PSU uses emacs?
jurgen.defurne at philips.com
jurgen.defurne at philips.com
Tue Jan 23 03:05:36 EST 2001
A few months ago I was very busy in CP/M (I am coding a Z80 emulator),
and what I found about QDOS, was that Tim Paterson needed a 16-bit version
of CP/M, and that he (annoyed by Digital Research) decided to write his
own version. He started from CP/M, because he it was the only thong he knew
and he needed it fast.
Jurgen
grante at visi.com@SMTP at python.org on 22/01/2001 17:15:12
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In article <94cktu$d9c$1 at news.wrc.xerox.com>, Mark Jackson wrote:
>> This is speculation, based on the philosophical attitudes I have observed in
>> the two groups concerned. 8^} Who designed DOS anyway, Gary Kildall wasn't
>> it?
>
>That was CP/M, the 16-bit version of which was considered by IBM for
>their PC but not chosen. MS-DOS was first licensed and then purchased
>by Microsoft from Seattle Computer Products. It was written by Tim
>Paterson; heavy CP/M influence is evident, but it was far from a
>clone. See Paul Ceruzzi, /A History of Modern Computing/.
Looked like a clone to me. Virtually identical FCB structure,
BIOS entry point at 0x0005, same executable layout, etc. etc.
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