Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:7635 comp.os.msdos.programmer:4086 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!drivax!frotz From: frotz@dri.com (Frotz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer,dri.general Subject: Re: Who the hell wrote CP/M? Summary: DRI Nostalgia... Message-ID: Date: 20 Mar 91 00:29:38 GMT References: <27478@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <1991Mar16.174555.21577@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov> Sender: frotz@dri.com Reply-To: frotz@dri.com Organization: Digital Research, Monterey CA/USA or none (see also My_Desk) Lines: 58 kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov (Kaleb Keithley) writes: ]In article <27478@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) writes: ]>A friend and I got in a massive argument over who wrote the CP/M operating ]>system. He claimed that it was "DEC" but I stated that it was DRI. I ]>assumed all along that: ]> ]>1. CP/M was written by Gary Kildall. ]>2. CP/M was written by DRI ]>3. DRI is NOT related to DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) ]> ]>If I am in err, pleae let me know. ]> ]A little tidbit that may be more folklore than fact, is that Digital ]Research Inc (DRI) was once known as Intergalactic Digital Research. ]Only when they became moderately successful, and deemed the Intergalactic ]portion of their name to be silly, did they drop it. And yes, DRI ]is, to my knowledge, completely unrelated to DEC. DRI is alive and ]well selling DR DOS 5.0 and GEM, otherwise known as CP/M :-) It is a little surprising to see that so many people (>1 outside of DRI) know about the "Intergalactic" prefix...;-) Yes, DRI is completely unrelated to DEC (Digital Equipment Corporation) other than the fact that we use MicroVaxen;-) Yes, DR DOS 5.0 is otherwise known as CP/M, just look at the copyright dates!-) Yes, GEM is also known as CP/M, just look at where it is now...;-} WHAT FOLLOWS IS PURE SPECULATION: Many of the DRI myths are so well known that it is hard to find anyone still here, who actually remembers AND is willing to tell!-). Certainly, Gary will not tell outside of a press interview. * There is some talk of Gary's being at Intel, but only a little. * There is more talk of his teaching position at the Naval Post Graduate School, here in Monterey. This story is much more prevalent. * There are rumors that he had his students do the initial prototypes of the OS for a class (or series of classes) before starting Intergalactic DRI, but these have not been confirmed by any "old-timer" (>8 yrs with DRI). -- John "Frotz" Fa'atuai frotz@dri.com (email@domain) Digital Research, Inc. uunet!drivax!frotz (bang!email) c/o MIS Dept. (408) 647-6570 (vmail) 80 Garden Court, CompRm (408) 649-3896 (phone) Monterey, CA 93940 (408) 646-6248 (fax) #include