----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Blackburn" <oldcomp_at_cox.net>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: Digital Group equipment?
> I collect, restore, and actually use them!! The Digital Group was way
ahead of the times in a lot of ways, but poor management and customer
service killed the company in the early eighties. Also of interest, The
Digital Group began by selling information and hardware to improve the Mark
8 Minicomputer. They sold a number of items such as video cards and cassette
tape interfaces, and wrote all the software to support the hardware. It is
interesting to note that the software they wrote for the Mark 8 is almost
identical in function and appearance to the software that was included with
all of the systems sold by Digital Group later on. For more info, see my web
pages:
>
> http://members.cox.net/oldcomp/tdg.htm
> http://members.cox.net/oldcomp/dg_restore.htm
> http://members.cox.net/oldcomp/dgsoftware.htm
>
> (You may also be interested in clicking on the link to my Mark 8 page!)
>
> -Bryan
>
> Jon Titus wrote:
>
> >Does anyone follow or collect Digital Group equipment? This company,
based
Bryan, what a great collection and web site!
I remember the Digital Group well; I made a trip to Chicago in the 70's to
Bally, the manufacturer of video games (I worked for their Aladdin's Castle
arcades as a traveling specialist) to train some of their technicians. While
I was there I met a fellow that had a COMPLETE 4 Phi-deck Z80 Digital Group
system with the dress skins! I was immensely impressed with the system and
ALL THE SOFTWARE! I couldn't believe how nice it was. I think that this was
around 1978.
I was then running an Apple ][ (original model, s/n 16,000 something) with 2
Disk ][ drives (s/n 600 or so) that I carried around in the top half of my
Samsonite suitcase, it being more important for that purpose than to merely
tote clothes around <g>. My first computer was completely hand built, but
that isn't relevant here...
Needless to say, the Apple ][ was somewhat underwhelming after seeing the
Digital Group OS and hardware.
Stuart Johnson
Received on Tue May 06 2003 - 17:33:00 BST