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).

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

Software Engineering - Curt Carr, Manufacturing Engineering - Steven Spiegel

Software Engineering - Curt Carr, Tom Handley and Cheryl Duncan

Nancy Whitney - Document Control Group (Reynolds)

Myrna Loera - Document Control Group (Reynolds)

Claudia Duble - Document Control Group (Reynolds)

Cheryl Duncan and Tom Handley

Typical Software Engineer At Work

Carlos Lozano

Dale Gioffre

George Beales, master machinist

Jeff Jacobson

John Wauschek III

Marylou Janisch - Document Control

Mike Rorman

Roger Fletcher and Don Fuller

Tim Wadsworth

Software Development Meeting - Al Dicanzio, Bill Woolley, Debbie Rector

Software Engineering - A*L*L development meeting: Bill Woolley, Debby Rector, Kathy Scholl, and Chris Spampinato

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.

John Vick and Gary Liebl

Bob Lane from the "Model Shop" at Reynolds

Nancy Kinzer from the CAD area of Engineering and Gary Liebl

Tom Clark from Mechanical Design group in Reynolds/Engineering and Gary Liebl

L-R: Gary Liebl, Ed Yagerlener, Frank Reinhart, Elsa Harp

Dick Vahlstrom and Gary Liebl

Garrett Hildebrand, Edgar Daza, Jorge Velez and Javier Balestrini

Andy Clark and Ray Spraggins (Engineering)

Chandru Murthi and Tom Handley - user group meeting

Tom Handley and Tom Ells - Engineering

Jim Lusk - Engineering

Reynolds Eng. dept. Data Entry: Cindy Haney, Myrna Loera, Nancy Whitney and Mary Lou Janisch

Ray Spraggins surprise birthday party! Phil, Harley, Bernie, Glen, Claudia, John Vick