13 Dec
2011
13 Dec
'11
6:42 p.m.
On 12/13/2011 06:01 PM, Eric Smith wrote:
Chuck Guzis wrote:
I think you re hybridizing what happened with Intel and later with
Microsoft.
But ISIS *did* precede CP/M.
I don't think that's the case, at least in terms of when they were
written. As I understand it, Kildall tried to sell CP/M to Intel, and
Intel didn't buy it, apparently because Kildall didn't want to sell
them exclusive rights. That resulted in the creation of ISIS as an
Intel exclusive.
Possibly CP/M wasn't offered for sale to the
public until after
shipments of ISIS started, but I don't really know the first ship
dates of either.
I saw v1.3 in 1975 down in Atlantic city (PCC). ISIS was definately later.
Allison
Eric