Re: digital group's Richard Bemis
> > I merely wanted to point out the ambiguity in the original message, > though... > Every time I ran across "DG" in there I had to stop because I mentally filled in "Data General" at first. I have one of their dual 8" floppy drives for a Z80 machine. Be interesting to see the final video.
Re: digital group's Richard Bemis
On Fri, 5 Mar 2021 at 16:00, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote: > > No, he means "The Digital Group". It was a microcomputer company in the > 1975-1979 time frame. > > http://bytecollector.com/the_digital_group.htm > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Digital_Group Thanks for the clarification! I see a few people are happily telling me I am wrong. It's fair, I _was_ wrong. I merely wanted to point out the ambiguity in the original message, though... -- Liam Proven – Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk – gMail/gTalk/gHangouts: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Flickr: lproven – Skype: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 – ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053
Re: digital group's Richard Bemis
On 3/5/2021 8:30 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 at 05:23, Brad H via cctalk wrote: Hi there, I am working on a 30 minute historical video about the digital group. [Spelling out my thought process] "the digital group" -- so he means Digital Equipment Corporation. Never heard them called a "group" but fine. when dg was still operational "dg"? Huh? He means DG? Data General? Well which _do_ you mean? Digital meant Digital Equipment Corporation meant DEC. DG meant Data General. Neither was anything "group". I don't know who you mean... No, he means "The Digital Group". It was a microcomputer company in the 1975-1979 time frame. http://bytecollector.com/the_digital_group.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Digital_Group -- John H. Reinhardt
Re: digital group's Richard Bemis
On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 at 05:23, Brad H via cctalk wrote: > > Hi there, > > I am working on a 30 minute historical video about the digital group. [Spelling out my thought process] "the digital group" -- so he means Digital Equipment Corporation. Never heard them called a "group" but fine. > when dg was still operational "dg"? Huh? He means DG? Data General? Well which _do_ you mean? Digital meant Digital Equipment Corporation meant DEC. DG meant Data General. Neither was anything "group". I don't know who you mean... -- Liam Proven – Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk – gMail/gTalk/gHangouts: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Flickr: lproven – Skype: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 – ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053
Re: digital group's Richard Bemis
According to how he signed off on a letter to Dobbs, his initial was C. On Thursday, March 4, 2021, 06:13:40 a.m. PST, John Foust via cctalk wrote: At 10:23 PM 3/3/2021, Brad H via cctalk wrote: >I am working on a 30 minute historical video about the digital group. For >source material there isn't a ton of stuff out there unfortunately and much of >the account of what happened to the company comes from the late Dr. Robert >Suding. In his account, Suding sort of points fingers at Richard "Dick" Bemis >for mismanagement of the company. DG was in Colorado, right? Do you have a middle initial for him? Ancestry.com has a Richard J Bemis divorce in Otero county, CO, in '74. But nothing else for CO. - John
Re: digital group's Richard Bemis
At 10:23 PM 3/3/2021, Brad H via cctalk wrote: >I am working on a 30 minute historical video about the digital group. For >source material there isn't a ton of stuff out there unfortunately and much of >the account of what happened to the company comes from the late Dr. Robert >Suding. In his account, Suding sort of points fingers at Richard "Dick" Bemis >for mismanagement of the company. DG was in Colorado, right? Do you have a middle initial for him? Ancestry.com has a Richard J Bemis divorce in Otero county, CO, in '74. But nothing else for CO. - John
