Some info on MS-DOS.

(From New Straits Times (Malaysia))

Byline: Ng Ken Boon

Q: AFTER the new release of WinXP codenamed Vista (formerly known as Longhorn), I was told that the operating system (OS) would no longer include MS-DOS.

So, I want to provide a tip on MS-DOS here: Start -> Run type CMD and type systeminfo Look out for a row called "system up time" and you should see how long the PC is running since its last boot. This is because after this version of OS, you can't use this knowledge in new OS later. It's just for rare code. ..TX: A: Actually, MS-DOS has not been around for quite a while. The "command prompt" in Windows is really just an MS-DOS emulator (it …