Are
You A Windows Or A DOS Mind?
by
John Delavera
When Windows (R) didn't exist, 'Disk Operating System' did (DOS.)
DOS is black.
Windows is colorful.
In DOS, you could only run 1 command.
Windows introduced the "multi-tasking" environment.
So in DOS, you had to follow a step-by-step plan to reach your goal,
which could be running a new game, opening a new application, etc… There
was a cursor, not like the cursor of the mouse today... It was this:
C:_ and the _ symbol was blinking, waiting for your command...
I mean the whole screen was black, some others green, and the only thing
you could see was the underscore _ blinking...
You could type:
C:help
and a list of the commands you could enter was displayed.
You could type:
C:run thisgame.exe
and the application thisgame.exe would run or this message would be
displayed:
C:thisgame.exe not found
Just this was displayed...
No matter what you wanted to do, you had to... state your wish to that
blinking cursor and if you typed the correct wish, then the result would
come... otherwise, you'd get the rejection...
If you made a mistake in DOS, nobody would forgive or help you. You're
alone, staring at the black screen with the white cursor blinking after
a phrase like, "An error occurred...," or something similar.
The same applied when programming in DOS. BASIC
was the first language presented by Microsoft(R) for Home Computers...
BASIC uses numbered rows of commands and executes them one by one in
a row. A program in BASIC would look like this - I do not remember the
correct commands, but I'll give you an idea:
10 crls
20 dir
30 print "Hello people"
40 end
When you finished typing the '40 end' command and pressed the ENTER
key, the cursor was waiting for an order...
C:_
That was the time to save the program to one's disk and then run it
(by making the program an executable [.exe] application)... The above
"program" would clear the screen and type "Hello people"… Nothing special.
So if you had to add new code, you'd find the correct raw code and include
a new numbered raw code to execute the new command, like this:
35
print "A silly program"
and so on...
But Windows...
Windows can tell you what the error is - at least which program didn't
work properly and produced the error.
You can also use a DeskTop interface for programming in Windows... with
ready to use buttons and form elements... just drag and drop the button
into your drawing area in Visual Basic (Microsoft created this programming
language and still supports it), which in turn will "translate" the
numbered rows of commands into whatever action(s) the commands are supposed
to perform, and the program will perform the action(s).…
In Windows, you can open 10 programs and work with all of them at the
same time like the way a bee flies from flower to flower...
Which operating system does your brain relate to?
DOS?
Do you take "your time" going from one command to the other in what
you do with sophisticated numbered rows of decisions? Do you need a
plain environment in which you can live and work without being distracted
by lights, noises, and pop-up windows?
Or Windows?
Can you successfully handle multiple projects, are able to run all of
them, and reach an end without being afraid to fail? Does one project
feed your next one? Do you feel happy when you open 10 windows
in your browser and surf from one site to another with the feeling that
there is a whole world on the Net you can explore NOW?
Which operating system does your brain support? Speaking
for me...
I am... Windows... XP:-))
If you're a ...DOS 'mind, have you ever felt the need to "upgrade"?
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