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PC-MOS/386

PC-MOS/386 is a multi-user, multitasking computer operating system produced by The Software Link (TSL), announced at COMDEX in November 1986 for February 1987 release. PC-MOS/386, a successor to PC-MOS, can run many MS-DOS programs on the host machine or a terminal connected to it. Unlike MS-DOS, PC-MOS/386 is optimized for the Intel 80386 processor; however early versions will run on any x86 computer. PC-MOS/386 used to be proprietary, but it was released as open-source software in 2017.

History
The last commercial version produced was v5.01, compatible with MS-DOS 5. It required a memory management unit (MMU) to support memory protection, so was not compatible with earlier 8086 and 8088 processors. MMU support for 286-class machines was provided using a proprietary hardware shim inserted between the processor and its socket. 386 machines did not require any special hardware. There was a year 2000 problem-like error in this operating system, first manifesting on 1 August 2012 rather than 1 January 2000; files created on the system after this date would no longer work. ==Commands==
Commands
Commands supported by PC-MOS Version 4 are: General commands • ADDDEV • ALIAS • BREAKCDCLSCOMMAND • COMPFILE • COPYDATEDIR • DIRMAP • DISKCOPY • DISKID • DOT • ENVSIZE • ERASE • EXCEPT • EXPORT • FILEMODE • FORMATHELP • IMPORT • MDMORE • MSORT • MSYS • ONLY • PATHPROMPTRD • REL • REMDEV • RENAME • SEARCH • SET • SWITCH • TIMETYPEVERIFY • WVER Batch file commands • ABORT • ADDTASK • AUTOCD • BATECHO • CALLRETURNECHO • FLUSH • FORGOTOIF • INSERT • KEY • NEXT • PAUSEREM • STOP • SWITCH • TEXT • ENDTEXT Multitask/Multiuser commands • ADDTASK • KEYMAP • MOS • MOSADM • REMTASK Print spooler PRINT • SPOOL Security commands • CLASS • SIGNOFF • SIGNON Installation, administration and debug commands DEBUG • ED • HDSETUP ==See also==
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