"I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional...) for AT clones... It's not portable and it probably [won't ever] support anything other than AT hard disks, as thats all I have :-(." --Posted on Usenet August 1991 by Linus Trovalds
While I don't deny he would be the one to do it, I doubt he did. I have heard too many people talk about doing that. Probably the first time was over 30 years ago now.
Sliding down the banister of life ..........................