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Digital Research

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Digital Research, Inc. was a privately held American software company created by Gary Kildall to market and develop his CP/M operating system and the related systems that grew out of it. Its product line covered 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit systems, among them MP/M, Concurrent DOS, FlexOS, Multiuser DOS, DOS Plus, DR DOS and the GEM graphical environment. It is described as the first large software company in the microcomputer world. The company was originally based in Pacific Grove, California, and later in Monterey, California.

Facts
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Private 1
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1991 1
Founded Year
1974 1
Connections

Founded By

Dorothy McEwen Kildall, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Wikipedia: Dorothy McEwen Kildall
Gary Kildall, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Wikipedia: Digital Research

Operates In

Software Industry, Industries
Source Wikipedia: Digital Research
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Developed

CP/M

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

CP/M Plus

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CP/M-86

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DOS Plus

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

FlexOS

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MP/M

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

Located In

California

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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Digital Research
  • Infobox: type
    Private
  • Infobox: founded
    1974 in Pacific Grove, California, U.S.
  • Infobox: defunct
    1991
  • Operates In: Software Industry, Infobox: industry
    Software
  • Founded By: Gary Kildall, Lead: founded-by
    (DR or DRI) was a privately held American software company created by Gary Kildall to market and develop his CP/M operating system and related 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit systems like MP/M, Concurrent DOS, FlexOS, Multiuser DOS, DOS Plus, DR DOS and GEM.
  • In Group: Software, Lead section
    Digital Research, Inc. (DR or DRI) was a privately held American software company created by Gary Kildall to market and develop his CP/M operating system and related 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit systems like MP/M, Concurrent DOS, FlexOS, Multiuser DOS, DOS Plus, DR DOS and GEM.
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Wikipedia: Dorothy McEwen Kildall
Founded By: Dorothy McEwen Kildall, Lead: founded-by
Quote, Founded By: Dorothy McEwen Kildall, Lead: founded-by
In 1974, she co-founded Digital Research, the company that developed the first computer language, the first compiler and the first mainstream operating system for microcomputers.
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