The Digital Group

The Digital Group was an early builder of microcomputers, formed in 1974 by Dick Bemis and Robert Suding, both of IBM. Their first product was a design for an improved version of the Intel 8008-based Mark-8, but over the next few years they introduced a number of new kit designs based on the Intel 8080, Motorola 6800 and MOS 6502. They were the first company to ship a Zilog Z80-based system when those processors appeared in 1976. They later introduced all-in-one designs with a custom case, but went out of business in 1979 before these became widely available.