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aug 1, 1980 - QDOS

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Quick and Dirty Operating System (created in 2 months)
Tim Paterson
compatible with CP/M because of a translator that converted 8080 instructions into 8086 instructions
FAT (file allocation table to control disk format and space allocation)

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aug 1, 1980
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