October 1988 · Software
MS-DOS 4.00 (1988)
Hard disk partitions up to 2 GB.
Developed with IBM, it introduced the DOSSHELL graphical shell but was criticised for bugs and high memory use, leading to the quick release of 4.01.
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Facts
- Date
- October 1988
- Kind
- Software
- Maker or publisher
- Microsoft
Source: Wikipedia
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Related
- MS-DOS 3.30 (predecessor, 1987)
- MS-DOS 5.0 (successor, 1991)
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