The QL and the 16 bit revolution.
Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2019 9:12 pm
It's well known that the QL played quite a big role in the development of the Commodore Amiga's operating system as Metacomco was contracted to create AmigaDOS 1.0 and did so on QLs using their BCPL compiler. (It was a recreation of Tripos, an OS written in BCPL which originated in Cambridge.)
However, it's come to my attention recently that Metacomco also had a part to play in the Atari ST line of computers, doing a lot of the work on the pre-release version of TOS (but not the porting of GEM). Given that in 1984/5 Metacomco used QLs in their development, could it be that the QL helped the ST to be born also?
If this is indeed the case then the QL effectively jump started the whole 16 home computer revolution in the 1980s. (Well, except the Macintosh, which was announced the week after the QL was.)
However, it's come to my attention recently that Metacomco also had a part to play in the Atari ST line of computers, doing a lot of the work on the pre-release version of TOS (but not the porting of GEM). Given that in 1984/5 Metacomco used QLs in their development, could it be that the QL helped the ST to be born also?
If this is indeed the case then the QL effectively jump started the whole 16 home computer revolution in the 1980s. (Well, except the Macintosh, which was announced the week after the QL was.)