MS-DOS 5.00 build 224

5.00.224
	Build of MS-DOS 5.00
	Command & ver command
Architecture	x86 16-bit
Compiled	1990-06-07
Works in

MS-DOS 5.00 build 224 is the earliest available build of MS-DOS 5. It was uploaded by The Blademan to The WaREZ HouZE Super System BBS on 18 July 1990, where it was mislabeled as build 2.24.

DOS5BETA.DOC[edit | edit source]

Dos 5.0 v2.24 Beta by Microsoft by the Blademan 
Leeched from the WaREZ HouZE Super System! (???) PRI-VATE

Fully checked out, everything installs and runs fine. Here's the disk
breakdown:

ZIP:         Disk Name:
DOS50-00.ZIP   INSTALL 1 720K   3 1/2 Version - use Teledisk 2.0 to restore
DOS50-01.ZIP   INSTALL 1 1.2meg 5 1/4 version - use Teledisk 2.0 to restore
DOS50-02.ZIP   INSTALL 2  restore to any size disk, use -d -$ Pkzip 1.10
DOS50-03.ZIP   INSTALL 3  restore to any size disk, use -d -$ Pkzip 1.10
DOS50-04.ZIP   HARDWARE COMPATIBILITY TEST DISK  -  use -d -$ Pkzip 1.10
DOS50-05.ZIP   UPGRADE    restore to any size disk, use -d -$ Pkzip 1.10
DOS50-06.ZIP   STARTUP  1.2meg 5 1/4 version - use Teledisk 2.0 to restore
DOS50-07.ZIP   SHELL      restore to any size disk, use -d -$ Pkzip 1.10
DOS50-08.ZIP   BASIC 1    restore to any size disk, use -d -$ Pkzip 1.10

GETTING STARTED - INSTALLING DOS ON A NEW SYSTEM:
If you don't have DOS installed on your hard drive, then boot off of either
disk INSTALL 1 disk, then follow the prompts. If you have another version
of DOS on your drive, it will tell you that you can't install DOS 5.0, and
you can make a working copy on floppies. Thats what disks STARTUP, SHELL &
BASIC 1 are. It will save you some time this way. You don't get the fancy
Windows like shell, just the >prompt this way. 

IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER VERSION OF DOS ALREADY INSTALLED:
If you want to install DOS 5.0 on your hard drive and you already have another
version of DOS installed, then use the UPGRADE disk. Put it in drive A: and
type install, it will prompt you to backup your hard drive first, even will
calculate the number of disks. You can bypass the backup and install it. It
will install the full blow version of the shell enviroment this time.

This version exploits the memory on a 286/386 based machine between 640 and
1 meg. It loads DOS there, leaves you with around 630k free (at least it
did on my machine) Also, they now include Quick Basic instead of GW-Basic.
The program called SNOOPY.EXE is a system "what you have" gives a report
on what's insatlled on your machine. 

Disk 4 Hardware Compatiblity Test is a series of tests, not required for
to install or operate DOS 5.0, just a bonus.

These notes typed by the Blademan & The WaREZ HouZE Super System....if you
download it from here, you can be sure it runs...no lame warez. Call soon!