- CSI-DOS
Infobox_OS
name = CSI-DOS
caption = A music file played in CSI-DOS
developer = Caroline Software
family =
source_model =
supported_platforms = Elektronika BK (PDP-11 architecture)
working_state = Abandoned
latest_release_version = not less 3.32| latest_release_date =
ui = X-Shell graphical file manager
kernel_type =
license = Proprietary
website =CSI-DOS is an
operating system , created in Samara, for Soviet personal computers Elektronika BK-0011M and Elektronika BK-0011. CSI-DOS did not support the earlier model BK-0010. CSI-DOS used its own uniquefile system and supported only color graphic video mode. The system supported both hard and floppy drives as well asRAM disk s in the computer's memory. It also included software to work with music co-processor AY-3-8910(12) andCovox Speech Thing . There is a number of games and demonstration programs designed specially for the system.The system also included a
Turbo Vision -like API allowing simpler design of user applications as well as a file manager called "X-Shell".External links
* [ftp://univ.uniyar.ac.ru/home/webadm/museum_files/RussianComputers/BK0010/Disks/CSIDemo.zip CSI-DOS 3.21 disk image]
* [http://vak.ru/pub/bk/CSIDOS%203.32MIR.bkd.gz CSI-DOS 3.32 disk image]
* [http://sergk.org.ua/mercury/ Mercury Software. An artilce, containing description of some advantages of CSI-DOS for gaming over other OS's]
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