Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!oberon!cit-vax!elroy!mahendo!wlbr!etn-rad!markus From: markus@etn-rad.UUCP (Markus N. Richardson) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: Re: Modula2 Machine Message-ID: <568@etn-rad.UUCP> Date: 22 Sep 88 21:19:23 GMT References:<749@proxftl.UUCP> Reply-To: markus@etn-rad.UUCP (Markus N. Richardson) Organization: EATON Corporation (IMSD), Westlake Village, Ca. Lines: 34 In article <749@proxftl.UUCP> markd@proxftl.UUCP (Mark Davidson) writes: > > What's a DISER machine? Simply put: The DISER machine was the first (and only?) attempt of commercializing the LILITH Modula machine. A little background may help so here's a bit of history FTWC :-). The LILITH was the M-coded AM2901 bit-sliced 16 bit machine designed in Zurich and produced in small quantities by the (non-profit) Modula Research Institute of Provo, Utah. It's entire OS was written in Modula-2 (with M-code extensions of course!). Some of the founders/owners of the Modula Research Institute pooled investors/capital together and formed DISER Incorporated of Orem, Utah (10 minutes up the hill from Provo). They had political as well as hardware reliability problems that forced them to close a year or so after opening. Who am I? I was a programmer for MRI for a short time, during the rise and fall of DISER. I must admit I loved working with the LILITH at the time but I must admit it's day has come and long gone. If I got any of the above incorrect, please feel free to correct me. -- Markus N. Richardson Research and Development Eaton Corporation IMSD 31717 La Tienda Drive Westlake Village, CA 91359 { voder,ihnp4,trwrb,scgvaxd,jplgodo }!wlbr!etn-rad!markus wlbr!etn-rad!markus@etn-wlv.eaton.com