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Historical Note:
Dynalogic
Corporation was among the first Canadian microcomputer manufacturers. Founded by C. Murray Bell
in 1973 in Ottawa, it initially focused on the design of floppy disk systems and
interfaces for minicomputers and desk-top calculators.
In 1975,
Dynalogic embarked on the design of a firmware controlled, microprocessor-based
floppy disk system that could be interfaced with a range of minicomputers via
the industry standard RS-232C interface. The result of these R&D efforts--the
Series 7000 DynaTermDisk--was shown at the 1975 Canadian Computer Show.
In 1976,
the company moved into the general-purpose computer market. On October 1, 1976,
it announced the Dynalogic Microcomputer System (DMS) -- an advanced microcomputer
that employed Motorola's 6800 processor. The DMS was among the earliest microcomputers
with built-in floppy disk drives. It operated under a sophisticated proprietary
DYNAMO operating system (designed by Donald C. Lindsay). The first DMS was delivered to Algonquin College of Technology
in Ottawa in fall of 1976. Other DMS systems were sold in Canada, the U.S., and
Europe.
In 1981,
Bytec Management Corp. took over Dynalogic. In the same year the work had begun
on the design of a portable desktop microcomputer--the Hyperion--and continued
in a new Bytec subsidiary called Dynalogic Info-Tech. The Hyperion was unveiled
at the 1982 spring Comdex computer show in Atlantic City as the ``most powerful,
portable, business computer in the world'' compatible with the IBM PC. The first
Hyperions were manufactured in January of 1983 and retailed at US $4,955. The
sales continued throughout 1983 and 1984 in Canada and the U.S.
Scope and Content:
The Dynalogic Collection is an archive documenting the microcomputer
development activities at Dynalogic. The collection consists of five main
categories: hardware, software, user manuals and guides, corporate documents, promotional material.
Acquisition:
The objects in the collection have been donated by Walter Banks, Murray Bell, Diane Bruce,
Dan Cohow, Robert S. Elliot, Terence Gordon, Don C. Lindsay, Brian Mahoney, Dennis Mullin,
and Zbigniew Stachniak.
Index Terms: microcomputer, Hyperion, DMS
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HARDWARE |
- Dynalogic Microcomputer
System (DMS), model 7042B
- Dynalogic Microcomputer
System (DMS), model 7042C
- Dynalogic Microcomputer
System (DMS), model 7082
- Dynalogic DMS
disk drive system, model 4002B
- Hyperion microcomputer
- Hyperion Ex [Hyperion
expansion unit]
- Acoustic Cups for Hyperion
[data communication]
- HyperRam [Hyperion memory
module by Technovation]
- Hyperaccess (by Technovation)
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SOFTWARE |
- DYNAMO 2.0/DO/32K,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 21 November 1977
- DYNAMO 2.0/D1/24K, Dynalogic
Corporation Ltd., 21 November 1977
- DynaBASIC 2.0/AO, Dynalogic
Corporation Ltd., 21 November 1977
- Dynalogic Advanced Programming
Package, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1977
- Forms Entry, Source, Dynalogic
Corporation Ltd., 25 January, 1978
-
Dynalogic Advanced Programming Package 2.0, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 May
1978
- DYNAMO 2.3, Dynalogic
Corporation Ltd., 1 July 1978
- DynaBASIC I 2.1/E4, Dynalogic
Corporation Ltd., 1 March 1979
- DynaBASIC I 2.1/E5, Dynalogic
Corporation Ltd., 1 March 1979
- Structured DynaBASIC I
Preprocessor 1.0, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 31 May 1979
-
DYNAMO 2.4, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 31 March 1979
- DYNAMO 3.1, Dynalogic
Corporation Ltd., 1 October 1979
- DMS Utility Programs,
1979
- DYNAMO 3.1, Diagnostic
Programs, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 July 1980
- IN:SCRIBE [for the Hyperion],
Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp., 1982
- IN:TOUCH [for the Hyperion],
Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp., 1982
- LOTUS 123 [for the Hyperion],
Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Lotus Development Corp., 1983
- LOTUS 123, System Backup
for the Hyperion, Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Lotus Development Corp., 1983
- LOTUS 123, utility software
for the Hyperion, Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Lotus Development Corp., 1983
- LOTUS 123 PrintGraph for
the Hyperion, Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Lotus Development Corp., 1983
- LOTUS 123 Tutorial for
the Hyperion, Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Lotus Development Corp., 1983
- DOS, EDLIN [DOS 1.25 for
the Hyperion], Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Microsoft Corp., 1982, 1983
- Hyperion DOS(2.11),
ver. 00, rev. 00, Compterm Inc., 1 July 1984
- BASICA, Assembler [for
the Hyperion], Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Microsoft Corp., 1982, 1983
- Aladin [for
the Hyperion], Bytec Management Corp. and ADI America Inc., 1983
- Various Hyperion related
software
- Source codes of
various Dynalogic software including DYNAMO operating system
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MANUALS, GUIDES, REPORTS
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- Dynalogic Microcomputer
System Manual, release 1.1,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 December, 1976, printed between 12
October and 1 December, 1976
- MICRO BASIC I, USERS MANUAL,
Ryan-McFarland Corp., 1976
- How to use DYNAMO,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 November, 1977
- How To Use The EDITOR,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 December, 1977
- MICRO BASIC I,
reference card, Ryan-McFarland Corp. and
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1977(?)
- How To Use DYNAMO,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 16 January, 1978
- How To Use DYNAMO: User
Manual, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 July, 1978
- Advanced Programming
Package, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 May, 1978
- How To Use The EDITOR,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 October, 1978
- Structured DynaBASIC I
Preprocessor, preliminary blurb, version 1J, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd.,
1979
- How To Use DynaBASIC I,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 February, 1979
- How to Use the
Laboratory Microcomputer System (LMS), Dynalogic Corporation Ltd.,
1 March, 1979
- Structured DynaBASIC I
Preprocessor, preliminary blurb, version 1F, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd.,
5 March, 1979
- R2.4PAK: Interface from DynaBASIC I
to DYNAMO R2.4 addendum to How to Use DynaBASIC I,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 May, 1979
- How To Use DynaSCRIPT,
Preliminary, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 25 May, 1979
- How To Use DynaMENU
Application Program Shell,
Preliminary, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., June 1979
- How to use DYNAMO,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 October, 1979
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Dynalogic Microcomputer System (DMS) Model 7042B Documentation
Package, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 October, 1979
- How To Use DynaSCRIPT,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 November, 1979
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Disk Controller PCB, schematic diagrams and board layouts,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 7 Nov.--4 Dec., 1979
- How To Use DynaSORT,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 7 December, 1979
- Additional SCRED Features,
SCRED Addendum, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd.(?), 18 December, 1979
- DMS Memory Tests,
SCRED Addendum, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 January, 1980
- DYNAMO Operating System:
Introduction to the Source, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., March 1980
- How To Use The LSI-11 DynaSTOR,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 2 September 1980
- Floppy Diskette Controller
(FDC) Product Specification, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 30 June 1980
- Style
Manual for Assembler Programming, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd.(?),
12 January, 1981
- How To Use DYNAMO: User
Manual, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 16 February, 1981
- How to Use DynaBASIC
D, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 February, 1981
- Floppy Diskette Controller
(FDC) To Dynalogic Microcomputer System (DMS) Inteface Specification,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 March 1981
- How To Use The LSI-11 DynaSTOR,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 May 1981
- Hyperion, IN:TOUCH,
Guide, ver. 00, published by Dynalogic Info-Tech Corporation, 1 June, 1983
- Hyperion, IN:TOUCH,
Guide, ver. 00, rev. 01, Dynalogic Info-Tech Corporation, published by Bytec
Management Corp., 10 October, 1983
- Hyperion, IN:SCRIBE
Guide, ver. 00, published by Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp., 1 June, 1983
- Hyperion, IN:SCRIBE
Guide, ver. 00, rev. 01, published by Bytec Management Corp., 1 August, 1983
- Hyperion, Multiplan,
Electronic Worksheet, Microsoft Corp. and Dynalogic Info-Tech Corporation,
1982
- Hyperion, Setup Guide,
ver. 00, rev. 04, published by Bytec Management Corp., 8 August, 1983
- Hyperion User Guide
MS-DOS/EDLIN, ver. 00, rev. 04, published by Bytec Management Corp., 5 September,
1983
- Hyperion Programmer
Guide, ver. 00, rev. 03, published by Bytec Management Corp., 1983
- LOTUS 123 User's Manual
for the Hyperion Business Computer,
Lotus Development Corp., Release 1A, 1983
- LOTUS 123 Quick Reference
for the Hyperion Business Computer, Lotus Development Corp., Release 1A,
1983
- Hyperion Technical Reference
Guide, Bytec Management Corp., ver. 00, rev. 00, 15 November, 1983
- Hyperion Aladin Guide,
Bytec Management Corp.(?), 1983
- Hyperion DOS(2.11) Guide, ver. 00, rev. 00, Compterm Inc., 1 July 1984
- Acoustic Cup Installation
Instructions, 2 pages
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CORPORATE DOCUMENTS
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Introduction to: word processing software
note by (?) 26 September, 1976, 3 pages
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D.M.S. Release 2.0 Specifications
(preliminary),
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd. (?), 16 March, 1977, 3 pages
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Memo on Bubble/CCD Possibilities
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd. (?), 24 January, 1978, 3 pages
- Converting to DYNAMO 2.1
(preliminary),
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1978(?), 1 page
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Mount/Dismount Questions
,
note, D. Lindsay(?) 16 January 1979, 2 pages
- DIFFERENCES: DYNAMO 2.4
from 2.3,
note by D. Lindsay (?), 13 March, 1979, 3 pages
[in DYNAMO source]
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Memory Swapping for DynaBASIC-D
note, D. Lindsay(?) 9 August, 1979, 3 pages
- DIFFERENCES: DYNAMO 3.1
from 2.4, note by D. Lindsay (?), 28 September, 1979,
7 pages [in DYNAMO source]
- DYNALOGIC Ethernet
,
note by (?) 2 January 1980, 2 pages
- DIFFERENCES: DYNAMO 4.0
from 3.1, note by D. Lindsay (?), 16 February, 1980, 8 pages
[in DYNAMO source[
- Engineering Project Codes
,
Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 2 September 1980, 10 pages
- DYNAMO: Chronology and
Statistics , Donald C. Lindsay, three versions dated:
February 1981 [included in DYNAMO Source], 2 pages;
August 1981, 3 pages;
May 1982, 3 pages
- Proposal to Mitel: Voice
Mail, Dynalogic Corporation, 28 August 1981, 5 pages
- DIFFERENCES: DYNAMO 4.1
from 4.0,
note by D. Lindsay (?), 14 August, 1981, 2 pages; another note
dated 27 August, 1981, 2 pages
- DIFFERENCES: DYNAMO 4.2
from 4.1, note by D. Lindsay (?), 18 March, 1982, 1 page
- A letter to F. Mozer
by D. Lindsay regarding Voice Mail, 1 October, 1981, 2 pages
- A letter from F. Mozer
to D. Lindsay regarding Voice Mail, 25 October, 1981, 1 page
- Technical Evaluation:
Context Management Systems,
memo by D. Lindsay, file context 3, 29 March, 1982, 1 page
- Product Definition
-- DYNACOM 2000 Series,
rev. 1, Dynalogic, January(?) 1982(?), 17 pages
- Hyperion Editor Key
Mapping ,
memo by P. Matthews to G.K. Holman, 3 September, 1982
- Status of Hyperion Editor
Project ,
4 October, 1982 to 23 January, 1983, 5 notes by D. Lindsay (?)
- A letter from Maurice Jolicoeur,
Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Bytec, to Hyperion owners regarding the
change of company name from Dynalogic to BYTEC -- HYPERION Division, July (?)
1983
- A formal announcement of the
merger of Bytec Management Corp. and Comterm Inc. to form Bytec-Comterm Inc.,
January(?) 1984
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PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS
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- Dynalogic Microcomputer
System, System Summary [for series 7032/7042 DMS], brochure, 2 pages, 1977(?)
- DYNAMO Diskette Operating System,
Software Summary, brochure, 2 pages, 1977(?)
- DynaBASIC I Compiler, Software
Summary, brochure, 2 pages, 1977(?)
- Laboratory Microcomputer System
System Summary, Dynalogic, 2 pages, 1979
- DYNAMO Diskette Operating System
Software Summary, Dynalogic, 2 pages, 1979
- DynaBASIC I Compiler
Software Summary, Dynalogic, 2 pages, 1979
- DynaBASIC L Compiler,
Dynalogic, 2 pages, 1979
- Structured DynaBASIC Preprocessor,
Dynalogic, 2 pages, 1979
- Advanced Programming Package (APP),
Dynalogic, 2 pages, 1979
- Software Licencing Policy,
Dynalogic, 1 page, 1979
- Price List: Dynalogic Microcomputer
System (DMS), 2 pages, 1979
- Price List: Dynalogic Licensed
Software and manuals, 1 page, 1979
- Hyperion, The Most
Powerful, Portable, Business Computer in the World promotional brochure,
Dynalogic Info-Tech, 1982(?), 2 pages [shows an older production model of Hyperion]
- Hyperion, The Most
Powerful, Portable, Business Computer in the World promotional brochure,
Dynalogic Info-Tech, 1982(?), 8 pages [shows an older production model of Hyperion]
- Hyperion, Making Decisions
Has Never Bees So Easy promotional brochure, Dynalogic Info-Tech, 1982(?),
8 pages [shows the final production model of Hyperion]
- Hyperion, Making Decisions
Has Never Bees So Easy promotional brochure, Dynalogic Info-Tech,
1982(?), 2 pages
- Hyperion, promotional
brochure [possibly] distributed during the 1982 spring Comdex computer show in
Atlantic City, booth number 1843, Dynalogic Info-Tech, 1982(?),
5 pages
- Hyperion: Tested Software,
July/August 1983, published by Compterm Inc. [list of software available for the
Hyperion], 6 pages
- A letter from Stephen J.
McGill, Vice President, Percom Publishing, to Hyperion owners regarding the
introduction of the Hyperion PC Magazine, 1983(?)
- Hyperion price list
from Comopumart, Ottawa, 2 pp (198?)
- Hyperion retail
price list, Ottawa, 2 pp (May 1983)
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ORAL HISTORIES |
- Interview with Murray Bell,
Ottawa, October 2000 (analogue cassette recording)
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BOOKS, RESEARCH
PAPERS, ARTICLES, NEWS LETTERS |
- B. Foster and B. Southern,
A College Microcomputer Facility, BYTE April 1978, pp. 90--96
- D.C. Lindsay DYNALOGIC
LOG, 3 volumes, 1976--1983
- D. Thomas, The
Sale of a New Machine, Quest, November 1983, pp. 32d--32n
- D. Thomas, Knights
of the New Technology. The Inside Story of Canada's Computer Elite, Key
Porter Boks, 1983, pp. 165--183
- R. Laver, Random Excess.
The Wild Ride of Michael Cowpland and Corel, Viking Penguin,
1998, pp. 44--51
- Z. Stachniak, The
Making of the MCM/70 Microcomputer, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing,
vol. 25, issue 2 (April-June 2003), pp. 62--75
- THUGTIPS The
Official Newsletter of the Toronto Hyperion Users Group (THUG) ,
Toronto, November 1985
- HUGO NEWS: Newsletter for
the HYPERION USERS GROUP OF OTTAWA, Ottawa, 1985--1988
- Various newspaper and
magazine articles on Dynalogic
-
Hyperion PC magazine, vol. 1, nr. 1 (1984)
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OTHER |
- M6800 Linking Loader
Reference Manual, M68PRM(D), Motorola Inc., October 1976
- M6800 Programming
Reference Manual, M68PRM(D), Motorola Inc., November 1976
- M6800 Co-Resident
Assembler Reference Manual, M68CRA(D), Motorola Inc., November 1976
- M6800 Micro Assembler
Reference Manual, M68ASM(D), Motorola Inc., February 1977
- DYNAMO 2.0: Material for
Blurb, note by D. Lindsay, 7 September 1977
- M6800 Resident
Assembler Reference Manual, M68CRA(D2), Motorola Inc., May 1979
- Micro BASIC I
Users Manual, Ryan-McFarland Corp., 1976
- Document folder, Dynalogic
Corporation Ltd
- Design drawing of the
Hyperion case (by David Kelly?), color photocopy
- LOTUS 123 Customer Assurance
Plan, Bytec Management Corp., 1983
- Purchase receipt for Hyperion
issued by Le magasin Xerox, Montreal, 25 October, 1984
- Hyperion pin
- Assorted paper documents
related to custom software developed for the DMS system.
- Various source codes of
Dynalogic software for the DMS systems
- Various Aladin
related documents
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