DOS / V
DOS / V is a variant of the DOS operating system for the Japanese market, which first appeared in 1990.
The name comes from the fact that the operating system uses the graphic mode of the VGA standard. With the resolution of 640 × 480 pixels possible, Japanese characters can also be displayed. The necessary input methods and fonts are implemented on the software side so that DOS / V can also be executed on western computers. Before this, Japan had its own computers, especially the PC-98 series from NEC , which were incompatible with Western programs.
driver
- $ FONT.SYS - font driver
- $ DISP.SYS - display driver
- $ IAS.SYS - Input Support Subsystem (IAS) with Front-End Processor (FEP) - driver support
- $ PRN.SYS - printer driver
- $ PRNUSER.SYS - printer driver
- $ PRNESCP.SYS - printer driver for Epson ESC / P J84
- $ FONTX.SYS
- DSPXVBE.EXE
Web links
- From Chaos to Competition: Japan's PC industry in transformation
- DOS / V: The Soft (ware) Solution to Hard (ware) Problems in Computing Japan . March 1995
Individual evidence
- ↑ $ FONT.SYS - DBCS (2 バ イ ト ・ コ ー ド) フ ォ ン ト の 使用. coocan.jp, accessed May 18, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c d e f Steven Myers: DOS / V: The Soft (ware) Solution to Hard (ware) Problems. In: Computing Japan. March 1995, accessed May 18, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Using FONTX font files. Retrieved May 18, 2018 .
- ↑ $ DISP.SYS - DBCS (2 バ イ ト ・ コ ー ド) 文字 の 表示. coocan.jp, accessed May 18, 2018 .