22 Jun
2015
22 Jun
'15
10:20 p.m.
On 06/22/2015 09:43 PM, Christian Kennedy wrote:
I think the hint is on the back. This is a story of
Delaine Donohue
retiring from D&B where he created and ran the National Business
Information Center and the Central Data Collection Group between the
early 70s and early 80s. He retired in ?89, so it?s not unreasonable
to assume 80?s vintage in the context of D&B ? although the drives do
suggest earlier rather than later in the decade.
I found a few mentions of the D&B setup back then. In the 60s and 70s,
D&B appeared to be a loyal IBM customer, even endorsing the 3850-beer
can-in-a-pigeon-coop MSS device. I did find a mention that D&B
installed a minicomputer network in its local offices in 1976. That's
about as far as I got, but the minis in the racks in the photo remind me
a bit of DG Novas.
--Chuck