Dilwyn Jones wrote:
> The only other "QDOS" I've ever heard of was an old PC operating
> system, a predecessor to CPM I think, called "Quick and Dirty
> Operating System". Don't know if that was the official name or just
> something someone made up about it in the same way as QDOS in
> Qludged early QLs were nickname Quite Delayed Operating System.
>>QDOS was the name of the CP/M clone for the 8086 that Bill Gates
>>bought and renamed MS-DOS 1.0...
>>The name comes from the fact that it was written as a "quick and dirty
>>OS" to get an 8086 board up and running... which explains a lot!
>>John
....And he bought it for 50,000 Dollars, which when you consider how much
he made out of MS-DOS, was a bit of a Bargain....
Darren.
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