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Seattle Computer Products (SCP) was a Tukwila, Washington, microcomputer hardware company which was one of the first manufacturers of computer systems based on the 16-bit Intel 8086 processor.
86-DOS was created because sales of the Seattle Computer Products 8086 computer kit, demonstrated in June 1979 and shipped in November, were languishing due to the absence of an operating system.
Seattle Computer Products developed the operating system 86-DOS. It would be bought by Microsoft and turned into MS-DOS, otherwise known as simply "DOS". To my knowledge, there are 7 copies of 86-DOS that have been dumped onto the internet.
Jan 23, 2024 · Seattle Computer Products (SCP) was a Tukwila, Washington, microcomputer hardware company which was one of the first manufacturers of computer systems based on the 16-bit Intel 8086 processor. [1]
Mar 8, 2014 · Seattle Computer Products -- History. Seattle computer products (SCP) was located on Industrial Drive, Seattle, WA., and was founded by Rod Brock in the mid 1970's. Initially they made S-100 memory boards employing local Seattle area high-school students to assemble them.
Mar 25, 2014 · When Microsoft signed the contract with IBM in November 1980, they had no such operating system. They too outsourced it, by first licensing then purchasing an operating system from Seattle Computer Products variously called QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System”) and 86-DOS.
Seattle Computer Products was a computer manufacturer and operating system developer. History. Seattle Computer Products was founded by Rodney Maurice Brock in 1978. Tim Paterson, a twenty-two-year-old who was hired in June 1978, designed a board for the Intel 8086 processor.
