An interview with Ben Dyer, 2004 May 7 / conducted by Nathan Ensmenger.

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An interview with Ben Dyer, 2004 May 7 / conducted by Nathan Ensmenger.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/68568672

Ben Dyer, an industrial engineering graduate from Georgia Tech, describes joining the Computer System Center, one of the earliest computer stores in the United States. He then switched to providing accounting software for minicomputers which led to Peachtree Software with accounting programs for CP/M computers. IBM identified Peachtree accounting software as a principal product for the IBM PC and provided funding for its development to run under PC/MS DOS. Dyer describes the purchase of Peachtree Software by MSA and its subsequent divestiture. Finally, Dyer discusses his activities post-Peachtree.

Sound cassettes : 1 (110 min.) : analog, mono.Transcript : 18 pages.

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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