dmemphis
Experienced Member
We all know the lore of the Gates vs Kildall vie for the PC OS.
The stories told leave one assuming that IBM had no prior contact with Digital Research before
approaching him for CP/M for the Chess project.
But this can't be true, can it, as CP/M was offered for the DisplayWriter.
The DisplayWriter was announced in 1980, I believe. Perhaps CP/M-86 was arranged
for it prior to that? Or did it come later?
If it was 1980-ish then IBM was very aware of DR and CP/M and should not have
required Gates to do the introduction.
Something wrong here with the "history"?
The stories told leave one assuming that IBM had no prior contact with Digital Research before
approaching him for CP/M for the Chess project.
But this can't be true, can it, as CP/M was offered for the DisplayWriter.
The DisplayWriter was announced in 1980, I believe. Perhaps CP/M-86 was arranged
for it prior to that? Or did it come later?
If it was 1980-ish then IBM was very aware of DR and CP/M and should not have
required Gates to do the introduction.
Something wrong here with the "history"?