MS-DOS 6.21

Originally 86-DOS, written by Tim Paterson of Seattle Computer Products, DOS was a rough clone of CP/M for 8086 based hardware. Microsoft purchased it and licensed it to IBM for use with Microsoft's IBM PC language products. In 1982, Microsoft began licensing DOS to other OEMs that ported it to their custom x86 hardware and IBM PC clones.

For IBM-specific releases, please see the IBM PC-DOS product page.



Release notes

This version was specifically released to remove DoubleSpace due to legal injunction. Their replacement "DriveSpace" was not yet ready.

Product type
OS
Vendor
Microsoft
Release date
1994
Minimum CPU
8088
Minimum RAM
512KB
Minimum free disk space
5MB
User interface
Text
Platform
DOS
Download count
1298 (7 for release)

Downloads

Download name Version Language Architecture File size Downloads
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 (Upgrade) (3.5-1.44mb) 6.21 (Upgrade) Upgrade English 6.42MB 0
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 (Upgrade) (5.25-1.2mb) 6.21 (Upgrade) Upgrade English 6.63MB 0
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Plus Enhanced Tools (3.5-1.44mb) 6.21 English 3.98MB 7
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Plus Enhanced Tools (5.25-1.2mb) 6.21 English 3.98MB 0
Microsoft MS-DOS 6.21 Plus Enhanced Tools [Portuguese] (3.5-1.44mb) 6.21 Portuguese 4.11MB 0

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