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

by goldenskye on 3/31/24, 5:41 AM with 7 comments

• by linsomniac on 4/2/24, 2:06 AM

  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

• by ghaff on 4/2/24, 1:04 AM

  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.”

• by le-mark on 4/2/24, 12:18 AM

  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.