Digital Systems Inc., Seattle, USA, between 1966 [1] and 1979 [1] an accounting service and technology development company founded by John Q. Torode. [2] [3] [1] [4] [5] The company was reorganized into the microcomputer design and development company Digital Microsystems, Inc. (DMS), [5] Oakland, USA, founded in 1979. [6] In 1984, it was sold to the new UK operation Digital Microsystems Ltd. (DML) (owned by Extel Group Plc) [7] and finally ended its US operations in 1986. [1] [5] Without Torode, Digital Microsystems Ltd.'s product HiNet (Hierarchical Integration Network) was sold to Apricot Computers Plc in 1987. [8] In 1986, Torode founded a new company, IC Designs, Inc., based partly on Theodore "Ted" H. Kehl's VLSI technology at the University of Washington (UW), [1] [9] which was bought by Cypress Semiconductor Corp. in 1993. [9]
[…] The first commercial licensing of CP/M took place in 1975 with contracts between Digital Systems and Omron of America for use in their intelligent terminal, and with Lawrence Livermore Laboratories where CP/M was used to monitor programs in the Octopus network. Little attention was paid to CP/M for about a year. In my spare time, I worked to improve overall facilities […] By this time, CP/M had been adapted for four different controllers. […]
[…] Digital Microsystems, Inc. […] Embarcadero, Oakland, CA […] Digital Microsystems (DMS), originally Digital Systems, was founded in 1975 by Dr. John Torode who designed the first floppy disk subsystem for use on a micro. In 1974, DMS collaborated with Gary Kildall ( Digital Research's founder) to design and implement the first microcomputer disk operating system, CP/M. […]
Digital Systems Inc., Seattle, USA, between 1966 [1] and 1979 [1] an accounting service and technology development company founded by John Q. Torode. [2] [3] [1] [4] [5] The company was reorganized into the microcomputer design and development company Digital Microsystems, Inc. (DMS), [5] Oakland, USA, founded in 1979. [6] In 1984, it was sold to the new UK operation Digital Microsystems Ltd. (DML) (owned by Extel Group Plc) [7] and finally ended its US operations in 1986. [1] [5] Without Torode, Digital Microsystems Ltd.'s product HiNet (Hierarchical Integration Network) was sold to Apricot Computers Plc in 1987. [8] In 1986, Torode founded a new company, IC Designs, Inc., based partly on Theodore "Ted" H. Kehl's VLSI technology at the University of Washington (UW), [1] [9] which was bought by Cypress Semiconductor Corp. in 1993. [9]
[…] The first commercial licensing of CP/M took place in 1975 with contracts between Digital Systems and Omron of America for use in their intelligent terminal, and with Lawrence Livermore Laboratories where CP/M was used to monitor programs in the Octopus network. Little attention was paid to CP/M for about a year. In my spare time, I worked to improve overall facilities […] By this time, CP/M had been adapted for four different controllers. […]
[…] Digital Microsystems, Inc. […] Embarcadero, Oakland, CA […] Digital Microsystems (DMS), originally Digital Systems, was founded in 1975 by Dr. John Torode who designed the first floppy disk subsystem for use on a micro. In 1974, DMS collaborated with Gary Kildall ( Digital Research's founder) to design and implement the first microcomputer disk operating system, CP/M. […]