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Technology Tech Time Traveller digital group

"The Rise & Fall of the 'Digital Group'"
(A Tech Time Traveller YouTube Documentary)

In 1974 Dr. Robert Suding and Richard Bemis of Colorado embarked on an adventure many pioneers of the computing industry attempted (and failed): to hit it big in the brand new personal computer industry. With innovative products and a plucky attitude, they saw initial success, only to end up as so many small microcomputer firms did - gone before the dawn of the 1980s. This documentary follows the rise and fall of the digital group, pioneers of the fledgling microcomputer industry.

00:36 - Act I - In the Beginning
03:55 - Experimenting with 'bugs'
05:03 - Another light blinker
06:35 - Hal Singer and the Mark-8
08:18 - Act II - Meet the digital group
10:07 - The CPU independent bus
12:19 - Five Flavors of CPU
14:26 - Sharp Dressed Computers
15:08 - The tape drive that thinks it's a floppy - The PhiDeck
17:03 - The Mini-Bytemaster
18:00 - Trouble in Paradise
20:54 - Act III - Great is the Fall
24:30 - digital group spies
24:42 - An awkward encounter
27:21 - Coda for the digital group