11 Facts About Data General

Data General was one of the first minicomputer firms of the late 1960s.

Data General was founded by several engineers from Digital Equipment Corporation who were frustrated with DEC's management and left to form their own company.

Data General immediately launched their own 32-bit effort in 1976 to build what they called the "world's best 32-bit machine", known internally as the "Fountainhead Project", or FHP for short.

Data General offered an office automation suite named Comprehensive Electronic Office, which included a mail system, a calendar, a folder-based document store, a word processor (CEOWrite), a spreadsheet processor, and other assorted tools.

In June 1987, Data General announced its intention to replace Xodiac with the Open Systems Interconnection protocol suite.

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Data General produced a full range of peripherals, sometimes by rebadging printers for example, but Data General's own series of CRT-based and hard-copy terminals were high quality and featured a generous number of function keys, each with the ability to send different codes, with any combination of control and shift keys, which influenced WordPerfect design.

Data General embarked on a plan to hire storage sales specialists and to challenge the EMC Symmetrix in the wider market.

Data General targeted the explosion of the internet in the latter 1990s with the formation of the THiiN Line business unit, led by Tom West, which had a focus on creation and sale of so-called "internet appliances".

Data General would be only one of many New England based computer companies, including the original Digital Equipment Corporation, that collapsed or were sold to larger companies after the 1980s.

Data General exhibited a brash style of marketing and advertising, which acted to set the company in the spotlight.

Data General sponsored the Tyrrell Formula 1 team in the Formula 1 World Championships in 1985, 1986 and 1987, with prominent placing on the team's 014, 015 and DG016 cars.