The Peak and Collapse of Digital Research

🫧 Open on Bubbles On Thursday, August 21, 1980, Phil Nelson, a technical support representative at DRI’s headquarters in Pacific Grove, CA, answered a phone call. It was Bill Gates, asking about the status of the CP/M port to the Intel 8086 processor. Nelson replied that CP/M‑86 was scheduled for release by the end of the year. Gates then asked to speak with DRI president Gary Kildall; he explained there were some very important visitors in his office that he intended to send over. It was IBM, looking for a