9 Oct
1998
9 Oct
'98
2:31 a.m.
On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Bob Stek wrote:
Please don't confuse Morrow (a "good"
guy) with the Xitan scammers. TDL
made a Z-80 board and then some decent software, and then some Xitan
computer systems. TDL got into trouble using some bad memory chips and had
cash flow problems. Some "business consultants" were brought in who
dissolved TDL and started Xitan and heavily promoted an advanced Z80 system,
the General. They took orders and disappeared in '78. But George Morrow
wasn't involved - he was in California, and TDL / Xitan was in New Jersey.
Ok, that clears a couple of things up. I was wondering if it was "Xitan"
that the story was coming around to.
In their brief history, they did manage to make some decent products
before falling to 'the dark side'. Turns out that I have a fairly
complete set of their original boards and most of their paper tape
released software in the collection. ...of course, I just need to get the
pictures shot and added to the web site...
-jim
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