wickets"" in the MS-DOS Retail Upgrade Product. This book draws on feedback from tens of thousands of end users to provide useful, essential information for the hundreds of thousands of users that will update in the next 12 months.

This complete DOS learning tool contains effective tutorials and in-depth information in an up-dated guide to MS-DOS. Contains the best information on maximizing PC performance with extended memory, disk caching, the DOS shell, and the latest features of MS-DOS.

Written for the intermediate to advanced user, this guide surpasses DOS basics and delves into topics such as how DOS and computers work together, how DOS stores information, and how custom commands and batch files can be created. Includes a discussion of DOS 5 memory management files.

This slightly wacky book offers inviting, colorful, and humorous coverage of the newest version of Windows. Like The Ultimate MS-DOS Book, this book has four-color photos and illustrations, up-to-the-minute facts, and engaging text. "Tips" bars give practical advice, "Troubleshooting" topics steer users away from possible hazards and give advice on how to get out of a jam.

The source code of MS-DOS is both secret and copyright-protected. Using the DOS work-alike RxDOS, created to emulate and parallel the commercial system, Dissecting DOS reveals for the first time the code-level operation of DOS. By studying the source code of RxDOS included on disk, readers will be able to understand MS-DOS's inner workings.

Annotation nbsp; The best selling MS-DOS book is now fully up20010620d to include the latest Microsoft operating systems. Completely revised and updated from the best selling second edition with essential new coverage for todays DOS environment. Considered a MUST for anyone dealing with legacy DOS applications. Provides the reader a complete listing and explanation of DOS commands that work with Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME, and Windows NT. Special Edition Using MS-DOS 6.22, Third Edition is a successful bestseller and the only up-to-date title on the market today that is geared toward the intermediate to advanced user. This edition will add to the second editions coverage in the following areas: Updates the entire book to reflect current technology and provide better readability; updates compatibility with the addition of Windows ME/2000 operating systems; updates the appendices on non-Microsoft versions of DOS, providing a reference that is impossible to find anywhere else. nbsp;