MS-DOS allows the user to navigate, open, and otherwise manipulate files on their computer from a command line instead of a Graphic User Interface (GUI) like Windows.

For millions of users, MS-DOS Editor became their first introduction to "modern" text editing—a stepping stone between the command-line era and the graphical interfaces that would soon dominate.

Early versions of Windows were essentially a graphical user interface overlaid on MS-DOS. Compared with today’s pixel-packed mobile touch-screens and visually slick operating systems, MS-DOS is ...

It’s a piece of common knowledge, that MS-DOS wasn’t capable of multitasking. For that, the Microsoft-based PC user would have to wait for the 80386, and usable versions of Windows. But… ...

Microsoft rebooted its old and unimproved MS-DOS interface for mobile phones on Wednesday, touting it as the “simplest OS yet” in what may be the company’s most elaborate April Fool’s Day ...

Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux. ... Nano/pico pretty much scratches all the itches for a basic user interface for text.