Data General Eclipse MV - Revision history

Jnc: Fix to match new category name

2023-12-22T16:17:45Z

Fix to match new category name

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	The '''Eclipse MV''' was a family of [[~~super-mini~~]] computers, created by [[Data General]] in competition with the [[DEC]] [[VAX]] family. It was backwards compatible with the earlier [[Data General Eclipse\|Eclipse]] family.		The '''Eclipse MV''' was a family of [[supermini]] computers, created by [[Data General]] in competition with the [[Digital Equipment Corporation\|DEC]] [[VAX]] family. It was backwards compatible with the earlier [[Data General Eclipse\|Eclipse]] family.

	The first model in the family was the Eclipse MV/8000, code named ''Eagle''. Its development was described in Tracy Kidder's book ''The Soul of a New Machine''. According to the book, the Eagle started as a bit of a [[skunkworks]] project, with project ''Fountainhead'' being the company's official path to a new 32-bit architecture. However, Fountainhead failed to produce a viable product, so Data General had to fall back to the Eagle which ultimately had a moderate success on the market.		The first model in the family was the Eclipse MV/8000, code named ''Eagle''. Its development was described in Tracy Kidder's book ''The Soul of a New Machine''. According to the book, the Eagle started as a bit of a [[skunkworks]] project, with project ''Fountainhead'' being the company's official path to a new 32-bit architecture. However, Fountainhead failed to produce a viable product, so Data General had to fall back to the Eagle which ultimately had a moderate success on the market.

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	[[Category: 32-bit Computers]]		[[Category: 32-bit Computers]]
	[[Category: ~~Super-minis~~]]		[[Category: Superminis]]

Larsbrinkhoff: Eagle etc.

2023-08-11T09:52:44Z

Eagle etc.

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	The '''Eclipse MV''' was a family of [[super-mini]] computers, created by [[Data General]] in competition with the [[DEC]] [[VAX]] family. It was backwards compatible with the earlier [[Data General Eclipse\|Eclipse]] family.		The '''Eclipse MV''' was a family of [[super-mini]] computers, created by [[Data General]] in competition with the [[DEC]] [[VAX]] family. It was backwards compatible with the earlier [[Data General Eclipse\|Eclipse]] family.

			The first model in the family was the Eclipse MV/8000, code named ''Eagle''. Its development was described in Tracy Kidder's book ''The Soul of a New Machine''. According to the book, the Eagle started as a bit of a [[skunkworks]] project, with project ''Fountainhead'' being the company's official path to a new 32-bit architecture. However, Fountainhead failed to produce a viable product, so Data General had to fall back to the Eagle which ultimately had a moderate success on the market.

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Larsbrinkhoff: Stub.

2023-08-11T06:04:30Z

Stub.

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The '''Eclipse MV''' was a family of [[super-mini]] computers, created by [[Data General]] in competition with the [[DEC]] [[VAX]] family. It was backwards compatible with the earlier [[Data General Eclipse|Eclipse]] family.

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[[Category: 32-bit Computers]]
[[Category: Super-minis]]