13 Jun
2014
13 Jun
'14
4:26 p.m.
But, in 1979?, I asked Gary Kildall what he would
recommend as a standard
format for 5.25". He replied, "The standard format for CP/M is 8"
SSSD."
I tried, with NO success to convince him that because DS, DD,
and 5.25" WERE going to happen, that specifying secondary standards
(DS, DD, 5.25" SSSD, 5.25" DS, 5.25" DD, 5.25" DSDD) would go a
long ways towards preventing a situation of thousands of mutually
incompatible formats. He politely made it very clear that he had NO
interest in creating secondary standards.
"The standard format for CP/M is 8" SSSD."
What would you expect from someone who turned out IBM? :)