Control Program for Microcomputers
Control Program for Microcomputers
(operating system)Many of CP/M's features and conventions strongly resemblethose of early DEC operating systems such as TOPS-10,OS/8, RSTS and RSX-11.
CP/M might have been the OS for the IBM PC instead ofMS-DOS but Kildall wanted to keep control of his creationand only license it to IBM. Big Blue however wanted to ownand control it completely. Kildall spent the day IBM's repswanted to meet him enjoying the perfect flying weather in hisprivate plane.