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October 1983

Enterprise - a 16 bit business computer from only £2,300

Data General was a minicomputer manufacturer which was established in 1968 by Edson de Castro, the former manager of DEC's PDP-8 program. A year later it released the Nova minico...

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May 1985

The new Data General/One. The only industry-standard PC you can use on a camel

Here's another one of those adverts where it's tempting to question whether the claims made had ever actually been tested in the real world. It's for Data General's One - the 4.5...

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