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@Kevin - thanks for cleaning up my poor grammar 8-)

slm
– slm ♦

2013-11-08 20:14:27 +00:00
Commented Nov 8, 2013 at 20:14
DOS functions are not alongside BIOS functions, they are on top of BIOS functions. The BIOS provides the machine-dependent part of the OS (CP/M, PC-DOS, MS-DOS), and the BDOS/DOS part provides the machine-independent part, built on top of what the BIOS provides.

ninjalj
– ninjalj

2013-11-11 16:56:10 +00:00
Commented Nov 11, 2013 at 16:56
@ninjalj - for the sake of the conversation it's doesn't really matter, only highlighting it so that the OP understands that a computer system is just that, a system, not a monolithic thing.

slm
– slm ♦

2013-11-11 17:27:10 +00:00
Commented Nov 11, 2013 at 17:27

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