Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Apr 26 22:43:40 CDT 2014
Even better was C/CPM. Ran it on several "networked"* ICL Quattro's back on the mid '80s http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=852 *using serial communications over a cable with line drivers between two buildings several hundred meters apart.. That's where I cut my teeth on relational database development and Dataflex (aong with word processing with Wordstar) -- Stuart On 26 Apr 2014 at 12:48, Arthur Fuller wrote: > *"GeekWire reports that Gary Kildall > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall>, the creator of the > landmark personal computer operating system CP/M, will be recognized > posthumously by the IEEE for that contribution > <http://www.geekwire.com/2014/real-inventor-uws-gary-kildall-father-pc > -os-recognized-landmark-contributions/>, in addition to his invention > of BIOS, with a rare IEEE Milestone plaque > <http://news.cs.washington.edu/2014/01/25/ieee-to-honor-uw-cse-alumnus > -gary-kildall-with-milestone/>.* > > I started with CP/M, and thought it superior to DOS in several ways. > -- Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech > mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: > http://www.databaseadvisors.com >