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 <br...@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.01.pdf > > > ----- > > Bruce Ray > Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc. > Boulder, Colorado USA > b...@wildharecomputers.com > > ...preserving the Data General legacy: www.NovasAreForever.org > > > ----- > > Bruce Ray > Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc. > Boulder, Colorado USA > b...@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@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
