EXCELLENT MANUAL! ED# In a message dated 5/21/2018 12:22:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
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 [email protected] ...preserving the Data General legacy: www.NovasAreForever.org ----- Bruce Ray Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc. Boulder, Colorado USA [email protected] ...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 <[email protected]> > 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 > >
