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Thanks for sharing. I'm really fascinated by everything in DG. Actually I didn't know DG until now. Is it possible for you to share a bit more? I'm sorry for b

Thanks for sharing. I'm really fascinated by everything in DG. Actually I didn't know DG until now. Is it possible for you to share a bit more? I'm sorry for being vague but I assume anything would be of interest of the HN public right now. If there is really a need for a topic, I couldn't help but Googled your name, looks like you are involved in a project called "Poppet", maybe it is possible to speak a bit about that one? Thanks!

felixgallo 4y ago
Here's a piece I wrote about 13 years ago: https://metatalk.metafilter.com/13606/Jessamyn-in-Valley-News#384503 https://metatalk.metafilter.com/13606/Jessamyn-in-Valley-New...
- jessamyn 4y ago
  Hi felix!
  - rbanffy 4y ago
    Hacker News is a treasure just for this kind of encounter.
- markus_zhang 4y ago
  Thanks! Gonna pour over that and other docs.
ghaff 4y ago
I also dotted-lined into Tom in the 90s when the big DG NUMA Unix servers were being developed. I was the product manager for the line--along with a bunch of other systems going back to the mid-80s a few years after the "Eagle" in the book was released. I've shared this before but a really interesting internal publication from the mid-80s was A Year in Development with lots of interviews and photographs. https://archive.org/details/year-in-dev/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/year-in-dev/mode/2up
jonjacky 4y ago
This memoir about working at DG in the 70s was linked on HN yesterday: Data General History: The Fair Bastards http://www.teamfoster.com/billteamfostercom http://www.teamfoster.com/billteamfostercom via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33793837 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33793837 - no comments
- markus_zhang 4y ago
  Thanks! I'm reading the Foster one whole night and this morning, Googling along the way. Those were great times, eh?
jonjacky 4y ago
Here is an advertising brochure for DG's first product, the Nova minicomputer, when it appeared in 1968. A weird mix of technical information and full-page close up photos of DG executives trying to look tough: http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Data_General/DGC.Nova.1968.102646102.pdf http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Data_Gener...
- hnthrowaway0328 4y ago
  Interesting. I got the exact feeling -- From some pages I read hardcore assembler instructions, but from others I saw someone that looks like a mafia boss. Must be interesting time though. I love those "Byte" and "Dr.Dobb" magazine ads in general. They are all very creative and sometimes do not shy away from "exotic" stuffs such as beautiful ladies and such. I wonder what sub-industry still has that kind of culture :)

felixgallo 4y ago

Here's a piece I wrote about 13 years ago: https://metatalk.metafilter.com/13606/Jessamyn-in-Valley-News#384503 https://metatalk.metafilter.com/13606/Jessamyn-in-Valley-New...

jessamyn 4y ago
Hi felix!
- rbanffy 4y ago
  Hacker News is a treasure just for this kind of encounter.
markus_zhang 4y ago
Thanks! Gonna pour over that and other docs.

ghaff 4y ago

I also dotted-lined into Tom in the 90s when the big DG NUMA Unix servers were being developed. I was the product manager for the line--along with a bunch of other systems going back to the mid-80s a few years after the "Eagle" in the book was released. I've shared this before but a really interesting internal publication from the mid-80s was A Year in Development with lots of interviews and photographs. https://archive.org/details/year-in-dev/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/year-in-dev/mode/2up

jonjacky 4y ago

This memoir about working at DG in the 70s was linked on HN yesterday: Data General History: The Fair Bastards http://www.teamfoster.com/billteamfostercom http://www.teamfoster.com/billteamfostercom via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33793837 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33793837 - no comments

markus_zhang 4y ago
Thanks! I'm reading the Foster one whole night and this morning, Googling along the way. Those were great times, eh?

jonjacky 4y ago

Here is an advertising brochure for DG's first product, the Nova minicomputer, when it appeared in 1968. A weird mix of technical information and full-page close up photos of DG executives trying to look tough: http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Data_General/DGC.Nova.1968.102646102.pdf http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/Data_Gener...

hnthrowaway0328 4y ago
Interesting. I got the exact feeling -- From some pages I read hardcore assembler instructions, but from others I saw someone that looks like a mafia boss. Must be interesting time though. I love those "Byte" and "Dr.Dobb" magazine ads in general. They are all very creative and sometimes do not shy away from "exotic" stuffs such as beautiful ladies and such. I wonder what sub-industry still has that kind of culture :)