Edson de Castro

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Edson de Castro (born 1938)[1] is a computer engineer perhaps best known for designing the Data General Nova series of computers.[2]

De Castro was founder and CEO of Data General Corporation throughout the 1970s, the 1980s and into the 1990s when he was replaced by Ronald L Skates, a former Price Waterhouse Coopers partner. He also was the project manager in charge of developing the PDP-8 mini computer at Digital Equipment Corporation,[3] before leaving to form Data General Corporation.[4]

DeCastro was married to Jean DeCastro in Norwich Ct in 1963. Jean was a school teacher and Edson worked at Digital Equipment. They divorced in 1980.[5]

Books[]

  • Kidder, Tracy (1981). The Soul of a New Machine. Boston: Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-49170-9.

References[]

  1. ^ "Oral History of Edson (Ed) D. de Castro" (PDF). Computer History Museum.
  2. ^ "Data General NOVA (1969)". Archived from the original on 2001-08-12. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
  3. ^ "The Business That Time Forgot Data General is gone. But does that make its founder a failure? - April 1, 2003". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  4. ^ "The Business That Time Forgot Data General is gone. But does that make its founder a failure? - April 1, 2003". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2021-01-04.
  5. ^ "DeCastro v. DeCastro". Justia Law. Retrieved 13 February 2021.


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