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Operating system

iS-DOS
Developer	Iskra Soft
Working state	current
Source model	Closed
Initial release	1990; 34 years ago (1990)
Package manager	None
Platforms	Russian ZX Spectrum clones
Kernel type	Monolithic
Influenced by	TR-DOS
Official website	trd.speccy.cz

iS-DOS 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.

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.

Versions

iS-DOS Chic is a version developed for the Nemo KAY. It provides more memory for user programs.

TASiS, based on iS-DOS Chic, is a modern version developed by NedoPC for the ATM Turbo 2+ in 2006, supports the enhanced text mode and larger memory of that model.

Distributors

Slot Ltd. (Moscow) distributed iS-DOS in Moscow and regions in 1990s, and issued paper books.
Nemo (Saint Petersburg) distributed iS-DOS in ex-USSR until 2004, and issued Open Letters electronic press.
iS-DOS Support Team (Saratov Oblast) distributes iS-DOS in ex-USSR and issues iS-Files electronic press.
NedoPC distributes TASiS as freeware.

Books

Картавцев И.Ю, Самыловский С.В., Криштопа С.В. "iS-DOS. Руководство пользователя". IskraSoft, Slot, С-Пб, Москва, 1993, 128 стр.
Криштопа С.В. "Операционная система IS-DOS для ZX-SPECTRUM. Руководство программиста". "IskraSoft" С-Пб, "Slot" Москва, 1994, 84 стр.

References

"iS-DOS Classic v4.5". Virtual TR-DOS. Iskra Soft Ltd. 1996. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
^ "Operating Systems Database: iS-DOS". epocalc. 2018. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
"Nicron #108 - Advertising - advertising and announcements - Nemo - KAY-1024/3sl/turbo". ZXPRESS — Журналы, газеты и книги для ZX Spectrum. 1999. Retrieved 2022-11-23.
"НОВОСТИ". Страничка компьютера ATM-turbo (НОВОСТИ). Retrieved 2022-11-23.
"OS TASiS ver.5.41". Страничка компьютера ATM-turbo. Retrieved 2022-11-23.