21 May
2018
21 May
'18
5:36 p.m.
Thank you Bruce, I took quick look through, and will need to go back and read up on the
hardware bits, Chapter 4 looks like it goes into the stuff I?m curious about. I?m
normally a software guy, but this is one case, where the hardware is of more interest.
Thanks,
Zane
On May 21, 2018, at 12:22 PM, Bruce Ray <Bruce at
Wild-Hare.com> wrote:
G'day Zane -
I have placed Desktop Generation information for you at:
www.NovasAreForever.org/tmp/014-000751-00__The_Desktop_Generation__1983-Jul…
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Bruce Ray
Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc.
Boulder, Colorado USA
bkr at WildHareComputers.com
...preserving the Data General legacy: www.NovasAreForever.org
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Bruce Ray
Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc.
Boulder, Colorado USA
bkr at WildHareComputers.com
...preserving the Data General legacy: www.NovasAreForever.org
On 5/20/2018 6:37 PM, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
> On May 20, 2018, at 5:16 PM, Bruce Ray via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
>>
>> G'day Ed -
>>
>> That picture was taken from our web site - specifically a photo of a Data General
Desktop Generation Model 10 beside a (1983) newsletter announcing the DG/10's
introduction. The computer system was announced in 1983 in DG's effort to blunt the
effect of the "microcomputer revolution" on Data General's proprietary
systems' sales. It was based on a 16-bit microEclipse processor contained in a small,
modular, consumer-oriented (desktop) form factor that ran DG operating systems and
software. However, one version also contained an Intel 8086 co-processor that could run
newfangled MS-DOS software, thereby targeting the pesky, soon-to-die microcomputer market.
;-)
>>
>> The system was designed around modules that could be plugged together which
simplified system configuration and expansion. It was very reliable (except for some of
the OEM disk drives used) but disk and tape operations were very slow due to its serial
I/O data bus design.
>>
>> The Desktop Generation series was very popular with many DG users and OEMs
worldwide but was overshadowed by the factors that affected the traditional minicomputer
manufacturers in the mid-1980s.
>>
>> And "yes", information does exist for these systems. Do you have
pictures of your system?
>>
>>
>> Bruce
> It sounds like a fascinating hardware design, and pretty much one I?ve long dreamed
of. It?s interesting to know that DG made such a system. Are any manuals for it online?
> Zane