iS-DOS[1][2] is a disk operating system (DOS) for Soviet/Russian ZX Spectrum clones. iS-DOS was developed in 1990 or 1991, by Iskra Soft, in Leningrad, Soviet Union, now Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Developer | Iskra Soft |
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Working state | current |
Source model | Closed |
Initial release | 1990 |
Package manager | None |
Platforms | Russian ZX Spectrum clones |
Kernel type | Monolithic |
Influenced by | TR-DOS |
Official website | trd |
It handles floppy disks (double sided, double density), hard disk drives, and CD-ROMs. Maximum iS-DOS disk partitioning size on a hard disk is 16 MiB.
Unlike TR-DOS, iS-DOS is resident in random-access memory (RAM), and thus reduces the amount of memory available for user programs.
iS-DOS Chic[2] is a version developed for the Nemo KAY.[3] It provides more memory for user programs.
TASiS[2], based on iS-DOS Chic, is a modern version developed by NedoPC for the ATM Turbo 2+ in 2006,[4][5] supports the enhanced text mode and larger memory of that model.