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Is this an ancestor of MCP?
by Eldodi 1y ago
Is this an ancestor of MCP?
- EvanAnderson 1y agoIt's an operating system used on 8-bit microcomputers (8080 and Z80-based). It's (sort of) an ancestor (API inspiration, really) to MS-DOS.
- macintux 1y agoInteresting look at the controversy surrounding Microsoft, IBM, and CP/M. https://spectrum.ieee.org/did-bill-gates-steal-the-heart-of-dos https://spectrum.ieee.org/did-bill-gates-steal-the-heart-of-...
- jandrese 1y agoMS-DOS was more of a clone of CP/M. The sort of thing that was mostly possible because CP/M is so minimal that one person can rewrite/port it in a just a few weeks. MS-DOS also cleaned up some of the rough edges of CP/M, like soft locking the system if you tried to access an non-existent drive.
- DonaldFisk 1y agoNo, MCP was a much older operating system (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_MCP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burroughs_MCP).
- homarp 1y agoand also in Tron https://tron.fandom.com/wiki/Master_Control_Program https://tron.fandom.com/wiki/Master_Control_Program