DOS - Software

Software

DOS was the dominant PC-compatible platform and many notable programs were written for it. These included:

• Lotus 1-2-3, a protected mode spreadsheet program that saw heavy use in corporate markets and has been credited with the success of the IBM PC.
• WordPerfect, a word processor that is currently produced for the Windows platform.
• WordStar, an early word processor which used unique control-key sequences that were replicated by many other editors.
• dBase, one of the earliest database programs.
• Harvard Graphics, one of the earliest presentation graphics design programs.
• Norton Utilities, a collection of disk and system utilities.
• PC Tools, a collection of disk and system utilities.
• Norton Commander and XTree, file management utilities.
• ProComm, Qmodem and Telix, modem communication programs.
• SideKick, a popup personal information manager.
• PKZIP, the compression utility that quickly became the standard in file compression.
• QEMM and 386MAX, DOS memory management utilities.
• 4DOS, a much improved replacement shell.
• Arachne, a 16-bit graphical DOS web browser.
• DJGPP, the 32-bit DPMI DOS port of gcc.
• Vern Buerg's popular LIST utility, which displays the content of files in ASCII or HEX.
• Microsoft development software including Microsoft Macro Assembler, Microsoft C and CodeView.
• Borland's integrated development environment, which included Turbo Pascal, Turbo BASIC, Turbo C and Turbo Assembler.
• BASIC-language interpreters BASICA and GW-BASIC replicate the BASIC interpreter environment commonly found on 8-bit computers.