Tim Paterson
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Developer of 86-DOS at Seattle Computer Products, later employed by Microsoft to adapt the OS for the PC
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Altair BASIC
Connected via: Microsoft
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Steve Ballmer
Connected via: Microsoft
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Bill Gates
Connected via: Microsoft
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Steven Sinofsky
Connected via: Microsoft
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- Organization Microsoft - Microsoft employed Tim Paterson to adapt 86-DOS for the IBM PC Credible Reporting
- Organization Seattle Computer Products (SCP) - Tim Paterson created 86-DOS at Seattle Computer Products for hardware similar to the IBM PC Credible Reporting
Source Documents & Evidence
“A few weeks later, Gates and Allen proposed using 86-DOS, an operating system similar to CP/M, that Tim Paterson of Seattle Computer Products (SCP) had made for hardware similar to the PC. Microsoft employed Paterson to adapt the operating system ...”Accessed: 2026-02-21
Added: 2026-02-21
· Updated: 2026-02-21
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