👶💾 Ah yes, the thrilling tale of 86-DOS: a young programmer's quest to create a "small" operating system that would eventually become the bug-riddled backbone of the PC world. 🎉🤦♂️ Brace yourselves for an epic journey from #QDOS to MS-DOS, where the real innovation was selling it to Microsoft.
https://nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com/p/birth-of-86-dos #86DOS #MSDOS #OperatingSystems #TechHistory #ProgrammingJourney #HackerNews #ngated
#86dos
Esta adquisición y desarrollo de MS-DOS resultó ser un hito crucial para Microsoft, impulsando su éxito en el mercado de sistemas operativos para computadoras personales.
El 4 de julio de 1981, Microsoft compró los derechos del sistema operativo 86-DOS (también conocido como QDOS) a Seattle Computer Products por $50,000 usd.
Este sistema operativo, creado por Tim Paterson (quien buscaba emular el CPM/M a los procesadores 8086), fue adaptado y renombrado como MS-DOS por Microsoft, y posteriormente licenciado a IBM como PC-DOS para su uso en la IBM PC.
QDOS 1.0 et PC-DOS 1.0, deux frères ennemis ?
@drewdevault I wrote https://github.com/dheadshot/libqdinp2 which behaves a bit like the MS-DOS input scheme (it was based on the idea of the 86-DOS templating system), but I wouldn't rate it as highly as all those other libraries mentioned... #MSDOS #86DOS #QDOS
Introducción a las Interfaces Gráficas y YAD ¿Como empezó todo? 🤔
#Gui 💻 #YAD #antiX #Linux #QDOS #86DOS ⌨️ #CPM #GaryKildall #PARK 🖱️
https://drcalambre.blogspot.com/2024/06/introduccion-las-interfaces-graficas-y.html
I _WISH_ I could get a message as mainstream and persistent as "MS-DOS STOLE CP/M CODE" out into the aether. Jesus christ, it's like herpes. #retrocomputing #86dos #msdos #cpm #peoplearestupid
This is by far the most in-depth walk through of the earliest 86-DOS (pre-cursor to PC/MS-DOS) that I've seen. Hardware history walk through, live code walk through porting code from Z-80 CP/M to 8086 86-DOS. Very well done #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #history #86dos #cpm
Showing how to use the Earliest known copy of 86-DOS, the antecedent to IBM PC-DOS. (MS-DOS)
Showing how to use the Earliest known copy of 86-DOS, the antecedent to IBM PC-DOS. (MS-DOS)
This is by far the most in-depth walk through of the earliest 86-DOS (pre-cursor to PC/MS-DOS) that I've seen. Hardware history walk through, live code walk through porting code from Z-80 CP/M to 8086 86-DOS. Very well done #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #history #86dos #cpm
Showing how to use the Earliest known copy of 86-DOS, the antecedent to IBM PC-DOS. (MS-DOS)
Showing how to use the Earliest known copy of 86-DOS, the antecedent to IBM PC-DOS. (MS-DOS)
E encontraram o australopithecus! Só que do Windows 11.
https://retropolis.com.br/2024/01/09/e-encontraram-o-australopithecus-so-que-do-windows-11/
#MundoRetro #86DOS #Arqueologia #CPM #microsoft #MSDOS #S100 #SeattleComputerProducts #SistemaOperacional #TimPaterson
I can’t remember who shared this with me (or if I just found it whilst browsing videos); but this is an excellent video - which I can heartily recommend to anyone who’s interested in technical #retrocomputing archeology, in the origins of #msdos, #86dos, or #cpm
#86DOS: Alter Vorgänger von #MSDOS wurde gefunden https://glm.io/180759?t via @golem
86-DOS: Alter Vorgänger von MS-DOS aus dem Jahr 1979 wurde gefunden - Golem.de
„Die frühe Version von 86-DOS integriert Schach und einen 8086-Assembler. Später entstand daraus Microsofts MS-DOS – und schließlich Windows.“
https://www.golem.de/news/86-dos-alter-vorgaenger-von-ms-dos-wurde-gefunden-2401-180759.html
#QDOS #86DOS #MSDOS
Someone recently discovered the early copy of 86-DOS (the pre-cursor to PC-DOS/MS-DOS). This person made a video exploring it. This is version 0.11 from July 1980 previously seen by less than a dozen people.
#RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #history #msdos #microsoft #86dos
Exploring The Hidden Roots of MS-DOS: 86-DOS 0.11 (1980)
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