THE FIRST OPERATING SYSTEM IN THE WORLD
Perhaps this story is rarely raised to the surface, about who actually made the first OS for Personal Computer (PC).
A Gary Arlen Kildall, the stalwart of IBM's (Business Business Machine) confusion, when they made their first PC. Nothing else because it involves the life of Operating System (OS), which should stick in the PC. In addition, he is a strong friend as well as a Gates idol.
Gary Arlen Kildall Born: May 19, 1942 Died: July 11, 1994
Gary Kildall died in July of 1994, due to a heart attack while he was with his friends in a restaurant in California. Despite two times admitted to hospital but eventually he died three days later at Monterey Peninsula Hospital, California.
Gary is regarded as one of the important figures in the world computer arena. Every PC owner, would be grateful for the presence of Gary in this world. It could be without its presence, the PCs that exist today is just going to be a hardware onggokkan can not do much, because no life of the OS.
No less, the recognition also came from Microsoft boss Bill Gates, who said there was nothing more powerful like MS MS Gary Kildall once had. Gary was the first person to enter the disk system into a microcomputer, by making the OS for it. He completely changed what he had previously presented, the circuit design for the control of an application by fully functioning on a computer.
Even with his services a computer becomes capable of performing heavy tasks with more than one command. Good for minicomputers and mainframes. For the results of his work, the world, it seems really made changed.
Basic education Gary is very possible to bring the ideas and results of his work to be the best. Because the man who earned his Ph.D. in the field of computer science from the University of Washington in 1972, has managed to convince the IBM until then joined Microsoft, which proved to be where the two companies eventually become computer giants are very feared the world.
Gary with the Altair8800 PC machine
After grabbing a Ph.D. Gary did not immediately join the hardware and computer software factory, but instead joined with the US Navy, which is believed to handle computerization in the world's largest Navy fleet. There is a unique question, whether a top world OS producer must be born in Seattle? The answer could be yes or not. However, in fact, two of the world's top people in the OS field, namely Gary himself and Gates are Seattle-born.
Just as Gates, Gary, has a lot of patience with computers. However, both still have differences, which means the two can not be spelled as a hole cut in half. So, where is the difference? Of course the problem of educational background, because Gary is able to complete all his duties well studied until graduation. While Gates, a Bachelor of Youth did not succeed.
And indeed both also have the difference in the period of education, because when Gary was sitting in college, Gates is still sitting in high school. But greatly, both (with the difference in the period of education) can work on the same workplace DEC PDP-10 computer system.
**tripped IBM **
But before the length of the word, how exactly Gary's early gait could be IBM's chagrin that later became a hero to the computer giant, especially for the sake of fighting Apple, which has been ranting can make a computer that can be included in a room. Initially, when IBM planned to build its IBM PC computer, IBM needed an operating system (OS). But IBM is really confused, who is capable and will be able to fill the soul of the OS of the computer that will be made it? Apparently fate made IBM meet with Gary Kildall and Bill Gates (already has a team of programmers). That means, IBM has two great candidates for the computer can be filled OS, namely Gary and Gates.
There is a misunderstanding, because IBM thinks Bill Gates (Microsoft) has an OS, but Microsoft at that time only have programming language (Basic). So, finally, Bill Gates sent a group of IBM to Gary Kildall's place.
CP / M-86 OS display above PC Commodore B Series engine.
Once everything is settled, there is a very incriminating disclosure agreement and so on. Until then the cooperation of Gary and IBM ran aground in the middle of the road. This is strange, because eventually IBM chose Microsoft (after Microsoft bought another OS). However, IBM found 300 Bugs from the OS offered by Bill Gates et al, until finally they returned to Gary who joined the DRI (OS maker founded by Gary) and succeeded in making OS CP / M-86, as IBM uses DOS Version 1.0 , but it turns out DOS Version 1.0 also contains many bugs and then combined with CP / M-86, to produce a multitasking and windowing OS.
**Microsoft Learn from Gary **
Seeing the size of Microsoft, it is inconceivable that they had to learn first of all the success achieved by Gary, DRI and Apple (with Mac GUI), which proved successful in making reliable OS for PC at that time.
When Windows still has not reached version 3.0, Microsoft really has not been taken into account by the computer world, because they still can not eliminate the deficiencies owned, but also in the OS is also still using DOS, which notabene not the result of their own work. The downside again, the OS used by Microsoft has not been able to multitasking.
New in the spring of 1990, Microsoft is proud to announce the launch of Windows 3.0, which already has the ability to excess, in addition to its multitasking capabilities, as well as the fewer bugs conceived and captivating icons that can woo the users. All that greatness, obviously the results of learning done MS to Gary, DRI and Apple, who first able to do it.
**Achievement of his life **
From the story that has been experienced by Gary, it appears that this bespectacled man is not kidding when memilki ability. Just look at what he has done and create (bottom list), which is almost dominant whose name is the parts in the body of a computer that can be created.
He is the one who introduces operating systems (OS) with multitasking capability and windowing capabilities as well as drive-drive user interfaces.
Apart from DRI, he created the first floppy disk with buffering schemes, which can read algorithms, directory files, and RAM disk emulators. In 1980, he introduced a recycling binary.
Kildall was named the first OS programming language and author of a special compiler for microprocessors.
Gary succeeded in creating the first operating system disk microprocessor, which was then successfully sold millions of copies. After that, he managed to create the first computer interface for video disks with nonlinear playback capability, which later became known as interactive multimedia.
Also successfully developed file system and data structure for CD-ROM. Another accomplishment, He created an open-system architecture through the separation of system-specific hardware interfaces set in ordinary BIOS, enabling the existence of third-party software industry.
The list of works he created is obviously not a playful work, because almost all aspects of the needs of modern computers has diraupnya. And no exaggeration would if we dubbed him as the forerunner of modern computers.