Seattle Computer Products

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Seattle Computer Products
Type Private
Founded 1978 (closed in the late 1980s)
Headquarters Tukwila, Washington, USA
Key people Rodney Maurice Brock, founder
Industry Computer products
Products 86-DOS
Number of people 2
Website N/A

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. Released in November 1979, it was one of the first 8086 computers available for sale. A standalone version of Microsoft BASIC, was available but Digital Research had yet to release the 8086 compatible version of CP/M.

Because the computer lacked an operating system, Tim Patterson designed QDOS, or Quick-and-Dirty Operating System. This operating system evolved into 86-DOS, which was purchased by Microsoft and became the basis of the 1981 releases of IBM PC DOS 1.0 and the first public release of Microsoft MS-DOS, version 1.24.

As the decade progressed, demand for 8086 computers diminished. Due to this, Seattle Computer Products closed in the late 1980s.