Title
Rolander, Tom oral history
Catalog Number
102717253
Type
Document
Description
Thomas A. Rolander is an entrepreneur, engineer, and pioneering developer of operating systems and software applications for personal computers. While working at Digital Research Inc. (DRI) with Gary Kildall, the "father" of CP/M, in 1979 he created the multitasking multiuser operating system MP/M for microcomputers that laid the groundwork for later Digital Research operating system families such as Concurrent CP/M, Concurrent DOS and Multiuser DOS. He received a Diamond Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence from the University of Washington (UW) in 2013.
Date
2016-12-01
Contributor
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Laws, David, Interviewer
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Rolander, Tom, Interviewee
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, CA
Format
PDF
Category
Transcription
Subject
Kildall; Fluke; Intel; Digital Research; CD-ROM; Microsoft; IBM; Novell, Inc.; CP/M
Credit
Computer History Museum
