JUNE 1978
GARBAGE IN / GARBAGE OUT
  • This issue is dedicated to the fathers, old and new: the first fathers of DPI, the proud new daddies in the field, and NCR--our father of two years.
  • Starting this month is a series on applications justification. These short articles and case histories were prepared by a DPI user to justify the system to his management.
  • Sometime in July, I'll be moving to Bldg. 4B. My phone extension, which is now listed on the Marketing roster, will be 322. Until that move is made, however, you're better off asking the switchboard for me by name.
  • The new office and phone no. came with an "upgrade" to Marketing Promotion Specialist. (Translation: Sales promotion, IMAGE, customer visits, trade shows and exhibits. The position reports to Bill Henry, Director of Marketing Support). As a result, IMAGE will only be published every other month. (That's why there wasn't a May issue. I'll bet you all thought my April Fools' joke was serious, didn't you?)
  • Happy Daddy's Day to all qualified persons. And Happy Independence Day to everyone. (Better a late issue than no issue at all, right?)
June 26, 1976 NCR Corp. Acquires Data Pathing Inc.
  • Two whirlwind years have passed since DPI's proud parent made that announcement. It's about time for a bit of tear-Jerking nostalgia. Sit back. Relax. It's story time.
  • On April 22, 1964, founders Roy Score, Ed Merseth, Bill Bridge, Jim Jepson, Peggy Rutherford and Roger Mosher became officers of Data Pathing Incorporated. There were other founders, too: the late James L. Pike, inventor of our card scanning technique. And a mad scientist from La Jolla, California who, when he died, left DPI with nothing but a book of undecipherable equations for a 64-bit machine.