> I've read claims that actual lines of CP/M could be found in QDOS.
[citation needed]
Given the large differences in hardware, this seems pretty unlikely. But given they did implement the same API, I suspect that could be the source of some confusion.
> I've also read that Paterson "bought a CP/M manual and used it as the basis to write his operating system in six weeks."
Paterson owned a machine running CP/M and wrote software for it.
[citation needed]
Given the large differences in hardware, this seems pretty unlikely. But given they did implement the same API, I suspect that could be the source of some confusion.
> I've also read that Paterson "bought a CP/M manual and used it as the basis to write his operating system in six weeks."
Paterson owned a machine running CP/M and wrote software for it.