Re^2: IBM PC prehistory (was Japanese Jos

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From: Ross Alexander
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 1989 22:28

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rec@dg.dg.com (Robert Cousins) writes:
>On a slightly different note, since we are talking about ancient history,
>what was the name of the guy at Seattle Computer who wrote MS-DOS before
>it was sold to Microsoft?

J. Gordon Letwin, I think.  He wrote big chunks of HDOS as well.

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Ross Alexander, (403) 675 6311		rwa@aungbad.AthabascaU.CA

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From: rwa@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Ross Alexander)
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