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4 unusual facts about Gary Kildall


Computer Chronicles

Gary Kildall served as co-host for six years (1983 to 1990) providing insights and commentary on products as well as discussions on the future of the ever-expanding personal computer sphere.

Digital Research Labs

Digital Research, a now defunct microcomputer operating system (CP/M, DR-DOS) vendor founded by Gary Kildall

IBMBIO.COM

The term was originally coined by Gary Kildall's in 1975 for CP/M, but is also used to describe a similar component or layer in other operating systems by Digital Research, IBM, Microsoft

IBMDOS.COM

In Digital Research terminology, the kernel component of the operating system is called the BDOS (Basic Disk Operating System), a term originally coined by Gary Kildall in 1975 for CP/M, but which is continued to be used in all other DRI operating systems.


IMSAI 8080

In 1977, IMSAI marketing director Seymour I. Rubinstein paid Gary Kildall $25,000 for the right to run CP/M version 1.3, which eventually evolved into an operating system called IMDOS, on IMSAI 8080 computers.


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