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Home | Networking | Operating Systems | Hardware | Programming | Contents  Copyright © 2004 - 2013 history.uCan.us Last revised: February 26, 2013. When Tim Paterson became the "father of DOS" at the age of 24 it should not have come as a great shock to anyone who knew him well.  Growing up with a father who was an electrical engineer says Paterson, "I got a lot of exposure to electronics stuff at home."  He also says that he learned a lot by reading and simply by experimenting on his own.  It was not until he went off to the University of Washington, however, that he first came into contact with PC's. His roommate bought one and let him play around with it.  At the same time, Paterson was working as a technician at a retail computer store in the Seattle area.  This position allowed him to begin trying to design his own computer boards. more...