25 Mar
1999
25 Mar
'99
8:58 a.m.
Lawrence Walker <lwalker(a)mail.interlog.com>
wrote:
Sounds like Doug has a head-startt in collecting Canadian-made computers
what with the Hyperion and the AES. Now to get an ICON and a MCM 70. I
have a couple of clone types. A Tryllium 286 and another, a MAX , a 386
with
dreadfull physical attributes, looks like an oversized XT, but nice
internal
architecture, OEMed by a Quebec company whose name escapes me at the
moment.
Would that Quebec company be Ogivar?
Arlen
--
Arlen Michaels amichael(a)nortelnetworks.com
25 Mar
25 Mar
4:56 a.m.
On 25 Mar 99 at 9:58, Arlen Michaels wrote:
That's the one. From the little I was able to find , they seemed
quite
innovative.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
Lawrence
Walker <lwalker(a)mail.interlog.com> wrote:
Sounds like Doug has a head-startt in collecting Canadian-made computers
what with the Hyperion and the AES. Now to get an ICON and a MCM 70. I
have a couple of clone types. A Tryllium 286 and another, a MAX , a 386
with
dreadfull physical attributes, looks like an oversized XT, but nice
internal
architecture, OEMed by a Quebec company whose name escapes me at the
moment.
Would that Quebec company be Ogivar?
Arlen
--
Arlen Michaels amichael(a)nortelnetworks.com
29 Mar
29 Mar
1:25 a.m.
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Lawrence Walker wrote:
OK, Larry, cough it up. Who is Ogivar and what did they achieve? As a
Quebecer I'd like to know all about them. Especially in case I run across
any of their hardware. :)
[I can see it now: "La Regie d'Histoire d'Informatique Quebecois".
Maybe
I'll propose it. :) :) :) ]
Would that
Quebec company be Ogivar?
That's the one. From the little I was able to find , they seemed quite
innovative. ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
--
Doug Spence
ds_spenc(a)alcor.concordia.ca
http://alcor.concordia.ca/~ds_spenc/
30 Mar
30 Mar
6:47 a.m.
On 29 Mar 99 at 2:25, Doug Spence wrote:
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Lawrence Walker wrote:
OK, Larry, cough it up. Who is Ogivar and what did they achieve? As a
Quebecer I'd like to know all about them. Especially in case I run across
any of their hardware. :)
[I can see it now: "La Regie d'Histoire d'Informatique Quebecois".
Maybe
I'll propose it. :) :) :) ]
Took a look thru my files and couldn't find the results of my search
A simple search on Ogivar should turn up some stuff. I think they are still in
existence only under a different name. Based on his question I would suspect
Arlen Michaels who's in Ottawa has more knowledge of Olivar.
Another interesting company is Lanpar which was formed by a couple of Northern
Telecom ex-employees. Lotus basicly stole their product and based 123 on
their video processes.
There was no contest on this. Lotus had obviously done it . The suit against
Lotus however, was denied after 10 years of litigation, only on a
technicality in the registration of their original patent. I had one of their
terminals a while back but tossed it for lack of room. Now I regret it of
course.
Another beaver being gang-banged by the eagle ,donkey ,and elephant.
After so many years by the British bulldog, why not.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
Would
that Quebec company be Ogivar?
That's the one. From the little I was able to find , they seemed quite
innovative. 
12:52 p.m.
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Lawrence Walker wrote:
Another interesting company is Lanpar which was
formed by a couple of Northern
Telecom ex-employees. Lotus basicly stole their product and based 123 on
their video processes.
There was no contest on this. Lotus had obviously done it . The suit against
Lotus however, was denied after 10 years of litigation, only on a
technicality in the registration of their original patent. I had one of their
terminals a while back but tossed it for lack of room. Now I regret it of
course.
Another beaver being gang-banged by the eagle ,donkey ,and elephant.
After so many years by the British bulldog, why not.
Sure, but didn't Lanpar steal their idea from Visicorp anyway?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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1:23 p.m.
On 30 Mar 99 at 10:52, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999, Lawrence Walker wrote:
It's been quite a while since I researched Lanpar, which was a combo of their
names. IIRC they were employed by Northern Telecom, the research and manu
arm of Bell Canada, at the time they came up with their hook and TMK it was
original. They quit N.T.to develop it and how they escaped NT's claim on the
idea of it's employees escapes me. They might have done better under the
corporate arm of Bell against the predations of Lotus. There are court
abstracts on the net but I can't remember the details. I think the Visicorp-
Lotus thing was another bag. The court case dragged on till a couple of years
ago, and by that time their patent was in any case outmoded.
Interesting for anyone into the history of the development of comp video.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
Another interesting company is Lanpar which was
formed by a couple of Northern
Telecom ex-employees. Lotus basicly stole their product and based 123 on
their video processes.
There was no contest on this. Lotus had obviously done it . The suit against
Lotus however, was denied after 10 years of litigation, only on a
technicality in the registration of their original patent. I had one of their
terminals a while back but tossed it for lack of room. Now I regret it of
course.
Another beaver being gang-banged by the eagle ,donkey ,and elephant.
After so many years by the British bulldog, why not.
Sure, but didn't Lanpar steal their idea from Visicorp anyway?
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com
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