Microsoft MS-DOS 1.25 • Enter The Machine 3.0 • Portraits of Famous Files

Microsoft MS-DOS 1.25 [CDP OEM R2.11] and Basic (5.25).7z

MS-DOS 1.25 was Microsoft’s first general purpose operating system for public consumption, released in April 1982

The Subject of this Portrait

At the time this portrait was created, the subject was available online at winworldpc.com/download/c38ac396-c2a7-6f3c-e280-9e11c3a4c2a8

Screenshot of computer output, set in a white, monospaced font, which begins ‘C:\FLOPPER>flopper msdos125.img Extended Bios Version 1.07 Copyright (C) 1983,84 Corona Data Systems, Inc. MS-DOS version 1.25 Copyright 1981,82 Microsoft, Inc.’ followed by a list of one-word computer commands — Screenshot from MS-DOS 1.25

Attributes

Subject Name

Microsoft MS-DOS 1.25 [CDP OEM R2.11] and Basic (5.25).7z

Subject Creation Date

04/1982

Subject Weight

1,682,632 bytes (1.7 MB)

Subject Location

winworldpc.com/download/c38ac396-c2a7-6f3c-e280-9e11c3a4c2a8

Entities in Portrait

3 directories, 29 files

Entity Types in Portrait

COM, C2P, DAT, EXE, IMD, IMG, JPG, TD0, SYS

Portrait Type

Group

Portrait Details

Four, scattered algorithmically generated blue and purple organically shaped pixel clusters against a horizontally bifurcated background whose top half is cobalt blue, bottom half is black — Portrait detail

Three, scattered algorithmically generated blue and purple organically shaped pixel clusters against a horizontally bifurcated background whose top half is light gray, bottom half is cobalt blue — Portrait detail

Elongated, algorithmically generated blue and purple shaped pixel cluster against a horizontally bifurcated background whose top half is very dark gray blue, bottom half is light gray — Portrait detail

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Zoom	scroll wheel	pinch and zoom
Pan	click and drag	hold and drag
Rotate	shift + alt/option and drag	pinch and rotate
Fullscreen	`f`	–

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Permalink

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Format

video/quicktime

Resolution

1296 x 2304

Duration

2'55

Transaction

viewblock.io/arweave/tx/G3d_q6RL0zL80z6-Vk5Ov85gRwKkYQ4i2BAxZWT6bCU

Artist

Eric Corriel

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