Express EX-DOS 1.0

The new evolution of software.

Statistics

Name: Express Disk Operating System
Date started: July 6, 1997
Date finished: March 11, 1998
Beta tested: 40 weeks
Date released: December 17, 1998
Author: Joseph Cosentino
Project Name: The Glendale Heights Project
Lines of code: 52,626
Languages used: BASIC, Pascal, C, C++, Cambridge, Help Script, Assembler

Minimum System Requirements:

Processor: 8086
Memory: 640K
Hard Disk Space: 1 MB
1.44 MB Floppy Drive

Release stuf:

Version 1.0ß	Non-public Test Release for Friends
3/11/98

Version 1.0	First Public Release of EX-DOS!!!
12/17/98

Why EX-DOS Was Developed:

EX-DOS was developed so that people wouldn't have to live in the harsh world of Microsoft software anymore. I created a version of DOS that not only ran properly, but ran efficiently and effectively. I sought out to create a version close to MS-DOS 5.0, but currently am at about 4.0.

Resources:

Physical Resources

35 liters of milk
153 bottles of Pepsi
184 cans of Sprite
$750 of phone bills
30 Hot Stuff Pizza's from U-Save Gas and Pantry
37 Italian submarine sandwiches from Augustino's Rock and Roll Deli
$600+ in home delivered pizzas (Gianorio's)
132 AT&T calling cards
545 shows of Married With Children and The Simpsons
17 episodes of The "Weird Al" Show
43 shows of Win Ben Stein's Money
and finally, a Cyrix 6x86 166+ with 64MB of RAM, a 2.1 GB HD, SB64, Diamond Stealth 3D Video Card, Generic 101-key keyboard, and a shoplifted 4 year old Microsoft mouse.

Audio Kix

Men In Black Soundtrack
Will Smith - Big Willie Styles
Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Third Eye Blind
No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
Savage Garden
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Bad Hair Day
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Alapalooza
"Weird Al" Yankovic - The Food Album
"Weird Al" Yankovic - Off the Deep End
Vanessa Williams - The Comfort Zone
Adam Sandler - Why are they all Laughing at Me?
Adam Sandler - What the Hell Happened to Me?
Adam Sandler - What's your Name?
Sarah McLachlan - Surfacing
Sarah McLachlan - Touch
Sarah McLachlan - Stumbling Toward Ecstasy
Green Day - nimrod.
Green Day - Insomniac
Green Day - Dookie
Boyz II Men - II
Boyz II Men - Evolution
Sublime
Robyn - Robyn is Here
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - E.1999 Eternal
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony - The Art of War
Mariah Carey - Daydream
Mariah Carey - Butterfly
Hackers Soundtrack
Bean Soundtrack
Chumbawamba - Tubthumper
Sister Hazel - Somewhere More Familiar
Hackers²
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell II - Back into Hell

If you want to add a CD to my collection, send me e-mail and you will receive a constant mailing
address.

Software

Turbo Pascal 7.0
Microsoft Visual C++ 1.00 Professional Edition
Express EX-DOS Help Compiler 1.0
Express Help Workshop 1.69 Masterpiece Edition
MASM Version 5.10
Creative CD
Express EX-DOS Maker 1.0
EXE2COM
EXE2BIN
Express Easy Cambridge 1.00

Overview:

EX-DOS 1.0 is a relatively advanced operating system. It combines many features from MS-DOS and incorporates them into a new, better operating system. Some new features are the way EX-DOS uses memory and new commands and programs. If you are running Windows 3.x or lower, you'll want to use EX-DOS 1.0 because its memory features make your EX-DOS programs run faster and more efficiently.

EX-DOS 1.0 has the following features:

	EX-DOS Editor, a new full-screen text editor that you can use easily create and modify text files.
	EX-DOS File Manager, a new user interface for managing files.
	Multiple games, both graphical and text-based featuring The Adventures of Boboli, The Mighty Knight! by Mike Hommel.
	Doskey, a program you can use to recall, edit, and carry out commands you have already used.
	Online Help for all EX-DOS commands and EX-DOS File Manager.
	The ability to access more that two hard disk drives, support for 2.88 floppy disks, and the ability to search for files through multiple levels of directories.

What's new with EX-DOS?

May 19, 1997
July 5, 1997
July 6, 1997
March 11, 1998
June 26, 1998
June 30, 1998
July 3, 1998
July 4, 1998
July 22, 1998

EX-DOS 1.0 was started
My computer crashed!
EX-DOS 1.0 was re-started
EX-DOS 1.0ß was completed
Last bug I wanted to fix was completed. Now should be ready for distribution
Got permission from Mike Hommel to add Boboli.
New compatibility list added
Statement about the year 2000 problem (see below)
EX-DOS 1.0ß help file added to this site.

Technical Stuf:

[Compatibility]	Curious to see how a particular DOS program runs with EX-DOS. This list shows DOS programs that appear in EX-DOS and programs that were written third-party.

[Year 2000 Problem]	My statement of the year 2000 problem and the way we are dealing with it at Express Software concerning our products.