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 Atari DOS version 2.5, main menu | |
| Developer | Atari, Inc., Atari Corporation |
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| Working state | Discontinued |
| Source model | Closed source |
| Initial release | 1979 |
| Latest release | XE 1.0 / 1987 |
| Available in | English |
| Platforms | Atari 8-bit computers |
| Default user interface | Menu |
| License | Proprietary EULA |
Atari DOS is the disk operating system used with the Atari 8-bit computers. Operating system extensions loaded into memory were required in order for an Atari computer to manage files stored on a disk drive. These extensions to the operating system added the disk handler and other file management features.
The most important extension is the disk handler. In Atari DOS 2.0, this was the File Management System (FMS), an implementation of a file system loaded from a floppy disk. This meant at least an additional 32 KB RAM was needed to run with DOS loaded.