On May 13, 2004, at 4:07 PM, Mike McMullen wrote:
If anything DOS has it's roots in CP/M. Ahhh, those were the days! Back in the days of using PIP, which probably had it's roots in RSX or RSTS.
one of many histories of DOS : http://www.maxframe.com/HISZMSD.HTM
seem to be pretty much how I remember it.