![This was taken in '76 or '77 at the small industrial office that was rented for the development of the Reflex disk drive product. It was about a mile or two south on Redhill from the Microdata main plant and generally referrd to as the "skunk works". Most of these guys had been hired away from Century Data (Calcomp) for this project. The photo was taken at a party celebrating some milestone... I think perhaps the first working prototype. Seated at the lower left: Vice President Bud Bleininger Seated behind the desk: Bill Helpard, with Helen Samarin on his lap. Standing, from left to right: Jerry Dischino, Mike Clark, Jim Duke, Bob Gertz, Frank Grosch, Bill Zeissner, Steve Klinger, and Chet Kulma. (Photo courtesy John Van Valkenburgh - Microdata '76-'81).](images/MDCSC_Engineering_DiskTeam.JPG)
This was taken in '76 or '77 at the small industrial office that was rented
for the development of the Reflex disk drive product. It was about a mile or
two south on Redhill from the Microdata main plant and generally referred to
as the "skunk works". Most of these guys had been hired away from Century
Data (Calcomp) for this project. The photo was taken at a party celebrating
some milestone... I think perhaps the first working prototype. Seated at the
lower left: Vice President Bud Bleininger Seated behind the desk: Bill
Helpard, with Helen Samarin on his lap. Standing, from left to right: Jerry
Dischino, Mike Clark, Jim Duke, Bob Gertz, Frank Grosch, Bill Zeissner,
Steve Klinger, and Chet Kulma. (Photo courtesy John Van Valkenburgh -
Microdata '76-'81).
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The photo was taken at 3001 Red Hill (The Skunk Works)
sometime in late 1976 or early 1977. The first real working
Reflex I prototype. In the previous picture, the unit did not have all of
its electronics designed and installed. We were
still trying to improve the read/write circuits and perhaps some others.
(L-R): Bud Bleininger, Jerry DiSchino, Don Fuller, Jim Duke,
John Van Valkenburgh, Mike Clark, Bill Helpard,
Wayne Hatherly, Rod McCarrell
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Software Engineering - Curt Carr, Manufacturing Engineering -
Steven Spiegel
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Software Engineering - Curt Carr, Tom Handley and Cheryl Duncan
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Nancy Whitney - Document Control Group (Reynolds)
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Myrna Loera - Document Control Group (Reynolds)
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Claudia Duble - Document Control Group (Reynolds)
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Cheryl Duncan and Tom Handley
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Typical Software Engineer At Work
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Carlos Lozano
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Dale Gioffre
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George Beales, master machinist
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Jeff Jacobson
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John Wauschek III
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Marylou Janisch - Document Control
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Mike Rorman
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Roger Fletcher and Don Fuller
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Tim Wadsworth
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Software Development Meeting - Al Dicanzio, Bill Woolley,
Debbie Rector
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Software Engineering - A*L*L development meeting: Bill
Woolley, Debby Rector, Kathy Scholl, and Chris Spampinato
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Front Row, Left to right: Steve Nelson, Alex Vergara, George
Beales, Mike Rorman, Richard Fields.
Back Row, Left to right: Kim Pham, Shirley Hooper, Mike Muro, John Wauschek
III, Gary McGinnis, Bob Lane,
Chuck Vice, Ken Lamb, Mike Gowins.
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John Vick and Gary Liebl
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Bob Lane from the "Model Shop" at Reynolds
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Nancy Kinzer from the CAD area of Engineering and Gary Liebl
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Tom Clark from Mechanical Design group in
Reynolds/Engineering and Gary Liebl
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L-R: Gary Liebl, Ed Yagerlener, Frank Reinhart, Elsa Harp
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Dick Vahlstrom and Gary Liebl
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Garrett Hildebrand, Edgar Daza, Jorge Velez and Javier
Balestrini
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Andy Clark and Ray Spraggins (Engineering)
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Chandru Murthi and Tom Handley - user group meeting
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Tom Handley and Tom Ells - Engineering
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Jim Lusk - Engineering
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Reynolds Eng. dept. Data Entry: Cindy Haney, Myrna Loera, Nancy Whitney and Mary Lou Janisch
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Ray Spraggins surprise birthday party! Phil, Harley, Bernie, Glen, Claudia, John Vick
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