Refurb weekend: Data General/One (and the worst LCD in the world)

Refurb weekend: Data General/One (and the worst LCD in the world)(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

27 points by goldenskye 2 years ago | 7 comments

linsomniac 2 years ago |

This machine reminds me of the HP 110, which I had a hand-me-down of as a kid. I had a lot of good times with that quirky little laptop. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_110

classichasclass 2 years ago | |

Definitely some similarities. The DG-1's main advance was the full LCD panel (looks like this one also was 80x16 similar to the Visual Commuter).

ghaff 2 years ago |

Tracy Kidder. The DG/One was a bit later but the LCD was before the tech was there. Various other problems as well both tech and go to market.

But the book is a great read. I was a product manager there for about 13 years shortly after the events of “the book.”

classichasclass 2 years ago | |

What did you work on? Any of the micro stuff or mostly on the mini side?

ghaff 2 years ago | | |

Mini. I was on the MV side and then mostly rolled out the NUMA servers after launching the initial AViiONs.

le-mark 2 years ago |

For anyone who hasn’t read “Soul of a new machine”, Data General was the company featured. This book by Gary Kidder is a great read, and an insight into the computer era of the time.

throwaway-blaze 2 years ago | |

Tracy Kidder