Gary Arlen Kildall (May 19, 1942 - July 11, 1994) was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur who created the CP/M operating system and founded Digital Research, Inc.(DRI). Kildall was one of the first people to see microprocessors as fully capable computers rather than equipment controllers and to organize a company around this concept. He also co-hosted the PBS TV show "The Computer Chronicles". Wikipedia
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Digital Research - History archive of firm founded by Gary and Dorothy Kildall (nee McEwen) in 1974, which soon became the first successful PC OS company. dmoz.org/Computers/History/Pioneers/Kildall,_Gary/
Scott, and a daughter, Kristin, as well as his former wife, Dorothy Kildall, with whom Gary co-founded Digital Research, Inc. in 1974. web.archive.org/web/20041010032349/http://www.maxframe.co...
Reviewer: mooses_software - - June 9, 2004 Subject: Riveting - Highly Recommended Viewing Gary Kildall certainly deserves a far kinder assessment of his contributions to the personal computer that he has received to date. www.archive.org/details/GaryKild
All of the products above would not have been possible without the valiant and brilliant work of the founder of Digital Research, the late Dr. Gary A. Kildall . On July 11, 1994, Gary Kildall passed away following a blow to his head at the Franklin Stree www.digitalresearch.biz/Gary.Kildall.htm
The Gary Kildall Legacy by Sol Libes Copyright 1995, Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey Gary Kildall died in July 1994 at the age of 52. www.cadigital.com/kildall.htm
Gary and Dorothy's efforts were critical in bringing computers to the home and widespread business use. In 1983, she and Gary permanently separated and later were divorced. In 1989, she bought the then dilapidated Holman Ranch on a 400-acre plot of land www.digitalresearch.biz/
Gary Kildall was an computer instructor at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate school in Monterey, California. In 1974 he saw an ad for an Intel processor and called the company to offer his services. He was hired to write programming tools for the new Intel 40 www.freeenterpriseland.com/BOOK/KILDALL.html