Yes, I have read that Gordon Letwin worked at Heath before coming to
Microsoft. He worked on OS/2 and Windows.
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Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 2:00 PM
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Subject: Heathkit HDOS source listings
Hello all,
I recently acquired a 4-volume set of Heathkit HDOS source listings.
They are in assembly langage, printed out on May 16th, 1980. They
have nicely printed cover pages from Heathkit, and the rest appear to
be photocopies of greenbar paper listings. I haven't examined them
completely, but they appear to be intact, readable, and complete. The
command processor and BASIC interpreter are definitely there, and
there is a lot more as well...
I'll post more details if anyone is interested. Also, I don't know if
these are archived anywhere. If not, is there interest in getting
these scanned and posted? If so, I'll move it to the top of the list.
Bear in mind it's at least a 6" high stack, double-side printed, so
"top of the stack" may still take a while to do... :-)
I found some comments by a "J.G. Letwin". Perchance the same Letwin
of OS/2 fame?
Thanks,
Rich B.