MiNiDOS 0.01 2024

operating-system · driver · diagnostic · MS-DOS · The MiNiDOS Overlord

MiNiDOS 2024 Release 0.01 ========================= MiNiDOS is an MS-DOS distribution with the following three aims: 1) Maintains backwards compatibility so that you can run all former DOS software without issues. Components have been carefully chosen to follow this route. 2) Keeps its business in an incredibly small and portable shape. Tiny programs are much more convenient for deployment on vintage storage media which is more often than not, restricted by space limitations. So for this particular purpose a 1.44 MB (IBM DOS formatted high density floppy disk size) has been selected as a boundary. 3) Attempts to be the ultimate MS-DOS 6.22 Swiss Army knife. A great deal of effort has been put in order to pack the relevant stuff to carry out the most common user operations, modernizing whenever the possibility arises, without of course compromising the above two stated objectives of this MiNiDOS distribution. MiNiDOS Main Features --------------------- 1 Multiple boot menu options for improved backwards compatibility 2 Command-line auto completion 3 Command-line scroll-back buffer 4 Full clipboard support in DOS 5 Long file name support 6 FAT 12, FAT 16, FAT 32, exFAT, NTFS and HPFS file systems 7 Drivers for FireWire, USB, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, PCMCIA and CardBus devices 8 Universal sound card driver that offers an all-in-one solution 9 Generic mouse driver with wheel support 10 RAM support beyond 64 MB (up to 4 GB) 11 Big resizable RAM drives up to 2 GB in size 12 Conventional RAM available to run most demanding MS-DOS memory games 13 Powerful diagnostic, repair and maintenance capabilities 14 Minimalistic text editor for regular use 15 Graphic User Interface for compressing files in RAR format 16 RAR, ZIP, ARJ and LZH archive decompression has been integrated 17 Executable file compression on the disk's contents 18 Disk image creation and file extraction 19 Intuitive file manager that follows the popular two panel paradigm 20 Serial and parallel port communication programs 21 VirtualBox shared folders are mountable on-demand 22 Easy to use hard drive preparation and system installation tools 23 Power management including CPU slowdown and several associated commands 24 Numerous utilities which add more power and flexibility to your system 25 Many commonly used external MS-DOS commands 26 A robust and stable system 27 Unparalleled compatibility 28 Available for general consumption, for everyday use 29 There is much more to MiNiDOS than meets the eye --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE: MiNiDOS 0.02 is available at: https://archive.org/details/mi-ni-dos-002 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------