Comment on “I wrote FAT on an airplane, for heaven's sake”parentComments−protomyth12yAccording to one book (Hackers?), he wrote the loader code for BASIC for the Altair on the plane to NM.If I remember right, he did have a Compaq "portable" he lugged around in the early portable days. Something like http://oldcomputers.net/compaqi.htmlIt obviously came out after DOS / FAT.−TheCoelacanth12yThat was Paul Allen, if I remember correctly.−protomyth12yI'm pretty sure it was Bill Gates (although Paul Allen could of too). I thought the source was a Chaos Manor column back in the day.−RockyMcNuts12ynah... they decided Paul should go because Bill still looked like he was a high school sophomore.http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/09/walter-isaacson-on-bill-g...
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According to one book (Hackers?), he wrote the loader code for BASIC for the Altair on the plane to NM.
If I remember right, he did have a Compaq "portable" he lugged around in the early portable days. Something like http://oldcomputers.net/compaqi.html
It obviously came out after DOS / FAT.
That was Paul Allen, if I remember correctly.
I'm pretty sure it was Bill Gates (although Paul Allen could of too). I thought the source was a Chaos Manor column back in the day.
nah... they decided Paul should go because Bill still looked like he was a high school sophomore.
http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/09/walter-isaacson-on-bill-g...