Just got a great find. A friend of mine is cleaning out his garage, and
among the computer related items was a "Product Information" binder that
contains history, press releases, dealer information, product flyers, etc.
for Vector Graphic. From a releases dated 02/14/80 to Customer Sales reps.:
Sales Objective for year ending June 30, 1980 - $15 million
Year ending June 30, 1979 - 6 million
Year ending June 30, 1978 - 2 million
Year ending June 30, 1977 - 400 K
Location of facility - Westlake Village, CA
Number of square feet - 40,000
Number of employees - 140
Systems shipped:
Vector 1, Vector 1+, Vector 1++ - 1,500 systems
Vector MZ, System B, Memorite 2 - 4,500 systems
Vector 3030 - delivery scheduled for March 1, 1980
Company officers
Lore Harp - Founder and President
Dr. Robert Harp - Founder, Technical Director
Carole Ely - Founder, VP of Marketing, Secretary-Treasurer
They also have a timeline that seems to indicate their first shipped product
was 8k memory dated 9/76.