DOS/V was a Japanese computing initiative starting in 1990 to allow PCs to handle double-byte Japanese text via software alone. It was developed by IBM for its PS/55 machines (a localized version of the PS/2). The Personal System/2 or PS/2 was IBM 's third generation of Personal computers The PS/2 line released to the public in 1987 was created by IBM in an Kanji fonts and other local information were stored on the hard disk rather than on special chips as in the preceding AX architecture. AX ( A rchitecture e' X' tended was a Japanese computing initiative starting in around 1986 to allow PCs to handle double-byte Japanese text via special hardware chips As with AX, its great value for the Japanese computing industry was in allowing compatibility with foreign software. This had not been possible under NEC's proprietary PC-98 system, which was the market leader before DOS/V emerged. is a Japanese multinational IT company headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan. The NEC PC-9801 (or the PC-98 for short is a Japanese Microcomputer manufactured by NEC.

Trivia:

The V in DOS/V stands for VGA (not for "version five" as some people thought, as it came out at approximately the same time as DOS v. 5).

See also

• DOS
• Unicode

External links

• Japan's PC industry in transformation (historical overview)

DOS, short for "Disk Operating System" is a shorthand term for several closely related Operating systems that dominated the IBM PC compatible market In Computing, Unicode is an Industry standard allowing Computers to consistently represent and manipulate text expressed in most of the world's

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