Edson de Castro (born 1938)[1] is a computer engineer and businessman, 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.[3] As CEO of Data General, he appeared in Tracy Kidder's book The Soul of a New Machine.

DeCastro married Jean DeCastro in Norwich, Connecticut, in 1963. Jean was a school teacher and Edson worked at Digital Equipment. They divorced in 1980.[4]

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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. ^ a b Hyatt, Joshua (April 1, 2003). "The Business That Time Forgot Data General is gone. But does that make its founder a failure?". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2022-05-29.
  4. ^ "DeCastro v. DeCastro". Justia Law. Retrieved 13 February 2021.


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