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Gary Kildall: Pionero de la Computación Personal

Gary Kildall, un científico de la computación estadounidense y emprendedor de microcomputadoras, es más conocido por crear el sistema operativo CP/M, que desempeñó un papel importante en el desarrollo de la revolución de las computadoras personales. Nacido en 1942, las contribuciones de Kildall al campo de la ciencia de la computación han teni…

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https://akerix.com/on-this-day/05-19-gary-kildall-1942

Gary Kildall — Akerix

American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur (1942–1994)

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algodesigner May 4

In the mid-80s, the microcomputer world was mostly flat. Single-tasking. One thing at a time.

Then Gary Kildall showed multiple screens, multiple tasks – on limited hardware.
He called it “mainframes coming down to your desk.”
We take multitasking for granted. He had the courage to build one of the first.
The rest is history. But here’s where it started.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9EHc80HY4U

#GaryKildall #RetroComputing #Multitasking #ComputerHistory

Computer Chronicles - Concurrent CP/M

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Ars Technica News Jan 5

Stewart Cheifet, PBS host who chronicled the PC revolution, dies at 87 https://arstechni.ca/rakC #ComputerChronicles #Vintagecomputing #computerhistory #InternetArchive #machinelearning #retrocomputing #StewartCheifet #GaryKildall #Obituaries #retrotech #Tech #PBS #AI

Stewart Cheifet, PBS host who chronicled the PC revolution, dies at 87

Cheifet produced more than 400 episodes of TV tracing the rise of personal computing.

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ITs History!Nov 12, 2025

1969 #computer #office solutions weren't marketed by #IBM for medium sized companies. The first #Redactor was affordable for less than $10K and powerful enough to challenge their market domination, a decade prior to the #PC revolution.

#EvelynBerezin was ahead of her time, including #GaryKildall, #LoreHarp, #SteveJobs, and of course #BillGates, too.
https://youtu.be/3wOWHkX4ilA

Jyoti Mishra Nov 11, 2025

I'm still really chuffed that Dan Totally Rad Show, #DanTrachtenburg, is now Dan Totally Brilliant Director Of Prey, Black Mirror, The Boys etc. 🥰

The only warm geeky feels I can compare it to is when #ComputerChronicles used to be hosted by #GaryKildall.

#CP/M #DOS #CLIs

Marius Jul 23, 2025

Watching the most interesting tribute show on Gary Kildall when I saw the background on of the interview objects. That bookshelf was my teenage selfs wet dream. A bookshelf full of software boxes! Could you ever want more in the nineties? #garykildall #retro

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MJ Turner Jul 18, 2025

@CharlieMcHenry Thanks for sharing this. It was only a few years ago that I realised he was a co-host of Computer Chronicles from 1983-1990, most episodes of which are on The Internet Archive - https://archive.org/details/Computer_Chronicles

#garykildall #retrocomputing #internetarchive

Computer Chronicles : Stewart Cheifet : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Computer Chronicles is an American half-hour television series, broadcast from 1983 to 2002 on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) public television, which...

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Charlie McHenry Jul 18, 2025

Gary Kildall was an important figure, and early #OS pioneer during the seminal period of the personal computer revolution. CP/M Creator Gary Kildall’s Memoirs Released as Free Download… Gary Kildall’s story shows how he paved a path for the start-up culture, say his children… I totally agree. The computing world would be substantially different had he chosen to meet with the IBM suits who were looking for an OS for their new PCs. But Kildall didn’t like suits, they made him nervous is the story. Great guy, great mind… #GaryKildall #RetroComputing #technology #computing #ComputingHistory

https://spectrum.ieee.org/cpm-creator-gary-kildalls-memoirs-released-as-free-download

CP/M Creator Gary Kildall’s Memoirs Released as Free Download

Gary Kildall’s story shows how he paved a path for the start-up culture, say his children

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N-gated Hacker News Jul 18, 2025

🚨BREAKING: In an unprecedented plot twist, Gary Kildall's #memoirs are now as accessible as the legendary software he created. 📚✨ Meanwhile, the internet gods have decreed with a 403 that your burning desire to read them is "Forbidden," proving once again that the digital age prioritizes irony over information. 🙃🔒
https://spectrum.ieee.org/cpm-creator-gary-kildalls-memoirs-released-as-free-download #GaryKildall #DigitalIrony #ForbiddenAccess #TechHistory #HackerNews #ngated