Tim King, AmigaDOS royalty, dies aged 70
King was a superb programmer – although he accomplished rather more than that. His most widely experienced work was a key component of the original Commodore Amiga's operating system. His port of Cambridge University's TRIPOS OS to the Motorola 68000 CPU became AmigaDOS.
- ▪King was a superb programmer – although he accomplished rather more than that.
- ▪His most widely experienced work was a key component of the original Commodore Amiga's operating system.
- ▪His port of Cambridge University's TRIPOS OS to the Motorola 68000 CPU became AmigaDOS.
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| Publication time | Tue, 18 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0200 |
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