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Brick wrote:

> Enjoyed the history lesson Max. Now can you verify where CPM came from.
> I'm thinking it was from DEC. That was the OS on my Heathkit H-89. Now
> there was a 2Mhz marvel. It weighed only a little less then an anvil, but I
> loved it.


It was developed by Gary Kildall of Digital Research. It ran on
a number of 8080 based machines. Those were the days...

The company and the man have a very interesting history.

http://www.cadigital.com/kildall.htm


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