BASIC-DOS

A PCjs Retro-Programming Project

BASIC-DOS is on Twitter Project maintained by jeffpar

BASIC-DOS with "Dueling Monitors"

IBM PC, 256Kb RAM, Dual Floppy Drives, MDA and CGA

Monochrome Display
Color Display
Caps
Num
Scroll
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
Esc
1 !
2 @
3 #
4 $
5 %
6 ^
7 &
8 *
9 (
0 )
- _
= +
Back
-
Num
Scroll
Tab
Q
W
E
R
T
Y
U
I
O
P
[ {
] }
7
↑ 8
9
Ctrl
A
S
D
F
G
H
J
K
L
; :
' "
` ~
← 4
5
→ 6
+
Shift
\ |
Z
X
C
V
B
N
M
, <
. >
/ ?
Shift
PrtSc
1
↓ 2
3
Alt
Space
Caps
Ins 0
Del .
Esc
Tab
F1
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
F10
Num
Scroll
1 !
2 @
3 #
4 $
5 %
6 ^
7 &
8 *
9 (
0 )
- _
= +
Back
-
+
Q
W
E
R
T
Y
U
I
O
P
[ {
] }
7
↑ 8
9
A
S
D
F
G
H
J
K
L
; :
' "
` ~
← 4
5
→ 6
\ |
Z
X
C
V
B
N
M
, <
. >
/ ?
Shift
PrtSc
1
↓ 2
3
Ctrl
Shift
Alt
Space
Caps
Ins 0
Del .

CONFIG.SYS from the BASIC-DOS5 Diskette

REM Demonstration of dual monitors with multiple sessions per monitor
FILES=20
SESSIONS=8
DEBUG=COM1:9600,N,8,1,0
CONSOLE=CON:40,25,0,0,1
SHELL=COMMAND.COM BD1.BAT
CONSOLE=CON:40,25,40,0,1
SHELL=COMMAND.COM PRIMES.EXE
CONSOLE=CON:80,15,0,0,1,1
SHELL=COMMAND.COM COLOR 7,1:DIR /L
CONSOLE=CON:80,10,0,15,1,1
SHELL=COMMAND.COM AUTOEXEC.BAT

Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Jeff Parsons Released under MIT License