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This doesn't sound right to me - there was plenty of GUI-based applications, and having DOS at the base was usually not a problem (as long as you have the right
by Koshkin 5y ago
This doesn't sound right to me - there was plenty of GUI-based applications, and having DOS at the base was usually not a problem (as long as you have the right device drivers - a problem not exclusive to DOS).
- 1970-01-01 5y agoThere really weren't device drivers in DOS. Programs would include drivers for running peripheral devices, and then YOU had to configure each one to work with DOS. This was the biggest problem with DOS. These programs talked directly to the hardware. Once TSR drivers were combined with CD-ROM and sound drivers, things would be very quirky during a GUI install. I remember Peter Norton put out some very good DOS books, and he wrote a few chapters about common issues with "Multimedia PCs".
- p_l 5y agoI recall that Peter Norton was also considered responsible for why many DOS applications required pretty much error-for-error IBM compatibles - because he advocated for directly dealing with hardware and disregarding DOS APIs (which, admittedly, were bad)