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  • 50 Years of the PC Operating System

    From AKAcastor@21:1/162 to All on Mon Apr 22 17:10:56 2024
    A great article from the Computer History Museum about the early days of personal computer operating systems and the brilliance of Gary Kildall.

    "PC software pioneer Gary Kildall demonstrated CP/M, the first commercially successful personal computer operating system in Pacific Grove, California, in 1974. Following is the story of how his company, Digital Research Inc., established CP/M as an industry standard and its subsequent loss to a version from Microsoft that copied the look and feel of the DRI software."


    "Fifty Years of the Personal Computer Operating System"
    by David Laws, April 18, 2024.

    https://computerhistory.org/blog/fifty-years-of-the-personal-computer-operating-system/


    Chris/akacastor


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  • From Ben Collver@21:2/101 to AKAcastor on Mon Apr 22 23:24:47 2024
    Re: 50 Years of the PC Operating System
    By: AKAcastor to All on Mon Apr 22 2024 17:10:56

    That is a great article, thanks for sharing it.

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  • From mary4@21:1/166 to AKAcastor on Wed Apr 24 22:52:37 2024
    A great article from the Computer History Museum about the early days of personal computer operating systems and the brilliance of Gary Kildall.

    "PC software pioneer Gary Kildall demonstrated CP/M, the first commercially successful personal computer operating system in Pacific Grove, California, in 1974. Following is the story of how his company, Digital Research Inc., established CP/M as an industry standard and its subsequent loss to a version from Microsoft that copied the look and
    feel of the DRI software."


    "Fifty Years of the Personal Computer Operating System"
    by David Laws, April 18, 2024.

    https://computerhistory.org/blog/fifty-years-of-the-personal-computer-oper system/


    Chris/akacastor

    :D here is to 50 years!! :3

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