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Text

Title

Comstock (George) Oral History

Contributor

Comstock, George E., Interviewee

Hendrie, Gardner, Cameraperson

Hendrie, Gardner, Interviewer

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Date

2003-08-13

Place of Publication

Saratoga, Calif.

Extent

51 p.

Description

George Comstock began his career in the materials sciences, designing pressure vessels for the Norton Company. He moved into the computing field when he joined the Potter Instrument Company and started working on random access memory and tape drive design. In 1964 Comstock received an offer to join the Friden Calculator division of Singer, located in San Leandro, California. At Friden, Comstock's career where he helped move the company into the electronic age through the design of a multi-user Computyper, one of the early minicomputers for business applications. Friden's decision to drop the disk drive project Comstock and Andrew Gabor had been working on, led to the two men's decision to found Diablo Systems, which opened its doors in 1969. Diablo Systems produced hard disk drives that were resold by the DEC and Data General, but they are best known for the Diablo 630 daisywheel printer. After leaving Diablo in 1977, Comstock started Durango Systems.

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Subject

Comstock, George; Worchester Tech; Grumman Aircraft; Norton Company; Potter Instrument Company; Potter Model 905 Tape Handler; Gabor, Andrew; Friden 130 Electronic Calculator; Flexowriter; Computyper; Singer System 10; Diablo Systems Inc.; Diablo 630 daisywheel printer; Itel Corporation; Durango Systems; Durango F85

Collection Title

Oral Histories Online

Accession Number

102658008