MS-DOS

since unknown year (earliest usage recorded on this site was 1983)

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cherimullins

tpherndon

sceptreofjudah

jeffself

abtin

brianwisti

MarkofCain

b_eide

jorjun

hexdump42

pejrak

nowells

ndw

adamv

karlstolley

simonf

fdrake

ecrosstexas

pydanny

floyd

r1chardj0n3s

bkonkle

joalcorn

mjhagen

mikl

jtauber

mcrute

joshontheweb

gklein

jancona

enki

stephen_mcd

whosaysni

doughellmann

ntoll

Bryan

bloodearnest

bitprophet

greyfade

xhae

Ben

otherchirps

ashugg

morgs

mfandreas

dfan

gregmuellegger

macmichael01

juandg

SeanOC

davisagli

honzakral

RossP

z3d

nathans

shywolf9982

carljm

PaulM

paltman

daniellindsley

Da_Nuke

whaley

mwalling

collypops

streetcleaner

eykd

charmless

westonruter

NX172

Raisapius

bkokash

xyb

eddymul

Izual

CerealBoy

nsmgr8

cstejerean

jeffszusz

brixtonasias

joe

ellisonleao

dmishe

Indy

williamcomartin

edv4rd0

dl - 25 years

cherimullins - 28 years

tpherndon - 15 years

sceptreofjudah - 10 years

jeffself - 14 years

abtin - 7 years

brianwisti - 12 years

MarkofCain - 28 years

b_eide - 28 years

jorjun - 4 years

hexdump42 - 8 years

pejrak - 14 years

nowells - 27 years

ndw - 27 years

adamv - 15 years

karlstolley - 7 years

simonf - 13 years

fdrake - 8 years

ecrosstexas - 26 years

pydanny - 20 years

floyd - 26 years

r1chardj0n3s - 7 years

bkonkle - 8 years

joalcorn - 12 years

mjhagen - 4 years

mikl - 9 years

jtauber - 8 years

gg - 8 years

mcrute - 6 years

joshontheweb - 25 years

gklein - 25 years

jancona - 8 years

enki - 25 years

stephen_mcd - 3 years

whosaysni - 24 years

doughellmann - 6 years

ntoll - 10 years

Bryan - 6 years

bloodearnest - 10 years

bitprophet - 23 years

greyfade - 7 years

xhae - 7 years

Ben - 7 years

otherchirps - 6 years

ashugg - 22 years

morgs - 10 years

mfandreas - 5 years

dfan - 6 years

gregmuellegger - 6 years

macmichael01 - 22 years

juandg - 9 years

SeanOC - 9 years

davisagli - 4 years

honzakral - 4 years

RossP - 7 years

z3d - 5 years

nathans - 9 years

shywolf9982 - 4 years

carljm - 5 years

PaulM - 7 years

paltman - 3 years

daniellindsley - 3 years

Da_Nuke - 6 years

whaley - 4 years

mwalling - 5 years

collypops - 9 years

streetcleaner - 5 years

eykd - 4 years

charmless - 6 years

westonruter - 4 years

NX172 - 18 years

Raisapius - 11 years

bkokash - 18 years

xyb - 5 years

eddymul - 18 years

Izual - 4 years

CerealBoy - 7 years

nsmgr8 - 8 years

cstejerean - 4 years

jeffszusz - 17 years

brixtonasias - 16 years

joe - 2 years

ellisonleao - 5 years

dmishe - 15 years

Indy - 9 years

williamcomartin - 9 years

edv4rd0 - 3 years

tpherndon

1983–1997

1983–2007

sceptreofjudah

1983–1992

cherimullins

1983–2010

jeffself

1984–1997

My first PC came with MS-DOS 2.0

brianwisti

1984–1995

abtin

1984–1990

jorjun

1985–1988

Boring, and steady. Don't really have much to say. It was clearly designed for small office use and accountants. There was enough there to get Lotus 123 to run.

1985–

1985–1998

1985–1992

1985–

1986–1998

1986–

1986–2000

We'll just count Windows 2000 at the last time I used DOS specifically. Too complicated to figure out DOS vs. Windows 9x.

ndw

1986–

Does a command line window in Windows still count?

karlstolley

1986–1992

pydanny

1987–2006

I think I first started on a girlfriend's dad's desktop getting an ancient computer game called 'Bushido' to play. Last time I touched MS-Dos was probably around December of 2006.

fdrake

1987–1994

A good place to learn about being careful when writing assembly!

1987–

1987–

1988–1995

1988–1995

1988–1996

DOS was my first operating system. I learned to program hacking around in gorillas.bas and .bat files.

bkonkle

1988–1995

enki

1988–

r1chardj0n3s

1988–1994

For games, of course.

gklein

1988–

joshontheweb

1988–

I have early memories of playing Ultima 4 in DOS off a 5 1/4 inch floppy on my old IBM pc with a monochome screen.

mcrute

1988–1993

1988–1995

At first, on its own, then along-side Windows 3.1

mjhagen

1988–1991

My first OS

joalcorn

1988–1999

stephen_mcd

1989–1991

Fond memories of playing Ultima VI from half a dozen 3.5 inch floppies and messing around with automation using batch files.

Bryan

1989–1994

My first PC came with MS-DOS. I broke a lot of shit through that operating system (as context, I was born in 1983, so I was extra naive to say... deltree).

doughellmann

1989–1994

ntoll

1989–1998

Managed to shoe-horn it onto an Acorn Archimedes via the PC-Emulator that came with it. My first ever "hack"

whosaysni

1989–

My first command was format a:, ruining a game just bought 5min ago.

bloodearnest

1989–1998

bitprophet

1990–

Never owned my own MS-DOS-only PC, but used friends' systems a lot as a child. These days it's limited to a ~quarterly foray into some WinXP system's command prompt...

1990–1996

1990–1996

1990–1996

1991–

I am reluctant to put in an End Year because it makes me feel sad.

1991–2000

1991–1995

1991–1996

1991–1996

Yes, I started using DOS when I was three years old :) Ofcourse I wasn't able to enter commands, but my brother showed me how to start the games I could use at that time.

1991–1996

1991–

1991–1999

1992–1996

1992–1995

Some computers at school had only MS-DOS, back then

nathans

1992–2000

On our 286 :-)

1992–1995

1992–1995

1992–2000

1992–1998

1992–1996

1993–1999

1993–1995

Where it all started for me. Someone taught me how to "script" things with Batch files.

Da_Nuke

1993–1998

This was the OS I learned to use when I was a kid.

1993–1995

1994–1998

1994–2002

1994–1997

1994–1997

first computer had an ms-dos and windows 3.1 install

1994–1999

1994–1998

1995–2001

1995–1998

This was my first computer, I used MS-DOS and it's basic commands to browse through folders and play some games.

westonruter

1995–1998

Lots of games only ran on MS-DOS on our Windows 3.11 machine, e.g. Descent II, Flight Unlimited, Mad Dog McCree.

eddymul

1995–

3.3 onwards

Raisapius

1995–2005

Only whenever Windows decided not to work. I learned some of the basic commands at around the same time I started learning to read.

1995–

1995–

1995–1999

1996–2003

1996–1999

1996–

I think it was 1995. I was just a kid!

1997–

1997–1998

1997–2001

1998–2006

I learned the first MS-DOS commands in a very young age, back when I needed to boot in MS-DOS instead of Windows, to play same specific games. I continued to use MS-DOS commands and the environment when necessary, until Windows was not present at all in my machines.

1998–

2000–2008

2001–2003