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Tim King, AmigaDOS royalty, dies aged 70

Summary by The Register
OBIT Dr Timothy James King, the programmer behind the 68000 version of TRIPOS that became AmigaDOS, has died aged 70. According to an AmigaNews report, King's family said he passed at the end of July. 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 680…

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The Register broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
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