[cctalk] digital group's Richard Bemis

[Whitney Scharer via cctalk]

Hi Brad,
I just came across your post from last year about my father, Richard C.
Bemis. He passed away in June. I wish I knew more about the digital group
and would love to see the video or article you are working on. I can also
fill you in on what my dad did after dg.

Thanks,
Whitney
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Re: digital group's Richard Bemis

[Scott Quinn via cctalk]

> 
> 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

[Liam Proven via cctalk]

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...

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Re: digital group's Richard Bemis

[John H. Reinhardt via cctalk]

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

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John H. Reinhardt

Re: digital group's Richard Bemis

[Liam Proven via cctalk]

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...



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Re: digital group's Richard Bemis

[Brad H via cctalk]

 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

[John Foust via cctalk]

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

digital group's Richard Bemis

[Brad H via cctalk]

Hi there,

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.  

I am wondering if anyone knows what became of Mr. Bemis after his stint running 
dg.  Apart from a couple of (slightly snarky) letters to Dr. Dobb's Journal 
when dg was still operational, there's literally no trace of him on the 
internet.  If he's still around I'd love to get his side of the story to 
balance things out, or at least find out what he did afterwards.

Thought I'd write here in case anyone knew.

Brad