Tim King, AmigaDOS developer, has died
- ID
- 13839
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 12 Aug 2026, 10:09 PM
- Fetched
- 14 Aug 2026, 3:11 PM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-08-00070-EN.html
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Summary
- Score
- 1.5
- Created
- 14 Aug 2026, 3:12 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developers
What happened
Dr. Tim King, who developed the Tripos operating system at Cambridge and brought it to MetaComCo in 1984 where it became AmigaDOS, has died at the end of July 2026. He later founded Perihelion (1986) and the ISP UK Online.
Why it matters
This is a historical computing obituary with no actionable impact for current builders; it is worth a brief mention only as a community remembrance of someone whose OS work shaped early home computing.
Discussion angle
A short respectful nod to early OS pioneers and how Tripos-to-AmigaDOS influenced multitasking on consumer hardware — no deeper discussion needed.