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	[[~~File:Operating System~~.~~png\|~~[[~~File:Operating_System.png\|250px\|thumb~~]]]]		It is somewhat of a running gag in [[Strong Bad Email]] for [[Strong Bad]]'s computer to run '''[[DOS]]''', which stands for '''disk operating system'''. All of Strong Bad's computers (excluding the [[Compé]], which uses a graphical interface) appear to have DOS preinstalled, and include the program "strongbad_email.exe". On the [[Compy 386]], this command was stored in an unnamed drive that was accessed by the command "dir/p". Strong Bad using DOS follows his preference for [[Strong Bad's Technology\|old technology]].
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	~~<div class=~~"~~magnify~~">		Note that while Strong Bad's operating system is definitely inspired by DOS, it can't be DOS itself. Even though DOS has an 8 character filename limit, Strong Bad is able to type commands as long as "strongbad_email.exe", which is obviously longer than that. He is also able to insert normally off-limits characters in a file name such as "'" or the space character in the file "strongbad's email.exe". If this filename were typed in a DOS based command-line, the computer would return that "strongbad's" is not a command.

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	~~A DOS based computer if ever there was one~~

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	It is somewhat of a running gag in [[Strong Bad Email]] for [[Strong Bad]]'s computer to run '''[[DOS]]''', which stands for '''disk operating system'''. All of Strong Bad's computers (excluding the [[Compé]], which uses a graphical interface) appear to have DOS preinstalled, and include the program "strongbad_email.exe". On the [[Compy 386]], this command was stored in an unnamed drive that was accessed by the command "dir/p". Strong Bad using DOS follows his preference for [[Strong Bad's Technology\|old technology]].

	Note that while Strong Bad's operating system is definitely inspired by DOS, it can't be DOS itself. Even though DOS has an 8 character filename limit, Strong Bad is able to type commands as long as "strongbad_email.exe", which is obviously longer than that. He is also able to insert normally off-limits characters in a file name such as "'" or the space character in the file "strongbad's email.exe". If this filename were typed in a DOS based command-line, the computer would return that "strongbad's" is not a command.

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	* [#Computers_Using_DOS 3 Computers Using DOS]
	* [#See_Also 4 See Also]

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	* see [[Tandy 400\|Tandy 400 programs]]		* see [[Tandy 400\|Tandy 400 programs]]
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	* [[Linux]]		* [[Linux]]
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A DOS based computer if ever there was one

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It is somewhat of a running gag in [[Strong Bad Email]] for [[Strong Bad]]'s computer to run '''[[DOS]]''', which stands for '''disk operating system'''. All of Strong Bad's computers (excluding the [[Compé]], which uses a graphical interface) appear to have DOS preinstalled, and include the program "strongbad_email.exe". On the [[Compy 386]], this command was stored in an unnamed drive that was accessed by the command "dir/p". Strong Bad using DOS follows his preference for [[Strong Bad's Technology|old technology]].

Note that while Strong Bad's operating system is definitely inspired by DOS, it can't be DOS itself. Even though DOS has an 8 character filename limit, Strong Bad is able to type commands as long as "strongbad_email.exe", which is obviously longer than that. He is also able to insert normally off-limits characters in a file name such as "'" or the space character in the file "strongbad's email.exe". If this filename were typed in a DOS based command-line, the computer would return that "strongbad's" is not a command.

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* [#Known_Commands 1 Known Commands]
* [#Known_Programs 2 Known Programs]
* [#Computers_Using_DOS 3 Computers Using DOS]
* [#See_Also 4 See Also]

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== <span class="mw-headline">Known Commands</span> ==

* '''run'''
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* see [[Tandy 400|Tandy 400 commands]]
* see [[Compy 386|Compy 386 commands]]

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== <span class="mw-headline">Known Programs</span> ==

* see [[Tandy 400|Tandy 400 programs]]
* see [[Compy 386|Compy 386 programs]]
* see [[Lappy 486|Lappy 486 programs]]
* see [[Corpy NT6|Corpy NT6 programs]]
* see [[Block|Block programs]]
* see [[Lappier|Lappier programs]]

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== <span class="mw-headline">Computers Using DOS</span> ==

* [[Tandy 400]]
* [[Compy 386]]
* [[Corpy NT6]]
* [[Lappy 486]]
* [[Block]]
* [[Lappier]]

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== <span class="mw-headline"> See Also </span> ==

* [[Linux]]

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