Subj : Re: 50 Years of the PC Operating System
To   : AKAcastor
From : mary4
Date : Wed Apr 24 2024 22:52:37

 AK> A great article from the Computer History Museum about the early days of
 AK> personal computer operating systems and the brilliance of Gary Kildall.
 AK> 
 AK> "PC software pioneer Gary Kildall demonstrated CP/M, the first
 AK> commercially successful personal computer operating system in Pacific
 AK> Grove, California, in 1974. Following is the story of how his company,
 AK> Digital Research Inc., established CP/M as an industry standard and its
 AK> subsequent loss to a version from Microsoft that copied the look and
 AK> feel of the DRI software."
 AK> 
 AK> 
 AK> "Fifty Years of the Personal Computer Operating System"
 AK> by David Laws, April 18, 2024.
 AK> 
 AK> https://computerhistory.org/blog/fifty-years-of-the-personal-computer-oper
 AK> system/
 AK> 
 AK> 
 AK> Chris/akacastor
 AK> 
:D  here is to 50 years!! :3

--mary4 (Victoria Crenshaw) the 286 enthusiast

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