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From: a186@mindlink.UUCP (Harvey Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: IBM PC prehistory (was Japanese Josy
Message-ID: <856@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 27 Dec 89 22:43:10 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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In <244@dg.dg.com>, rec@dg.dg.com (Robert Cousins) writes:
|
| On a slightly different note, since we are talking about ancient
| history, what was the name of the guy at Seattle Computer who wrote
| MS-DOS before it was sold to Microsoft?
|
   Does Tim Patterson ring a bell? I heard the guy talk at a PCCFA fair
 in Vancouver (BC) in about 1984. Very interesting, precise & motor mouth
 speaker. As I recall he just wanted a CP/M for the 8080, which I guess
 is where the MSDOS = CPM on steroids signature originated. ;-)

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