Free: Stack of Victor or Sirius floppy disks

On 7 Mar 2011 at 8:24, Gene Buckle wrote: I believe so, but it was called the Victor 9000 initially (and here in the US)--and I believe in the same area where Al Shugart was getting Seagate going. I remember that you could see the Victor building as you were going through Scotts Valley on highway 17. The name of the company was originally Sirius, but was changed to Victor after the merger with the Victor Business Products division (remember the Victor Comptometer?) of Kidde (the fire extinguisher maker) who was the chief source of capital for Peddle's venture. The early years were a storm of legal squabbling over names. Peddle's Sirius Systems Technology lost a lawsuit by Sirius Software over the firm name. The new Victor then went about suing anyone in the electronics business who was using the name Victor (including a fellow running a TV and appliance store who had used the name for 30 years). A typical Silicon Valley riches-to-rags story. The firm lasted less than 5 years. There was a prevalent myth that an innovator, once successful, could repeat history. Anyone remember Gene Amdahl and how fast he burned through venture capital with WSI? --Chuck