Tim King, AmigaDOS royalty, dies aged 70
Parallel computing pioneer went on to found early British ISP UK Online
Dr Timothy James King, the programmer responsible for the 68000 version of TRIPOS that became AmigaDOS, has passed away at the age of 70. According to an AmigaNews report, King's family confirmed his death at the end of July. A talented programmer, King's work extended far beyond his most well-known achievement. As a researcher at the University of Bath, he successfully ported TRIPOS from the DEC PDP-11 to the new Motorola 68000 CPU.
Later, at MetaComCo, he adapted his new 68K version of TRIPOS to the SAGE IV machines used by the company. King's port of TRIPOS to prototype Amiga hardware significantly contributed to Commodore's launch of the machine in 1985, as it integrated TRIPOS with Carl Sassenrath's Amiga Exec kernel and the Intuition windowing system. His contribution greatly influenced the AmigaDOS command line, filesystem, and command structure.
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