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Charles Finley <[log in to unmask]>
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Charles Finley <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 5 Aug 2004 08:44:01 -0700
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Here's a little bit of DG history.

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Data%20General

> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Penney, John
> Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 8:44 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Data General History
>
>
> Gentle Listers:
>
> Can anyone please direct me to some authority on the history
> of DG? I just finished The Soul of A New Machine, Tracy
> Kidder, '81, and wanted to follow what happened to the
> company on its road to wherever. It is interesting to note
> that DG had a 32 bit 'supermini' 8 years before HP did. Fat
> lot of good it did them. 'Course the same can be said now for
> HP! Irony upon irony!
>
> Thanks for the bandwidth and I really think that this is not
> OT, kinda, sorta.
>
> > John M Penney
> > DDPS
> > California Department of Corrections
> > 1920 Alabama Ave.
> > Rancho Cordova, CA
> > (916)358-2247
> > (916)358-2322 Fax
> > (360)789-8159 Cellular
> >
> >
> >
>
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